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2020 Health & Wellness New Year Retreat on Penang Hill * Relax* Recharge * Transform* 3-5 January 2020

2020 Health & Wellness New Year Retreat on Penang Hill * Relax* Recharge * Transform* 3-5 January 2020

 

 

2020 Health & Wellness New Year Retreat

Relax, Recharge and Transform

Friday 3 – Sunday 5 January 2020 – Penang Hill, Malaysia

 

 

 

 

2020 Health & Wellness New Year Retreat on Penang Hill * Relax* Recharge * Transform* 3-5 January 2020Looking to get away for a few days, but don’t want to go too far? Join us for this three day, two night Health & Wellness Retreat being

held at the charming Hickory-on-the Hill, a beautiful and serene villa with panoramic views of Penang. Here you will have space to relax, recharge and transform. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flow into the New Year with this Health and Wellness Retreat … a holistic journey of inner and outer processes, reconnecting to ourselves more fully through conscious movement, mindful breathing, meditation, reflection, healthy eating and connection to nature!

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHAT WILL YOU RECEIVE?

In our time together you will enjoy:

* yoga and qigong – both gentle and active practices to strengthen the body, make you more relaxed and flexible and remove blockages so energy is flowing freely;

* different breathing exercises (pranayama) that help activate and harmonise your physical and energy system;

* qigong healing – learn and practice self-healing techniques and receive healing;

* guided meditation and relaxation to create a calm and peaceful mind;

* partner work and inner processes like conscious dance to experience deeper release and transformation;

* quiet time surrounded by lush nature to help you relax, recharge and transform body and mind;

* healthy vegetarian/vegan food to nourish the body and dinning with fantastic view of Penang from up the hill!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTENT/TRADITIONS

Yoga is an ancient system of inner and outer practices for more balance in all aspects of life. It is a well tested tradition that provides an inner technology using postures, movement, breath, meditation and energy control to recalibrate your physical, mental, emotional and energy bodies for greater health, well being and ultimately for spiritual liberation.

 

 

 

 

 

Qigong is an ancient Chinese qi (vital energy) practice method, a way of cultivating and experiencing energy to enhance health, healing as well as developing spiritual awareness and insight. Through the practice of qigong you will learn how to harness the power of qi from the universe, remove blockages from body and mind and techniques for self-healing.

 

Dance Your Life into Being. Through conscious movement you will let go of the past, release what is not supporting you and welcome the new. Create your future by setting intentions and expand into who you really are. You will be guided through a flow of music where your focus stays within. When you move your body the energy shifts inside, bringing ease and liveliness into your dance and being.

VENUE

Hickory-on-the-Hill once again is our venue for the retreat. The villa sits on half an acre of secluded woodland and manicured lawns. The surroundings are lush and green. The environment is nurturing, peaceful and pleasing to all the senses with a wonderfully high vibration and life force to recharge your whole being.

Address: Jalan Bukit Bendera, Lower Tunnel Road, Lower Tunnel State, 11500 Ayer Itam, Penang. Website: https://www.hickoryonthehill.com.

 

RETREAT FEE

* EARLY BIRD: RM799 – Register and pay a 50% deposit by 25th October 2019. Full payment by 1 December 2019.

* NORMAL RATE: RM900 – Register and pay by 1 December 2019.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

* Retreat fee includes all meals and materials. A 50% deposit is required to register. Full payment by 1 December 2019.
* All meals are vegetarian with vegan option. If you have any other dietary requirements, please let us know and we will try and accommodate you.
* Please bring your own yoga mat and any other support you require for the period of the retreat, eg. yoga blocks, meditation cushion and a shawl for chilly mornings and evenings.

