Power Yoga & Mindful Eating with Mike Murdoch
Tuesday, July 13 – Thursday, July 15, 2021
Nourish your body and soul over this retreat for healing.
Join Mike Murdoch, Cordon Bleu trained Chef & Culinary Nutrition Expert, in this informative and DELICIOUS retreat. Mike is also a beautiful Yoga teacher and combines his passion for Yoga with his passion for great tasting, healthy food. There is no cookie cutter, one size fits all diet. By learning to enhance your physical and mental health through Yoga and find a diet that’s right for your body, you can thrive in a happy, healthy life!
Food choices profoundly impact both physical and mental well being. Expand your understanding of how the foods you eat affect far more than digestion. Commit to a shift today and start yourself on a path towards Optimal Health & Happiness!
Our bodies are host to trillions of microorganisms! The human gut microbiome and its role in both health and disease has been researched extensively in recent years. Studies point to its involvement in human metabolism, nutrition, physiology, mental health and immune function. Eating for your brain, ultimately, means eating for a happy and healthy gut microbiome. A healthy gut means a healthy life.
“All disease begins in the gut.”
– Hippocrates, father of modern medicine 460-370 B.C.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? KNOWLEDGE TO REBOOT YOUR LIFE!
- What is your microbiome? Probiotic v. Prebiotic? Leaky Gut? IBS? Demystifying all the recent science around Whole Food Plant Based eating, Keto, Paleo, Intermittent Fasting… Learn what it all means, AND what might be right for YOU!
- Gain deeper knowledge of the Brain-Gut Axis and the intricate relationship between your gut microbiome, your food choices and your state of Optimal Heath.
- Learn to make… Coconut Kefir, Quick & Easy Kimchi & Sauerkraut
- Begin, or deepen your Yoga practice
No experience or physical ability is required for Yoga. Come with an open mind and explore new practices.
Schedule:
Tuesday, July 13
3:30 pm Arrive and settle in to your cabin
4:30 Meet & Greet in the Studio
5:00 Yoga Flow – a short practice to get the kinks out of travel
6:00 Dinner
7:30 Yin Yoga – Let yourself arrive and relax
Early to bed!
Wednesday, July 14
7:30 am Meditation
8:00 Vinyasa yoga flow
9:30 Breakfast
Free Time – Hike the forest, book a massage, chill on the patio
11:30am-2:00pm – Lunch & Learn Session – Mindful Eating & Healing Foods, Exploring the HOW and WHY behind adopting a more Plant-Based diet
3:30 Hands-On Fermented Foods Workshop – Work together to prepare coconut kefir, kimchi and sauerkraut all
while delving into the world of Prebiotic/Probiotic Foods and how they can impact your gut health.
6:00 Dinner
7:30 Gentle digestive yoga flow
8:30 Meditation
Thursday, July 15
7:30 Meditation
8:00 Deep stretch slow yoga flow
9:00 Breakfast
**Check out of cabins
10:45 Food & Mood, Exploring the Brain-Gut Axis and what it means for your physical & mental health.
12:30 Lunch
Depart at your leisure or stay and enjoy the property.
My yoga journey started in the summer of 2013. I grew up overweight; hitting nearly 240 pounds by the age of 13. Having struggled with weight and body image issues all my life, I had never found any form of physical activity that stuck. One September evening a friend, who had just finished yoga teacher training, came over for dinner and taught a private practice session. What originally had been a gesture to help a friend turned into a completely life changing 45 minutes. That night was the start of a journey that transformed my life forever. Within a year I was a certified yoga instructor myself and immediately started teaching classes to anyone that would come.
After finding my yoga mat, this journey has allowed me to find deep inner calmness and self-acceptance. Through this practice, I began to transform not just physically but emotionally as well. I now strive to spread this passion for yoga and mindful eating with anyone who’s willing, and firmly believe that yoga and a healthful diet, in some form, are accessible to everyone.
