You’ve booked yourself a yoga retreat – how exciting! As well as feeling excited you may also feel a little anxious too and so, to help you get the most out of your yoga retreat, here’s our Top 10 tips to help you get the most out of your precious holiday time and yoga retreat. … Read more »
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Why and How you should practice Yoga in the Summer
Summer is a season we all look forward to with longer, lighter & warmer days that make us feel alive and energised. But the transition from the cool peaceful days of spring to hot summer can be quite stressful for our bodies and may have a negative effect on both our health and well-being. Luckily,… Read more »
Our beaches are the cleanest in Spain. It’s Official !
The Alicante province, where our yoga holidays & retreats take place, has more blue flag beaches that any other province in Spain! Over 60 of Alicante’s beaches recently scooped this coveted annual award. A blue flag accreditation means a beach meets strict standards of the European Foundation of the Environment. These standards include; the quality… Read more »
Meditation – Let your mind have a holiday too.
BENEFITS OF Mindful Meditation I have practiced meditation everyday for the past 10 years using different methods from yantras, mantras, breathing, walking, guided, eating and other awareness based meditations. I always remain open to new techniques and recently I have been trying mindfulness meditation which I find makes life easier to deal with. By… Read more »
New to Yoga? Read these jargon busting tips
Here’s a quick reference to help you understand some of the frequent ‘yoga’ terms used in classes. Unless you understand the words it will be difficult to follow the subject! Asana The name given to describe the various yoga postures or poses you’ll practice during class. Hold your asana’s with stability and encourage a sense… Read more »
How to Choose a Yoga Retreat.
If you need help in choosing a yoga retreat that’s right for YOU we hope our checklist below helps you to narrow down your search. 1. Consider why you want to go on a yoga retreat. Is it because you’d like to progress your yoga practice rapidly? Because you’ve always dreamt of going… Read more »
Smile and the World smiles with you
If You Just Smile! Being happy is not all about glossing over the reality of life or ignoring important or serious issues, it’s about the attitude we have that helps us face reality and work through issues more positively. Smiling helps, try it. You have 43 muscles in your face please use them and smile… Read more »
The Power of Raw Food
When Nicole started telling me about the catering on her new Get the Glow! Yoga Detox Retreats I suspect I reacted as a lot of people might and said “raw food, isn’t that just eating salad?”. How wrong was I as she went on to tell me about a yummy raw lasagne and some delicious… Read more »
Yoga slows down the ageing process
It’s pretty much accepted that as the human body ages it tends to stiffen & tighten up. When we’re young we’re very flexible and agile but, as we get older, our range of movement, strength, stamina & flexibility all diminish. And if that’s not enough, sooner or later, we notice subtle aches & pains that… Read more »
Yogi Tea
Here at Yoga Breaks in Spain we do all we can to take care of both the physical and spiritual well-being of our guests while they are with us in Spain. One way in which we do this is to offer a range of yogi herbal teas that revitalise the senses and boost the immune… Read more »