ROOM CHARGES

Room charges are separate from the Retreat Fee and depending on type of accommodation you choose the room rates vary:

* Double sharing (queen bed): From RM260-330 per room per night
* Triple sharing (one single and one double bed): RM320-350 per room per night
* Single room: RM185 per night
* Super single (2 pax – one single bed with another pull out bed) RM220 per room per night
* Quad (4 in two adjoining rooms) : RM460 per night

Once you have registered, please inform us of your room preference as room assignments will be done by the organisers. Also please inform the organiser, if you choose a double or triple sharing room and have a preferred roommate. If not, the organiser is happy to match you with the most suitable roommate(s).

CANCELLATION POLICY

• Cancellations by 2nd December 2019 receive a refund of 50% of the retreat fee.
• Cancellations by 20th December 2019 receive a refund of 25% of the retreat fee.
• No refunds given from 21st December 2019 onwards.

* In the event that the retreat is cancelled for unforeseen reasons or a lack of participation, your deposit or payment will be returned in full.

TRANSPORT UP THE HILL

Jeep service up the hill to Hickory Bungalow will be organised for those wanting a jeep ride up and back down the hill. The cost of the whole jeep is RM200 both ways and will be an additional cost. Four to five persons can fit into the jeep depending on the amount of luggage so you can share out the cost of the jeep among yourselves. You will need to inform the organiser ahead of time if you wish to hire the jeep service so we can group people together at the same time. We will arrange for participants to meet at the Botanical Gardens Friday afternoon (time to be determined). The same will be arranged for the group at the end of the retreat to return on Sunday late afternoon or early evening.

If you prefer to take the funicular train up to Hickory Bungalow, you will need to get off at the Lower Tunnel Station and follow the sign for a 5 minute walk. Note that the trains can be busy during the weekends and potentially on a Friday afternoon Give yourself ample time to get the train up. It is advisable that you start your journey from the foot hill at least 2-3 hours before our meeting time at 3pm. All ticket purchases require proof of identification.

For further questions please contact me: Sarah-Joy at 016-488 9328 or write to me via fb or email at sarahjoyamin@gmail.com. Or contact Suzanne and Ken Morgan at 013-383 0908.

FACILITATORS’ PROFILE

Suzanne and Ken Morgan are originally from UK and have been living happily in Penang for over 8 years. They were obviously destined to be together and met in India while doing a 6 month Yoga Teacher Training in 1998/99 in the Swami Gitananda lineage. In fact, before meeting, they already shared a great interest in health and alternative medicine, studying several systems between them.

After teaching yoga for a few years and both having curious minds, they decided to explore Chinese Medicine, completing a Bsc. (Hons) Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture) at Salford University, UK from 2003-6. They set up an acupuncture clinic which they ran before deciding to move to Malaysia. They both had an interest in Qigong, studying Wild Goose Qigong with Bingkun Hu from 2005-8 on his yearly visits to the UK, although Ken had been studying qigong since the 1970s.

Whilst in Penang, they were introduced to Zhineng Qigong and after two years of regular practice went in March 2019 to China and completed a 3 month Daohearts Teacher Training in the first, second and advanced levels of Zhineng Qigong. Suzanne and Ken are both passionate about health and wellness and are always happy to share their many years of knowledge with you.

Sarah-Joy Amin is a Transformation Teacher, Chakra Yoga instructor, Inner Dance facilitator and energy worker. Based in Penang, Sarah-Joy has been on the spiritual path for over 20 years, starting with Buddhism in the 1980s, then expanding into yogic practices and a Oneness approach to spirituality from 2010 onwards.

In 2013, Sarah-Joy sought out yoga and did her teacher training in the Chakra Yoga Tradition at the Pyramid Yoga school in Thailand (see http://www.pyramidyoga.com/aboutus/). She was introduced to yoga during her adolescent years and resumed her yoga practice in Jan 2010 after almost two decades of spinal injuries. In Dec. 2013, she also completed the 108 hour Yoga for Healers course deepening the healing aspect of her yoga practice. Her main teacher, David Goulet, studied under Swami Gitananda, in the same ashram as Ken and Suzanne Morgan!

