Yoga Retreat & Teacher Training guided by E-RYT 500 Javier Castro - Spain 21 day immersion, certification recognised worldwide by Yoga Alliance 200hr RYT, Hatha Vinyasa

Yoga.Our program´s focus on postural awareness & therapeutics is essential for any professional Yoga

Teacher.Reach your full potential to teach a powerful, safe Hatha Vinyasa Flow and therapeutic Yin Yoga

class.

Anusara · Iyengar · Ashtanga · Hatha · Sridaiva · Kundalini · Acro · Scaravelli · Power · Vinyasa · Nidra & Bhakti Yoga

Evening Yoga classes with a community of international guest teachers, held on the pure beaches of Vis Island.

A unique Teacher Training, a colourful gathering of traditions · A convergence of great minds & great hearts

Lectures · Masterclasses · Workshops · Vision Quest · Chi-Kung · Life Coaching · Spiritual Tarot · Thai and Shiatsu massage

Vis Island is a beautiful pearl in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea A natural yoga sanctuary of beaches. Medieval pirate villages and enchanting blue underwater

caves. Perfect for snorkelling & diving.Accommodation: cozy single and double cottages, each painted and decorated artistically.Lodging comes with locally grown, organically produced, vegetarian breakfast and lunch

We are looking forward to seeing you!Full program: www.yogashalainstitute.com/international

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YOGASHALA INSTITUTE (YSI) PASSION AND EXCELLENCE If you think that yoga has changed your life and wish to share that passion with others, this is the ideal programme for you.Become a Yoga teacher certified by Yogashala Institute and Yoga Alliance. Your certification will be recognised throughout the world, able to teach supported by institutions on an international level.

TRADITIONS INSPIRING US Following traditions, will accompany you in this exceptional Teacher Training The unity of different yoga paths with teachers from many different lineages, but who share a passion, softness, sub-tleness and firmness. Let this unity and diversity inspire aspects of yourself and your approach to the teachings of yoga.

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Anusara: Understanding the most advanced and precise biomechanics of corporal positioning and its deep philosophical dimension.Iyengar: A precise and therapeutic methodology and its focus on Pranayama or the ´Art of Breathing`.Ashtanga: As the mother of all yoga styles which nowadays are called Flow or Vinyasa, fluid and a conscious series, you will learn to coordinate the asana with the vinyasa breath. Hatha Vinyasa: Create your own choreography, daring, elegant and with a deep educational quality.Sridaiva: A modern postural system of yoga that targets safe positioning and presents the body as a “field of tensile relations”. Bihar and Sivananda schools Advaita Vedanta traditional yoga schools, known for tantric prac-tices and traditional hatha yoga.

OUR PROGRAM Online educational program with video support As you enroll into the program you will get access to our online site: library, community, video tu-torial lessons and Q&A with our teachers. This first-rate material will enable you 50-70hr of con-tinuing education at your own pace. It will be distributed months prior to the onsite 21 day immer-sion, thus training will be an online and onsite experience.

Program: Hatha, Vinyasa and TherapeuticA training unique in it´s form and content, gathering the vision of the traditions of Hatha Yoga which are leading the way of teaching and practising this ancient and beautiful art.

WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT? We have carefully developed a unique and comprehensive curriculum, each detailed and excep-tional. It is designed to help you discover your own Self, your authentic voice in teaching and style.This Teacher Training will deepen and shape your practice while you embark on a transformative journey. You will be challenged to go further inside yourself. It will be a demanding physical, men-tal and emotional experience. From the very moment you register, we will help you step by step, nourishing you and supporting you at every moment of your journey.

Unique MaterialSpecially prepared, designed and illustrated for the training. Over 20 years of research and exper-tise in teaching yoga, complied as a powerful tool to assist and sustain your process in learning

Official Qualification RYT 200 Yoga AllianceYou will be prepared to give yoga classes to groups in sports centres, spas and also to private clients. In addition to providing you the opportunity to continue your training and completion of RYT 500hs in higher programs of study that our Institute also provides.

