YOSSUM Discovering of the Being Retreat
July 16 - 23, 2011
Andalucia Mountains, Spain

*** 2 places left

The YOSSUM Retreats - www.yossum.com - are designed to provide the participant with a taste of Yoga in its entirety. We offer a process of discovery and re-connection different from most yoga holidays. This retreat will be hosted by three highly qualified teachers, Kali Ornelas, Deva Devillers and Emilio Mercuriali.

If you are a beginner this retreat can be a rounded introduction to a yoga practice which is integrated with the understanding of your psychological state as well as your body needs.

For those of you who are seasoned yoga students that feel it challenging to bring what you experience on the mat to your daily life---or you would like that experience to go deeper, this retreat will give you tools and a clear psychological understanding to bridge this gap.

The July 2011 Retreat will take place at Rancho del Ingles, a beautiful retreat center in Andalucia, Southern Spain. Rancho del Ingles is a 15 mins drive away from Malaga International Airport. Malaga Airport is an easy destination from all the major cities in Europe.

Schedule sample for the July 2011 Yossum Retreat

08:00 – 08:30 Meditation / Pranayama with Kali &/or Deva
08:30 – 09:00 Tea Break
09:00 – 10:00 Enquiry circle with Kali &/or Emiio
10:00 Brunch
11:00 – 14:00 Free time / Space for optional one-to-one sessions
14:00 – 16:00 Self-Understanding / Enquiry circle with Kali &/or Emilio
16:00 – 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 – 18:30 Yoga class with Deva
19:00 Dinner
20:00 Meditation Practice with Kali

*Timetable is subject to changes without previous notice

Pratice of Silence
Silence is powerful. Silence raises meditation, yoga asana practice and awareness to an entirely different level. Kali will carefully prepare the group for a short period of Silence during this retreat —typically 24 hours to 48 hours. Silence is a time extremely valued by our participants.

Self Understanding Workshops – Enquiry Circles

The Enquiry circles during this retreat will be based on the Enneagram system, a unique tool that offers a structural map of human behaviour. The Enneagram gives us a very clear guiding map to understand our personality structure (ego), to become aware of our conditioned behaviour patterns which act like masks over our authentic self, translating into a loss of contact with Being, our true Self.
The correct understanding of the relationship between personality and Being is crucial and must be addressed on any path of inner life. We will begin to look at lifelong patterns of behavior that have originated from the loss of Being, and thus free ourselves a little from it. Spiritual transformation is possible with the increased understanding of what leads us to the loss of contact with Being. Our true Self is ever present, we simply need to understand what is covering our experience of it.

The Enneagram is comprised of 9 Personality Types or ways of operating in the world and, although all of us can express all the personalities types at different times, there is one type that we are most "fixated" with. These personality types are expressions of the loss of contact with Being, our essential nature, and the true value of this knowledge is to help us re-establish this contact.

It is important to consider that to discover your personality type does not put you into a box but simply shows you the box you are in so you can get out! This ultimately can help us to be set free from our self imposed limitations and reconnect with our True Self.

The 9 personality types at a glance:
Type 1: The Perfectionist, Type 2: The Helper, Type 3: The Performer, Type 4: The Tragic-romantic, Type 5: The Observer, Type 6: The Loyalist, Type 7: The Enthusiast, Type 8: The Challenger, Type 9: The Peacemaker.
If you don't know your Enneagram personality type already we strongly recommend that you take the following test by clicking here.

Please take the full RHETI test which takes about 45 minutes and costs US$10. It is important that you email us the result of the test one week before the retreat.

Although the activities included in the retreat make the retreat complete in itself, we do offer extra sessions to deepen your experience and address issues on a one-to-one basis.

Kali Ornelas - Self Understanding
Kali uses the Enneagram system as a mirror for your inner work as well as her skills at trauma healing and other expressions of her therapeutic methods. Her sessions are powerful and eye opening. These sessions tend to get fully booked in advance. Please indicate in your Booking Form if you would like us to reserve times for you.

Emilio Mercuriali - Self Understanding
Emilio uses a system that focus on reconnecting to our true nature through the understanding and processing of our personality structure. In his sessions he facilitates self-exploration and helps to distinguish between the false personality and the real aspects of our Being, which we call Essence. When we recognize essence we start building a relationship with it that keeps on growing and supporting us in our development. There is a limited number for these sessions and they are subject to space.

Deva Devillers - Private Yoga
Valerie's private yoga lessons helps you to address any specific issues you might want to clarify. The private classes can help you to deepen your practice and addresses any particular health problems.

Heath Wilson - Rolf Method of Structural Integration
Rolf is a structural bodywork which improves posture and reduces painat the root-cause level, yeilding lasting results. Rolf Sessions re-balance the body via precise manual manipulation of the client's connective tissue. Movement awareness education is part of Rolf Sessions, which helps clients maintain the benefits received during the manual work of the session.

Mradu Zech – Soul Reading
Mradu’s intuitive card readings invokes clarity and light to any issue and questions in life. It is a open space for you to enquire and process in a very natural and loving way. You can discover important keys for your path and as you touch your soul’s longing  you will not forget the taste of it.

Location - July 16 - 23, 2011
Rancho del Ingles
10 minutes from Malaga Airport - Southern Spain

Rancho del Ingles is a spectacular spacious rural estate of immense character with a pool and extensive grounds in the South of Spain, 10 mins drive from Malaga airport. It nestles peacefully in the foothills, a few minutes drive from Alhaurin de la Torre.

Orange, lemon and avocado groves, woods, a stream and mature shrubs offer a wonderful sense of well-being. It is situated between the mountains and the sea and it is an ideal environment for your time away.

This unconventional setting is to home to quirky curios and features dating back more than a century. As well as carved doors and furniture from India, there are architectural pieces that have been salvaged from different parts of the world.

As all the rooms are unique and varies in sizes and positions within the property. The room allocation will be in order of booking. If you would like to have first choice, please book early.