Accommodation

The house is an old stone house with a big garden and many places to relax. The rooms are nice and big and refreshing in the summer, all with mosquito nets and natural coco-mat mattresses. We have restored all the rooms in the original style of the house. There are three double rooms that will be shared during the seminars with shared bathrooms and a yoga shala overlooking the Lybian sea.

It is surrounded by Olive trees and at the end of a traditional Cretan village and you can experience how people live even now very plain and simple.

Program

Yoga units in harmony with the 5 elements, fire, water, earth, air and ether, harmonize and activate you, asanas, pranayama, meditation and mantras accompany and support you. You will feel who you really are resting in your hearts and spread love and light in the world.

Morning and afternoon sessions include meditation, various yoga styles, nada yoga, beach yoga for the water element with dinner by the sea, ecstatic dance in the fire element, mantra chanting for the ether element, to name but a few, and plenty of pranayamas appropriate to each element.

Also, you will learn more about the mantra “Nada Brahma” - the world is sound. Kirtan is the chanting and repeating of holy names. It is a beautiful art to open up in Bakhti Yoga and turn off your thoughts.

Ecstatic dance involves breathing, warming up, and free dancing to beautiful music, a live Dj set by Dj Forrest that will get you in tune with you and stimulate your fire. In the end relaxation with sound healing (Gong Tibetan bowls and more) with Asimina from the Hess sound healing school.

Thursday afternoon is free for you to relax and do whatever you like.

To make this retreat stand out there is wonderful food, each day tailored to the element. Traditional Greek, as well as Ayurvedic Indian cuisine, is lovingly prepared by the chef Siddhart. In the morning a rich and healthy vegetarian brunch made from regional and/or organic products

Mantra Chanting is

A practice that allows anyone, including non-musicians to experience the many life-enhancing beneﬁts of singing.
A way for you to connect with the community, to feel a part of a vital, larger whole.
A judgement-free space, where you can come home to yourselves
A powerful tool for self-exploration, self-improvement, and conscious evolution
An elevated space where you can activate powerful energetic archetypes that serve you in your lives
A way for you to get out of your heads, to be liberated from the prison of thought
An opportunity to connect with the power of a living tradition that stretches back thousands of years
A means to directly experience yourselves as vibrational, energetic beings

The yoga sessions will take place on the roof terrace overlooking the mind-blowing Cretan nature and sea

Included excursions

You will be on one of the beautiful beaches for a yoga unit one afternoon with dinner after

Instructors

Anja Hettich

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Anja, also known as Apinaya, is an alternative healer, teacher of the new consciousness, and qualified Shivananda yoga teacher. She also teaches Yin Yoga, yoga flow and playing harmonium and singing mantras. She has also been studying with Iyengar yoga teachers for quite some time. Originally born in South Germany, she came to Crete, the island of light. Realizing that life is much more than what the eyes can see, her inner journey began and yoga and meditation came into her life, as well as different energy healing methods and massages. She has also been a Reiki master for more than 20 years.

Location

The retreat place is located in a small mountain village called Amiras (around 550 meters high) on the south coast of Crete, the island of light. After living in Crete since 1986, the Om Shanti Yoga team was drawn to this area which has the quietness of the mountains and the vastness of the Libyan Sea just in front of the house. The energy is so pure and therefore perfect for yoga retreats, yoga holidays, Satsang, or a holiday. And maybe some questions about yourself and life will be answered through the stillness of the place and the harmonic energy. Around the retreat center, you can hike in one of the only pine forests in Crete or relax on one of the most beautiful beaches of Crete all about 20 mins away, and drive through pure nature to get there.

There are Minoan temples, and gorges in the area. It is still like Crete many years ago with empty beaches and nice places to visit. There are also some small villages for shopping etc and beautiful taverns located along the seafront. Sunbeds and umbrellas are still provided for free in most places.

You can relax here. Let the soul dangle and come back into harmony with what you really are. The place radiates a harmonizing and healing energy that our soul desperately needs in this hectic time.

Om Shanti Yoga & Healing Crete is located 60 kilometers from Heraklion airport you can come by bus or they can transfer you to the retreat center or arrange a car for rent.

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Food

The food is vegetarian and vegan-friendly. To highlight this retreat, there is wonderful food, in harmony with each element per day, both traditional Cretan but yogic and Ayurveda Indian. The cooking of Chef Siddhart will give you insight into both cuisines. The Cretan diet is one of the healthiest on the planet. You will travel through culinary experiences each day and feel healthy and nourished. Daily brunch and six dinners are included in the price.

The following meals are included:

Brunch
Dinner

The following drinks are included:

Water
Coffee
Tea
Detox juices

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

Vegetarian
Organic
Ayurvedic

If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

Things to do (optional)

Massages
Boat trips
Stand Up Paddle Boarding

Spa treatments

The following are available at additional charge:

Relaxing oil massage

Indian head massage

Foot reflexology

Reiki

What's included

7 nights accommodation in a shared double room
Rich and healthy vegetarian brunch from locally sourced, organic products plus 6 delicious vegetarian dinners
2 yoga classes (morning and evening except for Thursday free afternoon), including meditation and pranayama
Yoga Nidra
Mantra singing
Ecstatic dance with a life DJ set
Car to go around all week (sharing)

What's not included

Airfare
Airport transfer
Petrol
Insurance

How to get there

Recommended Airports

HER

Heraklion International Airport (Nikos Kazantzakis Airport)

41 km

Transfer available for additional US$ 82 per person

Arrival by airplane

Please book your flight to arrive at Heraklion International Airport (Nikos Kazantzakis Airport) (HER). Airport transfer is not included in the price. From the airport, you can either book a transfer from Om Shanti or get a bus to Amiras.

Airport: Heraklion International Airport (Nikos Kazantzakis Airport) Airport transfer available:Heraklion International Airport (Nikos Kazantzakis Airport) (US$ 82 per person) Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.

Cancellation Policy

A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.

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