Yoga & Creativity, summer course in Malmö, Sweden.
Jun
15
to Jun 19

Yoga & Creativity, summer course in Malmö, Sweden.

YOGA & CREATIVITY June 15 - 18, 2020 at Malmö Folkhögskola, South of Sweden.

Led by Liz Nilsson (artist and yoga teacher: www.liznilsson.com ) and Ingrid Banheden Breisner( writer and yoga teacher: www.banhedenbreisner.se)

This 4-day course is taking place in Malmö, south of Sweden, in the beautiful setting of Malmö FolkHögskola. (www.malmofolkhogskola.se). The school is on the outskirts of Malmö and used to be a farm. It has managed to retain the atmosphere and aesthetics of the countryside although it is in an urban setting. Each day we will start 8.30am and finish 6pm. For those that need accommodation we are happy to recommend places in the city of Malmö.

Each day begins with a yoga session where the body is woken up at its own pace. This is followed by a delicious vegetarian breakfast prepared by the chefs at the school. We will then continue with creative workshops which include creative writing and artistic expressions through colour, shape and form, all to release our inner creativity. We use unpretentious techniques such as flow drawing and simple block printing where breathing and repetition play a central role.  A late lunch will be served in the afternoon and the day ends with a calmer yoga session such as Yin Yoga or Yoga Nidra. The course will give lots of opportunities to exchange ideas and experiences, and enjoy chats with common-minded fellow participants in a relaxed atmosphere.

Liz and Ingrid have combined their knowledge and developed a special pedagogy where they use yoga, meditation and creativity in words and image, colour and form. These forms of expression support and develop each other and help us to open up to what we have within us, but do not always release. 

The use of a creative diary is particular to Liz and Ingrid’s way of working. The participant receives this diary at the beginning of the course, and it is used as a working document throughout the course. Afterwards, this diary is a great source of inspiration for participants to come back to, in order to continue with this method on your own.

We will guide each person individually through the week's activities. The only thing you need to bring with you to this course is an openness to experiment with both yoga and different forms of creative expression without any pressure that there will be a result to show to someone else.  This course is entirely about your personal process.

We wish you a very warm welcome to days filled with yoga, meditation, mindfulness and creativity.

WHEN: 15 - 18 June 2020. ( We start Monday 15 June, 10.00 and finish Thursday 18th June 15.30.) 

WHERE?  Malmö Folkhögskola, on the outskirts of Malmö, south Sweden. 

BOOKING and QUESTIONS: yoga.kreativitet@gmail.com

PRICE:  € 400 ( 4,200 SEK )  The price incl. yoga, workshops with materials, breakfast, lunch and coffee.  ( Please note that accommodation is not included in the this course, but we can recommend  air b/b’s, hostels and hotels within easy access from the school.  The accommodation listed below will be around €50 - €75per night. We will help you to find easy transfers from accommodation to the school. 

TRAVEL: You fly to Copenhagen airport. The transfer to Malmö is only a 20 minute easy train transfer. 

Suggestions for Accommodation: 

- www.rutochragnars.se,

- www.swedishtouristassociation.com/facilities/stf-malmo-city-hostel/ ,

- AirBnB : example: https://www.airbnb.ie/rooms/14051974?location=Malm%C3%B6%2C%20Sweden&adults=1&check_in=2020-06-14&check_out=2020-06-18&source_impression_id=p3_1581524616_VPsGiMhsXQdr%2FB5Y) 

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Yoga & Creativity Retreat, on the south coast of Sweden.
May
29
to Jun 3

Yoga & Creativity Retreat, on the south coast of Sweden.

YOGA AND CREATIVITY RETREAT, 29 May - 3 June.

Beddingestrand on the south Coast of Sweden. (You fly to Copenhagen)

Led by artist and yoga instructor Liz Nilsson & art facilitator and chef Asha O’Neill.  

