Your opportunity in the autumn on October 26 to February 11!
SunHeart organises relaxation retreats that offer you warmth, light and dedicated time for updating your own body into a more relaxed state.
Experience the Shindo® retreat in Ibiza, with sunshine, incredibly beautiful Mediterranean nature, good food and relaxed flow. The programme (9 hours) includes practical skills from active relaxation and earthing your body to bodyfulness, using the gentle yet effective Shindo method. It helps you to identify tensions in your body and to relax them with the help of gentle stretching and relaxation exercises.
The SunHeart retreat centre is based in an idyllic and inviting 120-year- old country house called Can Bueno, in the village of Santa Eulària in Ibiza. The house is located 20 km from the airport and 16 km from the capital of the island, Ibiza Town. The hostess, a Finnish lady called Katja, is a wonderful person who has transformed the place into a charming oasis where you can relax and refresh your body and mind. She knows the place well and can provide you with the best insider tips for exploring the island and the opportunities it has to offer.
The island is full of things to see and experience, but just relaxing on the terrace, in the sheltered courtyard with its lush grass or by the pool is also a wonderful experience. The weather on the island tends to be sunny in the spring and autumn, allowing us to take all the exercises and activities outdoors. In connection with the house, there is a wooden deck in the shade of some trees that is perfect for Shindo. Mattresses and pillows are also provided. On one day, we will drive to a stunning rocky beach on the northern coast of the island to do stretching exercises there. Most of the food served at the house is made of organic ingredients, and it is a pleasure for all of your senses.
The nearest beach and the centre of the charmingly harmonious village are both a pleasant 15-minute walk from the house. It is also fantastic that the sea water is probably warm enough to enjoy a short dip in the sea, and the beaches are wonderfully quiet at that time of year. There are cafés and restaurants in the town that offer a variety of tapas, delicious seafood and artisan ice cream.
We start our day with refreshing green juice made from fresh, sun-ripened ingredients sourced locally. There is also tea and coffee available. For the next couple of hours, we do some easy stretching and relaxation exercises as well as short, deep relaxation treatments. For the rest of the day, you are free to explore the island with the variety of adventures, stunning natural beauty and different kinds of activities it has to offer. I will also organise two guided walking tours during the week. A rental car is a practical option, with prices being reasonable, particularly in March. Let me know beforehand if you may be interested in renting a car.
Ibiza Town is charming place with a number of inviting restaurants, cafés, shops, and a beautiful old town and a castle. Another larger town, San Antonio, is famous for its summer parties and is a wonderful place to watch the sunset. The coastline is dotted with breathtaking scenic viewpoints and bays, perfect for enjoying the beauty of the Mediterranean. Possible destinations for a group outing include a scenic viewpoint overlooking the rocky Es Vedrà island, said to be a part of the legendary Atlantis, or the nearby island of Formentera with its paradise-like beaches. Located a 30-minute boat trip away, it is an excellent destination for a day trip (at your own cost). In addition, the following activities are also available on the island at your own cost: scuba diving, bike or scooter hire, horse riding, stand-up paddle boarding, canoeing, various therapies and treatments, a hippy market and walking tours, for example.
Depending on the room option and the time of your stay, the cost of the retreat is €1,025 to €1,225 per person. The price includes: accommodation in a room for 2 to 4 people, breakfast juice + coffee or tea and another meal (brunch/supper), 9 hours of instructed Shindo classes and two guided walking tours of about 4-5 hours (including transfers). Each participant should organise their own flights; there are good options via Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga, Alicante, Valencia or Majorca. You can also opt for a ferry from mainland Spain to Ibiza. The retreat best suits about 10 participants at a time. To reserve your place, please pay the reservation fee of €325 (incl. VAT at 10%); the remainder of the price of the accommodation is paid on location. Participants are responsible for their own insurance. You may want to consider coverage for your sunglasses and media devices, for example.
Warmly welcome! Satu ja Katja
Programme:
8:30 Breakfast juice/tea/coffee
9:00-10:30 Workshop
10:30 Brunch
Rest of the day: free. Guided walki ng tours on two days and a optional trip to watchthe sunset at Es Vedrà one evening.
You can find photos from the island, the house and the retreat organised in autumn 2017 and spring 2018 on the SunHeart Facebook page in an album called “Ibiza”.
