Yummy & Healthy Retreat with Jen Chapman and Lucie Diemunsch
8th-10th November 2024
A collaborative Retreat, with Lucie Diemunsch, and Jen Chapman.
Join us in celebration of your bonne sante, (good health) as you feed your body and mind, with the wisdom of yoga, and yummy healthy plant-based cooking.
Enjoy this beautiful union of “Jen and Lucie” as we share our knowledge with you, bringing happiness to your tummy, and freedom to your body, wrapping you up in delight.
Experience a blissful yoga journey with Jen, as you immerse, in an awakening flow, find ease in your body, through breathwork, yoga and visualisation. Calm your mind and bring peace to your soul.
Nourish your soul, with Lucie, as you embark on a delicious plant-based cooking journey, as she shares her exquisite creations, and fabulous skills with you.
Find pure joy, with some joie de vivre, as your tastebuds surrender to this pure essence of health.
Book with Jen asap 0834504158.
Main house:
Mahogany (sea view, ensuite): R 4 000
Sunrise (sea view, private bathroom): R 4 000
Duiker (sea view, private bathroom): R 4 000
Loerie (forest view, ensuite): R 4 000
Hyrax (forest view, shared bathroom): R 3 800
Cottage:
Hornbill (forest view, shared bathroom): R 3 800
Bushbuck (forest view, shared bathroom): R 3 800
Mdoni (forest view, ensuite): R 4 000
Single rooms:
Shared bathroom R 4 500
Private & Ensuite Bathroom R 5 000
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Jennifer Chapman, is the founder of The Astanga Studio, in Kloof.
“Around the age of 12yrs old, I was encouraged, by my ballet teacher, to take yoga, and from an early age my body innately connected to that feeling of clarity after practising. I also think when we are so young, our minds aren’t as full of garbage, and our bodies surrender to pure wisdom. I was drawn to that sense of bliss after practice, the yoga high, with a sense of, if my heart is willing I can do anything, as long as it doesn’t harm myself, or others.
Dance is my heart song and yoga became intertwined in the dance of my heart, it brought such peace to my soul. From a young age I began reading up on Eastern Philosophy on a Guru’s way of life, eating etc. I was already a vegetarian. It was my dream to travel to India
one day and meet a Guru and I did just that.
We have perhaps all suffered trauma in our lives somewhere along the way, due to trauma I became attracted to martial arts as well, and have practiced a variety of forms from karate, kick boxing, kung fu, krav maga and budokon. In my exploration of these various martial arts, we offer a mobility class, also incorporating self defence, based on krav maga principles.
I also offer massage therapy, for me this goes hand in hand for physical and mental well being.”
Trainings:
- 2002-2004, 6 levels of Ka Huna Transformational Bodywork, Durban, S.A.
- 2004, La Stone Holistic Bodywork Certification, Cape Town, S.A.
- 2005, 200hr Astanga Yoga Teacher Training, Mellissa Wasserfall, Durban, S.A.
- 2005, 100hr NIA Dance Teacher Certification, Cape Town, S.A.
- 2005, Mysore, India, Ashtanga Yoga, trained under Guru, Sri.K.Pattabhi Jois, Sharat and Saraswathi.
- 2009, Children’s Yoga Teacher Training, Coco Van Oppens, S.A.
- 2014, 200RYT Astanga Yoga GAVVY Teacher Training, Michael Gannon, Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
- 2016, 100hr AcroVinyasa Yoga Teacher Certification, Yoga & Beyond, Padangbai, Bali.
- 2017, 50hr Budokon, Yoga and Martial Arts Movement, Cameron Shayne, of Miami.
“Yoga, has brought a great healing to my being.
Dance, and acro freedom to my soul.
Massage Therapy, has allowed me to keep riding the big wave.
Martial arts, the strength to know that I am and I can.
I want to share these crafts with others and let, them experience the path to finding their bliss, their joy and their strength.”
Cancellation policies:
Cancelled more than 30 days prior to arrival: 10% of the full retreat charge
Cancelled 15-30 days prior to arrival: 25% of the full retreat charge
Cancelled 8-14 days prior to arrival: 50% of the full retreat charge
Cancelled less than 7 days prior to the arrival: 75% of the full retreat charge