Escape the stresses of everyday life and immerse yourself in yoga and creative workshops at the seaside village of Beddingestrand, South Coast of Sweden. 

5nights / 6days days of rest and inspiration.

Join me for a week of yoga and creative inspiration in my special paradise. The retreat is designed to make you slow down and enjoy the present.  We will enjoy quiet moments in yoga & meditation and spend time exploring our creativity through different inspirational workshops. In my light-filled studio we will create patterns and motifs that we will print on paper and textiles using simple techniques. There will also be time to enjoy walks along the sea, take a sauna and swim from the white sandy beach. We will be an intimate group of 8-10 people. 

There will be organised activities from 0.8.00-13.00 each day, (yoga and creative workshops). In the afternoon, after lunch, you will have time to yourself when you can work on a creative project in the studio, read, walk or cycle or make a trip to the sweet local little town of  Ystad. It is your time and you decide how to use it!  We are gathering every evening for dinner at 7 pm and finish the day with meditation at 9.30- 10.pm

All different levels of art or yoga are welcome just arrive with a curious mind and willingness to explore.

It is possible to combine the retreat with a few nights in Copenhagen or Malmö before or after the retreat.  ( You will need to organise this for yourself. ) 

Accommodation: The price is based on single occupancy with a shared bathroom.  Your accommodation is situated in local charming summer cottages all 5-10 min walk from my own summerhouse and studio, where our daily activities will take place. It is not luxury accommodation, but its is comfortable, delightful, clean, simple Scandinavian design and only 200 m from the beach.

Travel: You fly to Copenhagen with Ryanair,  SAS or Norwegian Airlines. (you will book your own air ticket). From Copenhagen Airport it is  an easy transfer to Beddinge with public transport.  We will meet you at train-station and take you on the efficient local transport. ( Flights and transfer are not included.) Total transfer time from CPH airport to Beddinge is about 80 min.

Price: €590  including accommodation, half board food ( we will have some meals at local restaurants) yoga & meditation, daily creative workshops. 

Not Included:  Flights and transfer from the airport to Beddingestrand.  Visits to restaurants. 

More information and booking:  liznilsson@me.com

Don’t hesitate to call me ta have a chat if you any questions. 086-83072094

Allow your self some time to experience stillness away from the daily hustle and bustle.  I am looking forward to welcome you to Beddinge! 

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YIN and YOGA NIDRA Workshop:  Winter Reflection and the Water Element with Deirdre Madden
Jan
12
12:00 PM12:00

YIN and YOGA NIDRA Workshop:  Winter Reflection and the Water Element with Deirdre Madden

Going with the Flow – Working with the Water Element to bring Fluidity to your Life

Take some time out in January to relax and nourish with this dreamy workshop!

Winter is the season most dominant in YIN energy, is also the home of the water element.
It is a perfect time for self inquiry, reflection and listening inwards. By harnessing the energy of winter, we are asked to surrender to the flow of the season and allow. Like the flow of water, a balanced YIN practice invites us to be with our emotions and find presence. Balancing the YIN and the YANG.

During this workshop we explore the water element, governed by the Kidney and Urinary Bladder Meridians. When the water element is in flow, we are in balance.

Acceptance is the essence of YIN – a process of being, and surrendering while perhaps letting you see what needs to go. A more meditative practice of Yoga where poses will be held for 2-5 minutes.

We will conclude our workshop with a Yoga Nidra practice which is a deeply relaxing and restorative form of guided meditation.

Chocolate truffles will be provided!!
This workshop is open to all levels, but it is not suitable for pregnant students.

Price : €25

To enquire or book a place, contact Deirdre at deirdremaddentherapy@gmail.com  or on 087-9751895

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Last Stretch of the Year: a Flexibility Masterclass with Rohan Hennessy
Dec
30
6:30 PM18:30

Last Stretch of the Year: a Flexibility Masterclass with Rohan Hennessy

Join Rohan for an opening and lengthening class to unwind, relax, and develop flexibility. The work will be low impact, working slowly into stretches for hips, shoulders and hamstrings. With plenty of time to get into classical backbends, twists and then forward bends to wind down.

