Venue -Trealy Farm, Wales
£995 to £1,250 ALL INCLUSIVE (Tuition; accommodation; facilities; all meals) depending on accommodation choice
DISCOUNTS for two coming together. 
Maximum of 10 participants

The course starts with lunch on the 10th, and runs to mid morning on the 16th July (6 nights)

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With David Moore​

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About the retreat 

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I’m delighted that yoga teacher David Moore is coming from Melbourne to lead this retreat. David is the founder of SMART YOGA – a yoga practice informed by Alexander Technique and author of ‘Smart Yoga’. 

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It’s through David that I have been able to make significant changes in my posture and breathing. Prior to that I knew I had problems (stiffness, rigid lower back, bunched shoulders, tense neck and jaw plus shallow breathing) but David helped me shift them. I am lengthening my back, freeing my neck, releasing my shoulders, deepening my breathing, rotating my ribs, and giving space to my diaphragm. 

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We can exercise, move, do yoga but actually miss the very particular issues with our own structure. While we are doing one movement we may be causing tension in another part of our body. David uses Alexander Technique to address our old habits of movement which we are unaware of and offers new ways to free ourselves, increase flexibility and enhance our health. 

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The group will be small enough for David to make adjustments to each of us as we practice different poses. And he has an amazing touch – I honestly believe his touch alone is healing. He knows what’s going on in my body sometimes before I even feel it. 

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The retreat will be long enough for us to firmly get and integrate improvements and changes. If you wish you can also keep seeing David online in a group or privately after the retreat as I do. David is a special soul. Experienced. Observant. Informed. Meticulous. Generous. 

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Complete beginners to experienced teachers are all welcome. As a relative beginner I am doing David’s class alongside yoga and Alexander technique teachers. 

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Also on this retreat we have guided meditations, facilitated sessions with horses including two private one to one sessions with David and one private EFT with Ruth Tudor, unlimited use of saunas including one infra red sauna, a natural swimming pool, a dusk walk into ancient woodland and wonderful food cooked by Emily Mason. 

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The course will be taught in the dedicated group meeting space of the Pavilion. Be inspired by stunning views of the Black Mountains. Wake up with a dip in the natural swimming pool, walk in the wood, relax in one of our saunas – wood fired and infrared.

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The course is fully catered with delicious, nourishing and sustainable ingredients: Three meals per day. Lunches & two course dinners.

If you’re interested in this or know someone who might be please do get in touch. 

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Ruth Tudor - Trealy Farm

DISCOUNTS for two coming together. 

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The Daily Program



The course runs from lunchtime on 13th and ends mid-morning on 19th  

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The daily program is as follows:

 

7 – 7.30 Meditation

7.30 – 9.00 - Yoga

9.00 – 10.00 - Breakfast

10.00 – 12.30 Alexander Technique Group

 

12.30 - 1.00 private lesson and'or free time

13.00– 14.30 Lunch and free time

14.30 –16.00 private lessons and/or free time 

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16.00 – 17.30 group
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In addition on one day of the course we will be having a group session with horses. Horse contact is safe and need not be physically close to be powerful. Horse contact is facilitated by Ruth Tudor, host of Trealy Farm, Equine Facilitated Therapist & Coach, Psychotherapist and Farmer.

Those not participating in one of these sessions,will have time to rest and/or explore the beautiful countryside.​

Venue and accommodation

 

Trealy Farm is a 138 acre organic mixed farm on a hillside looking out towards the Black Mountains and Brecon Beacons. It's inspiring, beautiful, wild and secluded.

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It’s also easily accessible from the M4, M5, M50; train stations at Abergavenny, Newport; airports at Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff.

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All participants have use of the Pavilion - exclusive to the group during the Workshop. A cedar clad building with huge glass windows, balcony and stunning views. The Pavilion has a fully fitted kitchen, comfortable seating area, dining area and a luxurious wood fired sauna.

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All participants can also use the Natural Swimming Pool and an additional infrared sauna with many health benefits.

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A large covered Arena (40 m x 20 m) is available for horse work, dance, movement and for sitting around a fire when it’s raining. There are many special places on the farm for working outside and gathering, including around a firepit and under an ancient yew tree.

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Accommodation choices are as follows:

2 x Loghouses: self-contained fully insulated wooden shepherd huts for one or two occupants in double and single beds (double with single above as bunk), seating area, fully fitted kitchen and ensuite bathroom. Each one has a wood fired stove and a French window opening onto its own patio area. Beautiful and luxurious spaces which have everything you might need. The huts have electricity and are on the mains water system. Both are situated in the garden orchard of the farm house but are private from each other.

