Oki-Do Yoga


Oki-do Yoga & Zenthai Shiatsu
6 Day Life Force Retreat
Bali 4-9 June

Friday 4 June to Wednesday 9 June
Optimising our life force through touch, breath & movement.
Creating freedom & flexibility in the mind, heart and body.

6 day LifeForce retreat with Lisa Iselin,
Peter Masters and Gail Sheppard at Shanti Agung Temple, Jasri, Almapura (a small village on the east coast of Bali, approx 2hrs drive from Denpasar).

Enjoy daily Oki-do Yoga and Zenthai Shiatsu, while immersed in simple village lifestyle... Explore with awareness the potential to heal, invigorate and enrich your daily life.

To be natural in all we do is vital. Yoga seeks to raise vitality to the highest level in order to give full, joyful expression to the life force.
It shows us the way to harmonise the individual and universal expressions of life force. The first aim of yoga is to regain and strengthen natural balance and harmony.
Masahiro Oki

 

PROGRAM:

- daily oki-do practices

- yoga therapy including corrective exercises, Sotia, self massage, shuseiho

- Kyokoho - Dynamic life force training

- Sharing the healing modality of Zenthai Shiatsu (Zen Shiatsu, Traditional Thai Massage & osteopathic joint release techniques)

- Embracing the 5 Elements and our interconnectedness with nature

- Developing our intuition and awareness. Awakening a deep understanding of what is of value to the mind/heart and body. How can we raise vitality and give full joy full expression to life force, enriching our daily life.

- Embrace the simple Balinese village life style. Relax, rejuvenate, rest and replenish

Retreat Venue - Shanti Agung Centre
The Shanti Agung retreat venue is in Jasri, a small fishing village on east coast of Bali about 2 hours from Denpasar. The centre has been purpose built as a yoga and healing training space. It overlooks rice paddies and Mt Agung and has been superbly crafted from brick and hand carved woods. There's surf close by too...a nice right hand point break.

Accommodation
The rooms and bungalows are beautifully Balinese carved and very clean.
The garden ends right at the beach which is often used for Hindu ceremonies with traditional gamelan music. Rooms are mainly twin share and doubles. Depending on numbers, single rooms are available (a surcharge will apply). Visit www.homestayirene.com to find out more about the accommodation.

Food
All meals are vegetarian (with some fresh seafood options). Local organic fruit and vegetables and the amazing Balinese spices are used in the cooking. The meals are lovingly prepared by the Komangs, the Shanti Agung host family.

Getting there from the Airport
Take a taxi (bemo) from the airport - it costs about $35 Australian (and can be shared). It takes about 2 hours and it's a great trip through Bali.


$995 - inclusive of all accommodation, meals and tuition
($300 deposit to reserve your place - limited places)

To book, contact Lisa Iselin:
North Stradbroke Island Centre for Oki-do Yoga & Zenthai Shiatsu,
Point Lookout Qld 4183
0407 033 414 or (07)3409 8693
lisajiselin@hotmail.com


More about the teachers at the retreat

Lisa Iselin BA (Visual Arts) YTAA
Lisa is an environmental artist living on North Strabroke Island. She's been studying and sharing Oki-do Yoga for the past ten years, specialising in the healing art of Zen Yoga Therapy - corrective exercises for the mind-heart and body. She trained with Peter Masters and the Brisbane Oki-do study group and with Yuji Yahiro and the Oki-do Italia study groups in Rome and Naples. Lisa is also a Zenthai Shiatsu practitioner. Zenthai is a combination of traditional thai massage, zen shiatsu and osteopathic joint release techniques. She's been studying in Australia, Thailand, Laos and Bali with the founders of this style Gwyn Williams (Zenthai Shiatsu) and Arnaud L'Hermitte (Osteothai).

Her committment to practice comes through an inspired purpose to share the tools for positive change. In developing our awareness of the potential within each of us we're able to connect with our life force, touching our internal condition. A natural and innate healing process takes place. This can be very powerful and is as constant as our continual state of change.


Peter Masters BA, Dip Shiatsu YTAA STAA
Peter has a wealth of yoga and shiatsu experince to share. He originally trained at the East West Centre in Sydney with Marcea and Daniel Weber and with Dr Masahiro Oki at the Mishima Dojo in Japan. He studied and worked with Takao Nakazawa in Melbourne in the 80's and with Masako Kunino in Sydney and the Blue Mountains in the 90s. In 2002 he opened Zen Central in Brisbane. Zen Central is connected to a network of Oki-do teachers and schools in Australia, Japan, Europe and South America.

Peter believes that by taking care of our wellbeing we can experience life more fully and increase our capacity to contribute to the people and world around us.


Gail Sheppard YTAA
Gail has studied and taught Oki-do Yoga since 1995 in Australia and internationally. Her vibrant nature and enthusiasm gently encourages people to a deeper level of self-mastery, transformation and empowerment. Gail lives in Byron Shire where she runs Oki-do Yoga classes, intensives, retreats and courses. She also offers shiatsu and sound healing sessions.