50h YOGA IMMERSION & TRAINING

A deep dive into the heart of Yoga to cultivate a meaningful, living practice, adapted to you, that supports your deepest longing for freedom and peace.

Not just a yoga retreat : 3 week to ignite delicious inner joy and vitality!

Discover the transformative benefit of regular personal practice to develop new habits and experience more openness and connection.

Nurtured by the fertile and mystical nature of Basque Country.

There will be opportunities to connect with nature, practice outdoors, and feel the transporting power of this land.

MAISON IRAZABALA

Espelette, Pays Basque.

Planning

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Before the retreat

-ZOOM session to set the foundation for your personal practice. We will go over some of the main building blocks you can work with and you’ll get a pdf to reference back to the essential.

-1 week personal practice to begin cultivating your own path. (30-60min/day)

-daily Live (or recorded) 20min meditation.

5 day retreat at Maison Irazabala

Key workshops:

The essence of yoga and how philosophy/world view/history inform practice.

Embodied postural practice and mouvement.

Breathing dynamics/pranayama.

The tantric energy body.

The science and spirituality of meditation, inquiry, and contemplation.

Merging practice with daily life, what is the spiritual path?

The power of community, sharing from the heart, and creating safe space.

And more!

Intergration after the retreat

-1 week personal practice to integrate, digest what you’ve experimented so far.

-Final Zoom session to reflect, share, and feel inspired and confident to continue practicing on your own.

-Stay connected through Whatsapp group.

Testimonials

Faustine

"Far from the clichés of yoga and meditation retreats that we see today, Antipodes allows us to explore the landscapes of our consciousness with authenticity, joy, and lightness. We dive into deeply fascinating and life-changing principles, which we integrate through diverse, surprising, and experimental practices, executed with great precision. Beyond the daily pleasure that this retreat offers, I came out feeling closer to myself and others, with precious insights about existence. In short, I recommend surrendering to Nico's teachings a billion times over—an incomparable experience. Thank you!"

Anto

“Nico himself embodies much of the philosophy he teaches. It's inspiring to observe that every day. Thank you :)”

Oana

“Thank you, Niko, for this beautiful discovery—the 'map', the 'tree', and the journey, presented in a playful yet well-thought-out and considered manner. Thank you for your sensitivity, generosity, and kindness. A truly wonderful exchange and sharing.”

Philippe

“An extraordinary retreat that allowed us to experience not only yoga and meditation in a beautiful natural setting, but also other enriching complementary activities.”

ANTIPODES YOGA ?

Antipodes yoga is not a brand or form of yoga. It is simply a reminder as to yoga’s main orientation, which is beyond the habitual and thinking/narrating mind, the mind’s antipodes.

it’s not dogmatic, it acknowledges your uniqueness with compassion and simply offers a safe space to explore, share waypoints, tools, practices, etc, to empower your own journey to more freedom, joy, peace, love!

Antipodes yoga describes an apparent duality between the mind and its antipodes, as a concession to the thinking mind, in order to help us see/experience beyond all dualities.

This teaching presents the non-dual perspective with clarity to awaken your curiosity and facilitate powerful contemplations and inquiries.

Antipodes yoga strives to engage with practices that take into account the unique challenges of our times, such as climate change, ecocide, genocide, omnipresent media and marketing, etc…

Antipodes yoga is also about experimenting with opposites

Quiet and loud, still and in movement, relaxed and engaged, disciplined and in the flow, etc, and therefore cultivate the listening ability to strike the balance that is true for us, in that moment, and that is real freedom.

Yoga history and philosophy

To gain clarity in your practice and/or in your teaching let’s look into the various questions yoga philosophy bring up, like what is meant by freedom, what is meant by love, peace, joy, etc. what is the role of practice if you are also already perfect as you are? Who were the yogis of different eras? These kinds of questions help feel inspired and be clear about when we are practicing out of tradition or doing our own thing.

Safe space

A safe space cannot be taken for granted, it is built together and has the power potential to help each other let go more, be seen more, listen more, open up more…

About me :)

My name is Niko, for the past 10 years I’ve been dedicate myself to becoming more free, and deconstructing outdated beliefs and patterns through , spending time in nature, living on a farm for 2 years, meditating, training in massage therapy, Iyengar and ashtanga yoga, and facilitating group sessions around ecology and mindfulness.

I’ll share the essence of all that I’ve experienced and learned so far. I will facilitate but only to help direct you towards the only real wisdom which comes from your own experience, your dedication, your curiosity and the support of community.

I approach life with the mind of the experimenter, and am passionate about sharing the beautiful balance between playfulness and groundedness.

Let’s Go!

Reservation & pricing

50h YOGA IMMERSION & TRAINING : 690€

(payable in up to 3 times, depending on your means)

Early bird (until September 28) : 650 €

Discounts available if you really cannot afford the full price with multiple installments.

Reservations & Questions

Send me an email : niko@antipodes.love

Terms and Conditions

Registration validated after 260€ deposit.

Remaining payment due 20 days before the stay.

Cancellation policy

In the event of cancellation on our part or due to an insufficient number of registrations the retreat will be reimbursed.

In the event of cancellation by you less than 20 days before the retreat, the full payment will be debited unless you find a replacement.