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TOPICS OF STUDY MODULE 1: BIOMECHANICS & DIDACTICS Yoga Biomechanics explore yoga asanas beyond Kinesiology; it applies Physics, Mechanics and the flow of energy in the body. It entails a profound knowledge of the heart of each Asana and how to use those principles to create a safe, intelligent as well as dynamic and creative Vinyasa sequence. In addition to coordinating each action with its corresponding breathing sequence.Structural Biomechanics of anatomy and physiology: • Bone-muscle chains• Bipedestation and the spine• Recovery of the joint gesture• Biomechanics of the asana• First AidAlignment Principles: • Relax and open yourself, connect with the heart, with gravity, your foundations • Hug the core: the three levels of muscular energy• Inner spirals, outter spirals, ascending spirals and descending spirals• Grantis: the three concentration and expansion strength centres• Organic irradiation to make your asana expression blossom• Focused attention dristiChoreography in asanas, teaching and education: • Sequencing and organisation of your class outline • Rhythm, adaptation capacity and programme intensity • Progress agenda and assimilation curve of your students • Rhythm and Rhyme, poetry of movement, exploring beautyThe Science of Breathing • Education of the pneumo-thorax• Levelling and breathing dimension• The use of ujjayi and bandhaTherapeutical Recovery:• Use of props for students with special needs • Restorative classes: Yin Yoga

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The Teacher s Seat:

• Teacher s attitude• Rules of behaviour and respect for the student • Happiness of teaching as a path

MODULE 2: EXPLORATIVE VINYASA CLASSES Suryanamaskar variations: shine like the sun, flow, sweat and breathe.Standing Poses: root yourself into the earth, warriors, triconas and parsvakonas.Dynamic Balances: grow like a tree, connect whit the center, infinite rising.Tone up your centre: abdominals of deep action in your core, hypopresive abs.Poses on the hands: floating like a cloud, acrobatics.Hip Openings: open your hips, free your limits.Back Bends: flexible like bamboo, open your heart beyond fear.Forward Bends and Twists: restore your resolutions with life.Head Stands and Shoulder Stands: look at the world with a new perspective.Recovery Asanas: honouring limitations and therapeutic asana, Yin Yoga, use of elements and props, chairs, blocks and belts.

MODULE 3: YOGA PHILOSOPHY We will explore all Yoga traditions from The Vedas, the Yoga Sutras & The Gita, the study of Clas-sical Yoga under the light of Kashmir Shaivism, the most refined expression of Indian thought.Tantric Shaivism will help us to see life in a more creative, dynamic, beautiful and romantic way. It will set the foundations to connect with our inner world as if we were sweetly diving in the ocean of Inner Light, understand that our relationship with the world is creative. Knowing our own cre-ative power in this relationship, which is a true relationship of sharing between the artist and his setting.

• Pre-Classic Yoga, The Vedas: the knowledge of the ancient ones• The Upanishads: the inhabitants of the woods• The Holy Gita: a pure heart, a golden mind• The Classic Yoga, Ashtanga: technology of the awakening

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SUMMARY OF THE PROGRAM Transform that wishing spark into a passion of flame while you discover the skills which will make of you an exceptional Yoga teacher. Create a personal practice which may meet the needs of your style of life.• Learn a Yoga practice and how this harmonizes mind, body and spirit• Get a solid understanding of how Yoga strengthens you in all aspects of your life• Improve deepness in your poses through the exploration of the different Yoga styles such as

Hatha, Vinyasa, Power and Yin yoga.• Learn the Asana technique, proper alignment, bandha, coordination, breathing and dristi• Deepen in the benefits of each posture and how they relate among them• Study the history of Yoga, meditation, Pranayama and mantras• Ayurveda and body constitution, asana for each type, subtle bodies and Chakras• Integrate healthy life style decisions which will raise your energy levels• Learn teaching methodology and practicum

• Work with props, different types of bodies and injuries• Learn how to make safe hand adjustments • Anatomy and Physiology applied to each asana • Learn key words to make your students connect with your instructions and make them feel

safe and confident• Learn how to create and teach inspiring classes with innovative sequences which may chal-

lenge all levels• Discover how to lead your students to reach a deeply relaxing Shavasana• Incorporate Yoga Philosophy in a modern context in your yoga class• Learn more about consciousness of abundance and the Law of Attraction• Learn how to create a successful business out of the yoga teaching and how to make of your

