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Thai Yoga Retreat in the USA
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This will be an immersive movement retreat designed to unite the art of Thai stretching with the depth of yoga asana. Join seasoned instructors Kelly Nichols Scott and Jessi Townesmith at the lush, healing grounds of Seven Springs Retreat Center for this journey of exploration. Through gentle rocking, acupressure, and mindful body-momentum, you’ll discover hands-on Thai yoga techniques rooted in the principles of Osteothai, deepening your awareness of fascia, breath, and energetic flow.
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Waarom deze reis?
- An advanced study distinctively dedicated to Thai yoga stretching
- With a focus on integrating the global world of fascia
- Hands-on stretching techniques utilizing Osteothai principles
- Decrease muscle soreness and risk of injury
- Improve functional mobility and develop body awareness
- Certificates of completion
- 3 nights accommodation
- 3 abundant vegetarian meals daily
Niveau
- Beginner
- Half gevorderd
Stijlen
4 instructiedagen in het Engels
Accommodatie
Faciliteiten
- Open haard
- Tuin
- Keuken
- Labyrinth
- Yogadek
Retreat participants will stay in one of the private yurts. Each yurt is decorated with traditional textiles and artwork from the countries that the owner's family frequents. They are fully furnished, including bedding, furnishings, electricity, and outlets.
The bathrooms are centrally located, with two stalls with flushing toilets and two sinks with large mirrors. There are also two large hot water showers with private changing spaces in each.
Programma
Whether you’re an experienced yogi or a curious mover drawn to somatic exploration, this retreat offers a space to expand mobility, deepen connection, and awaken new potentials in your practice and in your body.
Through guided movement explorations, clear anatomical understanding, and experiential hands-on workshops, this Thai yoga training will teach you how to support students with confidence, sensitivity, and a therapeutic mindset. You’ll learn to offer touch that is informed, intuitive, and safe - rooted in Thai stretching, Osteothai principles, and functional movement awareness.
This course honors the diversity of bodies and experiences, giving you practical tools to create inclusive, empowering, and holistic support for students in both group classes and one-on-one settings.
Hands-on support from a skilled yoga teacher can transform the way students understand and experience their bodies. When thoughtful compression, decompression, and touch are paired with asana, they help unlock greater mobility, enhance postural awareness, and create a deeper connection to the practice.
In this training, you’ll explore a blend of active, passive, and dynamic Thai stretching techniques grounded in the principles of Osteothai. These methods are designed to increase proprioception, expand the functional range of motion, and cultivate an overall sense of vitality and ease in the body.
By the end of the course, you will feel confident offering a wide range of supportive, intuitive hands-on techniques - empowering you to create safe, effective, and personalized experiences for students in group classes or one-on-one sessions.
Course objectives:
- This course will be an advanced study, distinctively dedicated to Thai yoga stretching, with a focus on integrating the global world of fascia.
- You will work in all postures: supine, prone, side-lying, and seated. This will readily integrate with your knowledge of asanas and the energetics of movement.
- Students will learn hands-on stretching techniques utilizing Osteothai principles.
- Students will expand their knowledge on stretching as achieved in two ways: compaction and decompaction.
- Each participant will learn the practical application of reciprocity, a technique that honors micro-movements and sensitivity during a stretch.
- Students will learn three main themes, based on their correlation to asana groups: hip openers, heart openers, and spinal twists.
Benefits of Thai yoga
- Decrease muscle soreness
- Improve functional mobility
- Decrease risk of injury
- Improve circulation
- Develop body awareness
- Retrain the nervous system for relaxation
- Interpersonal connection and co-regulation
- Encourage breath refinement and mindfulness
- Highlight the energetics of a yoga posture
- Working with beginner students of yoga
- Working with advanced yoga students
To become a skilled professional therapist, one must deeply understand the essential qualities and ethical conduct required in the practice. Gaining comprehensive knowledge about various tools, oils, and how to select the right ones tailored to each client’s needs is crucial.
Structured training in head, foot, and full body massage techniques builds a strong foundation. Specialized courses in Ayurveda therapies expand therapeutic skills to address holistic wellness.
Learning advanced sports massage therapy techniques enhances the ability to treat athletic injuries and improve muscle performance effectively.
Practical hands-on sessions paired with breaks, such as lunch, help maintain focus and energy throughout the learning process.
