“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams.” – Roald Dahl
It’s time to slough off the effects of 2024 and start afresh! Many of us have felt fatigued and overwhelmed by this year. We are at a juncture; do we want to continue our old ways or reconnect with our life-purpose? Manifest a fulfilling life within a supportive community.
Join us for our much-requested weekend retreat packed with live online yoga classes, guided meditations, discussions and the warmth of our supportive community.
Start 2025 the way you mean to go on: filled with inner radiance and joy!
You will be held in a supportive, nurturing group, so that we can, together, express our hopes and intentions for 2025. Together we’ll step into a life of inner, shining radiance.
What to Expect
- A weekend of live world-class yoga, meditation and breath work classes from leading MFML teachers Lucy McCarthy and Margi Young.
- Guided journalling and opportunities to interact and share your thoughts and experiences with the teachers and participants
- Access to our closed community group with all our teachers and fellow Movers to offer you guidance and support
- Custom-made journal with inspiration, tips and advice and space for you to journal
- Time for you to recharge and replenish your vitality so that you step into the new year glowing from within.
- Set your intention for the year ahead from a place of deep inner truth. Relax into your own radiance and vitality stepping into 2025 feeling renewed.
Read ‘The reason I love Online Yoga Retreats’ for more reason to join an online retreat.
The Teachers
Lucy McCarthy teaches mindful, alignment based Vinyasa flow and will be leading the yoga, meditation and pranayama classes, plus the opening and closing circles.
Margi Young roots her yoga classes in Buddhist philosophy and the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, emphasising clear alignment, mindful breathing, diligent effort, and deep relaxation to cultivate a calm mental state and reveal the benefits of yoga.
Kat Farrants is the founder of MFML and she will be binding the retreat family together by hosting the discussions and supporting you all in sharing opinions and experiences.
The Dates
Thursday 9 January – Sunday 12 January 2025
The Daily Schedule
All sessions will be hosted live on Zoom and are open to all levels. You are welcome to join no matter what stage of your yoga practice you are at. Suggestions for additional classes to practice will also be provided.
We recommend you take the whole weekend off, as if you were away on retreat! Spend time in nature, read books, journal, relax, book in a massage or bodywork session and eat nourishing foods. We’ll even be sharing some recipes for you to try out.
Thursday 9th January
7pm – 8pm (UK Time)
Intention Setting with Margi
A journaling, meditation and breathwork class. Get still and grounded with some breath-work and meditation and then Margi will lead us through a journaling practice to help us to tune into where we are and what would be helpful in this year and for 2025. This exercise is open to everyone—no need to be a writer- just an exercise to ponder life from a different angle!
Friday 10th January
7pm – 8.30pm (UK Time)
A Welcome circle, hosted by Lucy, will connect us to the retreat theme, community and our goals.
Followed by a sequence of slow, hip-opening poses to settle the spirit and connect to the earth. A soothing breathwork exercise will then follow, to balance the nervous system and settle the spirit.
Saturday 11th January
9am – 10:30am (UK Time)
An energetic breath-led vinyasa yoga class with Lucy designed to open and clear the heart, uplift the spirit & reclaim our inner radiance. We will work progressively and intelligently through a backbend focused sequence incorporating dynamic, awakening breathwork, mudras and enlivening mantras. Come away feeling renewed, refreshed and vitalised.
5pm – 6:30pm (UK Time)
A gentle movement sequence, led by Margi, designed to open up the hips and spine, promoting ease and fluidity. Prepare to reconfigure your space—pull apart your couch to create a cosy nest of cushions for a deeply supported restorative pose. The practice will culminate in a seated meditation, featuring alternate nostril breathing (Nadi Shodhana), to send you into your night balanced, refreshed, and grounded.
Sunday 12th January
9am – 10:30am (UK Time)
An invigorating breath-led mindful vinyasa yoga morning class with Lucy. Beginning with centring meditation and cleansing pranayama followed by poses that will focus on twisting to cleanse, rinse out and harmonise our whole system. Leaving us feeling enlivened, empowered & back in our radiant centres.
Midday – 1pm (UK Time)
Q&A with Lucy
5pm – 6:30pm (UK Time)
Closing Practice: A Soothing and Joyful Farewell
As we wrap up this weekend retreat, join Margi for a soothing and joyful practice designed to leave you feeling uplifted and inspired. In this special session, Margi will guide you through some of her favourite, crowd-pleasing sequences to help cement the idea of finding and cultivating goodness in your life.
We will then come together with Margi, Lucy and Kat for a heartfelt closing circle, sharing reflections, intentions and gratitude for our time spent together. To end on a high note, we’ll celebrate with a yogi toast to 2025—raising our collective energy, sharing our intentions of radiance, joy and finding our personal intentions as we venture onwards into 2025, with the reminder that we can shine brighter, come into our radiance and empowerments with community.
Cost
We know that some of you are facing some real cost-dilemmas and we know that sometimes our wellbeing practices are the first to suffer when life gets hard.
We want you to know that we are there for you.
Therefore, we are offering the online retreat on a ‘Pay As You Feel’ basis.
There is a suggested price, which we ask you to pay, if you have the means, of £97.
If finances might get in the way of you joining, we will welcome you to the retreat, and you can pay what you think that this will be worth to you. This is the Buddhist system of Dana. The minimum that we can accept is £47, because like you, we are also struggling at these times.
Those of you do have the means to support us, please do feel free to pay more than the suggested price. We want so much to continue to support you for years to come, with community and the magic that these spaces give us all, however we can only do that if we continue to have your support through tougher times.
Please do get in touch if you have any queries whatsoever about the retreat, about payment, or any concerns at all. We always really love to hear from you.
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Questions?
If you have any questions about the retreat, drop us a message on support@movementformodernlife.com
Terms and Conditions
Practicing safely
The live classes are for your education and your enjoyment only. You are participating in the live class at your own risk. As part of your yoga journey it is important to select the appropriate level and benefit of class for your experience. You are encouraged to to take breaks when needed and/or when in doubt, don’t do sequences that you are even a little concerned about. If you have any health condition, please seek medical advice before taking any form of exercise. If you have any concerns, please let us know before hand.
If you feel unwell in any way or if you experience any discomfort during class, please stop the class and consult your health practitioner immediately. Remember that yoga is mostly a journey off the mat and into life, and it is a journey about taking responsibility for our own actions and cultivating self-knowledge. Only choose exercises which will nurture and support you, and please take responsibility for yourself and your current abilities during your practice. Remember that each day is different, and even if yesterday you were able to perform a movement, that is no indicator that the same exercise is possible today. Please move within your comfortable limits and if you’re in any doubt whatsoever, please seek medical advice.
We are not medical practitioners and we do not seek to offer medical advice. Please consult your healthcare practitioner before starting any new exercise. This is particularly important if you have any limiting condition at all or overweight, pregnant, nursing, regularly taking medications, or have any existing medical conditions. This website may is not tailored to your current physical and mental health. We do not accept any liability whatsoever for any injury or damage whatsoever, either during or after this retreat. Your participation in this retreat is entirely voluntary and at your own risk, and you agree to abide by the T&Cs of Movement for Modern Life.
Payment
Your payment will secure your place on this very intimate, special online retreat. No refunds will be made.
Your data
By signing up to the online retreat, you consent to us adding your name and email address to our marketing database. If you do not wish to receive emails from us outside of this retreat, please do let us know and we will be sure to remove you from our database.
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