To book your space, email rohanatron@gmail.com

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Yoga Fundamentals with Rohan Hennessy
Dec
8
2:30 PM14:30

Yoga Fundamentals with Rohan Hennessy

Rohan is back with his excellent Sunday afternoon workshops. This time it will be covering the fundamentals of Yoga. He will break down individual poses, looking at correct alignment and also where the body should be working and where it should be releasing. Learn to work with ease while also developing strength and flexibility and most importantly, the sense of calm and clarity within.

Price: €35

More information and Booking: rohanatron@gmail.com

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Sunday Yoga Brunch with Liz and Anna
Dec
8
10:30 AM10:30

Sunday Yoga Brunch with Liz and Anna

Seasonal practice and seasonal food. This yoga brunch offer a 90 min all level yoga & meditation practice followed by a shared meal with seasonal vegetarian food. The practice as well as the food is lovingly prepared by your yoga teachers! A relaxing and nourishing way to spend a December Sunday. Treat your self to some time on your own and avoid the Christmas stress.

We promise a Scandi-inspired seasonal experience. Welcome!

Price: €35

Booking: seedpodyoga@gmail.com

Led by Liz Nilsson & Anna Gronerus.

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Make& Breathe with Liz Nilsson
Dec
7
1:30 PM13:30

Make& Breathe with Liz Nilsson

Making engages us in the moment as we in stillness see something made by our hands grow in front of our eyes.

Join Liz for an afternoon of block printing onto fabric with indian woodblocks and make a lavender scented meditation eye pillow. You will also enjoy a seasonal afternoon tea followed by 30 min Yin Yoga meditation where you for the first time will use your personal eye pillow. Can you resist this afternoon of pure enjoyment and bliss?

Price: 30

To book your space: Email liznilsson@me.com. 

Questions: 086 8307294

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Yin Yang workshop with Anna & Natalia
Dec
1
12:30 PM12:30

Yin Yang workshop with Anna & Natalia

Take time to your self and experience our lovely little pod in Dublin 8.

Our in house teachers Anna and Natalia is welcoming you ta a Sunday workshop where Yin and Yang elements will be brought together to find balance. The benefits of Yin yoga by passively holding poses will be blended with the more dynamic sequences of Yang practice.

Booking: Seedpodyoga@gmail.com

Price: €20

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Ambient evening with Rohan Hennessy
Nov
9
6:00 PM18:00

Ambient evening with Rohan Hennessy

Join Rohan Hennessy for a leisurely paced 2 hour vinyasa class set to a hypnotic soundtrack of ambient, modern classical, and very chilled electronica. The music will add to the sense of calm that we strive for in our practice even while stretching our boundaries, physically and mentally. Expect long, slow flowing sequences of standing and strengthening poses. Also deep stretching asanas, held long enough to allow us to release that little bit further. The level will be mixed but some yoga experience is advised

Price: €25

To book: rohanatron@gmail.com

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Safe & effective adjustments with Rohan Hennessy
Oct
13
2:30 PM14:30

Safe & effective adjustments with Rohan Hennessy

From complete beginners to experienced yogis, adjustments play a major role in developing a safe and beneficial yoga practice. From correcting alignment and improving technique to helping a student develop better awareness of body and breath. A good yoga teacher knows when to help a student go deeper into an asana and when to pull them back a little. When to use a steadying hand and when to let go. How much pressure is enough and where it should be applied, and when is a verbal adjustment more effective than a physical one.


In this workshop we will be looking at the why (and why not), when and how of adjusting classical yoga asanas. We will demonstrate, discuss and work with each other hands on to improve our knowledge and understanding, aiming to help our students (and ourselves) find the perfect point in each asana.

Suitable for teachers/teacher trainees or dedicated yogis.