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FACULTY OF TEACHERS Lead Trainer - Javier Castro E-RYT 500hr Yoga Alliance. Senior Yoga Teacher & Director at the Yogashala Institute´s professional program. Javier studied in India in the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Maharashtra, India under the guid-ance of his guru, Swami Chidvilasananda, and completed Advanced Studies in Yoga and Hindu Philosophy. Curious and committed, he has traveled ex-tensively, training with the founders of the most rigorous methods of Hatha Yoga: Asthanga with Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Anusara Teacher Trainings with John Friend, Iyengar with Geeta Iyengar, Manuso Manos and John Schumacher, amongst others. Inspired teacher in the Anusara school, He has been registered with the Iyengar Association since the 2002, In addi-tion, he is the Spanish Coordinator of Sridaiva Yoga. In other fields of body mechanics, he has done extensive research. He completed his studies as Spanish National Sports Instructor, Senior Instructor of Chi-Kung in the Luo Han style, and health professional as a Zen Shiat-su therapist and Quantum Kinesiologyst.

Guest Senior Teacher - Adelaida Villalba Adelaida studied for years the therapeutic method of Iyengar, at the Himalayan Iyengar School and Iyengar Centre in Usha in Rishikesh. She is a Doctor in Psychology and has worked in hos-pitals and in private therapy. She studied in India in the Centre SVYASA of Swami Vivekananda. RYT 200hr Yoga Alliance: Hatha & Vinyasa Flow. Passionate for India and Yoga, she deepens her training in Thailand in Thai and Tibetan massage.

Guest Teacher - Ana Michaleje Registered 200hr Hatha Vinyasa teacher, still active in her studies to become 500hr Multistyle Trainer. Expert in Therapeutics and passionate about arm balances. Her passion for yoga extends to her classes, every part of her practice is amazing, pure and professional.

Guest Teacher - Barbara Jukopila Barbara is certified GaiaYoga teacher (TT200). Since 2010. she has been practicing dynamic yoga - Ashtanga and Vinyasa. Up to today she kept studying with passion and from the heart. Her crav-ing for knowledge and understanding of the roots of yoga tradition brought her to meet and study with many senior teachers such as Javier Castro Alonso, Neil Barker, David Swenson, Sonja Rzepski, Sunil Sharma, Kamal Sigh, Swami Suryananda, Jadranko Miklec… Her sincere gratitude goes to her first teachers: Sandra D. Bianco, Marco Bianco, Ana Pavlaković, Iva Mertić, Andrea Vidas and Snježana Nina Vukas.

Guest Teacher - Belen Barrejon Her first contact with yoga was in a dance school in N.Y. where dancers considered it as a fun-damental part of their training. In 2002, fascinated with the changes that Kundalini Yoga had pro-duced in her life,she decided to do the Teachers’ Training Course, AGNI 2002, in Prana Mandir, with Lea Kramer. For many years, she taught Kundalini Yoga in Madrid, confirming how this tool allows human beings to live their potential with intensity. Her classes are a combination of physi-cal exercises, breathing exercises, chanting (mantras) and meditations.

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Guest Teacher - Fernanda Araceli Palacio Fernanda discovered Yoga after trying different disciplines like Chi-Kung, Modern Dance and Aer-obics. She is was trained and inspired in Anusara, Hatha Yoga, Power Vinyasa and Therapeutic Yoga by Javier Castro(2010), under the most rigorous international standards.She is on the Sid-dha Yoga path, where she has learned to cultivate her spirit by chanting mantras and meditating. This allowsher to transmit her knowledge to students. Her classes are a constant celebration of the human heart. With sublime delicacy, each class is an experience of Happiness and Love.

Guest Teacher - Gemma Lara Her studies in Anatomy, MassageTherapy, Pilates and Yoga forms such as: Hatha, Ashtanga/ Power, Vinyasa, Iyengar and Structural Scarabelli Yoga Therapy infuse her approach to using Yoga-Pilates as both an exercise and a healing form. She teaches classes in Sotogrande, Es-tepona and Marbella. You are invited to experience the body-mind union that is yoga. Through dynamic sequences you will consciously play between states of activation and release, allowing for deeper body awareness.

Guest Senior Teacher - Lea Loncar Lea Loncar has been thought in Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Integral and Sivananda Yoga traditions. She studied in America, Europe and India (such as Bihar Yoga, Kerala Sivananda, Lonavla Yoga Insti-tute) and Ashtanga Yoga Mysore where she trained under the direction of Sri Pattabhi Jois and his family. She is also deeply inspired by Buddhist Vipassana meditation practice as taught by S.N. Goenka. She is co-founder of the Zenit Yoga in Norway, one of the most successful yoga centers in Scandinavia, and co-writer on 3 books on yoga in Netherlands. She teaches Yoga mostly in Norway and Croatia, for the most supporting different Yoga Teacher Training programs.

