International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 57 | Page 18

We all need to stimulate our senses and awaken our minds to enable us to open up, to explore our spirituality. Being immersed within new lands, new cultures, new communities and new foods lets us do that. It is difficult to explain how accustomed we become to our surroundings, but our senses also become accustomed and, to put it simply, our senses become bored, our body fatigues and our mind numbs. Traveling instantly boosts our senses from the moment we book the trip and set off to the airport all our senses become heightened. As the plane doors open our senses begin to explode, we mentally feel on a high and stresses begin to slip away, this is the beginning of a great adventure that is potentially very healing and opens you up to great possibility. The retreats are adventures, with the focus on play, exploration and getting into nature and culture. The programs are designed with a deep appreciation for mother earth and all that she has to offer. From her powerful waters to the sheer magnificence of her mountains, you can explore it all. You can scuba dive in the Caribbean, in North India you can meditate on Ma Gange (River Ganges), sit in ceremony in the sacred valley of Peru, and trek deep into the Himalayas. The wisdom of ancient traditions and the medicine of nature hold healing powers and teachings of self-realization, unconditional love, and freedom that you can directly apply to your www.internationallifestylemagazine.com modern life. Everything is created and carefully executed to give you the perfect opportunity for this to unfold. When you travel the world you meet people and see places that open your eyes and heart to the healing powers of nature, the richness of culture, the wisdom of ancient traditions, and the wonders of simplicity. These unique and intimate retreats will strengthen you physically, awaken you spiritually, and lead you further down your own path of healing and expanding. Along with yoga and meditation you will serve local orphanages and schools, visit holy cities and sacred sites, incorporate teachings from the indigenous and leave space for sincere reflection and needed rest. This is a real opportunity to step out of your normal dimension and into another, one that allows you to breathe and expand. With Away Inward Retreats you have the opportunity to travel far and wide from France to New Zealand with every destination offering something special. Many guests return again and again as each trip is unique. You can book somewhere different every time and grow more with every experience including global adventures to Peru, India, Spain, France, Bali, Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet with new locations like Cuba, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos being added in 2016