Spring Equinox Detox

3-day Kundalini Yoga Retreat with Japjeet Kaur Khalsa

Friday 20 - Sunday 22 March 2015

Pellenberg (Leuven), Belgium

In this retreat we want to give a spring clean to body and mind. Detoxing and letting go are the keywords!

Through the combination of Kundalini Yoga kriyas (yoga sets), cleansing breath exercises and detoxifying foods

we want to detoxify the colon, liver, kidneys, bloodstream, glandular system, lymphatic system, lungs and skin.

We will be offering a daily detoxifying breakfast, lunch and dinner (all organic and part of a Green Cleanse we

will be doing), not just for those staying residential but also as an extra option for those going home at night (for

prices see Practical details). There will be a lot of dynamic, physical yoga in this retreat. In the accompanying

meditations we will experience how the physical detox goes hand in hand with a cleansing release of negative

thoughts and feelings (or ones that have just become superfluous and old), and how by letting go of this garbage

we become much lighter again.

We will share a lot of information on detoxifying and alkaline foods and on different yogic cleanses. The yoga

and meditation sessions will be supplemented with walks outside in the grass and in the riverbed to help ease the

detox process. We also strongly recommend to take salt and mineral baths at home in the evenings to help ease

the detox symptoms. We will be offering bags of 500 gram sodium bicarbonate for €2, but you can also use other

salts (Meine Base, Epsom salts, Dead Sea salts, …)

So if you want to give yourself a new start for the Spring and Summer, want to get rid of toxins, heavy metals,

access weight, fuzzy-headedness, common or chronic illnesses or ailments, and enhance your energy, vitality,

flexibility, general health, joi de vivre, libido and night’s rest, please join us!

For those who want to take it a step further, this retreat can become the start of a more

intense detox at home – e.g. via the well-known Green Cleanse we also stick to during the retreat or via the

kitcheree-diet (mung beans and rice) from the KY tradition, or via a more traditional juice cleanse or raw food

cleanse.

As always Japjeet will carry the group with her humour, vitality, inner strength and her enthusiasm about her

own experiences with detoxing and with the vitality and mental peace and clarity this brings. Yes, detoxing can

be hard work and often goes hand in hand with e.g. headaches and other detox symptoms, but you will see it can

be a lot of fun too!

This workshop is suitable for beginners as well as people with experience in (kundalini) yoga and/or meditation,

and is open to both men and women of all ages and from all backgrounds. For KY teachers from the UK, this

retreat is accredited 9 CEU-credits by KYTA. * For testimonials about previous retreats, see at the end of this brochure.

Teacher

Japjeet Kaur Khalsa is a KRI (Kundalini Research Institute) and IKYTA

(International Kundalini Yoga Teachers Association) - certified Kundalini Yoga teacher ('Aquarian Teacher Level

I'), who is currently finishing her Level II training and who is also an intern teacher trainer at the Karam Kriya

School. She is a certified children and teenagers yoga teacher (Radiant Child Yoga Program RCYP Level 1 & 2)

and has been a certified Facilitator for the Kundalini Yoga Women's Programme Excel & Celebrate - The Radiance of

Woman since 2009. From 2008 until 2011 Japjeet taught KY in Belgium; since January 2012 she has been teaching

KY in the UK and running retreats in the UK, Spain and Belgium. Over the past years she has specialised in KY

for stress management, burnout and depression, and in women's programmes. She is also a nutrition & health

adviser, life-coach and spiritual counsellor. More information about Japjeet Kaur Khalsa and her retreats,

workshops and classes can be found on www.shuniya-yoga.org .

Practical Information

Dates:

Friday 20 - Sunday 22 March 2015. Daily from 9.30am to 6pm.

We highly recommend attending the full 3 days, as this is the best way of providing a strong detox.

Location:

Villa Varia, Weligerveld 2, 3212 Pellenberg (Belgium). Villa Varia is situated in a beautiful natural reserve close to

Pellenberg Hospital, but is at the same time easily accessible from Leuven and Tienen. Villa Varia is 8 kilometers

away from Leuven railway station. The nearest airport is Brussels Airport. There is a direct train from the airport

to Leuven station, and a bus from Leuven station to the location (De Lijn bus 3 to Pellenberg Hospital).

