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Midnight
sun yoga
We
invite you to a 7-day yoga cruise on Norwegian Coastal Voyage's ship MS
Trollfjord departing Bergen July 7, 2006 (arriving Kirkenes July 13th
at 10:00). Make history and experience midnight-sun-yoga on deck. Stretch
while you view the fjords and mountains. The
hot-yoga sessions are led by Marilyn
Barnett, a certified Bikram yoga teacher, and a founder of Yoga Connection
Tribeca, New York City. Marilyn has been teaching yoga since 1995, and
has studied with Sandra Summerfield Kozak. She recently completed a prenatal
yoga teacher training with Mary Barnes. A former nurse and mother of two
wonderful children, she combines a passion for yoga and wellness with
her alignment-focused and nurturing teaching style. Marilyn's new book,
Hot Yoga: Energizing, Rejuvenating, Healing can be found in stores in
several countries.
Take
a journey on a guided path of exploring your physical body through hatha
yoga.
Become knowledgeable of your body, its basic structure and how it moves.
Learn proper skeletal alignment and joint use for taking a posture while
developing awareness of habitual posture patterns that inhibit change.
Start to learn how to relax and breathe while observing and following
the direction your body's innate intelligence. Begin to teach yourself
how to respond to the needs of the body verses reacting to the needs of
the mind as you allow a trust to develop between the mind and body and
they become responsible partners in your yoga practice. During practice
you will find and use your core, seeing how inner strength provides lightness
and freedom as you learn to gather the energy inside and radiate it outward.
Gain an
understanding of the purpose and effects of this physical practice and
how it benefits the body and mind while enhancing your own spiritual journey.
Cost
of workshop and practice classes:
The program includes five two hour workshops with a daily 90 minute practice
class. Small group setting. Cost for workshop and practice classes: US$300.00
per student.
Passengers
interested in only practicing yoga can purchase the five 90-minute practice
classes for US$100.00.
Workshop
focus:
- Relax and Breathe, learn how the body moves during respiration. Awakening
the abdomen, lengthening and strengthening the center.
- Developing
awareness of repetitive movements or posture patterns that inhibit change.
- Communicating with your body to move.
- Working with opposites to find balance in the action of taking a posture
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(photo credit: Tribeca Yoga Connection)
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Centering - finding your core
- Learn proper skeletal alignment and joint use for taking a posture.
- Practicing safely, how to gain strength and flexibility while avoiding
strain and injury.
- Yoga off the mat, learn to apply the principles of your practice to
the activities of your daily life.
Cruise-Only
rates:
Our group rate for a large double outside cabin with a window, two lower
berths, is US$1,790 per person including taxes and meals. Our rate for
a double inside cabin with two lower berths is US$1,425 per person including
taxes and meals. Inquire about single cabins and other cabin categories
or suites.
Reservation
and Deposit:
To confirm a yoga-cruise reservation, a $300 per person deposit is
required (Visa, MasterCard, Discover Card). Final payment is due 60 days
prior to departure. Full refund of deposit less a $50 per person handeling
fee applies if cancellation is made more than 45 days prior to departure.
Complete cancellation and refund terms will be provided with the confirmation
of the reservation. While
every effort is made to feature the yoga cruise as described, CruiseNorway
reserves the right to cancel or alter this yoga program if circumstances
so demand.
For
sailing schedule and daily yoga program, click here.
Call us
or use our How to Book form for inquiries,
and we'll be in touch (mention yoga on form). To view and read about the
2002-built, 674-passenger ship, visit MS Trollfjord.
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