2 x Pods: self-contained wooden pods with double bed, seating area, kitchen and ensuite bathroom. Compact, simple and luxurious spaces in beautiful settings. The pods have electricity including heaters and are on the mains water system. Each one has a covered verandah and a firepit. POD OLYGFA is near the house and has stunning views over the valley to the Black Mountains.

POD Y COED is a three minute walk from the house and secluded - surrounded by pasture and trees with an open vista.

1 x Barn Room: Beautiful rustic self contained space on two floors: bedroom / seating area with beams and log fired burner in attic of traditional barn and fully fitted kitchen and bathroom with
shower on the ground floor. The Barn Room sleeps one in a double sofa bed or two: one in double sofa bed and one in a single bed.

4 x FarmHouse Bedrooms: double bedrooms in traditional 16th century farm house with access to two shared bathrooms and additional toilet.

1 x Sheppy the Shepherd Hut: Hut with double bed, basic kitchen and access to nearby toilet / shower room. Electric lights and heating. Access to fully fitted kitchen and additional bathroom in Pavilion and electric shower in Stable Block. Situated near the house

2 x Two berth Caravans: Caravans each with two beds (small doubles), basic kitchen and toilet. Electric lights and heating. Electric heaters and lights. Access to fully fitted kitchen and additional bathroom in Pavilion and shower in Stable Block. Caravans are situated near the arena, 2 minutes walk from house, and look up towards the hill and down towards the horse paddocks.

There are additional hot showers in Pavilion and Stable block and additional shower (cold water only) by the pool.

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To see images of the spaces at Trealy Farm visit:
https://thepracticeofthewild.com/the-space/

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Fees

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The price for the retreat includes all meals, accommodation, and access to all the facilities a the farm and ranges from £995 to £1250 depending on accommodation choice. All beds are doubles and some rooms are twins – reduce prices for two people sharing.
 

• Log houses: £1240 (dbl occupancy £1940)

• Pod: £1240 (dbl occupancy £1940)

• Barn Room: £1250 (dbl occupancy £1960)

• Farm House Bedroom: £1180 (dbl occupancy £1770) ONE LEFT

• Shepherd Hut: £1140 (dbl occupancy £1760)

• Caravans: £995 (single only)

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The course runs from lunchtime on the 13th, to mid morning on the 19th July. Longer stays are possible.

 

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What people are saying about David Moore and Smart Yoga

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"I have now been working as a yoga teacher for almost ten years and I have had the pleasure to work with many differently bodied people, including lots of people in chronic pain. I have seen the wonders that yoga has done in gently untying the emotional, physical and mental knots that people's lives, habits, choices and luck have created. I am and will be forever grateful to yoga's incredible transformative power. And yet, sometimes in my teachings, I would feel stuck in giving the right advice to students with certain deeply ingrained physical habits of coordination. My yoga teacher training did not prepare me for that level of analysis. Last July, I had the pleasure to host David Moore and Rossella Buono, in a six hour workshop at our studio in English Yoga Berlin. They brought the Alexander Technique into yoga and into my life. They provided me with the missing link" - Pinelopi -teacher at English Yoga Berlin

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I have lived with chronic pain for many years and this yoga has helped me so much. Each teacher has adapted poses for my needs and taught me how to tune into the needs of my own body. Can't thank David and the other teachers enough, - Marid Thorpe - yoga student, Melbourne

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Great yoga teachings, learning to perform the moves and stretches in keeping with the design of the body, and how we're meant to move. Love it! - Helene Goldberg - Alexander teacher in Melbourne

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What people are saying about the book "Smart Yoga"

 

Smart Yoga is a useful guidebook on navigating the Alexander Technique with yoga practices. The book is filled with diagrams and photos throughout to complement the text.

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The book explores tadasana, floor stretches, squatting poses, standing poses, twists, forward bends, backbends, hip openers, inverted poses and plank variations in great depth. I would recommend the book to anyone curious about the Alexander Technique and wanting to go into more details on the principles underpinning the methods as it relates to various yoga poses.

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It’s great to get another layer of perspective applied to poses, especially in preventing injury and building greater body awareness. I found the background and development of the Alexander Technique fascinating and can see how it would complement yoga practice. - from Yoga Today, the magazine of Yoga Australia

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 "This book is a must-read for modern day yogis searching for optimum coordination in poses to help them avoid the trap of trying to do yoga poses in a way that reinforces harmful patterns of thinking and movement" - From Amsat News - magazine of American Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique. - Suzanne Faulkener

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​For more information about Trealy Farm go to 

thepracticeofthewild.com
To book email ruth.trealy@btinternet.com

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