YOGA and HIKING in SWITZERLAND
“I feel that meditation is not confined to a particular time or place. It can go on all the time, anywhere and everywhere.”
– TKV Desikachar
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Yoga & Hiking Retreat in Switzerland Returns in 2011
Yoga Vacation in Pontresina, Switzerland July 7-14, 2011
We will travel to Pontresina in the Upper Engadine Valley, the sunniest part of Switzerland, where we will stay at the Hotel Rosatsch. This 4-star hotel has just been renovated and will provide a lovely and comfortable base for the week. The trip’s co-leaders will be Sandra Uyterhoeven and Randall Krause.
Segatini Tracks
This year we will track the footsteps of Switzerland's favorite late 19th century artist, Giovanni Segantini (1858 - 1899). Relatively unknown outside of Switzerland, this painter of landscapes and life in the Engadine region of the Swiss Alps was part of the avant garde art movement in France and all of Europe. Segantini's vibrant paintings become more alive and meaningful in their native surroundings. Early in the week we'll visit the collection of his paintings at the Segantini Museum in St. Moritz. During the week we will walk his trails and view alpine landscapes through the artist's eyes.
For more information on the museum and the artist, go to www.segantini-museum.ch
Boston Globe Travel Section Review Article:
A hike to 'the loveliest little place on Earth', By Patti Doten, Globe Correspondent
The fee for the trip depends on the number of registrants: **
12+ registrants: $2600*/person;
8-11 registrants: $2700*/person;
5-7 registrants: $2850*/person.
$500 deposit to reserve a space. Full payment due by June 1, 2011
Included in the fee:
Shuttle service to and from train stations in Pontresina, Samedan and St. Moritz.
Welcome party the first evening
7 nights, double room*, 4-star accommodations at Hotel Rosatsch in Pontresina
Hotel taxes and gratuities
Sumptuous breakfast buffet and 3-course dinner daily (vegetarian meals optional)
Guided daily yoga, relaxation, and two optional dialog sessions during the week.
Guided daily hikes with experienced certified mountain guide
Public transportation to hiking base sites
Mountain lifts
Guided Segantini museum tour
Large indoor swimming pool and wellness area (sauna/steam-bath)
Bathrobe and slippers at the hotel
Excursion plans for hiking on your own
Not included:
Lunches
Travel to and from Switzerland and Pontresina
Travel insurance (Strongly recommended)
Personal services such as laundry; alcoholic beverages; local events charges
*Double room with single occupancy $350 supplement
** Fee subject to change before payment is made due to exchange rate fluctuations
Sandra Uyterhoeven, MS Stanford Graduate School of Business, E-RYT 500, is a certified Krishnamacharya Healing Yoga Foundation (KHYF) Yoga Teacher. She holds diplomas from the American Viniyoga Institute as Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist. Sandra teaches Yoga in Cambridge and Watertown, MA. She has been teaching since 1995. Patanjali's yoga sutras form the foundation for her teaching, which emphasizes therapeutic effects, breathing, and adapting yoga too individual needs and goals.
Randall Krause, JD, MA JFK University Interdisciplinary Consciousness Studies, RYT 500, is a Certified Yoga teacher in the Himalayan Yoga-Meditation Tradition. He has studied in the Himalayan Tradition since 1981. He is also a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach. Randall is a Senior Teacher and Mentor in the Himalayan Yoga Meditation Teacher Training Program and has taught yoga/meditation in Europe, Asia, and the USA.
* See also the chapter on Yoga/Hiking in Switzerland in the book, Yoga Vacations: A Guide to International Yoga Retreats by Annalisa Cunningham, John Muir Publications, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1999.
“Each morning, before embarking on a hiking excursion, I would eagerly look forward to our early morning yoga session. Yoga helped prepare our bodies and our minds for whatever lay ahead for the day. For some it was the challenge of traversing, somewhat precariously, across glaciers. For others, more sedate walks exploring the beautiful mountain vistas of the Alps seemed the wiser choice. On occasion, yoga sessions were held outdoors in the early morning mountain air. The wonderfully stimulating yet relaxing postures of yoga took on a new, almost spiritual meaning during those times.”
– Ann-Elizabeth Snider, Belmont, Massachusetts
For More Information Contact
Sandra Uyterhoeven
(818) 714-0063
Also Visit the following web sites.
SBB.ch (for English version click En)