Guest Teacher - Neda Kocare Local islander and Macedonian - American yoga teacher Neda Kocare started her love affair with yoga at the age of fifteen in San Diego, California. She has been practicing yoga ever since. In 2010 she discovered the Ashtanga yoga method. After falling in love with Ashtanga, she finally gathered the courage to pursue her dreams and get her certificate as a yoga teacher. Since then, she has been splitting her time teaching yoga on the Island of Vis, Croatia, and her hometown of Skopje, Macedonia. She loves teaching and connecting with people and is eager to pursue her passion in the future. She extends her abilities to support the Yogashala Institute with her compa-ny Inside Yoga. Neda is an inspiring, true person who is transmitting the flower power revolution.

Guest Senior Teacher - Nikola Drvis Grk Nikola completed his studies at University of Sports studies, the faculty of Kinesiology. He has been teaching yoga since 2003 to many groups of different levels, and is Shiat-su practitioner and therapist. Nikola´s path is Yogananda teachings lineage, as well as Bihar school of Yoga. He gained his Yoga teacher certification from YIDL ashram organisation. Nikola combines classical

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hatha yoga with body work experience in working with fascia inspired by Shiat-su and Shin Thai practices, as well as profound practices of meditation. Nikola runs Health Support Association in Split, Croatia. He help his own students to tune in the island, knows hidden routes of Vis island, as he bings yoga groups regularly there for retreats.

Guest Senior Teacher - Senka LjubicSenka Ljubić (Narayana) is a certified RYT-500 Yoga Teacher. Senka began schooling at the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Academy, which focuses on traditional Hatha yoga, Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow Yoga. Her personal experiences in the exercise and meditation she gladly and gen-erously shares with practitioners. Expert astrologist, Her talents run her the capacity to assist people on a reading tarot in a deep and revealing way.

Online Guest Teacher - Mary Duncan Professional English and Spanish language teacher, Mary Duncan assists us with English lan-guage for Yoga classes, not only linguistics, but also how rock your classes.She likes to challenge students to grow in their own practice, have fun, and realize the many ben-efits of Ashtanga and Power Yoga including strength, flexibility, and focus. She is currently work-ing on her 500 hour teaching certification at Yoga Shala Institute Marbella.

Online Guest Senior Teacher - Vinod TaideP.h.d. in Music Education, Vinod teaches to locals and groups in the area of Mumbai, India and he is one of the lead teachers of the music department at the Gurudev Siddha Peet Ashram in Mum-bai. He offers private and group online consultancy on Bakhti Yoga, music and the spiritual tradi-tions of India. We are proud and honoured to have him as an online guest teacher and if internet allows on the island, we will be sharing kirtams, devotional chanting skype lessons with him.

We are still confirming other sweet surprise teachers from varied traditions which will contribute to a beautiful, well-rounded, rainbow vision of the world of yoga.

Treatments (spiritual astrology, shiatsu and thai massage, life coaching) can be booked from our therapists can be booked on site.

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PRACTICAL DETAILS

Timetable Meditation in silence 06:30 – 07:00 Open Class07:00-07:15 Morning TeaTechniques, Training & Practice, Teaching Methodology, Practicum07:15 - 09:00 Practice: Master Class with Javier Castro & Guest teachers Anusara, Ashtanga, Iyengar,

Sridaiva, Power Flow & Vinyasa Yoga.09:00 – 10:00 BreakfastAnatomy and Physiology, Yoga Philosophy/Lifestyle Ethics10:00 – 11:15 Theory pair practice class and journaling.11:15 – 11:45 Tea break with cookies and fruitTeaching Methodology 11:45 – 13:00 Theory class, Pair Work,& Manual Adjustments.13:30-15:00 Lunch

Study, reflexion and homework13:00 – 18:00 Free time: lunch ¨siesta¨ & beach timeTechniques, Training & Practice, Teaching Methodology, Beach Practice depending of weather18:00 – 20:00 Practice with Guest Teachers, Masterclasses Therapeutic Gentil yoga & Specials Shiatsu &

Tai, Yin Yoga, Acro and Scaravelli Yoga, Chi-kung & Beach. 20.30 – 22:00 Free time & private dinner at home or local small beach restaurants.Chanting (Kirtam) & Nidra yoga22:00 – 22:30 Open class22:30 – Sweet dreams

Every week, we will have one free afternoon to enjoy the magic of Vis island, Visit the Blue Cave or tour the local medieval pirate towns.

