Inner Balance

Stress shapes your breath, emotions and even the core beliefs you carry. Left unchecked, it creates cycles of exhaustion, restlessness, and overload.
This retreat aims at reseting your nervous system, releasing patterns and habits and restoring calmness. Rooted in yoga therapy, neuroscience and yogic philosophy it will guide you in exploring practical tools for resilience and peace.

What you will learn:

• Replacing negative thought loops
• Cultivating compassion, joy, and equanimity
• Gratitude to soften ego-based stress
• Planting positive intentions
• Vagus Nerve Regulation and Massage through various asanas and breathing exercises
• Stress: beliefs and states pf the nervous system

Common Stress Patterns we will Address:

• Racing thoughts and looping worries
• Fight–flight–freeze dysregulation
• Exhaustion and restless sleep
• Emotional highs and lows
• Core beliefs of “not enough” or “I cannpt cope”

What’s Included

• Daily therapeutic Hatha Yoga for nervous system balance
• Breathwork, meditation & chanting
• 3 Core Workshops:
  • Nervous System & Core Beliefs
  • The Vagus Nerve & Energy Flow
  • Resilience & Inner Balance (Core Beliefs, Ladder of Fall & Maitri Bhavana)
• Evening satsangs for reflection
• Wholesome vegetarian meals

Optional: 75-min therapeutic vagus nerve release massage

Daily Schedule Highlights

• Monday
  • 3:00 – Arrival | 4:00 – Grounding Yoga | 6:00 – Dinner | 7:30 – Welcome Satsang
• Tuesday – Thursday
  • 6:00 – Morning Satsang & Chanting
  • 8:00 – Yoga for Nervous System Regulation
  • 10:00 – Brunch
  • 12:30 – Daily Workshop
  • 2:00 – Optional Massage
  • 4:00 – Yoga & Breath Practice
  • 6:00 – Dinner | 7:30 – Evening Satsang
• Friday
  • 6:00 – Closing Satsang | 8:00 – Gentle Practice | 10:00 – Brunch | 11:00 – Departure

Retreat Outcomes

• Recognize & shift limiting beliefs
• Regulate your nervous system with yogic tools
• Practice Chit Kriyas for daily “mental hygiene”
• Leave with a personal emotional resilience plan and practices

Your Guides

• Lana AlSalem, PhD, C-IAYT
  Certified Yoga Therapist, Breathwork Coach, and Ayurvedic Life-Style Counselor with 20+ years of practice. Lana integrates trauma-sensitive yoga, breathwork, and Ayurveda to promote balance, vitality, and whole-person well-being.
• Nadejda Chouljenko, BSc, R.N. (Ret.), RMT
  Holistic Massage Therapist, Yoga Teacher, and Yoga Chikitsa Instructor with 18 years of experience. Nadejda combines therapeutic touch, breath awareness, and vagus nerve practices to foster regulation, integration, and embodied presence.