Sarah-Joy offers private and group yoga classes, and is committed to yoga for she has seen how the practice has helped her through critical periods coping with physical injuries as well as healing deep emotional stresses. More recently, Sarah-Joy has embarked on further studies involving Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Christmas Peace through Yoga ^ A Christmas Yoga Workshop

Christmas Peace through Yoga ^ A Christmas Yoga Workshop – Saturday, 14 Dec. 2019, 4-6pm

— CHRISTMAS PEACE THROUGH YOGA —

 

Christmas Peace through Yoga ^ A Christmas Yoga Workshop

A CHRISTMAS YOGA WORKSHOP

Saturday 14 Dec. 2019 – 4 – 6pm – Fierce Fitness, Penang
Early bird fee: RM88 if you register by 30 Nov.2019
Normal fee: RM100 from 1 Dec. 2019 onwards.
Venue: Fierce Fitness, Vantage, Tanjong Tokong, Penang

Space limited to 15 participants, so book your place soon!

The holiday season can often be stressful, with Christmas planning and shopping, food preparations, buying presents, house decorations, visiting friends, organising parties and activities for kids, and much more. Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, and year end activities can feel overwhelming with the kids at home, finishing projects before the New Year or tying up loose ends at work before the New Year break .

This Christmas Yoga Workshop seeks to give each of you a Gentle Yoga experience that touches Mind and Heart bringing more peace, reflection and balance during the holiday period. It will help you return to your centre by moving and breathing more mindfully. In this session, we will use Affirmations, Essential Oils and Visioning to create a PEACEFUL inner and outer environment.

You will also enjoy a guided meditation to deepen your relaxation and feel more refreshed and energised to bring in the New Year!

The true Christmas spirit is one of giving and receiving, including giving to yourself! Gift yourself this special yogic evening to restore and nourish Self.

Register before 30 November to enjoy the Early Bird rate and to secure your place. Space is limited to 15 participants maximum. Bring your yoga mat and comfortable cushion for the guided meditation.

Facilitator Profile

Sarah-Joy Amin is a Chakra Yoga Instructor, Transformative Coach, Energy Healer and now training in Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy. In this workshop, she will help you bring greater awareness to your Heart and Third Eye Chakras for more peace and balance in heart and mind. For more information on Sarah-Joy visit her website: http://www.transformwithsarahjoy.life/

RECONNECT AND UNWIND IN NATURE

RECONNECT AND UNWIND IN NATURE

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A 3 DAY YOGA & BREATHWORK RETREAT

Dates: Friday 12 – Sunday 14 June 2026

Venue: Taiping Bamboo Resort, Malaysia

– a haven of serenity and natural beauty

RECONNECT AND UNWIND IN NATURE

An event brought by Heart Space Holistic Therapy, Penang

Join Heart Space team, Su Lynn and Sarah-Joy for a transformative yogic journey through asana, pranayama and mindfulness practices to restore, balance and calm your nervous system. Nestled in the tranquil surroundings of Taiping, Malaysia, this retreat is designed to guide you towards mindful movements, sensory awareness, conscious rest, and inner peace. You will also benefit from two singing bowl sessions with Heart Space sound therapist, Tan Han How, as well as wholesome home-cooked organic vegetarian food by Jern and Kai throughout your stay. At the Taiping Bamboo resort, you will experience nature more fully through all your senses in a rustic environment to slow down, unwind from the stresses of daily life, and reconnect with yourself and nature.

The retreat offers participants an opportunity for quiet, restorative silent periods, reflective journaling, self prayer and meditation, more disciplined practices free of phones and online distractions, thoughtful sharing of retreat reading materials, and an approach of collective responsibility to ensure everyone has a positive and fulfilling experience. We will consciously practice more acceptance and compassion for self and for others throughout the retreat!