This is one of the first Shindo workshops outside of Japan and Scandinavia. You are warmly welcome!
Price: 1025€/person in a 4 person room, 1225€/person in a 2person room.
Reservation fee €325 (included in 1025€/1225€). Rest is to be paid at the Retreat Centre in Ibiza.
Please find the link for reservation fee above.
“What brought you here?” asked a tousle-headed person with bright eyes, looking at me directly in the eye at Siikajärvi car park in Nuuksio, Finland a good two years ago. At that moment I realised that a common denominator in many of the things I love most is simplicity. These things have found a permanent foothold in my everyday life. I love simplicity. I love looking into a fire, listening to the birdsong, picking mushrooms, swimming in the lake whenever I feel like it. I spent six years without a TV, and I did not miss it. The same applies to my favourite food: baked oatmeal. Nothing fancy – just put some oats in a dish, add some milk and put the dish in the oven.
The tousle-headed person in Nuuksio was Tara Lange, an inspiring author and instructor who had discovered the world of green juices after there was a need for them in her own family. She was one of the instructors on a wild herb and juicing course. Simplicity. That was what had brought me to the course: I wanted to know what kind of grass you can simply eat in the wild and how to prepare it as easily as possible. I loved spending time in nature and I picked berries and mushrooms every year. Now I was keen to find something more to eat and drink directly from the land. I realised that Shindo, which had been an enriching part of most of my grown-up life, had this same kind of simple appeal.
The method is based on the nature closest to you – your own body – using gravity and cleaning the energy flows or meridians in your body. The blockages in the energy pathways manifest themselves as muscle tensions and other feelings of discomfort. A good way to find out about them is to move your body and to do some easy, conscious stretches. Equipment or dedicated activity areas are not necessary. A free space where you can stand, some free floor space or a spot on the lawn for a yoga mat or a blanket is enough. The most important thing you need is a desire to feel more relaxed and bright. After all, we human beings can easily adapt. It often seems that it takes some significant symptoms or big changes for people to start thinking about themselves and to explore the feelings and sensations in their bodies, the reasons behind the symptoms, and whether it is possible to do something about a particular situation. This might have something to do with the Western view of only treating illnesses, or the idea that having an ache is proof that you are alive. In other words, pain is often accepted for one reason or another. In Japanese, on the other hand, the word “pain” is a combination of the characters for “illness” and “flow” or “passing”, meaning that if you direct your attention to the pain and treat it right, you can find your way to health. Treating it right is another question altogether, and it depends on the situation. There can also be more ways than just one. Understanding the situation and seeking advice from a qualified professional is essential, particularly if your symptoms are severe or prolonged. The tools that Shindo offers are mainly intended for maintaining the health of your body and supporting your well-being and recovery when you may have some health issues.
The simplest option is to maintain the health, calmness, flexibility and flow of your body. Relieving stress from your system plays an essential role in all this. There is also research that shows how many diseases are caused by prolonged stress. What would it take to make it easy and compelling enough for you to take a moment to listen to your body and find out where the sore spots are? A moment to take a few deep breaths and apply a few presses to them – and then heave a sigh of relief? Natural recovery. Magically simple.
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Today I got yet more proof of that. No matter how well you have slept, your body is not at its most agile right after waking up. If not sooner, this becomes evident when you arch your neck and back. This exercise can be done sitting on the edge of your bed. It is very effective if you sit on the mattress with your legs straight in front of you, and you can make it even more effective if you sit on the floor with your legs straight out in front of you and bend your forehead towards your knees. Do not force the stretch, though; just let the weight of your head gently pull your upper body down. Take your time doing this stretch and take a few deep breaths and gently rub your shoulder with one hand if you feel particularly tense. When you sit up again, you’ll notice how much more supple you feel. This easy exercise enhances the blood and fluid circulation in the area of your thoracic spine. It also activates your kidney and urinary bladder meridians. The more blocked and tense an area feels, the more important even small and easy exercises like this are. Good news for anyone who feels “too stiff to stretch”: Shindo is all about doing small – and sometimes big – but important things in your everyday life to improve your own well-being. Sometimes the small things, when done in a calm manner, may be even more effective than extensive performances.
