Dear Friends, as the pandemic impacted tourism in Vietnam so heavily we have had to close Gratitude Vietnam. Gratitude Worldwide now exists as a company, and the hope is to open a retreat in Europe in the coming year or so. If you like what you see here, please join the mailing list for updates on progress towards the next chapter. Thank you for your love and support. With gratitude and love, Naomi and Hannah
Events and Classes in Hoi An
June and July at Gratitude Vietnam
Family Movie and Popcorn
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it's no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness. The emotions live in Headquarters, the control centre inside Riley's mind, where they help advise her through everyday life.
As Riley and her emotions struggle to adjust to a new life in San Francisco, turmoil ensues in Headquarters. Although Joy, Riley's main and most important emotion, tries to keep things positive, the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.
This incredible animated movie is a must see for all, and a fabulous way into discussing emotions with children!
Join us for a family afternoon in our beautiful open-air sala. Bean-bags, popcorn and fruit, followed by a late afternoon swim (towels included)
only 150,000 vnd (parent & child)
50,000 vnd each additional child
Inside Out
Family movie, popcorn and swim
Saturday 11th July
Movie @ 3pm / Swim until 6pm
Meditations
Sound Healing Meditation
Relax, soothe and ground
Sundays 6pm-7pm
with sound bowl master, Naomi Rowan
Enjoy an hour of soothing, healing vibrations and layered sounds. Simply lie, breathe and relax as your mind journeys towards stillness, and your body accepts the sound waves, releases tension and enters a state of profound peace and comfort. A perfect way to end the day and induce a deep and rejuvenating night's sleep.
This gentle evening is available weekly on a pay what you can basis.
Facilitator: Naomi Rowan
Class Price: Pay what you can
with Charlotte & David Holloway Ashwanden
Come into our loving, sacred space and experience:
Sharing together in circle
Getting in touch with ourselves
Dancing our desires and intentions
Expressing the dreams of our bodies
Connecting with the Elemental Energies of Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Spirit
We use cacao (chocolate) as a sacred medicine, an energizing spark, helping us to let go of ourselves and dance our emotions. All this is held within a welcoming, safe environment. We will practise sharing, listening, feeling deeply and being even more of our true and natural selves.
With love, reverence and playfulness, we welcome you....
only 350,000 vnd
Dance Inspiracy
Sacred Ceremonies of Movement Meditation
Friday 3rd July: 5.30pm-7.30pm
Yoga and Yoga Therapy Classes
with Natascha
Restorative yoga is a practice that is all about slowing down and opening your body through passive stretching. It is a completely different experience than most contemporary yoga.
During the long holds of restorative yoga, your muscles are allowed to relax deeply. It's a unique feeling because props, rather than your muscles, are used to support your body.
Restorative classes are very mellow, making them a good complement to more active practices (as well as our busy lives) and an excellent antidote to stress. Stillness is a powerful practice.
Restorative Yoga
Fridays 4pm-5.15pm
Instructor: Natascha
Class Price: 150,000 (combine with Yoga Nidra for 280,000)
with Rebecca Widmer
Yoga Nidra offers us tools for stress relieve, deep relaxation and a calm mind, guiding us on an inward journey with full consciousness. It can be practised as an attainable form of meditation, cultivating awareness and allowing us to reach the most profound level of relaxation possible.
Nidra means sleep, meaning the yogic sleep originating in ancient tantric yoga tradition. The ancient practise of Yoga Nidra equals the stage of Pratyahara (withdrawal of the senses) following Patanjali’s eightfold path of Ashtanga Yoga.
Yoga Nidra can be highly transformational as it works with our inner subconscious world of emotions, conscious awareness and our body sensations all at the same time.
Why not enjoy a Friday evening of Restorative Yoga with Natascha, followed by a relaxing Yoga Nidra meditation?