Purpose of this Retreat

With a focus on understanding your nervous system and learning ways to regulate it, the retreat offers you a deep opportunity to:

  • Restore and balance your nervous system;

  • Cultivate mindfulness and inner peace;

  • Unplug from daily life stresses, and reconnect with nature and your natural self;

  • Nourish your whole being with authentic yoga, sound healing practices and wholesome vegetarian foods

Programme Highlights:

What will you do?

  • Daily morning hatha yoga practice with Su Lynn and Sarah-Joy tailored to nurture and rejuvenate your body, mind and spirit;

  • Breathwork/pranayama sessions woven throughout the 3 day programme to calm the mind and regulate the nervous system;

  • Yin yoga sessions to start and end the retreat for deep unwinding, inner release and restoration;

  • A guided meditation on day 1 to welcome the New Moon energies and to gain clarity in your intentions moving through the powerful year of the Fire Horse in 2026!

  • Soothing sound bath experiences and yogic toning to harmonize your energy and to support deep rest;

  • Immersive nature experiences aka Shinrin Yoku to reconnect with the beauty and life-force around and within you;

  • Weather permitting, we will end our Retreat at the gorgeous Taiping Lake Gardens with a final Yin yoga practice and a Closing circle.

Who are your Facilitators?

Sarah-Joy

Sarah-Joy Amin is a Transformation Teacher, Holistic Counsellor & Psychotherapist, Chakra Yoga Instructor, Energy and Voice-Sound Healer, and Inner Dance facilitator. She trained in the Chakra Yoga tradition in 2013 and has been teaching Chakra and Hatha yoga as well as more gentle healing yoga with breathwork since to diverse groups, including men, seniors and those with limited abilities. She has run two yoga and healing retreats in 2019 and 2020 at Penang Hill as well as facilitated morning mindfulness and yoga sessions to B. Braun Senior Management in 2023, ARUP Jururunding staff retreat in 2015 as well as run a half day yoga retreat with Arkitek LLA staff in 2025.

Sarah-Joy is the founder of Heart Space Holistic Therapy, a Transformative & Healing space in Penang since 2020 offering a variety of healing services. As a trained counsellor and psychotherapist, she advocates a holistic approach for healing and wellness of body, mind, soul and spirit. She has been seeing clients for almost five years, guiding them to Follow their JOY 🙂

Prior to her healing work, Sarah-Joy coordinated a global non-profit organisation on mother and child health (the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action – WABA) for over 20 years, advocating for women’s empowerment and people’s health. She is now living her aspiration of bringing her experience of the first 25 working years into creating healing and wellness programmes that help in people’s personal transformation.

For details of her work and testimonies, check her website: Transform with Sarah-Joy: https://www.transformwithsarahjoy.life/testimonials/

Kok Su Lynn

A physiotherapist since 2009 with 17 years of clinical experience, she brings a strong foundation in physical rehabilitation, movement awareness, and functional health. In 2019, her journey expanded into yoga teaching, where she has since accumulated over 1,000 hours of teaching experience.

She is the founder of JoyLity Physiotherapy Service and co-founder of Core Essence Studio (M) Sdn Bhd, where she integrates therapeutic knowledge with mindful movement practices. She is also part of the Heart Space Collective.

Her initial exploration of yoga began through asana, seeking ways to complement physiotherapy with a more holistic physical approach. Over time, she discovered that yoga extends far beyond the body — its teachings transformed her mental and emotional landscape. This realization deepened her commitment to blending physiotherapy and yoga into a cohesive approach that supports both physical recovery and inner wellbeing.

Today, her work reflects this integration. Whether working with physiotherapy clients or guiding yoga practitioners, she emphasizes safe movement, body awareness, and mind-body connection. She continues to open herself to deeper yogic philosophical teachings, with the intention of embodying these principles and sharing them authentically through her practice.

Tan Han How

Han How (汉豪)#Sound Therapist | Singing Bowl Facilitator | HRDC Accredited Trainer

Han How began his journey in 2011 through meditation, retreats, and courses that nurtured body, mind, and spirit.