Price: €35

To book: rohanatron@gmail.com

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Guest Workshop with David Scullion
Sep
28
12:00 PM12:00

Guest Workshop with David Scullion

The Door

We are delighted welcome David back again to Seedpod. This 120 min session will be an opportunity to explore the more subtle - physically and energetically - aspects of your yoga practice; enjoy the grace and beauty of sequences that have inherent harmony; and open the body and soul to the grounding, healing power of meditation. Not to be missed.

Price: €30

Bookings: seedpodyoga@gmail.com

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YOGA & JOURNALING  on the south coast of Sweden
Sep
20
to Sep 22

YOGA & JOURNALING  on the south coast of Sweden

  • Flaskpostvägen Beddingestrand, Skåne län, 231 76 Sweden (map)
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Organised and led by Liz Nilsson & Ingrid Banheden-Breisner

"Yoga releases the creative potential Of Life" (B.K.S Iyengar)

This weekend by the Baltic Sea is an excellent way nourish both body and mind, and to start the autumn with a creative spirit. We will rest in yoga and meditation sessions where we concentrate on mindful presence. We will walk along the sea and explore our creative side through writing and visual research using simple and mediative artistic expressions such a s doodling and block-printing. Each person will be given a sketchbook on arrival to use as their journal for the weekend. An art journal is an essential tool for artists where word and image are combined as a way to explore new ideas without being judge by the result. You will come away energised and filled with new ideas. No one needs to be an artist or writer to take part, only a willingness to explore and to be inspired.

We believe that yoga helps us to connect to the creative aspect with in our selfes, and sometimes we need to be reminded how to do this.

We serve lovely home cooked vegetarian food. The accommodation is situated in Ingrid’s and Liz’s summer houses in the village of Beddingestrand. Beddingestrand is a small seaside village by the sea (The Baltic Sea - South coast of Sweden. )

You fly to Copenhagen and transfer via train ( 1hour) over the bridge to Sweden and Beddinge.

PRICE: €330 - ( or 3500 Skr ) including accommodation, workshops and food. (Full board). Flights and transfer not included. If you are Swedish and live near by you can choose to not stay with us, but still take part in the full retreat programme. Price 2900 kr.

This retreat can be combined with you spending a few days in Malmö or Copenhagen - both lovely cities.

For more information please contact liznilsson@me.com.



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Sunday salad
Jun
23
10:30 AM10:30

Sunday salad


Join Anna & Aideen for their monthly Sunday salad workshop at seedpod 
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-sunday june 23rd
10.30am-12.30pm
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This June workshop falls around the weekend of the summer solstice which will be the theme this month. 
We will celebrate the sun reaching its highest point.
In order to stay steady in this full solar power, we ground ourselves by inviting the earth & the sky to meet in our bodies. We will take stock of the self & world & together we will dance though asana & remind ourselves “ I am related to all things & all things are related to me “.
This practice will be simple, grounding movements through breath & finished with meditation.
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Suitable for all levels.
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We will close this practice with a veggie & vegan inspired menu consisting of salads, freshly baked sourdough, dips, treats  & refreshing waters. 
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Pls note due to this workshop being small & intimate places are limited.
To secure a place pls book online www.seedpodyoga@gmail.com
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We look forward to seeing you on the mat
Anna & Aideen 
<3

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CREATIVE YOGA RETREAT
Jun
8
to Jun 15

CREATIVE YOGA RETREAT

  • Flaskpostvägen Beddingestrand, Skåne län, 231 76 Sweden (map)
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This is a unique opportunity to experience  the south of Sweden and the county of Skåne, from a very special perspective. Enjoy the sound from the sea, be inspired, meet new friends, share stories, try a sauna and just have time to be.

The retreat combines yoga, meditation, walking, creative writing, visual mark-making and healthy eating. Each person will be given a sketchbook on arrival to use as their creative journal for the week. In your journal word and image can be combined as a way to explore new ideas without being judge by the result. The journal will be a memory as well an inspiration after the retreat.