The core of the Shindo method comprises six – yes, only six – stretches. This may sound like a small number in today’s world filled with entertainment and processes that focus on performance. Many members of established stretching groups, some of which have met regularly for years, feel that it is a relief to be able to concentrate on a limited number of familiar exercises. After all, the world outside of stretching classes is abundant in variety. Therefore, the sometimes almost meditative stretches (sometimes done at a brisker pace) provide a comfortable setting for relaxation and bodywork. Like many things in life, stretching is something that always remains a work in progress – even after 20 years. Different stretch exercises may have different degrees of importance at different times. Sometimes I spend a lot of time squatting in the forest, picking berries, while at other times there is a lot of raking to do – and sometimes it is necessary to sit for prolonged periods of time in the car or hunched over a computer. All these activities place a burden on different areas of the body. Chinese medicine offers another perspective on this: stretches that affect the liver and gall bladder meridians are particularly useful for myself and for many others for finding a rewarding challenge and an inexhaustible source of relaxation, both physically and thanks to the emotional aspect connected to it. According to the oriental concept of the human, the good energy and functioning of the gall bladder improve the quality of sleep during the early hours in particular, and support initiative and decision-making. If these meridians are burdened, distress, timidity and indecision are likely to take over. The energy related to the liver, on the other hand, may promote creativity and compassion. When burdened, it promotes frustration, hatred and irritability. It is also a common cause of fatigue and feeling faint.
The basic stretches are done on the floor (or on a chair) where you bend forward or to one side with your legs crossed or straight in front of you and take a few deep, conscious breaths. If another person, such as your instructor or a friend (there are also a few stories in circulation about Shindo cats and dogs that know just when to walk on your back) can support and attend to the tense spots by applying some pressure on them, you have everything it takes to be able to slowly let go of your tension.
Brushing your teeth, washing your face and doing the stretches mentioned above form a great everyday routine that “flushes” both your body and one or more meridians with the help of a gentle or a more intense stretch. These are routines that help you to clear your head at the end of the day, calm you down and prepare you for a good and regenerating night’s sleep. In addition to that, they are routines that can provide you with mental refreshment amid your daily chores. The easier the routines are, the lower the threshold of doing them. Just be present where your body is. Shindo always encourages you to do even just one exercise per day. Your body will be grateful for even just one.
Stretching and relaxation exercises can be done in groups or individually. Classes can be paid for with Smartum and other exercise vouchers.
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SHINDO RELAXING RETREATS IN IBIZA AT 2019
/in Uncategorized /by Riku MakkonenExperience a wonderfully relaxing holiday…
Your opportunity in the autumn on October 26 to February 11!
SunHeart organises relaxation retreats that offer you warmth, light and dedicated time for updating your own body into a more relaxed state.
Experience the Shindo® retreat in Ibiza, with sunshine, incredibly beautiful Mediterranean nature, good food and relaxed flow. The programme (9 hours) includes practical skills from active relaxation and earthing your body to bodyfulness, using the gentle yet effective Shindo method. It helps you to identify tensions in your body and to relax them with the help of gentle stretching and relaxation exercises.
The SunHeart retreat centre is based in an idyllic and inviting 120-year- old country house called Can Bueno, in the village of Santa Eulària in Ibiza. The house is located 20 km from the airport and 16 km from the capital of the island, Ibiza Town. The hostess, a Finnish lady called Katja, is a wonderful person who has transformed the place into a charming oasis where you can relax and refresh your body and mind. She knows the place well and can provide you with the best insider tips for exploring the island and the opportunities it has to offer.
The island is full of things to see and experience, but just relaxing on the terrace, in the sheltered courtyard with its lush grass or by the pool is also a wonderful experience. The weather on the island tends to be sunny in the spring and autumn, allowing us to take all the exercises and activities outdoors. In connection with the house, there is a wooden deck in the shade of some trees that is perfect for Shindo. Mattresses and pillows are also provided. On one day, we will drive to a stunning rocky beach on the northern coast of the island to do stretching exercises there. Most of the food served at the house is made of organic ingredients, and it is a pleasure for all of your senses.
The nearest beach and the centre of the charmingly harmonious village are both a pleasant 15-minute walk from the house. It is also fantastic that the sea water is probably warm enough to enjoy a short dip in the sea, and the beaches are wonderfully quiet at that time of year. There are cafés and restaurants in the town that offer a variety of tapas, delicious seafood and artisan ice cream.
