19/03/2025
Hi and welcome to our latest newsletter.
In this month’s newsletter:
1. Podcast News – Content Examples
2. Mother’s Day Retreat – Sunday 30th March
3. What’s in a Half-Day Mini-Retreat?
4. Upcoming Weekend Retreat – June 2025
5. Worthy Causes
o Exotic Pet Refuge: first open days are fast approaching
o New volunteering at local dog charity
What’s in a Half-Day Mini-Retreat?
Our half-day mini retreats are designed to take attendees through a sequence of different yoga styles to provide a mind and body experience that is suitable for novices and experienced yogis alike:
10:00 – Introduction – The day starts with a brief overview of the theme, often linked to yoga philosophy and self-development principles.
10:15 – Somatic Movement and Slow Flow Hatha Yoga – Gentle movement that enhances mind-body connection, followed by slow-flow hatha yoga to exercise the body, whilst also enhancing balance and coordination.
11:30 – Yin Yoga and Restorative Yoga - Yin yoga helps to nourish and relax the body’s connective tissues, customisable to the needs of each individual, followed by restorative yoga, designed to relax the nervous system.
12:00 – Guided Meditation / Yoga Nidra - A guided meditation or yoga nidra practice will then encourage a deep sense of calm and contentment.
12:30 – Unravel / Discuss – A relaxing time for social connection, processing and debriefing, accompanied by herbal teas and some homemade healthy sweet treats.
Half-day mini-retreats provide a great opportunity to delve deeper into multiple aspects of yoga.
Our next half-day mini-retreat will be held on Thursday 27th (Our half day retreat on Saturday 29th March is already fully booked), from 10am until 1pm, both at the Yoga Barn in Lincolnshire. More details can be found here: https://learnlivegive.co.uk/yoga-events.html.
Upcoming Weekend Retreats:
As you may already know, our first weekend retreat of 2025 is already fully booked, so the next available weekend retreat this year is our luxury yoga weekend at a beautiful country house in Norfolk: Friday 5th to Sunday 8th June. We are so excited! As with the sold-out retreat, the theme is based on the principle of learning how to root yourself and feel grounded in order to then be able to enhance and grow your well-being to become your best self, all delivered through a mix of yoga styles. Only a few rooms left!
Volunteering at Worthy Causes:
A small task force of friends and yoga students committed to volunteering at the Exotic Pet Refuge for 2 weekends in March, in an attempt to make a number of improvements in preparation for the site’s first 2025 open day on Sunday 20th of April, 10am-4pm. Improvements in animal shelters, small construction projects, and painting enclosures are the key focus projects. If you can make it to the Deeping area on the 20th April, we’d love to see you at the Refuge; These open days form a huge part of the charity’s funding for the year and so are essential to the its survival. By attending, you will be financially supporting a very worthy cause, and giving yourself a great day out in the process.
We have also started volunteering at Jerry Green Dog Rescue, who for more than 60 years have been transforming the lives of dogs in need by providing shelter and finding them loving homes. Their ‘dog-centric’ ethos means they put dogs at the heart of everything, and with too few homes for dogs in the UK, they’re always looking to ensure their rescued dogs have the best quality of life while they find the dog’s perfect forever home. They have developed deep expertise in successful rescue, rehoming and welfare and strive to be leaders in rescue standards. This was evident from our very first day of volunteering, with exemplary standards of health and safety, cleanliness and operations. Wherever possible, they try to re-home dogs directly between original and new owners, in the hope that the dog doesn’t need to stay at their kennels during what will already be a very unsettling transition.
And Finally:
Inspirational quote on persistence:
"… Continue to be who you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness. The effect you have on others’ lives is the highest expression of your own."
- Maya Angelou, Author and poet
If there is anything you have learned and ‘lived’ that has benefitted you, no matter how big or small, maybe someone you know could benefit from having you share your experience. We can all make a positive difference in this world.
Please pass on our details to anyone interested in the learn live give project – thank you so much!
We hope to see you at one of our events or retreats in the near future.
Best Wishes
Emma and Andy
Contact: info@learnlivegive.co.uk
