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with Jeff Phenix
8 days
2nd – 9th February 2025
Overview
Escape winter and join Jeff Phenix for his popular transformative yoga retreat in South Goa on beautiful Polem beach, South Goa. Enjoy a week of yoga, meditation sun, sea, making new friends, eating delicious, healthy food, massage and general fun and relaxation.
Practicing yoga in Goa will make you feel amazing so you will return home feeling recharged, energized and ready to take on life.
The Yoga
The long morning practice will be a dynamic, creative, playful and explorative ‘deep slow flow’ asana practice and will include meditation and pranayama. By emphasizing the breath, mindfulness & skillful action and building up through a range of appropriate options – students, from the less experienced to the more advanced, will discover how to work peacefully at the level appropriate to them.
The afternoon session will be a mellower, soothing and nurturing practice, delving into areas such as yin yoga, restoratives, pranayama, chakras, yoga nidra and meditation. This will totally bliss you out! We finish in time to watch the sun go down and maybe even indulge a sunset swim.
Jeff has lots of experience teaching students of all levels. His depth of understanding, playful approach, ability to challenge students to safely explore their edge and his love of pranayama and meditation will give you the perfect opportunity to deepen your practice both physically and internally
Things to Do
There is plenty of time between yoga sessions to relax on the beach, immerse yourself in a book, hang out with new friends, indulge in a massage, explore Patnem and Palolem a 15 min rickshaw away, walk to a nearby beach or even have a siesta!
We will have one afternoon off yoga to allow for a longer excursion or dolphin watching boat trip which is included in the cost of the holiday.
Food
The food at Bamboo is a highlight of the week.! Light fruit and teas are available before morning yoga and fruit and cookies mid afternoon. Delicious healthy, freshly cooked vegetarian food is served buffet style for brunch and dinner. There is plenty choice and variety and they are happy to accommodate specific dietary needs. You definitely won’t be hungry!
Accommodation
Accommodation is in charming and comfortable beach bungalows with aircon and ensuite bathrooms, with sea views to the front or side and veranda with their own hammock. Note for those of you who have been to the old venue, these bungalows will be larger and nicer as they permanent and do not have to be rebuilt each year.
Consider bringing a friend, or if you are coming on your own we can pair you with someone of the same sex to share. For those who prefer their own space a limited number of singles are available.
Typical day
7.30 am tea & fruit for those who need a little something before yoga,
8am Dynamic Morning Yoga & meditation
11am Delicious brunch with plentiful breakfast and lunch options
Afternoons are free to enjoy the beach, explore the local area or indulge in a rejuvenating massage treatment.
3.30pm tea, fruit & cookies
4pm Bliss out with a mellow afternoon yoga
6pm Sunset swim – another highlight of the day!
7pm Enjoy a fabulous dinner made up of local dishes and fusion Asian/western food
Prices
Deposit to Phenix Retreats
2nd payment to Bamboo:
Seascape Hut (back from front row, may or may not have a seaview)
Front Row Sunset Hut
Regular Cabana (back from front row, no seaview)
Front Row Cabana
Front row huts and cabanas are limited so book soon to secure yours. The Cabana’s are larger than the huts but all can be set up either as separate twin beds or a double
Non yoga guests are welcome so feel free to bring a partner or friend. You would both pay the sharing rate for Bamboo’s food and accommodation costs and you would pay the single rate deposit to us.(Non Yoga friend would not need to pay us a deposit) Let us know on booking if you are bringing a non yoga friend.
For solo guests who would be happy to share, we may be able to find another guest who wishes to share but this cannot be guaranteed.
*PLEASE NOTE IF WE ARE UNABLE TO FIND SOMEONE FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH BAMBOO WOULD CHARGE THE SINGLE RATE FOR THE ROOM
Included in price:
7 nights’ accommodation
2 daily delicious vegetarian buffet meals, water, teas, morning fruit, and afternoon snack
2 yoga classes a day (2.5 – 3 hours in morning and 2 hours in afternoon)
Sunset boat trip
Not included:
Flights
Transfers
Massage Treatments
Insurance
Any additional nights would need to be booked directly with Bamboo.
Being a keen sportsman growing up, I always enjoyed that sense of ‘getting in the zone’, so it was a profound experience when I discovered yoga and meditation in India in the mid 90’s. I loved how it made me feel and how I experienced the world and myself in a different way and I have been teaching since 2002. My unique teaching style is a woven tapestry inspired by my personal experience and studies with many amazing yoga teachers from a wide range of yoga schools but mainly vinyasa flow, Iyengar, Anusara, Viniyoga, Jivamukti and Satyananda yoga.
I enjoy being creative with my sequencing and postures, and love incorporating meditation and the traditional spirituality and philosophy of yoga into my teaching.
As a yoga teacher, I want to awaken my students’ sense of bliss and wonder and help them become more at peace and ease with themselves and the world.
I have trained students on teacher training courses for over 10 years, initially with triyoga and more recently Yoga West, I teach weekly classes in London and Buckinghamshire and regular UK and international retreats.
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