We start our day with refreshing green juice made from fresh, sun-ripened ingredients sourced locally. There is also tea and coffee available. For the next couple of hours, we do some easy stretching and relaxation exercises as well as short, deep relaxation treatments. For the rest of the day, you are free to explore the island with the variety of adventures, stunning natural beauty and different kinds of activities it has to offer. I will also organise two guided walking tours during the week. A rental car is a practical option, with prices being reasonable, particularly in March. Let me know beforehand if you may be interested in renting a car.
Depending on the room option and the time of your stay, the cost of the retreat is €1,025 to €1,225 per person. The price includes: accommodation in a room for 2 to 4 people, breakfast juice + coffee or tea and another meal (brunch/supper), 9 hours of instructed Shindo classes and two guided walking tours of about 4-5 hours (including transfers). Each participant should organise their own flights; there are good options via Barcelona, Madrid, Malaga, Alicante, Valencia or Majorca. You can also opt for a ferry from mainland Spain to Ibiza. The retreat best suits about 10 participants at a time. To reserve your place, please pay the reservation fee of €325 (incl. VAT at 10%); the remainder of the price of the accommodation is paid on location. Participants are responsible for their own insurance. You may want to consider coverage for your sunglasses and media devices, for example.
Warmly welcome! Satu ja Katja
Programme:
8:30 Breakfast juice/tea/coffee
9:00-10:30 Workshop
10:30 Brunch
Rest of the day: free. Guided walki ng tours on two days and a optional trip to watchthe sunset at Es Vedrà one evening.
You can find photos from the island, the house and the retreat organised in autumn 2017 and spring 2018 on the SunHeart Facebook page in an album called “Ibiza”.
This is one of the first Shindo workshops outside of Japan and Scandinavia. You are warmly welcome!
Price: 1025€/person in a 4 person room, 1225€/person in a 2person room.
Reservation fee €325 (included in 1025€/1225€). Rest is to be paid at the Retreat Centre in Ibiza.
Please find the link for reservation fee above.
autumn 2019:
October 26 to February 11. Reserve
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/in blog /by Riku Makkonen“What brought you here?” asked a tousle-headed person with bright eyes, looking at me directly in the eye at Siikajärvi car park in Nuuksio, Finland a good two years ago. At that moment I realised that a common denominator in many of the things I love most is simplicity. These things have found a permanent foothold in my everyday life. I love simplicity. I love looking into a fire, listening to the birdsong, picking mushrooms, swimming in the lake whenever I feel like it. I spent six years without a TV, and I did not miss it. The same applies to my favourite food: baked oatmeal. Nothing fancy – just put some oats in a dish, add some milk and put the dish in the oven.
The tousle-headed person in Nuuksio was Tara Lange, an inspiring author and instructor who had discovered the world of green juices after there was a need for them in her own family. She was one of the instructors on a wild herb and juicing course. Simplicity. That was what had brought me to the course: I wanted to know what kind of grass you can simply eat in the wild and how to prepare it as easily as possible. I loved spending time in nature and I picked berries and mushrooms every year. Now I was keen to find something more to eat and drink directly from the land. I realised that Shindo, which had been an enriching part of most of my grown-up life, had this same kind of simple appeal.
The method is based on the nature closest to you – your own body – using gravity and cleaning the energy flows or meridians in your body. The blockages in the energy pathways manifest themselves as muscle tensions and other feelings of discomfort. A good way to find out about them is to move your body and to do some easy, conscious stretches. Equipment or dedicated activity areas are not necessary. A free space where you can stand, some free floor space or a spot on the lawn for a yoga mat or a blanket is enough. The most important thing you need is a desire to feel more relaxed and bright. After all, we human beings can easily adapt. It often seems that it takes some significant symptoms or big changes for people to start thinking about themselves and to explore the feelings and sensations in their bodies, the reasons behind the symptoms, and whether it is possible to do something about a particular situation. This might have something to do with the Western view of only treating illnesses, or the idea that having an ache is proof that you are alive. In other words, pain is often accepted for one reason or another. In Japanese, on the other hand, the word “pain” is a combination of the characters for “illness” and “flow” or “passing”, meaning that if you direct your attention to the pain and treat it right, you can find your way to health. Treating it right is another question altogether, and it depends on the situation. There can also be more ways than just one. Understanding the situation and seeking advice from a qualified professional is essential, particularly if your symptoms are severe or prolonged. The tools that Shindo offers are mainly intended for maintaining the health of your body and supporting your well-being and recovery when you may have some health issues.
