Opening To Change: Meditation, Pilates & Yin Yoga Afternoon Retreat, Including Lunch
Join meditation practitioner Ciara McGinley and Pilates and yoga teacher Vanessa Michielon for this intention setting afternoon retreat.
About
The beginning of the year is the perfect time to connect to your intuition and reflect on what you truly and deeply desire for the months to come.
This is why this half day retreat is dedicated to our Sankalpa (inspired intention), which according to the Yoga tradition is a powerful statement that can guide us with purpose and clarity towards what is most meaningful to us.
The retreat will begin with a grounding breathwork and intention setting practice led by Ciara, helping you to settle into the space and leave behind anything that is no longer serving you. Vanessa will then guide you through mindful, somatic movement featuring a fluid Pilates sequence to warm up the body, a heart opening Vinyasa Flow before a grounding Yin Yoga in preparation for meditation.
Ciara will close the practice with an empowering visualisation meditation and a journaling exercise, so you leave feeling truly connected to your intention for the year, with a clear vision of how to get there.
We'll finish the day by enjoying a nourishing lunch from The Lodge Cafe and goodies from our wellbeing partners.
The Schedule
1pm – Welcome + Guided breathwork and intention setting
1:40pm – Movement incorporating Vinyasa, Pilates and Yin Yoga
3:10pm – short break
3:15pm – guided meditation and journalling practice
4pm – reflections, wrap up and light lunch at the cafe
The Space
Join us wellness hub The Lodge Space, a short walk from Canada Water and Surrey Quays stations.
You DO NOT need to bring your own yoga mat, but we recommend bringing an extra layer or jumper in case it gets chilly during the breathwork and meditation practices. You are also welcome to bring anything else you feel will support your practice on the day.
Please note:
No previous Yoga, Pilates or Meditation experience required.
Please arrive 10 minutes before the start of the event, so that we can begin promptly with the perfect quiet and concentration.
Tickets are non refundable.
For any questions please get in touch with Ciara at hello@findingquiet.co.uk or Vanessa at info@vanessamichielon.com.
our wellbeing partners
We are thrilled to have Love Corn, Raw Halo and The REAL Drinks Co on board to support this event, plus even more health & wellbeing brand sponsors to come. Watch this space!
Meet Your Hosts
Ciara McGinley is a health and wellbeing expert, mindfulness meditation practitioner and the founder of Finding Quiet, where she helps busy women relax, reset and reconnect at luxury wellbeing experiences and mini retreats.
She’s all about making meditation and wellbeing practices realistic for this always-switched-on-world, so she empowers her clients to look after their wellbeing with simple techniques, whether they are practicing on their yoga mat, or their morning commute.
Her signature method combines meditation, mindfulness and compassion based practices to help women learn to relax, manage stress and build resilience so they can take on any challenge that comes their way, and find quiet in the chaos of everyday life.
Ciara has written for many of the UK’s biggest women’s lifestyle magazines, including Red, Marie Claire and Stylist. She has also been featured in Sheerluxe, Happiful and Woman & Home.
Vanessa Michielon is a Yoga and Dance Lecturer, Movement specialist, and founder of the Transformative Movement Method, empowering people of all walks of life to embrace Yoga, Pilates and Dance in order to improve physical health and achieve a balanced state of mind.
She has been teaching for over 14 years, including some of London top clubs and studios, and renowned Festivals, such as Balance, Livewell and Om Yoga Show.
Some of her qualifications include Advanced Yoga Psychology, Yoga Therapy for Anxiety, Yin Yoga, L3 Pilates, and a Master in Dance Performance, and her work has been featured in Marie Claire, Women’s Fitness, Stylist.
Vanessa believes that embodied movement can radically transform our life and wishes to help others find joy and purpose in their practice.
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