Since 2018, he has been offering therapy sessions for individuals and groups, as well as guided self-care practices. More recently, he has conducted Singing Bowl Sound Therapist Training Courses sometimes integrating his sessions with yoga and other wellness methods.

He believes that the singing bowl is a unique combination of science and art, carrying a deeply emotional and intuitive force that supports harmony and inner peace.

Certifications

  • Malaysia Ci Hui Singing Bowl

  • US Sound Energy Healing

  • Nepal Kundalini Sound & Herbal Therapy

  • Nepal Nirvana Singing Bowl

  • UK Sound Healing Academy

Through both therapy and training, I aspire to share the transformative power of sound with others. Han How is also part of the Heart Space Collective.

Selamat Growers

Jern & Kai are farmers who love to cook.

From their homestead in mainland Penang, they grow food, raise chickens and ducks, host farm tours, and welcome guests to their table through farm-to-table meals. They run a sustainable, permaculture-focused farm in Tasek Gelugor, Penang, known as Jern & Kai Homestead (SelamatGrower). They specialize in natural farming, regenerative agriculture, and food forest techniques, offering farm stays, tours, and workshops while living a self-sufficient lifestyle.

For this retreat, they bring the same heartfelt, home-style cooking — simple, nourishing food made with fresh ingredients and the warmth of being fed by farmers who truly care.

Who should join?

  • Yoga practitioners wanting to restore yourself and to have a more prolonged immersion in a natural and healing environment;

  • Anyone, regardless of a yoga background, wanting to experience yoga practices outside of a studio, to breathe more deeply, and learn to relax and focus the mind;

  • Nature lovers and those wanting a few days experience living more simply in a natural environment, eating healthy nourishing foods, and being part of a conscious community!

Are you ready to unwind and recharge?

Registration and Fees

Register with Sarah-Joy at 016-488 9328 before 15 March 2026 and avail of our Early Bird rate of RM1199!

Standard Rate is RM1399 after this date! The team has worked to offer you a reasonable fee considering we are engaging three teachers/facilitators for the retreat, and an external team of organic farmers who are also specialised cooks to bring you wholesome vegetarian food directly from their farm. Everything will need to be brought in from out of town.

Accommodation Options

Accommodation costs are separate. You can choose from the following options:

Little Rainbow houses will host most of us 🙂 In addition, two double storey Bamboo houses are available for 2-4 persons. All rooms only have double beds, but additional mattresses are available for hire at RM20/per person per night.

Room rates quoted below are all for 2 nights:

a) RM200/per person for 2 nights in Rainbow house for a shared double room (double bed)

b) RM200 for 2 nights in Rainbow house for a double bed plus RM20 additional per night for every extra mattress up to 2 additional person in a shared room. RM480 for a max of 4 person in a room to be shared out.

c) RM400 for single person (double bed) for 2 nights.

d) RM280/per person for 2 nights in a shared double storey Bamboo house (one double bed only).

f) RM640 for a max of 4 persons in the double storey bamboo house. You can add RM20 per night for every extra mattress up to 2 more persons. Note that the toilet and living space is on the ground floor.

The resort supplies all participants with pillows, blankets, towels, even those who hire additional mattresses.

You may contact the organisers for further details or discuss accommodation options that best fit your needs.

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This retreat event is brought by Heart Space Holistic Centre in Penang.

Heart Space is a holistic healing and transformative space for all walks of life.

HEART SPACE support clients with their mental, emotional, physical & spiritual well-being. Our services range from various forms of therapies: counseling and psychotherapy, energy healing and physical healing therapies, sound healing as well as mental, emotional and spiritual healing and transformative practices.

