Inward Bound Core Yoga Retreat January 30 - February 2, 2009 Anusara Yoga, Meditation, NIA & Pilates Round Hill, Jamaica Your Instructors:  Jane Fryer and Jennifer Harvey Prices TBA This is the place to treat yourself! Using more than forty years of combined experience, Jane and Jennifer assist one another in all the classes, and their teaching styles offer participants a seamless integration of information and experience in a way that is refreshing and fun, as well as deeply healing and revitalizing. The day begins with meditation.  The methods, purposes, and benefits of meditation are taught and experienced in a way that is simple, yet profound. Next, an Anusara yoga class, emphasizing the development of strength as well as flexibility, with attention to proper alignment and enhanced breathing.  We then break for a delicious, healthy, energizing breakfast. After being nourished, we are ready for NIA. NIA (neuro- muscular integrative action) which is a fabulous aerobic workout that combines yoga, dance, tai chi, and other martial arts in a way that is inspiring, fun, and integrative of mind, body, and spirit. We then have many hours of free time to enjoy the natural surroundings, to be alone, to be with family or friends.  In the late afternoon, we offer Pilates mat exercises that emphasize core strengthening in a balanced and efficient way. Pilates is followed by restorative yoga, an inwardly directed class meant to restore, revive, and revitalize.  It is effortless and extraordinarily relaxing, and it has major benefits for all psychophysical systems. Jane and Jennifer created the original 'Inward Bound' program.  Perched on a lush green peninsula in the Jamaican countryside, Round Hill features tropical gardens, graceful colonial architecture and a pristine beach that hugs a transparent aquatic wonderland. Accommodations at Round Hill's Pineapple House, just remodeled by Ralph Lauren, are stylish and breezy, and overlook the Caribbean Sea. The setting alone is an inspiration to dedicate a little quality time for your soul. Jennifer Harvey is the owner of Laughing Dog Yoga Studio in Wellesley, MA, and is a teacher and personal trainer of bodymind fitness and yoga. Her innovative teaching style synthesizes a diverse background in fitness, psychology, and meditation and integrates her extensive training in bodymind disciplines such as NIA, yoga, movement therapy, Feldenkrais and Pilates-based exercise. She is also a licensed psychotherapist with a speciality in body-oriented and yoga therapies. She was named "Best of Boston" by Boston Magazine in 2001 for exercise instructor. Inward Bound at Round Hill's exclusive package includes accommodations in oceanfront Pineapple House, 2meals daily and afternoon tea, fitness center access, all non-motorized watersports, jogging & walking paths, private airport transfers, taxes and surcharges. For more information, contact us: 800-760-5099 or email info@inwardbound.com To reserve your space, contact Sigrid: 843-884-0602 or email sigrid@inwardbound.com "If I had to choose just one word to describe how my recent trip to Round Hill made me feel, it would be re-connected..." more... Package features Inward Bound Core Program Welcome gift upon arrival Accommodation on oceanfront hotel room in the Pineapple House Breakfast and dinner Afternoon Tea All non-motorized water sports Tennis day and night Fitness center with instructor for exercise classes and gym-equipment Jogging and walking path Shopping shuttle to Montego Bay Shuttle to Tryall for golf Private airport transfers Taxes According to Jennifer Harvey,  "As a psychotherapist, NIA is a vehicle where I can share my passion for growth and for facilitating others toward their own unique transformation. "Through the expressive movement of Nia, the light body shimmers while shaking up the shadow.  This opens the portal into the present moment where the voice of the heart echoes the compassion of the soul.  All of this is surrounded by the Light of Spirit.   "In addition, Nia is also a challenging, heart pumping workout. Simply said, Nia is truly a spiritual sweat." Lovely, remote, tranquil and luxurious all at once! Steeped in the tradition of hosting decades of the talented and successful, Round Hill welcomes guests with a style that is only born of good taste and long experience. This, the Caribbean's first great resort and still its finest, is a canvas of pastel tropical flowers and graceful colonial architecture framed by lush Jamaican countryside and a crystal clear beckoning sea.  Round Hill is perched on a lush green peninsula on a 100 acre plantation that once produced pineapple.  It cascades past stately palms and magical gardens down to its own pristine crescent beach. Personalized service is assured, and most staff have many years of loyal service at Round Hill. To reserve your space, contact Sigrid: 843-884-0602 or email sigrid@inwardbound.com Photo Gallery | Round Hill's Website