Arrival & Departure Days of the YR&TT 1st September - 21st of September • Arrival: 31st August (Monday) - Meals of that day are available only upon request (book it

ahead of time), check-in starting at 2pm.• Departure: 21st September (Monday) - Full morning schedule with meditation, practice and

breakfast, certification ceremony, end of the program: Lunch. Check-out before midday.

Extended stays can be organised directly with our host, owners of the Estate of the Paintbrush.

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Required material · for all participants ❤ 1 Yoga mat❤ 2 Bricks ❤ 1 Yoga belt❤ 1 shall ( for morning and eve meditation)❤ Pen, paper & a folder. (our documents will be handed out on the A4 European size, with four

holes per page)

Required material · Mandatory only for those enrolled into the full program of 21 days• Iyengar, B.K.S.: The Illustrated Light on Yoga, Thorsons, 2000., 162 pp., ISBN-10: 1855382792

http://yogabog.com/sites/default/files/files/Iyengar_B_K_S__The_Illustrated_Light_On_Yoga.pdf• Iyengar, B.K.S.: The Tree of Yoga, Harper Thorsons, 2013., 208 pp., ISBN-10: 0007921276 • Calais-Germain, Blandine: Anatomy for Movement, Churchill Livingstone, 1994, 289 pp.,

ISBN-10: 0939616173Suggested reading material • Keller, Doug: Anusara Yoga, Hatha Yoga in the Anusara Style http://www.doyoga.com/book.pdf• Anusara School of Hatha Yoga: Immersion Manual http://www.anusarayoga.com/product/anusara-

school-of-hatha-yoga-immersion-manual/

Some of the above books can be downloaded, or they can be bought through amazon.com.

Examinations Examination is an on-going process through evaluation of your participation, motivation, group study and individual performance. Essays, homework, tests, observing classes, teaching among themselves and also final exam including written essay.You will have Wireless access on the Island, please bring any device to work on your essay, homework can be presented as hand written or on electronic format. Online preparation and study Once you register, you will have access to our online site, where we introduce course material and give you manageable tasks to tune into the program and prepare for the onsite training at Vis. Online and printed documentation for relevant sessions is included in Your 42&TT will be sup-plemented by specially created documents, a unique educational support.

Students completing the full 21 days program, will receive a certification of Yoga Alliance 200hr RYT Hatha Vinyasa Yoga. Partially completed hours are accredited by Yoga Alliance. By enrolling to the full program you receive 70 hours online study material.

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YR&TT LECTURE PRICES We wish that this Programme can be accessible for anyone who would like to make the effort of positively changing his/her life. Terms for Lectures

Registration is complete upon full non - refundable deposit fee payment of 50% of YR&TT. The remaining amount shall be paid 60 days prior the start of the YR&TT. All bank transfer fees to be paid by you/sender.

The program of the Teacher Training & Gathering can be ONLY booked together. Book your YR&TT ore info under: visisland@yogashalainstitute.com

Price includes • Online preparations (video tutorials, philosophy lessons, anatomy teachings, and essays), yoga

teacher training tuition• Printed study material, onsite training

Registration Inquire application form at: visisland@yogashalainstitute.com 1. Email us back your application form Wait 2-6 days for registration, payment details and Q&A.2. Transfer the deposit fees (see Prices section), send us the receipt of the money transferred.3. Inform us about your travel plans, arrival.4. You will be given access to an online site to start the study5. Complete your payment transfer at least 60 days prior the Teacher Training & Gather-

ing (we will send you reminder and payment details)

Note that venue and accommodation fees are separate amounts, going to separate accounts!

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YOGA RETREAT & 200HR TEACHER TRAINING LECTURE FEE50% off for Yoga Alliance RYT

200 or 500hr Yoga Teacher: 30% off for non-Yoga Alliance

Yoga Teacher:10% off if you book for full 21 days

New students, enthusiasts & beginners:

3 weeks €600 €900 €10801 week €200 €300 €4001 day €30 €45 €60

Note: please read below accommodation fees!

ACCOMMODATION PRICES Accommodation: amazing single and double cottages, each painted and decorated cozy and ar-tistically. Lodging comes with locally grown, organically produced, vegetarian breakfast and lunch. Price: €45/day. Estate Under the Paintbrush provides accommodation for min. one week, please book ahead of time to secure your place.