Finally, obtaining formal certification validates your expertise and readiness to provide professional therapeutic services with confidence
Daily Schedule
- 07:30 - 08:30: Yoga / Movement
- 08:30 - 09:30: Breakfast buffet
- 10:00 - 13:00 Thai Training
- 13:00 - 15:00 Lunch / Break
- 15:00 - 18:30 Afternoon Thai Training
- 19:00 Dinner
Instructeurs
Jessi Luna
Jessi has been teaching yoga since 2009 and facilitating yoga teacher trainings since 2012. She attended the Holistic Doula Training with Holistic Midwifery in 2019. She gave birth to both her sons, Kai and Cedar, in the Peru yurt at Seven Springs, and she is delighted to open this space to empower more mothers in the power of birth. Jessi will offer morning yoga. She teaches a Vinyasa-based practice to combine elements of dance and natural movement with traditional yogic sequencing. She incorporates attention to rhythm of the breath, and allows for organic movement to flow in each pose.
Kelly Nichols Scott
Kelly's attraction to Thai Yoga Massage was immediate. Within a couple of months of receiving her first Thai Yoga Massage, she set off on an international journey to immerse herself in Thai healing arts Her unique approach is inspired by her studies at Costa Rica School and the Integral Touch Institute in Thailand and Indonesia. In 2016 she met a french teacher, David Lutt, co-founder of Osteothai, a meeting of the two arts of Thai massage and Osteopathy. In 2019 she entered a masters program in Osteothai with David Lutt and Jörg Schürp. She is the first American to complete the masters.
Locatie
Seven Springs is a family-owned and run retreat center set in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. The yurt village is located on 126 acres of private wooded land, where you can find your peace and privacy in the foothills of the Smokies.
The land is located 15 minutes south of Maryville, 20 minutes from the TYS international airport, and 20 to 45 minutes from Knoxville, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cherohala Skyway, Tuckaleechee Caverns, Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Hwy 129 "The Dragon," and Dollywood.
Eten
Seven Springs offers abundant and nutritious vegetarian meals as part of their all-inclusive retreats. They understand that you are what you eat, literally!
They value providing organic, clean, and local foods that will nourish your body, mind, and spirit. At Seven Springs, you will enjoy three vegetarian meals a day, lovingly prepared, with plenty of nutrients and proteins.
Examples of meals may be a breakfast of organic oatmeal or pancakes with fruit, nuts, seeds, and sweet toppings of your choice; a lunch of build-your-own burritos with all the fixings; and a dinner of a nourishing soup or coconut cashew curry with rice and salad.
They also provide teas made with their homegrown herbs, as well as organic, fair-trade coffee.
You will always be welcome to bring snacks if you'd like to. Seven Springs Retreats just asks that the snacks be kept in a special place in the kitchen and no food be eaten in the yurts.
If you enjoy animal proteins, they suggest bringing jerky or bone broth. They ask that you do not bring meat that needs to be cooked. The food that they provide is already well-balanced with various protein sources to keep you full and energized throughout your stay!
Please let Seven Springs know if you have any dietary restrictions, and they will do their best to accommodate.
De volgende maaltijden zijn inclusief:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinks
De volgende drankjes zijn inbegrepen:
- Water
- Koffie
- Thee
De volgende dieetwensen worden geserveerd/zijn mogelijk:
- Vegetarisch
- Lacto-ovo vegetariër
- Veganistisch
- Glutenvrij
- Lactosevrij
- Onbewerkt voedsel
- Andere dieetwensen op aanvraag
Wat er te doen is
Optional hikes in your free time:
Great Smoky Mountains National Park hikes
Located less than 25 miles from Seven Springs is the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited National Park in the U.S.! On your way, you will drive through Townsend with a wonderful Visitors Center and Heritage Center, which they recommend visiting.
Cades Cove
One of the most popular destinations, the cove has a beautiful 11-mile loop to drive on any day, or bike on Wednesday and Saturday mornings when it is closed to cars. Bicycle rental is available at the park. Abrams Falls is a nice five-mile hike from Cades Cove. The turnoff for the trailhead is located past stop #10 on the Cades Cove Loop Road. The turnoff is signed.
Laurel Falls is a trail that ascends Cove Mountain, leading past it, and is one of the most popular waterfalls in the national park, en route to the summit of Cove Mountain and the Cove Mountain fire tower. From Sugarlands Visitor Center, turn toward Cades Cove on Little River Road and drive three and a half miles to the trailhead, where there are parking areas on both sides of the road.
