MBSR on Crete 2017
MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) is a simple yet highly effective way to deal more effectively with stress, illness, and the demands of daily life, and to improve physical and emotional well-being. The program consists of practical exercises: body awareness (bodyscan), mindful yoga, sitting and walking meditation, and mindfulness in everyday life. The course focuses on personal practice and experience. No prior experience is necessary.
This compact course gives participants a special opportunity to devote real time to themselves, a different kind of vacation for relaxation and regeneration. It is particularly conceived for those who are not able to attend a regular 8-week course, as well as for those who already have MBSR experience and would like to refresh and deepen their personal MBSR practice.
We begin each day with standing yoga practice on the beach. After breakfast together in the hotel courtyard, we continue in our seminar room practicing the bodyscan, yoga, sitting and walking meditation, with opportunities for discussion and practical information about mindfulness and stress reduction. In the afternoon there’s plenty of time and space for individual (mindfulness in daily life) practice while eating, shopping, conversing, actively non-doing under a beach umbrella, swimming, walking on the beach, enjoying freshly squeezed orange juice or a Greek coffee at one of the tavernas, etc. In the early evening additional practice and discussion sessions are offered.
At the end of this week, you can extend your stay and continue practicing what you’ve learned under guidance.
MBSR WEEK #1
9-16 July 2017
Registration deadline 31 December 2016
group size: 6 – 16
languages: English and German
costs (special deal for combined course & Alonia Hotel):
1 person: €660 single room
2 persons: €1180 double room (=€590 pp)
accompanying persons are welcome! cost €70 (shared room)
additional practice days (per day):
1 person: €70€ single /
2 persons: €120 double (= €60 pp)
studio (with kitchenette) also possiblet
fee includes:
MBSR course (approx.33 hours)
CDs and workbook to continue your practice at home
7 nights in single/double room in Hotel Alonia with breakfast
1 typically Cretan dinner
not included are:
other meals
flight to Heraklion
transfer Heraklion-Kalamaki
I am not a travel agent, but am happy to assist with flights, taxi transfer or car rental
Payment can be made in U.S. $
Seminar location Kalamaki:
The small village of Kalamaki lies far from mass tourism on the south coast of Crete (65 km from the Heraklion airport).
Our friendly, small, and quiet hotel Alonia – all rooms with balcony, showers/WC, refrigerator, A/C – is situated approx. 70m from the village beach and boardwalk with its tavernas and cafés. The sandy beach continues to the south for about 3 km (clothing is very optional in this section) to Kommos. (with archaeological site). The picturesque villages of Kamilari and Pitsidia are within walking distance, (approx. 30-45 min.)
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MBSR WEEK #2
23 - 30 September 2017
Registration deadline 20 June 2017
early bird discount until 23 March 2017
Course same as week #1, but takes place in the Finikas seminar room (without included hotelroom/breakfast). Accomodations either in the Finikas/Panorama or another studio-hotel adjacent to seminar room.
3 - 9 participants
languages: English and German
course costs (per person): €500 // discount until 23 March 2017: €450
hotel costs (per room/per week):
Panorama/Finikas €300 - €600
other studio-hotels nearby €210 - €560
–I am happy to help with reservations –
accompanying persons are welcome
additional practice days (per day): €40 + hotel
INDIVIDUAL MBSR RETREAT
June/July and September/October 2017
IIf the group sessions don’t fit your schedule, or if you’d prefer a more individualized course, I also offer retreats for individual and small group (up to 4 persons).
Offered between 25 June and 23 July and
30 September and 20 October 2017
Course costs begin at €700 / 1 week or
€1200 / 2 weeks for a single person.
Hotel costs from €210/week
For more information and registration, contact:
Kristin Turnblad
M.A. Stanford University
MBSR-teacher (certified in Germany since 2005)
mbsr@turnblad.de
http://mbsr.turnblad.de
fon: +49 (0)8051 – 965106
fax: +49 (0)8051 – 6403366
Kreta flyer 2017eng.pdf (551.6 KB)