Book your accommodation under: vis.karakas@gmail.comMore info under: I F 7H G 9 5 7

Terms for AccommodationRegistration is complete upon full non - refundable deposit fee payment of 50% of accommoda-tion costs. The remaining amount shall be paid 60 days prior the start of the Teacher Training & Gathering.All bank transfer fees to be paid by you/sender.

Price includes • Half-board (vegetarian/vegan breakfast and lunch, herbal teas)• Accommodation in Estate under the Paintbrush or surrounding houses• 2 ways pick up to accommodation upon arrival to the Island of Vis

Our Menu Our retreat menu is vegetarian/vegan, and includes breakfast and lunch. It is based on locally and organically grown fresh vegetables, fruits, legumes and organic tofu, seitan, and other bio prod-ucts, inspired by the Mediterranean healthy cuisine & local healing herbs. Dinner is optional to be shared on the beach on the evening program, or privately at local restaurants.

Price does NOT include • Airfare to Split, ferry to Vis & other travel related expenses• Travel insurance• Other meals offered at Estate under the Paintbrush (Dinner upon request)• Optional outings and activities• Required literature

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ISSA/VIS ISLAND!Vis Island is a Yogi hideaway. With its magical beaches and organic agriculture, Vis is a perfect oasis for immersion into the knowledge of yoga practice and teachings. The island of Vis is the most distant from main land in central Dalmatia, 2h boat trip from Split with an area of over 90k-m2. The surface of the Vis archipelago exceeds 103 km2 and includes many beautiful remote is-lands. Of all the Croatian islands, Vis is the most mysterious – even to locals. Vis spent much of its recent history serving as a military base, cut off from foreign visitors from the 1950´s right up until 1989. This isolation actually preserved the island from “modernization”, you will feel going back in time. If you are seeking authenticity, nature and serene surroundings Vis is waiting for you. Visits to local enchanted places such as the blue and the green cave provides the full experience of a paradisiac magical island.Vis Island is perhaps the best for snorkelling in Croatia. The most popular snorkeling spots on Vis Island are Stiniva and Srebrna Beach, waters around the Blue Cave on Bisevo Island, and around Green Cave on Ravnik Island.

We are located in Rukavac which is 10km from town of Vis with its main port, and 16km away from Komiža or other remote fisherman’s villages and vineyards. Our hosts are artist family Karakas that created lovely “Estate under the Paintbrush” , where most of accommodation are in a form of hand crafted houses. We will also use simple but comfortable houses around the site. The village of Rukavac is sur-rounded by gorgeous, untouched bays and beaches such as Srebrena and Stončica, walking dis-tance from the main site

YOGA SHALAS You will practice at our two brand new Yoga Shalas: an 140m2 open pergola Shala to practice, relax and study, and a 80m2 partially closed inner Shala. We have built them with all our hearts and love during this winter and spring. We are very thankful to Josip and Zorica Karakas. Your presence and practice will be a beginning blessing to inaugurate this space. Thank you!

Creating a sacred space Please note that this YR&TT aims to create toxic-free environment; enjoy for this 21 days, smoke-free, and alcohol-free space. Please bring with you very comfy, cotton and natural clothing. It will be warm, but in case of a cool evening, have a shall or a sweater, as well as socks.

“We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we began And know the place for the first time.” T.S. Eliot

❤ Yogashala Institute Issa/Vis International Education & Retreats

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LINKS AND REFERENCES Yogashala Institute http://yogashalainstitute.com/https://www.yogaalliance.org/SchoolPublicProfile?sid=856&lid=856https://www.facebook.com/pages/Yogashala-Institute/171804719671068Yogashala Institute Croatia Issa/Vis Island http://yogashalainstitute.com/international (coming soon!)https://www.yogaalliance.org/SchoolPublicProfile/sid/856/lid/6543 Estate Under the Paintbrush http://www.vis-cultrelax.com/https://www.facebook.com/VisCultrelaxJavier Castro https://www.yogaalliance.org/TeacherPublicProfile/tid/13435 Croatia http://www.buzzfeed.com/laraparker/reasons-you-need-to-visit-croatia-immediatelyVis http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g424971-Activities-Island_of_Vis_Split_Dalmatia_Coun-ty_Dalmatia.html

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