Wellness Weekend With certified instructors from Ishwarpreet Yoga & Sundari Yoga - March 26th to 28th, 2021 - Castaways Resort & Spa, Mission ...
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Wellness Weekend With certified instructors from Ishwarpreet Yoga & Sundari Yoga March 26th to 28th, 2021 Castaways Resort & Spa Mission Beach For registration and inquiries: 1800 079 002 reservations@castaways.com.au
Wellness Weekend Inclusions
2 nights in a Resort Room (Twin Share)
Daily BUKO Brekky Spread
90min Drift Spa Massage Treatment
Custom Yoga Mat
2hr Cacao Ceremony, Gentle Kundalini Yoga &
Gong Bath (Fri PM)
1.5hr Kundalini Sunrise Yoga & Gong Meditation
(Sat AM)
1.5hr Gong Bath (Sat PM)
1.5hr Hatha Yoga, Kundalini Meditation &
Gong Relaxation (Sun AM)
$685 per person
Based on twin share. If attending alone, a supplement of $250.00 applies.Friday 26th March, 2021
Check in will be available from 12pm at Castaways Resort and Spa.
Castaways Resort Mission Beach is the only absolute beachfront accommodation offering direct
access to 14km of secluded white sandy beach in tropical North Queensland. Just a few steps and you
will be having the sand between your toes, tropical breezes cooling you and idyllic views across the
Coral Sea and Dunk Island.
Our signature restaurant BUKO offers you a coastal vibe dining experience. You will find it hard to
choose between an endless brunch in the morning breeze, cocktails in the afternoon by the sea or
dining alfresco under the umbrellas. BUKO offers you bold flavours and unique dishes prepared with
locally sourced ingredients providing an all-round knockout experience.
5:30pm - 7:30pm Cacao Ceremony, gentle Kundalini yoga and short gong bath
We will open the weekend with a sacred cacao ceremony including intention-setting
and heart-centred meditation, bringing us to a place of profound awareness and
openness. From this space we will utilise a variety of breathwork, movement and
sound through the practice of Kundalini yoga. This will be gentle seated practice
providing the space and tools to go even deeper within, allowing a opening and
expansion from the heart.
A little bit about cacao …
Ceremonial cacao is a plant medicine that originated in the ancient culture of the
Mayans in central America. It is densely packed with nutrients and contains
neurotransmitters and chemical compounds (including theobromine and
anandamine, or the ‘bliss molecule’) that generate enhanced awareness, open
heartedness and intensified sensory experience, an ideal accompaniment to spiritual
practice. The cacao we will be using has been grown here in Mission Beach by
Charleys Chocolate.
7:30pm Free time to enjoy dinner at BUKO restaurant or explore Mission Beach Village which
is only a 5 minute walk away.
Day OneSaturday 27th March, 2021
For early risers Castaways Resort and Spa offers one of the most beautiful spots to watch the sunrise
over the Coral Sea with beautiful Dunk Island as a backdrop. Just peek through your curtains, make
yourself a cup of tea and enjoy the view from your balcony.
7:00am Kundalini Yoga
This yoga will include some movement (options will be provided to make accessible
for everyone), lots of focus on breath including some specific pranayama techniques,
meditation (some chanting) and a gong relaxation. This class will work systematically
through the chakras to help open you up to your natural state of balance & vitality.
8:30am - 11:00am BUKO Brekky Spread at BUKO Restaurant
9:00am onwards Drift Spa
Our spa offers a relaxation lounge with large veranda overlooking the beach. Our
beachfront treatment room lets you lull slowly enjoying the sea breeze and
gentle flow of the waves.
We will commence the Drift Spa choice of 90 Min Signature or 90 Min Kahuna
Bodywork. (Please note to be COVID safe we can only permit 1 treatment at a
time). Choice of-:
Drift Signature Bodywork
A remedial massage with a difference. This bodywork can be as gentle or as deep as
your body will allow our therapist to work. It is designed to open you up and create
space in your joints an initiate fascial movement, soften muscular tension and target
any areas of lower back, upper back or neck tension. Heal your body, heal your spirit.
Drift Kahuna Bodywork
Originated and developed by Kahuna Abraham Kawai’i. Designed to restore balance
to body systems, with calming long flowing movements at different speed and depths.
The principles of motion, leverage and timing self-awareness and self-healing by
improving fluid and nerve circulation, joint mobility, and muscular flexibility.
Day TwoSaturday 27th March, 2021
12:00pm - 5:00pm Optional Mala Making Cost $150.00pp
Mala beads have been used for centuries as a sacred tool for meditation and prayer.
