Private Sessions
With Shivani Howe Saraswati

Styles of yoga taught at Tattwa Darshan are Hatha Yoga, Raja Yoga, Pre/Post Natal, Chakra Flow, Restorative and Therapeutic Yoga, Pranayama and Meditation, and Lifecoaching.

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PRIVATE CLASSES (Individuals)

Preferred $80* per hour and $120* for 90 minutes (On retreat premises)

For private sessions in Kimberley, Cranbrook or further please contact us directly.

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* Prices do not include aplicable taxes
**Sessions are non refundable but are transferable.

***Please note that I have a 24 hour postponement policy - meaning that if you can give me a minimum of 24 hours notice that you are unable to attend your session, I will happily reschedule your session. Less than 24 hours may result in forfeiting the session if I am unable to rebook the session time with another client.

Daily Schedule
*subject to change with season

Please come prepared for a yogic environment. Our routine is simple but well tried and tested in retreat centres and ashrams around the world. Our weekly rhythm includes yoga sessions to stretch the body and mind, a daily relaxation practice to dissolve tensions & Karma Yoga (working with awareness to gain deeper insight into the mind).

A Day at Tattwa Darshan (schedule subject to change)

6.00-7.00am - Yoga Class* (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday)

7.00-7.30am - Morning Chanting

7.30am - Breakfast

8.15am - Morning Circle

8.30-11.30am - Karma Yoga (Yoga of Action)

12.00-12.30pm - Satyananda Yoga Nidra™ (Deep Relaxation)

12.30-1.30pm - Lunch

1.30-4.30pm - Afternooon Karma Yoga

4.30-5.30pm - Reflection & Journaling

5.30pm - Meditation

6.00pm - Dinner

Evening Program (Monday and Wednesday)

9.00pm-8.00am - Mouna (Golden Silence)

*Additional private sessions or shared group classes available. Please enquire. Class frequency may vary in off-peak season, and some meditation sessions are led by CD.

OTHER ACTIVITIES & OBSERVANCES

Monday 7.15-8.15pm - Satsang

Wednesday 7.15-8.15pm - Kirtan, chanting mantra to music

Thursday 5.30-6.30pm - Guru Gayatri - Havan (Fire Ceremony)

Friday 6-7.30am - Sundarya Lahari Chanting and Devi Havan (Fire Ceremony)

Saturday 5.00-6.00pm - Mahamritunjaya Mantra Havan (Fire Ceremony)

Wednesday/Saturday - closest to the full moon - Havan (please call for timing)

Your Retreat Options...

LIVING YOGA

We are currently focusing on our "Living Yoga" retreats. Please check back here for special courses as we book them.

 

Meals - Food for the Soul
A Yogic Diet

At Tattwa Darshan, you will get the chance to experience a vegetarian Ayurvedic diet based on the Yogic principle of simplicity, that supports our being in the process of positive transformation.

A proper diet that is pure, simple and as natural as possible is essential for progress in yoga. If one eats pure food, then the system is revitalized again and again.

Helpful Advice

• Avoid over-eating at meals and snacking when not hungry. Digestion takes a large amount of prana, and the digestive system can easily be overwhelmed by too much food. This leads to inefficient digestion, and it also robs the other bodily functions from much-needed prana.

• Eat when calm. Eating on the run, while driving, watching T.V., etc., also depletes digestive power. This misuse leads to digestive problems and other diseases.

• Eat at fixed times, as both body and mind like this regularity.

• Have a positive attitude when cooking and eating, and avoid eating when feeling angry or stressed. Our state of mind affects the subtle vibration of the food we cook as well as our ability to digest it.

At Tattwa Darshan, we call food Prasad, which is an offering from the heart. Any kind of food that we prepare to offer someone else is Prasad, as is all food that is offered to us.

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What To Bring

Tent & Thermarest (If you have been notified that you will be camping)

Sleeping bag or duvet*

Jacket and rain gear (umbrella optional)

Warm comfortable clothes and warm socks

Walking shoes or gumboots are helpful

Towel and Toiletries

Washing powder / soap for hand washing essential clothes (ecologically friendly please)

Water bottle

Flashlight (with extra batteries)

Special foods or snacks/special dietary foods (eg soy milk) - PLEASE NO MEAT BASED PRODUCTS

Phone card (0800 card if you wish to make long distance calls)

Writing material and notebooks

Prescription pharmaceuticals if required

Personal CD players/MP3 players with head-phones only

Slip-on shoes

Cash, personal cheques or money orders (in CND$). You may want to bring a little extra for private sessions or items from the Yoga Shop (eg: books, CDs, incense, etc.)

An open heart and mind

*Linen/bedding is available to hire for $40 for your stay.

What NOT to Bring!

Recreational Drugs

Alcohol

Pets

Hair dryers (unfortunately our solar power system cannot handle them!)

Other considerations

Sorry we have no cell phone reception. We are smoke free. Please abstain from smoking on the grounds during your stay. In consideration of others, please refrain from wearing strong perfumes or cologne. Thank you!

Getting Here

Getting here is the easy part. Its leaving that takes the effort...