Tremont
A nearby nature education center located in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this area is fun to visit for information and connecting to some good trailheads!
The Seven Springs Retreats team's favorite moderate waterfall hike is Spruce Flats Falls. You'll need to travel 2.2 miles back on Tremont Road to the Great Smoky Mountains Institute and then park in the parking area in front of the visitor center. From there, walk up the paved road into the Tremont complex until the pavement ends at 0.2 miles.
Continue into the woods and turn left uphill. At 0.1 miles, the trail junctions with a path that goes straight. Take a right to continue on the Falls trail.
The Seven Springs Retreats team also enjoys the Middle Prong trail, with waterfalls and moderate difficulty. Head southwest from the Townsend Y junction of Little River Road and TN 73 towards Cades Cove. After a short drive (0.2 miles), turn left onto Tremont Road. After two miles, you’ll pass the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont on your left before the road changes to gravel.
Continue three additional miles down the gravel road before reaching the road’s end. Park there for the trailhead.
Mount Leconte
If you’re looking for a more challenging and longer hike, Seven Springs Retreats recommends this one. Plan for a full day and bring lots of water. There are a few trails to choose from and a lodge at the top if you’d like to spend the night (reservations required).
Seven Springs Retreats likes the Alum Cave Bluff trail; it is steeper, shorter, and more difficult, but the Bluffs are a must-see on your way up. To reach the trailhead from the Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg, drive 8.7 miles south along Newfound Gap Road. The parking area will be on your left.
Rainbow Falls trail is strenuous but worth it, with panoramic views of the Smokies. Starting from Light 8 in Gatlinburg, turn onto Historic Nature Trail / Airport Road. After driving 0.7 miles, veer right onto Cherokee Orchard Road, upon which you'll enter the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.
After driving another 2.2 miles, you'll enter the one-way Cherokee Orchard Loop Road. After driving roughly 0.6 miles on the loop, the Rainbow Falls Trailhead will be located on your right.
Look Rock Fire Tower and Abrams Creek Campground Trails
Located on the Foothills Parkway, Look Rock Fire Tower is a short and windy drive up the mountain from Seven Springs. This National Park Service fire lookout is at the top of an easy half-mile hike up to a breathtaking 360-degree view of the surrounding mountains. You can see the Fire Tower from Seven Springs and even see Seven Springs from the Fire Tower!
From the tower parking lot, you'll backtrack to meet up again with Route 336 and turn left to continue driving away from Seven Springs. In a few miles, you'll see a road on your left with a sign for Abrams Creek Campground. You can park just across from the Forest Station to jump in the cool mountain river, or walk or drive to the end of the campground to walk the trail for easy hiking along streams and through Hemlock forests.
In de prijs inbegrepen
- All workshops and classes
- 3 nights accommodation - your choice: private or shared
- 3 abundant vegetarian meals daily
- Certificate of completion (30-hour YACEP)
- Certificate (15-hour National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork)
Niet in de prijs inbegrepen
- Transportation
- Travel insurance
- Additional wellness services (massages, facials, etc.)
Bereikbaarheid
Aanbevolen luchthavens
Transfers niet voorzien
McGhee Tyson Airport
15 km verwijderd van uw bestemming
Transfers niet voorzien
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
230 km verwijderd van uw bestemming
Transfers niet voorzien
Nashville International Airport
250 km verwijderd van uw bestemming
Driving directions - Only use Google Maps or Waze (very important!)
Route to 125 Sweet Hollow Way, Maryville, TN 37803
- Seven Springs Retreats recommends coming in via Montvale Road, State Route 336.
- From Maryville, travel 6.5 miles south on Montvale Road, turn left on Old Piney Road (there will be a ProSign shop on your right).
- Travel 1.1 miles and take your second left onto Galyon Rd. Travel 4/10 of a mile and you will see a large blue mailbox with a 120 Sweet Hollow Way sign on top (this will be next to 1344 Galyon Rd address and mailbox).
- Turn left immediately after the blue mailbox onto the gravel driveway and follow the signs to the yurts.
- You may drive to your yurt or camping space to unload, and you will then return to park your vehicle in the parking area.
Annuleringsvoorwaarden
- Een reservering vereist een aanbetaling van 100% van de totale prijs.
- De aanbetaling wordt niet gerestitueerd als de boeking wordt geannuleerd.
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