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MOST COURSES FILL UP MANY MONTHS IN ADVANCE. BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT AND TO OBTAIN CHEAPER TICKETS
 There will be a maximum of 17 participants in each course ensuring a safe and intimate environment. Normally, there are around 20 hours of structured group actvities per week, leaving plenty of time for lazing around by the pool or going off on your own.
There will be 2 excursions including a morning at our exotic local market of St Antonin plus a day trip visiting one of the nearby mediaeval villages. On this day we will also walk, picnic, and swim in the River Aveyron.
One of the highlights of La Roane is the food. Delicious vegetarian food is served, freshly prepared for each meal with love and attention. Good local wine is provided with the evening meal. Drinks and snacks are available at all times. Guests are asked to help clear up after meals.
"Its incredible...a wonderland." Betty (group participant).
7 - 14 May AUTHENTIC RELATING: £390
JEWLS WINGFIELD
Want to improve your interpersonal relationships skills? Then this week is for you. Would you like easy, open hearted, loving connections but sometimes struggle to create it? Imagine what would be possible if fear weren't making your choices? How would your life transform if you really trusted yourself, your innate wisdom & heart? This week offers profound transformational tools for your everyday life, including exercises on: boundaries, understanding needs, emotional intelligence, dancing, playfulness & heart centered communication.
Jewls Wingfield is one of the UK's leading lights on sacred intimacy, holistic relationships & ecstatic loving. Her playful yet sensitive approach has led to her becoming a highly successful & sought after group facilitator. She has trained in various psychotherapies, dance therapy, Tantra, Nonviolent Communication, shamanism, drama therapy & bodywork. www.heart-tantra.com
24 -31 May LAUGHTER WITH A HEART: £390
AMANDA BATE
Create through your body! Laugh from your belly! Live from your heart! Amanda's skill is in creating a safe, supportive environment where we relax, explore, let go & let joy overflow. We will use techniques such as Laughter Yoga & Laughter Meditation plus creative work to deepen & integrate our experience - healing breath work, sound & resonance, improvised drama, play & movement.
Amanda is a specialist in therapeutic laughter, drama, movement, voice and breathwork and uses a variety of these techniques in her Transformational Laughter Workshops. She has a positive, fun-loving disposition & is a great source of inspiration. www.laughtergym.com
7 - 14 June CIRCLE DANCE: £360
ANNE ARMSTRONG (Fully Booked: See Sept. 6)
21 - 28 June Fun Week of Cookery & Yoga: £390
ENZO DAPIETRO and YVONNE CARLYON
This will be a light-hearted, playful week learning vegetarian cookery & yoga. Our cook, the ever-popular & much loved Enzo, will share his vast experience of cuisine with passion & artistry. Enzo will teach in French & will have Sophie Colin, a regular visitor & a native French speaker, as his translator.
Whilst Enzo is in the kitchen with one group, Yvonne will be working with the other group so that each group has one session of yoga & one of cooking on a daily basis. Yvonne is an experienced hatha yoga teacher. Her method is integral & suitable for all levels. She will be assisted by her husband Tristrem who will guide relaxation & meditation & assist with the evening entertainment.
3 - 10 July JUNE’S YOGA: £390
JUNE MERCER
During the week we will be using the yoga postures as a means of focusing attention inwards, working slowly & deeply to gain insight into the connectedness of the breath, body & mind. The physical practice becomes the meditation. June will present the yoga sessions so that beginners & experienced students alike can explore the joy that is yoga. Practising without ambition, we will discover ways of releasing tension & finding greater freedom of movement.
June has been a yoga tutor in Scotland since 1991. Over the last 13 years her enthusiasm & inspiration have come from teachers influenced by the work of Vanda Scaravelli. Together with husband Lewis, June is looking forward to leading a week where everyone can enjoy the whole yoga holiday experience. www.junesyoga.com
23 - 30 August: YOGA WITH KAREN: £390
KAREN LONG
Yoga is a light which, once lit, will never dim”. BKS Iyengar.
Join us for a truly invigorating week! No need to be an experienced Yogi or at the peak of physical health. Even the less experienced or less flexible will find ways of practicing the postures (asanas) that give maximum benefit. There will be a short pranayama (yoga breathing) practice before breakfast & 2 main sessions per day covering the classic postures of yoga. The morning session will be awakening & invigorating, whilst the afternoon session will have a quieter, more restorative focus.
Karen has been practicing yoga for about 20 years & is a certified Iyengar teacher. She teaches classes & runs workshops in London with infectious enthusiasm.
6 - 13 September CIRCLE DANCE: £360 Only
ANNE ARMSTRONG
Circle dances are drawn from many different cultures & traditions. They can be meditative, lively, playful, healing & fun. No partners needed. All are welcome.
Anne Armstrong returns to La Roane bringing a great wealth of experience, ability & enthusiasm. She has been involved with circle dancing for over 15 years & leads a number of groups in the UK.
20 - 27 September CHI KUNG & MEDITATION: £390
VICTORIA SHEPPARD
A fun and revitalising week suitable for all! Chi King is a soft martial art, an ancient evolving Chinese system of movement exercise that consists of flowing movements, walking forms, standing postures, breathing techniques, healing sounds and meditation. It's simple, effective and deeply relaxing. We start each day with a Japanese Do-in to wake and move the Chi and Makko Ho meridian stretches similar to Yoga. In the afternoon we have the main Chi Kung workshop and we end the day with traditional Chinese meditation - Cun Si.
Victoria is a qualified and experienced Chi Kung teacher. Her Chi Kung style is integrative, drawing on the rich and varied ancient forms that have survived through the centuries and those that have evolved with teachers such as Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming and Zhixing Wang.
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