Using natural gemstones and intention Kellie will gently guide you to create your
own very special mala.
This workshop will begin with breathwork and a short meditation to allow you to
become still and connect deeply with your intuition. You will then be guided to set an
intention and choose gemstones to create a mala with the energy to specifically
support you in whatever way will most serve you.
You will be shown the how to of making a mala and then supported through the
process of design and creation. There will be plenty of gemstone beads to choose
from so you can really let your creative juices flow. There will be plenty of gemstone
beads to choose from so you can really let your creative juices flow. Kellie will also
assist in providing information on the crystal’s energetic properties.
5:00pm - 7:00pm Free time to enjoy dinner at BUKO restaurant or explore Mission Beach Village which
is only a 5 minute walk away.
7:00pm - 8:00pm Sound Immersion / Gong Bath
Using gongs singing bowls and other sacred instruments you will be bathed in
delicious vibrations and guided gently into a deeply relaxing and restorative state.
The gong activates our parasympathetic nervous system and it’s ability to get us
quickly into a deep meditative state is amazing. In this state much healing can occur,
physically, emotionally, and mentally.
For this event you will be invited to lay down and we encourage you to get as comfy as
you can so please feel free to bring along anything you feel could enhance your
comfort.
Day TwoSunday 28th March, 2021
7:30am - 8:45am Gentle Hatha Yoga & Kundalini Meditation
Gentle Hatha Yoga & Kundalini Meditation (chanting) and gong relaxation. We invite
you to finish this nourishing retreat with some gentle heart based yoga and an
extended meditation from the Kundalini lineage. Gentle stretches and movement will
prepare for the body to immerse into a powerful 31 minute meditation practice that
will use sound (chanting) and mudra (hand position) to take you deep within.
8:30am - 11:00am BUKO Brekky Spread at BUKO Restaurant
9:00am onwards Drift Spa
Our spa offers a relaxation lounge with large veranda overlooking the beach. Our
beachfront treatment room lets you lull slowly enjoying the sea breeze and
gentle flow of the waves.
We will commence the Drift Spa choice of 90 Min Signature or 90 Min Kahuna
Bodywork. (Please note to be COVID safe we can only permit 1 treatment at a
time) for those that did not receive their treatment on Day Two. Choice of-:
Drift Signature Bodywork
A remedial massage with a difference. This bodywork can be as gentle or as deep as
your body will allow our therapist to work. It is designed to open you up and create
space in your joints an initiate fascial movement, soften muscular tension and target
any areas of lower back, upper back or neck tension. Heal your body, heal your spirit.
Drift Kahuna Bodywork
Originated and developed by Kahuna Abraham Kawai’i. Designed to restore balance
to body systems, with calming long flowing movements at different speed and depths.
The principles of motion, leverage and timing self-awareness and self-healing by
improving fluid and nerve circulation, joint mobility, and muscular flexibility.
12:00pm Late check-out will be available for retreat guests. You are welcome to stay
on and enjoy the Resort facilities.
Day ThreeAbout your practitioners
Kellie from Ishwarpreet Yoga
I'm Kellie, a long term practitioner of Kundalini Yoga and this practice has had such a
deeply transformative impact on her life that I felt compelled to share it. I completed
my teacher training in 2017 and what a beautiful journey it has been since then to
witness the impact of this practice helping so many others.
My approach to Kundalini Yoga is to share it in a way that makes it accessible to
everyone. What interests me and what I like to share is how we can use this practice
to break ourselves open a bit more than we were yesterday, so that we can show up in
a more authentic way in the world. In my classes you will be challenged to open your
hearts a little bit more, to connect with stillness for a little bit longer, to breathe
through the discomfort of that feeling you might have buried just that little bit deeper.
For me, it's not about being more flexible, stronger, leaner, or in any way better, it is
just about being more you.
I believe there is a level of self healing we can tap into when we move our bodies in a
conscious and loving way and when we combine that with breath and sound we open
ourselves up to an experience that can lead to profound physical, conscious and sub-
conscious shifts taking place. Often in this practice we are working on the more
subtle energetic levels and so it will most likely look and feel different to any other
style of yoga you may have done in the past.
Rose from Sundari Yoga
I'm Rose and I spent the last few years immersed in yoga and meditation at Hridaya
Yoga Mexico. This was a washing machine of spiritual training, extended periods of
silence and solitude, while navigating the challenges of living and working in
community.
I was deeply moved by the depth and joy within the Hridaya teachings (Hridaya means
'Spiritual Heart'). These teachings inspire the style of yoga and meditation I practice
and teach and continue to study.You can also read
