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Soul Surrender

Sri Lanka
Mid Range Retreat Healing
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Amenities

Airport transfersAyurvedaBathroom essentialsBreakfast includedCooking ClassesDinner includedHolistic TherapiesLunch includedMassageMeditation ClassesOutside activitiesYoga Classes

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Description of the Retreat

Your retreat leaders are Carleena Lara-Bregatta of the United States and Holly Benson of the United Kingdom, two wellness workers who have been teachers and students of spirituality, yoga, and energy work for a decade.

Drawing from their love of traditional East Asian medicine, 5 element theory, and various spiritual schools of thought, they’ve designed this retreat around the 5 elements of mother nature allowing the group to flow together through the alchemical magic of fire, air, earth, water, and ether.

The full moon in Sri Lanka is honoured ceremonially every month. These celebrations are heart-centred opportunities for prayer, alchemical transformation, and healing. Join them and reconnect to the cyclical nature of your being.

In addition to the bountiful cultural, spiritual, and energetic experiences, they have crafted for you, there is also plenty of free time to read that book you’ve always wanted to read; to journal on what you’re releasing with the full moon; and opportunities to explore the 7 acres of lush tropical forest and rivers.

Carleena and Holly invite you to join them for some special Yin yoga, myofascial release, yoga Nidra, embodied movement, and Vinyasa classes so you can drop out of your mind + into the temple of your body. You’ll also enjoy other somatic experiences like dance and play to raise your vibration each day through organic movement.

This retreat is not just an opportunity to spend more time with your soul but also a unique cultural experience. you will fall in love with the magical land you are on, learn more about Sri Lankan people, and their culture, and enjoy plenty of nourishing meals that will open up your palette to Southeast Asian cooking like never before! All levels and abilities welcome.

Teacher/Teachings

Holly Benson
(500 hour +, Therapeutic Thai massage therapist)
Holly’s teaching style invites students to journey deeper into their own inner landscapes with curiosity. Her offerings include variations of authentic flow, myofascial release, embodied yin and hatha yoga with a focus on pranayama (breath control), mindfulness and yoga nidra (psychic sleep). She is passionate about therapeutic Thai massage, a deeply healing modality which has been a revelation to better understand the body on a physical and subtle energetic level.

Carleena Lara-Bregatta
(800 hour e-ryt, reiki level iii, certified hypnotherapist)
Carleena is a spiritual mentor and embodiment teacher who is here to celebrate and support the integration of awakening souls on mother earth.
She is curious about life's hidden mysteries - including the very nature of the soul - and cherishes this work of soul exploration in her professional career as a full time lightworker. Through yoga, dance, breathwork, reiki, past life regression, shadow work, alchemical transformation, mother nature, service work and other various forms of healing, she leads souls home to their most joyous & purposeful life.

Timetable

-Sample Itinerary

- Day 1 - Arrival
* Welcome ceremony
* Dinner
* Evening meditation

- Day 2 - Recalibrate
* Slow flow yoga class
* Morning circle
* Breakfast
* Explore the property, swim
* Lunch
* Evening Yin yoga, Reiki

- Day 3 - Air Element
* Morning movement practice
* Breakfast
* Free time
* Lunch
* Heart opening Cacao ceremony
* Dinner

- Day 4 - Fire Element
* Morning yoga
* Breakfast
* Sri Lankan cooking class
* Lunch
* Free time
* Fire ceremony

- Day 5 - Water Element
* Morning flow yoga
* Day trip to a secluded waterfall
* Lunch
* Myofascial release yoga
* Dinner
* Pisces full moon ceremony

- Day 6 - Earth Element
* Morning movement practice
* Breakfast
* Day trip to a local temple
* Lunch
* Free time to journal / read / swim
* Dinner
* Evening circle

-Day 7 - Ether Element
* Morning practice
* Breakfast
* Free time
* Lunch
* Free time
* Dinner
* Ecstatic dance

-Day 8 - Departure
* Early morning transport back to the airport, organised by groups depending on departure flights
* This itinerary is subject to change.

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Food

This retreat property grows so much of their own fruits, vegetables and grains right here on the land! This means that you’ll enjoy a true farm to table dining experience with a rustic flair. All meals are lovingly prepared with Ayurvedic principles.

Enjoy your meals on banana leaves - a sustainable option to plates and dishes - all while sitting under the very trees that bore the fruits you’ll enjoy. Sip fresh coconut juice and enjoy the various flavours of Sri Lankan cuisine, which is primarily a mixture of fresh fruits, rice and homemade curries. Our collective diet will be plant-based, allowing for our bodies to recalibrate with food that is nourishing and fulfilling.

We will also enjoy a special cooking class where you’ll learn how to prepare a traditional Sri Lankan meal over an open fire, welcoming in a unique cultural experience you’ll never forget.

Practical Information

-Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Bandaranaike International Airport (CMB). The cost for private transport is included in your retreat, but it only covers transport on the morning of the 6th and the morning of the 13th. If you plan to arrive early or stay later, transport is not provided.

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