Stress competence, mindfulness and sustainable relaxation for everyday work

Step out of your professional routine and into four days of conscious time out: at the Seezeitlodge at Bostalsee, this educational leave combines the thousands-year-old approaches of yoga and Ayurveda with modern methods for stress management, relaxation and self-care.

Participants learn to recognize their own stress patterns early, strengthen personal resources and develop concrete strategies for greater balance in everyday work. Yoga, breathing exercises, Ayurveda, meditation, relaxation techniques and mindfulness are not only taught in theory but experienced directly in practice.

What awaits you?

At the beginning, the foundations of yoga and Ayurveda are taught. Building on this, participants work on breath work, the development of stress and healthy boundaries. Practical Hatha yoga sessions help to perceive one's own needs more consciously and to develop first personal strategies for a more relaxed approach to pressures.

A special focus lies on individual stress competence. Participants get to know the Ayurvedic typology and examine their personal stress patterns. Mindfulness walks, journaling and exercises from yoga and Ayurveda create space for reflection and self-perception. The Ayurvedic teaching of the elements and natural biorhythms is conveyed as an impulse for greater stress resilience.

On the third day, balance, energy and concrete coping strategies are at the center. Alongside Pitta yoga, dietary recommendations based on Ayurvedic principles, how to handle emerging stress, as well as meditation and various relaxation techniques are covered. Progressive muscle relaxation and an aroma meditation show ways to integrate short relaxation impulses into everyday work life as well.

The fourth day is entirely devoted to transferring into everyday work. Participants develop from the learned content personal lifestyle and relaxation strategies that can be easily and realistically integrated into professional life. The educational leave ends with a joint closing and feedback round.

The learning content at a glance

• Foundations of yoga and Ayurveda
• Recognizing the development of stress and reflecting on personal stress patterns
• Pranayama and conscious breath guidance
• Hatha, Vata, Pitta and Kapha yoga
• Mindfulness and self-perception
• Ayurveda and natural biorhythms
• Developing individual coping strategies
• Meditation and relaxation techniques
• Progressive muscle relaxation
• Aroma meditation and conscious sensory experience
• Ayurveda-oriented nutrition and lifestyle design
• Transfer of the learned methods into professional life
• Developing personal strategies for greater stress competence and regeneration

Learning in a special atmosphere

The Seezeitlodge at Bostalsee offers a special setting for this. The 70 m² yoga room in the Seehaus offers a view over Bostalsee and has pleasant underfloor heating. Mineral water and tea are available during the stay.

Who is the educational leave suitable for?

The educational leave is aimed at people who want to strengthen their personal stress competence and self-care and who are looking for practical methods for a healthier approach to professional pressures.

Prior yoga experience is not required for participation. The focus is on practically learning, reflecting on and transferring the content into one's own everyday life.

Your goal after four days

You will not simply go home rested, but with concrete tools for your professional life: breathing exercises, yoga and relaxation techniques, mindfulness impulses and Ayurvedic recommendations that you can continue independently.

The central question is:

What can I do myself so that stress does not determine my life, but I can consciously shape how I deal with stress?

Organizational information

Arrival: on the first day by 1:00 p.m. Departure: on the fourth day at 3:00 p.m. Participation: 100% attendance required.

Organizer: Purnima Petra Oehms, Aroma Ayurveda Expert and Yoga Teacher

Training

• 4/2007 certified yoga teacher (BYV) with health insurance recognition
• 7/2007 certified relaxation course leader (BYV Health Consultant)
• 7/2009 certified meditation course leader (BYV Health Consultant)
• 11/2015 Ayurveda massage, Shambovi Training Institute
• 2/2018 Yin Yoga teacher further training (BYV)
• 3/2019 Singing bowl further training
• 4/2019 Ayurveda health consultant, Ayurveda Campus Schwerin
• 4/2020 SUP-WOGA Instructor
• 8/2020 NLP Practitioner
• 3/2021 Ayurveda therapist, Ayurveda Campus Schwerin