Investment:

Since we deem it important that all meals during this detox retreat are made with only organic ingredients prices for this

particular retreat will be slightly higher than for our other retreats. All meals will be part of Yogi Bhajan's Green

Cleanse.

Your investment for the non-residential option of this exclusive workshop is €285 for 3 days or €95 per day.

This includes all teachings, tea and snacks and a delicious organic vegetarian lunch. We offer an early bird

discount of €270 (€90 per day) for all registrations made before 15 February 2015. Concessions for students and

people on benefits are possible - contact Japjeet Kaur via japjeetkaur1@gmail.com .

You can also stay for extra meals (breakfast and dinner, without staying overnight), or opt for a residential

option, staying overnight at the venue, so you can stay in the group energy and experience the group

consciousness. In the residential option we include an evening programme with meditation and with the

opportunity to be even more deeply submerged in the KY teachings as you get to spend more time with Japjeet

Kaur, Prabhu Anand Kaur (our host) and other yogis. In the residential option we will offer salt footbaths in the

evening instead of actual full body baths for which we do not have the logistics. In the mornings you can join in

for morning sadhana. The extra investment for the residential option depends on what kind of accommodation you want to

book.

Breakfast is €7,50 each day, dinner €15. Meals are all part of the Green Cleanse and are prepared by Prabhu

Anand who is a professional cook.

You can get a sleeping spot in the yourte for €10 per night (bring your own mattress, pillow and sleeping

bag); you can book a single room for €15 per night, a shared double room for €15 per night per person, or a

double room for single use for €25 per person per night. The rooms all come with bedding and have a private

sink. There are only a few rooms available, so please book early. In the immediate surroundings there are also

B&B options or hotels.

Registration and further information:

We strongly book to recommend as soon as possible! These KY workshops which Japjeet has been offering in

Belgium since 2012 have known an overwhelming response.

NOTE: Registration is only definite after payment of the full registration fee (not including the extra fees for

residential stays, as these are paid cash upon arrival) through (international) bank transfer - contact Japjeet at

japjeetkaur1@gmail.com for further details. The registration fee is non-refundable, except in the case of severe and

unexpected medical circumstances (in which case a 10% booking fee is charged).

For all further questions please email japjeetkaur1@gmail.com .

Testimonials

We gladly share some of the most recent testimonials from people who have attended previous retreats with

Japjeet at the same location (more testimonials can be found on http://shuniya-yoga.org/testimonial.php ).

"Sat Nam Japjeet and Prabhu Anand, what an incredibly amazing job you do together, the pure love and discipline and the

Truth of it are still buzzing in me on this 'day after' the retreat. I'll probably write about this experience, there have been

shifts and transformations that I hadn't expected, so beautiful! Much love." (Michiel, October 2014)

“Dear Japjeet, I have truly enjoyed this weekend. It was blissful and what a lovely sangat again. You really make sure that

everyone can feel safe and relaxed in the group! Thank you thank you thank you." (Rianne, October 2014)

"Thank you Japjeet for the intense weekend! Arms and legs are stiff, but a wonderful feeling resides inside! Thank you for

holding the space and facilitating the process; by bringing both humor and discipline to the weekend you have allowed us to

grow and evolve more than we could ever have imagined! I am also filled with deep respect for these teachings. Such wisdom!

I feel so grateful for having been a part of this! [...] Again thank you for your work this weekend. I really feel that things have

changed on a deep level and in a profound way, although I can't put my finger on it yet." (Bettina, October 2014)

"What an intense Kundalini Yoga weekend!!! I'm grateful for all the classes, trainings and amazing KY-moments and people

from the previous years that formed the preparation for this [Rebirthing-weekend] and enabled the positive intention I came

with and the results I got from it. I'm extremely grateful to Japjeet Kaur who facilitated the deeply transformative process

during the whole weekend, and to the other students who embarked on the journey with me. Pure bliss. Incredible!

Japjeet it was really sooooooo special, I feel reborn! I'm amazed at the power of kundalini yoga (this yoga is even more

powerful and beautiful than I had ever realised; even though I started years ago with kundalini yoga, this weekend was

incredibly special!) and I deeply admire the way you guide people through this process, as it was quite a big group (which

made it even more beautiful and powerful!) and a very intense and deep process! I deeply bow before you, Sat Nam, thank

you and much love, and I'll definitely be back soon again! I whole-heartedly recommend this experience to everyone!"

(Rachel, October 2014)