Yoga Nidra
Quiet Body. Quiet Mind. Blissful Spirit
Fridays 5,30pm-6.30pm
Instructor: Rebecca Widmer
Class Price: 150,000 (combine with Restorative Yoga for 280,000)
Yoga for Every Body
Tuesdays 4pm - 5pm
Saturdays 9am-10am
Instructor: Dr. Jim Spears
Class Price: 150,000
with Dr. Jim Spears
- Integrative Health Society
This yoga class works with people at all levels, and blends meditation and breathing techniques with hatha yoga poses. With unique perspectives and movements, the class offers beginners and seasoned yoga students something new and different from common Vinyasa style classes.
Empowering Slow Flow
Wednesdays 10am - 11am
Instructor: Rebecca Widmer
Class Price: 150,000
with Rebecca Widmer
Breathe. Move. Connect. - Experience Yoga.
My name is Rebecca and I specialize in guiding Slow Flow and Yoga Dance classes and facilitating Yoga Nidra for deep relaxation and a clear mind.
Organically flowing with your breath and the music allows you to drop into a deeply meditative yoga practice.
This session strengthens and softens your body at the same time and creates more space and flexibility. Let the mind relax and the music help the body to flow effortlessly.
Yoga Therapy
Thursdays 4pm-5pm
with Dr. Jim Spears
- Integrative Health Society
Yoga therapy takes a functional and therapeutic approach to yoga, while offering specific movements for common painful conditions. These classes move at a slower pace than a typical yoga class, and more emphasis is placed on understanding how various poses effect the muscles, fascia, and joints.
These classes are a unique blend of yoga and acupressure. Learn to incorporate self-massage into your yoga practice for pain and symptom relief.
Instructor: Dr. Jim Spears
Class Price: 150,000
Acupuncture
Community Acupuncture
Tuesdays and Thursdays 1.30pm-2.30pm
with Dr. Jim Spears
- Integrative Health Society
Group acupuncture offers quick relief from pain, in an open room setting with other people receiving acupuncture. It is ideal for conditions like shoulder pain, headaches, knee and back pain. As it is in a group setting, it does not offer the privacy of one on one sessions, but we are able to offer it for a discounted price. 500K / session
Practitioner: Dr. Jim Spears
Session Price: 500,000
Movement, Breath and Sound
The Art of Awareness
Releasing through movement, breath and sound
Wednesdays 3pm-5pm
with Lori Triolo
What do you need?
Physically, emotionally, vocally...what are your needs? What if you could borrow from your future self? The one you dream of being.
What if you stopped beating yourself up and started behaving like the person you wish you had been/could be?
How do you do that? It can’t just be in your mind. We aren’t strong enough to maintain it unless we investigate our relationship to our body, breath and voice.
People are constantly giving us advice about how we should be behaving but we don’t often receive the tools to make it happen? We need practical tools. Doings.
Have you noticed the amount of tension your holding in your shoulders and neck just reading this far? Have you been holding your breath? How does that serve you? Is it reasonable? Does it feel good? How can you change it?
You need a practice. A way to ask better questions. Something you do daily. Small tangible, achievable actions. Create better habits. Reprogram the voice in your head. Support your experience. Release what no longer serves you.
Join me any Wednesday for The Art of Awareness featuring Fitzmaurice Voicework® and explore what it feels like to make space for freedom from within.
Using movement, breath and sound you will begin to loosen the grip on your muscular armour as well as the habitual behaviour that keeps you from allowing your own experiences and your ability to speak up. You will gain practical tools to help you navigate self-regulation and self-care.
*You’ll also need a thick pillow. Zafu, couch cushion, whatever you’ve got that can support the weight of your pelvis while laying on your back.
*Because you will be using your voice throughout the practice, you should be prepared with some memorized text. This could be anything. A monologue you know well, lyrics to a song, a poem, nursery rhyme, etc. You’re also welcome to just speak some gibberish. Anything is appropriate.
Facilitator: Lori Triolo
Session Price: 300,000