Each season brings its unique energies, set of organs and meridians, and areas of focus. We run a three day non-residential cleanse or reset process every season to bring you into alignment with all these changing elements.
It’s a special time of personal reflection, a chance to cleanse and nourish your body with lovingly prepared seasonal food. Two therapeutic yoga classes combine with other powerful practices each day all working synergistically to bring great change to your body and mind in a beautiful environment that supports health, vitality and wellness on all levels. Gift yourself these life changing experiences to keep your wellness on track when the rigours of life and your overburdened schedule pull you askew.
Saturday JANUARY 25th – Monday JANUARY 27th
The summer months bring us warmth and abundance on all levels. A time of celebration, play, parties and indulgence. The Summer Cleanse is the perfect opportunity to reset for the year ahead, cleansing out any excesses from the festive season and aligning ourselves to the energies of summer.
Summer sees us focussing on the fire element. This is the most expansive and upward rising aspect of the energy cycle. The destructive nature of fire also brings great transformative energy. We can use the power of this transformative energy to strengthen our intellect, communication, and creative abilities. The fire element highlights the organs and meridians of the heart and small intestine. The intellect, brain, circulatory systems of blood and lymph, and temperature regulation are also accessible now, through the other two meridians of the fire element, the heart constrictor (pericardium) and the triple heater.
Yoga for this season focusses on strengthening the core; connecting to hara and boosting the function of the small intestine (creating inner power and boosting our abilitlity to assimilate what we take in); softening and opening the upper body; improving circulation; strengthening the arms and improving flexibility in the wrists and shoulders; deepening the mind-body connection; and clearing the mind of unnecessary chatter. In summer we can create improvements in:
OPTIONAL COLD DIP - Meet early for a jiggle jog down to a bush pool, skin brush and cold dip to stimulate the liver, colon and skin for maximum cleansing.
Another therapeutic yoga class, followed by a light seasonal dinner. Finishing with a hot ginger compress to nurture your body and bring healing relief to any aches.
Back to the yoga studio for an hour of therapeutic meridian based yoga. Stay for miso and congee or take away. Leave with a delicious, organic, vegan lunchbox
Investment includes a $100 non-refundable booking deposit. Cancellations made before January 8th will be refunded, minus the $100 booking deposit fee. Cancellations made after January 8th will forfeit all monies paid, unless your place can be filled
Deeply Relax and Rejuvenate
Once a month, Danielle teams up with Malachi, from Pranava Sound Therapy, to offer this blissful and regenerative experience. The healing ability of sound therapy, coupled with the simple, yet powerful practice of Yoga Nidra meditation, can be truly transformative.
Accessible to everyone, simply arrive, choose a soft mat, lie down, and cover yourself with the blanket and eye pillow provided. You will be led into a deeply relaxed state through the Yoga Nidra Meditation while Malachi provides a celestial, harmonious soundscape, bathing your body with healing vibrations.
The combination of Yoga Nidra and sound therapy combine to create:
Tickets – $36
Giving Back to Our Community
One day a month we give The Octagonal Space over to Malachi Lonsdale, from Pranava Sound Therapy. He turns it into a temple of Sound Healing, offering FREE one hour personal sound therapy treatments. Contact Malachi directly to book a time slot.
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Photographs of Danielle, Steve and
The Octagonal Space by
Hayley Melrose – Soul Photography &
Elizabeth O’Donnell Photography
We acknowledge the Darug and Gundungurra peoples, as the traditional custodians of the Blue Mountains, the area where The Octagonal Space stands. The Darug and Gundungurra peoples have a rich and long history of deep connection to and care of country and we honour their cultures and customs that continue to nurture this land. We pay our deep respects to elders past, present, and emerging.
