Past Retreats Home Winter Retreat, Goa India, Feb 2008 - page 2                                page 1 | page 2 The reason I came along on the retreat in the first place was because my friend invited me for a week of yoga "and stuff". As I'd heard so many people say so many wonderful things about Goa/yoga holidays not to mention the Lucy Edge book: 'Yoga School Drop Out' it was always somewhere I'd wanted to go to - the idea of going with someone who knew the area and the ropes seemed like too good an opportunity to forego! In hindsight - the whole package turned out to be just what I needed at the time. Not only did I love Helen's yoga/Ariel's Chi Kong/acupuncture/Tibetan singing bowls and the wonderful stones massage etc (not to mention the wonderful low key organisation/planning - carefully going on in the background); but I so enjoyed the company of the others, as well as the nutritional advice and guidance and the life-coaching exercises with Helen/Stephen. I thought the whole package was so good I've been recommending it to many of my friends who've been intrigued with the whole thing! What did I gain from it? Well - a much more balanced perspective on my own life and problems, a more positive attitude to sorting out various issues and an overall yearning to open myself up to new ideas, new places, new people and to appreciate people, places, things for what they are - not to go looking for perfection - but to accept and enjoy what I have and to make the best of every situation! I really did feel revitalised and felt as though I had reclaimed something of the former me! Jenny Hill, Shropshire   © Reclaim Your Self 2005