Cape Men's Yoga

Dear Yoga brothers, This is to confirm that we will be having another Cape Men's Yoga retreat at our favourite venue in the Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa. CMY is a voluntary group of yogis based in Cape Town. For 7 years we organised annual or biannual retreats. Our aim is to create a space for you to come and practice, be in a place of kindness and meet some very special people in a beautiful natural environment.  This is again a Winter retreat in the southern hemisphere:   8-11 August 2019 . This is over the long-weekend, so it should be easier for people to join for the whole of the Friday practice. We will again offer the option of coming a day earlier to start with quieter meditation and yoga time, and then a full programme beginning on Thursday 8 August. This in practice means you can come for 4 nights, 3 nights or just the Friday and Saturday nights. The exact cost of the retreat depends on a number of factors, including how many men will attend, ho...

Cape Men's Yoga & Meditation Winter Retreat  10-13 August 2017 We are ready to start organising the 2017 Cape Men's Yoga winter retreat. This year we have again booked Hearth & Soul Eco-Farm http://www.hearthandsoul.co.za/ Our host is the energetic and ebullient Sybille Nagel. Hearth & Soul is a rustic retreat, located behind Napier on the way to Stanford via the back roads of the Overberg. It has confortable accommodation, a yoga and meditation hall, big fire places, lounge areas, great vegetarian food and some excellent hiking trails. We have booked for three nights and four days: Thursday 10 August until midday Sunday 13 August. Note that 9 August is a public holiday so you may wish to come a day earlier for some quiet meditation and preparation for the retreat, even the option of some fasting. Evidently, it is also possible for you to come just for 2 nights / 3 days - though we highly recommend committing to the full retreat as th...

A reminder that the deposits are due by 25 October to secure your place at our Cape Men's Yoga Summer Retreat, 19 - 22 January 2017. This is at an outstanding natural yoga centre in South Africa - Bodhi Khaya in the Overberg. All male naked yoga, meditation, vegetarian catering, dam swimming and nature hikes in the Cape summertime. For more information contact us on capemensyoga AT gmail.com

NAKED MEN'S YOGA RETREAT IN SOUTH AFRICA We are approaching our 9th consecutive Cape Men's Yoga & Meditation Retreat, 19 - 22 January 2017.  Bodhi Khaya is a superb venue with dams for swimming, a large yoga hall and meditation space, and wonderful walking trails including into the most southerly indigenous forest in Africa. The venue is near the charming coastal town of Gansbaai on the Cape Coast, about 3 hours drive from Cape Town, South Africa.  http://www.bodhi-khaya.co.za/ Bodhi Khaya is not a nudist centre - nudity is part of our yoga practice and you are welcome to swim naked. Dinners are with at least your shorts on.  There are different types of rooms:  dorms  that sleep 5 guys;  twin rooms,   luxury  rooms with en suite bathrooms and the monk's cloister rooms  with shared facilities.  The monks rooms and twins are more or less the same price this year: estimated  R2750  per person ...

12 - 14 August 2016 - Cape Men's Yoga Winter Retreat: Weaving the Tapestry of our Lives This year our winter retreat is at a new venue, still in the Overberg, the magical Hearth & Soul which is between Napier and Stanford. We will be able to accommodate 25 men for the 2 nights / 3 days fully catered retreat. This is our 9th biannual retreat and we welcome you to join us from Cape Town, from the Western Cape or from further afield. A weekend of naked yoga, meditation, co-creative activity and fellowship of men. The pricing depends on how many of us attend as there are some shared venue costs. The approximate pricing (excluding transport but including all other costs, in rands) is: Dorms: R930 Shared accommodation: R1150 Single occupancy: R1450 This is per person for the two nights. The theme for this winter's retreat is weaving the tapestry of our lives. Life is made up of so many different threads - our culture, upbringing, language, sexu...