We start each day with yoga & meditation followed by a healthy breakfast. During the days we gather inspiration from the surroundings in the village and on local trips. In my light filled studio, or outside if the weather allows, we will create patterns and motifs that we print on paper and textiles using simple printing techniques to create memories to take home. I will supply you with all the materials and tools that you need. Suitable for both beginners or those with a creative background. We will enjoy lovely meals that are prepared by a local chef.  Some days we will visit local small restaurants and other days we will enjoy picnics in beautiful outdoor spots in nature. The

Organised and led by Liz Nilsson + guest facilitators.

€750 - including accommodation, workshops, trips and food. (Half board)

€550 - if you would like to stay elsewhere / or pitch a tent in the garden.

For more information please contact liznilsson@me.com.



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Ying Yang workshop
Jun
2
10:00 AM10:00

Ying Yang workshop

Join Natalia and Anna for a Sunday morning practice were we will balancing both Yin and Yang. We will be starting with finding the  stillness in Yin where we will passively be holding the poses, calming the mind and working into joints and connective tissues, we will then move on to our Yang practice were we will bring some heat in the body with a dynamic standing sequence. We will finish our practice with some restorative Yin poses supported by props to allow us to fully relax and get ready for a long Savasana. 

€20 euro for Yoga and complimentary super smoothie to enjoy after practice.

All levels are welcome!!

To book your space email Seedpod@gmail.com

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Sound Bath with Tom Toher
Apr
27
10:30 AM10:30

Sound Bath with Tom Toher

Come and experience the relaxing and healing benefits of being bathed in the sound of Tibetan Singing Bowls.  Allow the vibrations to wash away all your stress and tension.  Experience the sound vibrations in every cell of your body, facilitating deep relaxation and healing on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels.  All you have to do is lie there!

We will serve tea and a healthy snack for those that want and have time to stay on for a chat after the practice.

Price: €25

To Book: Email Seedpodyoga@gmail.com

 "Sound and Vibrations are the most powerful forces in the Universe.

Of the different kinds of healing, Vibratory Healing is of great importance”

 Paramhansa Yogananda

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MARK MAKING MEDITATION
Apr
7
2:00 PM14:00

MARK MAKING MEDITATION

Facilitator: Liz Nilsson

During this afternoon workshop we will explore the link between the repetion in breathing with simple mark making on paper. It is a visual meditation of abstract lines and shapes. (drawing and simple block printing). There is no pressure to draw in a normal sense but instead the participants will be encouraged to enjoy the process of what the hand and mind can create in combination with the breath. This process often creates surprising and impressive results. When we practice awareness in yoga, breathing, and meditation, we learn to see—and let go of—the distractions of the mind. It is from this place of clear seeing that we will work. Each participants will get a journal that he / she will use during the workshop f as well as using for personal mark making after wards.

We will start with Meditation and a series of simple Yoga postures which will lead on to the mark making part.  Healty Afternoon Tea is included and will be served during a brief break.

This workshop is for all levels.

Price: €50 (Workshop, journal and afternoon tea)

Email seedpodyoga@gmail.com to book your space.


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Sound Bath with Tom Toher
Feb
16
10:30 AM10:30

Sound Bath with Tom Toher

Come and experience the relaxing and healing benefits of being bathed in the sound of Tibetan Singing Bowls.  Allow the vibrations to wash away all your stress and tension.  Experience the sound vibrations in every cell of your body, facilitating deep relaxation and healing on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels.  All you have to do is lie there!

We will serve tea and a healthy snack for those that want and have time to stay on for a chat after the practice.

Price: €25 ( + €5 for tea and snack)

To Book: Email Seedpodyoga@gmail.com

"Sound and Vibrations are the most powerful forces in the Universe.

 Of the different kinds of healing, Vibratory Healing is of great importance”

 Paramhansa Yogananda

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