Off my mat, I’m a Cordon Bleu trained chef in both Cuisine and Pastry. When not teaching yoga, I work as a freelance consultant; developing recipes for some of Canada’s largest food retailers. I’m also a certified Culinary Nutrition Expert; using knowledge as a tool to help people heal holistically with food. My true passion is helping individuals live more vibrantly through mindful eating, nourishing food choices, and a committed yoga practice.
Registration Details
Tuition:
$465 + HST for shared accommodation (4 Guests Per Cabin)
$545 + HST for Semi-Private Accommodation (2 Guests Per Cabin)
$625 + HST for Private Accommodations
With social distancing protocols in place, you will need to book semi-private or private accommodation if you are attending as a single. If you are coming with someone you can share with please book semi-private (2 ppl) or shared (3 – 4 ppl) accordingly. Max group size will be determined by the gathering limits allowed at the time of the retreat.
For more information about our COVID-19 protocols click here.
Please be in touch with any questions or help to register 866-609-1793 or email [email protected]
Nourish your body and soul over this retreat for healing.
Join Mike Murdoch, Cordon Bleu trained Chef & Culinary Nutrition Expert, in this informative and DELICIOUS retreat. Mike is also a beautiful Yoga teacher and combines his passion for Yoga with his passion for great tasting, healthy food. There is no cookie cutter, one size fits all diet. By learning to enhance your physical and mental health through Yoga and find a diet that’s right for your body, you can thrive in a happy, healthy life!
Food choices profoundly impact both physical and mental well being. Expand your understanding of how the foods you eat affect far more than digestion. Commit to a shift today and start yourself on a path towards Optimal Health & Happiness!
Our bodies are host to trillions of microorganisms! The human gut microbiome and its role in both health and disease has been researched extensively in recent years. Studies point to its involvement in human metabolism, nutrition, physiology, mental health and immune function. Eating for your brain, ultimately, means eating for a happy and healthy gut microbiome. A healthy gut means a healthy life.
“All disease begins in the gut.”
– Hippocrates, father of modern medicine 460-370 B.C.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU? KNOWLEDGE TO REBOOT YOUR LIFE!
- What is your microbiome? Probiotic v. Prebiotic? Leaky Gut? IBS? Demystifying all the recent science around Whole Food Plant Based eating, Keto, Paleo, Intermittent Fasting… Learn what it all means, AND what might be right for YOU!
- Gain deeper knowledge of the Brain-Gut Axis and the intricate relationship between your gut microbiome, your food choices and your state of Optimal Heath.
- Learn to make… Coconut Kefir, Quick & Easy Kimchi & Sauerkraut
- Begin, or deepen your Yoga practice
No experience or physical ability is required for Yoga. Come with an open mind and explore new practices.
Schedule:
Tuesday, July 13
3:30 pm Arrive and settle in to your cabin
4:30 Meet & Greet in the Studio
5:00 Yoga Flow – a short practice to get the kinks out of travel
6:00 Dinner
7:30 Yin Yoga – Let yourself arrive and relax
Early to bed!
Wednesday, July 14
7:30 am Meditation
8:00 Vinyasa yoga flow
9:30 Breakfast
Free Time – Hike the forest, book a massage, chill on the patio
11:30am-2:00pm – Lunch & Learn Session – Mindful Eating & Healing Foods, Exploring the HOW and WHY behind adopting a more Plant-Based diet
3:30 Hands-On Fermented Foods Workshop – Work together to prepare coconut kefir, kimchi and sauerkraut all while delving into the world of Prebiotic/Probiotic Foods and how they can impact your gut health.
6:00 Dinner
7:30 Gentle digestive yoga flow
8:30 Meditation
Thursday, July 15
7:30 Meditation
8:00 Deep stretch slow yoga flow
9:00 Breakfast
**Check out of cabins
10:45 Food & Mood, Exploring the Brain-Gut Axis and what it means for your physical & mental health.
12:30 Lunch
Depart at your leisure or stay and enjoy the property.