Welcome to our 8th biannual  Cape Men's Yoga retreat. We are again preparing for our Cape Men's Yoga Retreat at Bodhi Khaya​ near Gansbaai. This is our summer retreat. It is four days and three nights long: 28 to 31 January 2016. The weekend involves various forms of yoga (hatha, vinyasa, kundalini and yin), meditational instruction and creative projects, as well as pure enjoyment of the natural environment. Note that BK is NOT a nudist centre - only the yoga is done entirely nude throughout the weekend. To reserve a room, kindly deposit R800 per person into our account. This information is available by email. Please send a confirmation to me on my mobile 0825796868 or by email to capemensyoga AT gmail.com Final deadline for deposits is 10 October 2015. Deposits are in principle non-refundable. If you have shift work or unclear work responsibilities, contact us to ask to be on the tentative accommodation list. After the cut off date or when we...

Dear yoga brothers, 2016 CAPE MEN'S YOGA RETREAT DATES As you know we have just completed our second retreat for the year, Fire & Ice at the wonderful Bodhi Khaya retreat centre in the Overberg. That is our last one for 2015. We hold retreat weekends roughly every 6 months. The next two retreats have been secured already and in the coming weeks and months we'll be putting out calls for deposits. Please note that the spaces are limited and the dates are strict in terms of getting yourself registered, deposits payed and the final payment before the event. So it is a great chance to mark your diaries now. 28 - 31 January 2016 : a four day retreat at Bodhi Khaya (near Gansbaai, Western Cape). BK is famous internationally as an excellent retreat centre. There are dams for swimming. A large yoga and meditation hall. Excellent vegetarian catering and nature walks. 12 - 14 August 2016 : this is our first winter retreat at Hearth & Soul (near Napier, Western Cap...

We have received the new prices for 2015. Bodhi Khaya is now VAT registered so all of our previous costs now have a VAT rate on top which has put up the prices since the summer retreat. This retreat will be 3 days and 2 nights, with the option of an extra day / night ahead of the main retreat. Nina is back as our vegetarian caterer, she has been the very best thus far and CMY are her biggest fans. The retreat involves a journey. We have multiple teachers of both yoga and meditation, as well as other forms of self-exploration through art, self-study, nature walks, ayurvedic practices (mostly rubbing yourself with almond oil first thing in the morning and climbing into cold water - for the fun of it). The journey is one of personal understanding and introspection as well as a collective journey of being with others, hearing their stories, loving them with an open heart and supporting their practice as they support yours. My estimate of the costing this season will be about R1...

Dear yoga brothers, It is time to mark your calendar. We are pleased to announce our next two Cape Men's Yoga retreats at Bodhi Khaya retreat centre in the Cape Overberg. CMY has organised six retreats to date, mostly at BK, a great venue for our practice - with a large yoga hall, space for meditation indoors and out, comfortable accommodation, extraordinary walking trails, and delicious vegetarian catering. The retreats are part of our culture of voluntarily sharing skills. We have between five and seven qualified instructors, including published authors and instructors with international experience. We mix up a combination of meditation, pranayama (yogic breathing), philosophy, outdoor exploration, yoga asana in many different styles, and space for you to get to know yourself and other yoga brothers around you. Winter 2015 Our winter retreat will be 14 - 16 August 2015. We will again offer the option of coming 24 hours early to get started with your meditation and...

Cape Men's Yoga held its sixth retreat over the weekend of 29 January to 01 February 2015. Each retreat has been a profound journey for those participating. We combine a mix of yoga asana practice, meditation instruction, self-understanding sessions, and some other practices including nature walks, mantra chanting and massage instruction. For the Summer Encounters theme with worked with mindfulness of our relationships: relationship with nature, relationship with ourselves, relationship with other men, and relationship with the Divine or higher energy of the universe. We've loaded the programme for anyone interested at the end of the blog. We thought we'd share some images and words about the retreat. 28 men participated. "I have struggled to understand how to cope with a very busy mind and an OCD kind of response to my environment. I have had experiences such as knowing when a relative was about to die recently. I do not know how I know such things. It is distu...