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ROSE HEART ALCHEMY – A Meditation Launch at the Heart Space on 11:11 at 11am

Friday, 11-11-22 at 11am – 12.15pm (arrive by 10.45am)
Min donation: RM33. Please book your space by 8 Nov. 2022 latest. (I’m making this session affordable so more can benefit from my heart offering.)
In this Rose Heart Alchemical morning, we will work with the energy of the Rose and the rose quartz to support your emotional and spiritual healing!
The energies of the rose has been used over thousands of years in ancient sacred traditions yet its higher heart frequency hasn’t been fully appreciated today. More is now known about the Higher Heart frequencies of unconditional love, compassion and of superior love which the Rose represents. Working with the Rose’ energy helps us to heal our emotional heart and raise our own higher heart frequencies!
The rose is a powerful healer in many ways, externally as well as internally. This meditation will start your heart healing journey when you come ready to receive the rose energy and vibration and open your heart to change. The rose’ gentle feminine nature acts as an energetic balm soothing emotional wounds, while her high vibration creates more peaceful conditions for calming the mind’s mental agitation bringing in inner peace.
Together with the rose quartz, the meditation will start to slowly peel away the layers of stuck energies and shift our protective barriers resisting change and soul expansion.
We will also invite the Rose and rose quartz energy to open your Higher Heart chakra so you’re more ready to awaken your beautiful energy of unconditional love and compassion, to allow more heart-based connection with yourself, others and the world.
Come ready to receive and share your heart energy. Bring your rose quartz crystal (if you have one to work with. Otherwise you may purchase one from the Heart Space to use during the meditation).
We will also invite one or two of the Goddesses of Love and Compassion to support us in this Rose Heart Healing meditation.
This meditation will launch Sarah-Joy’s new series of Rose Heart healings: Petal Healing and Rose Bloom sessions on the same day.
Contact me to register and book your space. Max: 11 participants💗🙏 Those resonating will heed to call of Mother Rose🌹

2020 Health & Wellness New Year Retreat ~ Relax, Recharge and Transform ~ Friday 3 – Sunday 5 January 2020 – Penang Hill, Malaysia

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2020 Health & Wellness New Year Retreat

~~ Relax, Recharge and Transform ~~

Friday 3 – Sunday 5 January 2020 – Penang Hill, Malaysia

 

 

2020 Health & Wellness New Year Retreat on Penang Hill * Relax* Recharge * Transform* 3-5 January 2020Looking to get away for a few days, but don’t want to go too far? Join us for this three day, two night Health & Wellness Retreat being held at the charming Hickory-on-the Hill, a beautiful and serene villa with panoramic views of Penang. Here you will have space to relax, recharge and transform.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flow into the New Year with this Health and Wellness Retreat … a holistic journey of inner and outer processes, reconnecting to ourselves more fully through conscious movement, mindful breathing, meditation, reflection, healthy eating and connection to nature!

 

 

WHAT WILL YOU RECEIVE?

In our time together you will enjoy:

* yoga and qigong – both gentle and active practices to strengthen the body, make you more relaxed and flexible and remove blockages so energy is flowing freely;

* different breathing exercises (pranayama) that help activate and harmonise your physical and energy system;

* qigong healing – learn and practice self-healing techniques and receive healing;

* guided meditation and relaxation to create a calm and peaceful mind;

* partner work and inner processes like conscious dance to experience deeper release and transformation;

* quiet time surrounded by lush nature to help you relax, recharge and transform body and mind;

* healthy vegetarian/vegan food to nourish the body and dinning with fantastic view of Penang from up the hill!

 

 

 

CONTENT/TRADITIONS

Yoga is an ancient system of inner and outer practices for more balance in all aspects of life. It is a well tested tradition that provides an inner technology using postures, movement, breath, meditation and energy control to recalibrate your physical, mental, emotional and energy bodies for greater health, well being and ultimately for spiritual liberation.

 

 

 

Qigong is an ancient Chinese qi (vital energy) practice method, a way of cultivating and experiencing energy to enhance health, healing as well as developing spiritual awareness and insight. Through the practice of qigong you will learn how to harness the power of qi from the universe, remove blockages from body and mind and techniques for self-healing.