The simplest option is to maintain the health, calmness, flexibility and flow of your body. Relieving stress from your system plays an essential role in all this. There is also research that shows how many diseases are caused by prolonged stress. What would it take to make it easy and compelling enough for you to take a moment to listen to your body and find out where the sore spots are? A moment to take a few deep breaths and apply a few presses to them – and then heave a sigh of relief? Natural recovery. Magically simple.
Less is more
/in blog /by Riku MakkonenToday I got yet more proof of that. No matter how well you have slept, your body is not at its most agile right after waking up. If not sooner, this becomes evident when you arch your neck and back. This exercise can be done sitting on the edge of your bed. It is very effective if you sit on the mattress with your legs straight in front of you, and you can make it even more effective if you sit on the floor with your legs straight out in front of you and bend your forehead towards your knees. Do not force the stretch, though; just let the weight of your head gently pull your upper body down. Take your time doing this stretch and take a few deep breaths and gently rub your shoulder with one hand if you feel particularly tense. When you sit up again, you’ll notice how much more supple you feel. This easy exercise enhances the blood and fluid circulation in the area of your thoracic spine. It also activates your kidney and urinary bladder meridians. The more blocked and tense an area feels, the more important even small and easy exercises like this are. Good news for anyone who feels “too stiff to stretch”: Shindo is all about doing small – and sometimes big – but important things in your everyday life to improve your own well-being. Sometimes the small things, when done in a calm manner, may be even more effective than extensive performances.
The core of the Shindo method comprises six – yes, only six – stretches. This may sound like a small number in today’s world filled with entertainment and processes that focus on performance. Many members of established stretching groups, some of which have met regularly for years, feel that it is a relief to be able to concentrate on a limited number of familiar exercises. After all, the world outside of stretching classes is abundant in variety. Therefore, the sometimes almost meditative stretches (sometimes done at a brisker pace) provide a comfortable setting for relaxation and bodywork. Like many things in life, stretching is something that always remains a work in progress – even after 20 years. Different stretch exercises may have different degrees of importance at different times. Sometimes I spend a lot of time squatting in the forest, picking berries, while at other times there is a lot of raking to do – and sometimes it is necessary to sit for prolonged periods of time in the car or hunched over a computer. All these activities place a burden on different areas of the body. Chinese medicine offers another perspective on this: stretches that affect the liver and gall bladder meridians are particularly useful for myself and for many others for finding a rewarding challenge and an inexhaustible source of relaxation, both physically and thanks to the emotional aspect connected to it. According to the oriental concept of the human, the good energy and functioning of the gall bladder improve the quality of sleep during the early hours in particular, and support initiative and decision-making. If these meridians are burdened, distress, timidity and indecision are likely to take over. The energy related to the liver, on the other hand, may promote creativity and compassion. When burdened, it promotes frustration, hatred and irritability. It is also a common cause of fatigue and feeling faint.
The basic stretches are done on the floor (or on a chair) where you bend forward or to one side with your legs crossed or straight in front of you and take a few deep, conscious breaths. If another person, such as your instructor or a friend (there are also a few stories in circulation about Shindo cats and dogs that know just when to walk on your back) can support and attend to the tense spots by applying some pressure on them, you have everything it takes to be able to slowly let go of your tension.
Brushing your teeth, washing your face and doing the stretches mentioned above form a great everyday routine that “flushes” both your body and one or more meridians with the help of a gentle or a more intense stretch. These are routines that help you to clear your head at the end of the day, calm you down and prepare you for a good and regenerating night’s sleep. In addition to that, they are routines that can provide you with mental refreshment amid your daily chores. The easier the routines are, the lower the threshold of doing them. Just be present where your body is. Shindo always encourages you to do even just one exercise per day. Your body will be grateful for even just one.
Stretching and relaxation exercises can be done in groups or individually. Classes can be paid for with Smartum and other exercise vouchers.