New Year’s Yoga & Meditation Retreat @ Space
7pm Sunday 29th December 2019 until Wed 1st January 2020 at 2pm
Claudio Escutia & Lana Bright
Non Residential Spaces are still available! $395
For Residential Rooms Please send Lana an email lana@spaceyoga.nz
Let the end of 2019 be a time for you to feel calm & invigorated: Restore, Refresh, Re-orientate & Rejuvenate. Take this very special time for you in Space to let go of the past year and let in the coming year with greater ease, a clearer mind and optimism.
Join Lana Bright & Claudio Escutia on this retreat, at beautiful Space Studio in Wellington, New Zealand www.spaceyoga.nz.
Be guided through many daily practices – traditional and current, with the wisdom of modern research woven in to support our health & wellbeing and orientate us to living life calmly & fully.
Meditation, Yin / Yang / Restorative Yoga (still shapes / dynamic shapes / restful shapes), breath practices, mindfulness, walks in nature, sound healing, a fire ceremony, conversations – to nourish you: Learn something new, evolve your practices, feel refreshed.
Regardless of your previous experience, this retreat will offer wonderful opportunities to unplug, reset and rejuvenate.
There will be opportunities to go into silence and if you wish to explore silence for much of the retreat, this too is offered.
Below is our draft timetable of events, which students can come to as many or as few as is best for them:
Sunday 29th December 7pm – Welcoming and meeting everyone and beginning to orientate towards why we’re here and what we will practice & enjoy together
Monday 30th
8.00am-9am – Yin & Yang Yoga – Lana
9.10-10am – Pranayama breathing & Meditation – Claudio
10-11.15am Brunch
11.15-1.15pm – Claudio & Lana – approaches, concepts & practices that nourish our wellbeing & those that can easily sabotage us
1.15-3.30pm A Leisurely Break ( Rejuvenation – Oriental Bay or Balaena Bay – a 20 mins walk away; a walk through Mt Victoria bush walks: resting, reading and restoring)
3.45-5.30pm –Lana/Claudio – quietly & mindfully imbedding practices
Break for evening meal
7.15-8.30pm Restorative Yoga infused with Mindfulness – Lana
Tuesday 31st
8.0am-9am -Yin & Yang Yoga – Claudio
9.0-10.am – Pranayama & Meditation – Lana
10-11.15am Brunch
11.15-1.15pm – Claudio & Lana – approaches, concepts & practices that nourish our wellbeing
1.15-6.45pm Break ( Rejuvenation – Oriental Bay or Balaena Bay – a 20 mins walk away; a walk through Mt Victoria bush walks: resting, reading and restoring)
7-9pm Restorative yoga – ‘letting go, letting be, letting in’, as we open towards 2020 – Lana
9-10 – Fire Ceremony -orientating to 2020 – letting go, be and in – Lana + Claudio
10-Midnight+ – New Year’s Eve Sound Journey & Music – Claudio
Wednesday 1st Jan 2020 New Year’s Day
9am-10am – Yin & Yang Yoga – Lana
10.10-11am – Meditation & Pranayama – Claudio
11-12.30am Brunch together
12.30 – 2pm Final time – what we have explored, experienced and learnt together
Claudio Escutia
I was born in Mexico City and I come from a family of professional musicians.
After finishing classical guitar studies, at the School of Fine Arts, I moved to Montreal Canada to study Jazz music. Here I experienced the power of Yogic practices, and I became aware of the harmony between breathing, body, mind and soul.
In the mountains of Quebec I lived, studied and trained for 6 months in yoga and meditation at the Yoga Sivananda Vedanta Ashram. My teacher was the renowned professor Praladh, a direct student of Swami Vishnudevananda, one of the first teachers of India in introduce yoga in the West. Here I received my certification of 300 hours of Yoga by Yoga Alliance. After this intense training I began to teach Hatha Yoga in several studios in Montreal.
By 2012 I had moved to Europe, where I studied Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga in Jivamukti Berlin and Yin Yoga, guiding several workshops and retreats.
In 2013 I travelled to Nepal to study Sound Healing with Tibetan Bowls ,Gongs, Bells and Mantras taking certification and courses at the Kundalini Sound and Herbal Healing School in Kathmandu with the renowned teacher and healer Chaitanyashree. After Nepal, India beaconed me and I began to study the classical music of India on Sitar, Esraj and Bansuri as well as voice technique in Calcutta and Varanasi.
After this I returned to Mexico to teach for 3 years – Yin Yoga, Nada Yoga, Mantra Yoga and Sound Healing. In 2017 I arrived in New Zealand to live & teach and settle with my wife.
During my classes,I incorporate ancient and traditional techniques to harmonize body~consciousness~energy with the vibrations of Tibetan bowls, Mantras, Mudras and other Yogic offerings that take us on a journey to the heart & inner peace.
“I have found, through the practice of conscious movement & breath and sound & vibrations, the path to inner silence and peace.”
Lana Bright
My career began as a teacher, coach, mentor and facilitator. Then in 2004 I fell in love with yoga, and in 2013 I trained as a yoga teacher. In 2014 I attended a workshop guided by Sarah Powers – Insight Yoga Institute: I was instantly struck by Sarah’s wisdom, eloquence and embodiment of the teachings. It seemed like an impossible dream at that time, but this lead me to straight away dedicate the next 2 years studying full time with Sarah and her husband Ty. I’m one of 20 teachers globally who is endorsed as a yoga teacher by Sarah Powers with IYI 500hrs+. Its a great honour and a deep responsibility too.
In November 2016 my husband and I had another dream – by February 2018 we opened Space Studio. We spoke of this labour of love as our, ‘fun project’, so that the immensity of building a purpose built studio behind our home wouldn’t be too overwhelming – ‘Just a little overwhelming from time to time.’
Below are some qualifications & practical Tools that I’ve trained & worked with for over 20 years, that support working alongside individuals & groups:
Positive Neuroplasticity: 5 day Training with Dr Rick Hanson ; 20 day Mindfulness Teacher Training with Openground – the Mindfulness Training Institute Australasia: NLP Master Practitioner 36 day Training in psychological frameworks that help us understand our minds and behaviours and focus in on moving beyond limiting beliefs; Bachelor of Education Auckland College of Education and 2 years lecturing at Wellington College of Education in Health – Hauora: Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching Supervision – Oxford Brookes University, UK: Graduate of Corporate Coach University – USA; Advanced Coaching Certificate – Sydney University; M.B.T.I. – Myers Briggs Type Indicator – Accredited Teacher ; Development and facilitation of 2+ day workshops: ‘Courageous Conversation’, ‘Coaching Skills – strengthening positive habits’.