We hope you’ll join us for a magical online home yoga retreat with Esther Ekhart and Laia Bové.
This two-day home retreat is filled with meditation and yoga, journaling and enquiry exercises and is perfect for the end of the year or change of season. We’ve put together some tips to help you prepare for the retreat so that you can enjoy the full retreat experience at home.
Seasonal Reset Retreat with Esther Ekhart and Laia Bové
How to prepare for your home retreat
Decide on your schedule
The retreat can be done over two days and there’s around 2.5 hours’ of classes each day. You might choose to do the whole retreat in one weekend but it is perfectly fine to spread it over two weekends or even longer if you choose. We recommend you just follow the classes in order however long you decide to take.
You can see the duration of the classes on the retreat page. Make yourself a timetable for your day including when you will eat so that you can give yourself at least an hour after eating before you do any of the yoga classes.
What you’ll need
We begin each day of the retreat with meditation and journaling exercises so bring a notebook and pen and make yourself comfortable with blankets, cushions and bolsters if you have them. If you find it uncomfortable sitting in meditation you might like to have a chair for these sessions, or a wall to lean on.
Besides your usual yoga mat and comfortable clothes, have another warmer layer and socks handy for the longer Yin classes and relaxation.
Plan your meals
Our dear friend Emma Newlyn has provided a meal planner for the two days with lots of recipes to choose from. Or take a look through the recipes on our blog to get some inspiration for other healthy, plant-based meals for the day.
Get your space and your music ready
Try to clear away as much as you can so that you’re not surrounded by work things or other distractions. If you’re in a small space, perhaps you can cover your work desk with a scarf or blanket. Or use candles or incense to create a calm atmosphere. To help create that retreat atmosphere, Laia has created some special Spotify playlists you can follow if you like to add music to your practice:
Prepare your technology
To keep your days relaxed, try taking a complete day off from social media and news updates. Let your friends know you’ll be offline. Switch your phone to flight mode during breaks and turn off any notifications that might ping up while you take your classes.
Plan your breaks
Think ahead about what you’ll do in between classes. It’s a busy time of year for many so you might still need to go about your usual day of course. But if you can, try to take the feeling from the classes into the rest of your day and be mindful about what you’ll do in your time off. Spend sometime outside if you can. Giving yourself an Ayurvedic warm-oil massage, drawing, reading a yoga book, sitting doing nothing, or sleeping are all good options!
Join us for the Seasonal Reset home yoga retreat
We hope you’ll join us for this online retreat! It’s open to all EkhartYoga members.
If you’re not a member yet, you can register and start your two-week free trial to join in.