 

 

Dance Your Life into Being. Through conscious movement you will let go of the past, release what is not supporting you and welcome the new. Create your future by setting intentions and expand into who you really are. You will be guided through a flow of music where your focus stays within. When you move your body the energy shifts inside, bringing ease and liveliness into your dance and being.

 

 

VENUE

 

Hickory-on-the-Hill once again is our venue for the retreat. The villa sits on half an acre of secluded woodland and manicured lawns. The surroundings are lush and green. The environment is nurturing, peaceful and pleasing to all the senses with a wonderfully high vibration and life force to recharge your whole being.

Address: Jalan Bukit Bendera, Lower Tunnel Road, Lower Tunnel State, 11500 Ayer Itam, Penang. Website: https://www.hickoryonthehill.com.

 

RETREAT FEE

* EARLY BIRD: RM799 – Register and pay a 50% deposit by 25th October 2019. Full payment by 1 December 2019.

* NORMAL RATE: RM900 – Register and pay by 1 December 2019.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE:

* Retreat fee includes all meals and materials. A 50% deposit is required to register. Full payment by 1 December 2019.
* All meals are vegetarian with vegan option. If you have any other dietary requirements, please let us know and we will try and accommodate you.
* Please bring your own yoga mat and any other support you require for the period of the retreat, eg. yoga blocks, meditation cushion and a shawl for chilly mornings and evenings.

 

ROOM CHARGES


Room charges are separate from the Retreat Fee and depending on type of accommodation you choose the room rates vary:

* Double sharing (queen bed): From RM260-330 per room per night
* Triple sharing (one single and one double bed): RM320-350 per room per night
* Single room: RM185 per night
* Super single (2 pax – one single bed with another pull out bed) RM220 per room per night
* Quad (4 in two adjoining rooms) : RM460 per night

Once you have registered, please inform us of your room preference as room assignments will be done by the organisers. Also please inform the organiser, if you choose a double or triple sharing room and have a preferred roommate. If not, the organiser is happy to match you with the most suitable roommate(s).

CANCELLATION POLICY

• Cancellations by 2nd December 2019 receive a refund of 50% of the retreat fee.
• Cancellations by 20th December 2019 receive a refund of 25% of the retreat fee.
• No refunds given from 21st December 2019 onwards.

* In the event that the retreat is cancelled for unforeseen reasons or a lack of participation, your deposit or payment will be returned in full.

TRANSPORT UP THE HILL

Jeep service up the hill to Hickory Bungalow will be organised for those wanting a jeep ride up and back down the hill. The cost of the whole jeep is RM200 both ways and will be an additional cost. Four to five persons can fit into the jeep depending on the amount of luggage so you can share out the cost of the jeep among yourselves. You will need to inform the organiser ahead of time if you wish to hire the jeep service so we can group people together at the same time. We will arrange for participants to meet at the Botanical Gardens Friday afternoon (time to be determined). The same will be arranged for the group at the end of the retreat to return on Sunday late afternoon or early evening.

If you prefer to take the funicular train up to Hickory Bungalow, you will need to get off at the Lower Tunnel Station and follow the sign for a 5 minute walk. Note that the trains can be busy during the weekends and potentially on a Friday afternoon Give yourself ample time to get the train up. It is advisable that you start your journey from the foot hill at least 2-3 hours before our meeting time at 3pm. All ticket purchases require proof of identification.

For further questions please contact me: Sarah-Joy at 016-488 9328 or write to me via fb or email at sarahjoyamin@gmail.com. Or contact Suzanne and Ken Morgan at 013-383 0908.

FACILITATORS’ PROFILE


Suzanne and Ken Morgan are originally from UK and have been living happily in Penang for over 8 years. They were obviously destined to be together and met in India while doing a 6 month Yoga Teacher Training in 1998/99 in the Swami Gitananda lineage. In fact, before meeting, they already shared a great interest in health and alternative medicine, studying several systems between them.

