About this Event

~~~ EARTH WARRIORS ~~~ "I am very excited to present this program. A course to discover heaven and earth. I just want to thank my friends and fellow teachers for all the support. as you can imagine in such a big course I will be inviting many special teachers, mystics and local leaders to share with us their wisdom" <<<<< It's time to live In Nature and learn the wisdom of the Earth, too long have we been waiting to experience these practices. dive deep into the bowels of the earth and hear her message, we must focus and we must be open, firm and accepting.>>>>> This month long Earth Warriors Immersion will be divided into 4 sections with a string of love for planet earth to connect ~ Yoga and Astrology ~ ~ Thai Massage and buddhist Philosophy ~ ~ Dance and voice ~ ~ Earth priest/ess & ancient wisdom ~ And Permaculture classes and adventures waved into the whole month Week 1 <<< Yoga + Astrology >>> During this week we will go discover the deep connection between the movement of the planets and our yoga practice. and connect to the moon as it travels through the zodiac. Classes will include: -- Hatha Yoga -- -- Kundalini Yoga -- -- Introduction to Astrology -- -- Pranayama -- -- Analyzing your Birth Chart -- -- Meditations for the different Planets -- -- Puja -- Week 2 <<< Thai Massage + Buddhist philosophy >>> Let's take care of ourselves, removing blockages in our energy body helping us to dive deeper into serenity. Classes will include: -- Thai Massage Foundation -- -- Dzogchen Meditation -- -- Bee Hive Hike -- -- Trip to the Secret Valley -- -- Thai Massage Temple -- Week 3 <<< Dance + voice >> Dance for the earth. Dance for healing. Join the celebration of the miracle of life. Classes will include: -- Ecstatic Dance -- -- Contact Improvisation -- -- Somatic Dance Therapy -- -- Gypsy Dance -- -- Clown Playshop -- -- Bhutto -- -- Voice Activation-- -- Hot Springs adventure -- Week 4 <<< Earth priest/ess & ancient wisdom>>> Let's bring back the old ways before language and Judgement, when we would sit by the Fire and observe the stars above playing with the shadows of the flames. Classes will include: -- Tantra Foundations -- -- Moon Ceremony -- -- Breath Work -- -- Dynamic Meditation -- -- Transfiguration -- -- Wheel of Consent -- -- Shiva Shakti Dynamics -- -- Fire ceremony -- All during This month we will be offering Permaculture classes (theory and practical) This schedule is on top of the yoga forest regular schedule http://www.theyogaforest.org/daily-schedule/ About the teachers: Niss Bach is our program director and will be our captain on this journey. Niss Bach has been teaching Thai massage and has helped to co-create the amazing yoga forest transformation retreat center in Guatemala, where he has been teaching training since 2015 and although his main focus in Thai yoga massage, Niss loves to infuse all sorts of energies to his training and retreats, with dance and fun clowning dynamics there is always ways to express and play while we study. and following the stars. In his training he teaches us how the zodiac works and how to interpret our own chart. his unique yoga classes infuse celestial knowledge into the body and mind, thus following the Vedic principals, first take care of the body with Ayurveda (Thai Massage), then clear the mind with Yoga. and then with Astrology, you can follow your souls path! https://www.elementalalchemy.org/ On our anchor and sail we have the wise fool Jeremy Fellows here to show us how to do it right and dirty Jeremy Fellows has focused ten years of study, mentorship and implementation on permaculture design systems and teaching modalities. With many years of experience in Botany, Horticulture and Soil science he is fascinated by the world of plants. After working many years in Guatemala Jeremy has dedicated his focus to land and water management systems that lend to ecological acceleration and social integration through food production. Sonal aggerwal will be joining us to infuse her heartfull gypsy songs, sharp wit and spicy mystiic. sonal aggerwal is... not a suitable marriage candidate, but she's a great comic. She is a world traveling performer. Raised in the southwest suburbs of Chicago, she left the country after college to travel the world. In March of 2015 while living in India as an artist and emcee, her life took a dramatic turn with a motorcycle accident that led her back to Chicago. During her rehabilitation, she realized that she was meant to do stand up comedy. Now, her infectious energy is on stage all over Chicago. Sonal is represented by Paonessa Talent Agency. Namaste... please stop saying it if you are not saying it right. https://www.sonalaggarwal.com/ iX-CheL Sandivel is an intimacy artist & mentor passionate about creating safe and expansive experiences that allow the human spirit to evolve into new levels of ecstatic awareness, confidence and self love. As a Source Tantra Yoga Associate & Certified Advanced Tantra Educator, she leads events around the world based on Tantra Yoga & Dance with a contemporary twist. Tantra is a conscious ceremonial lifestyle full of yogic arts, mediations, rituals and techniques. This eastern philosophy allows human beings to increase their awareness, confidence, pleasure, intuition and connect with their inner most innate truth, wisdom and creative expression. Former Elite Nationally Ranked long distance runner and model, iX-Chel has been practicing and teaching Tantra for over 8 years. A very active child, running became the outlet for her to express her infinitely passionate will, determination, and focus. Nationally ranked in the 10,000 meters, and a former Nike elite sponsored runner, iX-CheL became her own healer to compete again at the elite level, after being injured for four years. To heal she had to gain a deep spiritual awareness of our connection with the emotional body/mind. Now with a profound intuitive understanding of her own feminine emotional body, iX-CheL has been exploring the sacred union between creative life-force energy and consciousness. http://ixchelsandivel.com/ Kachenka Foltova Rainbow Free spirit, natural healer of many paths of life. Born in Czech Republic. Hatha and Tantra Kriya Yoga teacher, Biodynamic breath and trauma release practitioner, Shiatsu Thai masseuse, Reiki & Deeksha giver, Initiated into plant medicine paths with Huichol and Shipibo tribes. My journey has started 13 years ago in India by 21 day process of Deeksha, where profound healing took place and I was initiated as a Diksha giver into the path of a healer. Only after many years of working with energy, practicing and teaching yoga, breathwork and plant medicines, healing myself, I found a path of Tantra . The Ancient Alchemical path of transformation through the inner forces of life, which allows us to connect deeper with oneself, with others and with all forms of life. During the group sessions I share the knowledge and practices to purify, cleanse; tools to recycle our sexual energy, our thoughts, our emotions and beliefs. Katerina has completed the advance teacher training with Nayano Burdine the Elder teacher of Ipsalu Tantra Kriya Yoga system, following Osho's red Tantra and Babaji's white Tantra teachings. She has the level 1 & 2 Cosmic Cobra Breath initiation which accelerated her healing of many deep traumas regarding sexuality, bringing awareness on how to effectively use her vital energy. She has ran workshops across The world in México, Guatemala, Argentina, Germany, UK , Hungary, Portugal, Poland and Lithania. https://vimeo.com/261275657 More teachers to be announced (Price does not include accommodation or food, after paying your tuition you can reserve your accommodation at The Yoga Forest, or you could find accommodation outside of The Yoga Forest in San Marcos La Laguna a 20 minute walk). https://www.theyogaforest.org/group-retreat-calendar/?fbclid=IwAR3Xw5BEzwMQ2i0iL5SeVKjskmFoSAv7KJOdiibPgkQoftSbkLATO3e881I#/event/175/earth-warriors-course-with-niss-bach

Dance Styles

Contact Improvisation (50%)
Ecstatic Dance (50%)

Organizer

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Sandivel Garcia Bernal

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Sonal Aggarwal

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Niss Bach

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Kachenka Foltova