Yoga, and mindfull eating on Clare Island
3rd - 7th July 2010
1st - 5th september 2010

The mindfulness that is nurtured through the meditation and yoga practice can be extended off the yoga mat and applied to our daily lives. At the retreat centre here on the island we are privileged to be able to grow most of our own food, something which has long been lost or at least neglected in our increasingly urbanised culture. This summer course offers participants an opportunity to re-connect with nature within the unique environment of an island, engaging in activities which are not only fun but require a quiet awareness, let us say, mindfulness.  We will be celebrating the abundance that the season brings in terms of food, both cultivated and wild. All participants will have the opportunity to have hands-on experience in the making of dinner, all from local ingredients, as well as the baking of bread. We will be sharing not only our recipes but also our passion for fresh, locally grown, organic and delicious vegetarian food. We are equally passionate about bread and hope to infect those who come on the course with the same enthusiasm to turn one's back on the industrial variety. 

During this 3 day retreat, we will be practicing yoga and meditation in the morning while devoting the afternoons to food production. Afternoon activities will include:

• Bread making (weather permitting, we will bake bread in our wood-fired cob bread oven)
• Vegetarian cooking (starting with the harvesting of fruit and vegetables from the gardens for each evening's meal)
• Harvesting and using wild herbs and fruit
• Organic (biodynamic) gardening
  

Schedule

Day 1
Arrival on the island with the 5.30pm ferry from Roonagh.
Introductory talk @ 6.30pm followed by Dinner 

Day 2, 3 and 4
8.30 Sitting meditation
9.00 Asana class with Ciara 
11.00 Brunch and rest

Last day
Morning as above
12.30 pm Departure from the island

The teachers

Ciara Cullen is one of the resident yoga teachers and chefs at the Clare Island retreat centre. She has been studying various style of yoga for 12 years. She will be teaching the morning asana class, as well as some of the cooking, gardening, and some harvesting of flowers/vegetables.

Christophe Mouze is also a resident teacher and chef at the Clare Island retreat centre. He will be leading the morning meditation and will be teaching breadmaking and vegetarian cooking as well as using wild flowers and herbs. 

Price 500 euros includes all tuition, vegetarian meals and comfortable shared accommodation. Maximum of 8 participants, click here to book