After teaching yoga for a few years and both having curious minds, they decided to explore Chinese Medicine, completing a Bsc. (Hons) Degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine (Acupuncture) at Salford University, UK from 2003-6. They set up an acupuncture clinic which they ran before deciding to move to Malaysia. They both had an interest in Qigong, studying Wild Goose Qigong with Bingkun Hu from 2005-8 on his yearly visits to the UK, although Ken had been studying qigong since the 1970s.

Whilst in Penang, they were introduced to Zhineng Qigong and after two years of regular practice went in March 2019 to China and completed a 3 month Daohearts Teacher Training in the first, second and advanced levels of Zhineng Qigong. Suzanne and Ken are both passionate about health and wellness and are always happy to share their many years of knowledge with you.

Sarah-Joy Amin is a Transformation Teacher, Chakra Yoga instructor, Inner Dance facilitator and energy worker. Based in Penang, Sarah-Joy has been on the spiritual path for over 20 years, starting with Buddhism in the 1980s, then expanding into yogic practices and a Oneness approach to spirituality from 2010 onwards.

In 2013, Sarah-Joy sought out yoga and did her teacher training in the Chakra Yoga Tradition at the Pyramid Yoga school in Thailand (see http://www.pyramidyoga.com/aboutus/). She was introduced to yoga during her adolescent years and resumed her yoga practice in Jan 2010 after almost two decades of spinal injuries. In Dec. 2013, she also completed the 108 hour Yoga for Healers course deepening the healing aspect of her yoga practice. Her main teacher, David Goulet, studied under Swami Gitananda, in the same ashram as Ken and Suzanne Morgan!

Sarah-Joy offers private and group yoga classes, and is committed to yoga for she has seen how the practice has helped her through critical periods coping with physical injuries as well as healing deep emotional stresses. More recently, Sarah-Joy has embarked on further studies involving Holistic Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Krisztina Mezosi has been dancing various free form dance movement practices —5Rhythms, Movement Medicine, Soul Motion, DanceMandala, contact dance— throughout Europe and Asia for many years. Her emphasis is on how we can free our bodies to help free our minds and get in touch with expressing our inner spirit, through the language of dance. “When I dance my body becomes alive and I travel through different landscapes and emotions to unearth who I really am. I can start from where I am. I don’t need to change anything, to be someone else, to pretend. In the flow of dance I am just me.” K.M.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12-12 2017 Meditation at 12 noon – Awakening to 5D Reality

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12-12 MEDITATION on Tuesday, 12 December at 12pm
Energy Exchange: ONLY RM50
Venue: Berjaya Court, Pulau Tikus
Register and make payment by: Friday 8 December 2017.
Contact me at 016-488 9328

Bring a yoga mat, cushion or shawl and anything else to make yourself comfortable. Also welcome some fruits, nuts, flowers or anything else you like to share with the group after the session as a little gathering of loving nurture and generosity as we enter the Christmas period.May this window of yet another important energetic portal or gateway help you to shift even further into your personal unfolding. The energies of the 10-10, 11-11 gateways have pushed you into more deep releasing in order to embrace a new and even raw aspect of Self, newer, fresher and freer in many ways.

If you’re still holding on to past energetic patterns that need letting go off and you’re needing a supportive space to prepare for 2018, do join me on 12-12 at 12pm. Come a little earlier to settle into your space.

I have on purpose decided to hold this 12-12 Meditation in my “empty” apartment while it awaits a new owner as a symbolic move to be in your own zero point – EMPTY SPACE – of CREATION while going even deeper to make anew!

Those interested to join please indicate and let me know soon so I can plan accordingly. Many thanks and looking forward to mutually creating a new inner and outer space for ourselves collectively as we invite the New Year!

Love and Joy! Sarah-Joy