TRAVEL | Three Days to Achieve Your Ideal Body
TRAVEL | Three Days to Achieve Your Ideal Body
A 2-Night, 3-Day Fasting and Yoga Event at "Tenku no Niwa Amamu"
Tenku no Niwa Amamu, Japan's first authentic health resort, opened in Takahagi City, Ibaraki Prefecture this April.Two special accommodation plans are now available to help you achieve your ideal body. The "LAVA Festa 2013," a celebration of yoga, will be held from Saturday, September 14th to Monday, September 16th (public holiday), and "Premium Fasting – Beginner's Course –," where you can learn about fasting, will take place from Saturday, September 21st to Monday, September 23rd.
Text by YANAKA Tomomi
World-renowned yoga instructor Will Blunderfield to visit Japan!
At "Tenku no Niwa Amamu," set in a lush natural environment equivalent to 28 Tokyo Domes, guests can connect with their mind and body through yoga, fasting, macrobiotic meals, and horse therapy. The basic plan is a 2-night, 3-day stay designed to relieve daily fatigue and stress amidst nature. In September, special events will be held to coincide with the three-day weekends.
The "LAVA Festa 2013," held from Saturday, September 14th to Monday, September 16th, will feature top instructors from "Hot Yoga Studio LAVA," which boasts the most yoga studios in Japan, as well as international instructors. Approximately 30 programs, including yoga, exercise, and meditation, will be available for unlimited participation.
Additionally, Will Blunderfield, a world-class musician from Canada who topped the iTunes world charts with his debut album "Hallelujah" in 2011 and performed the theme song for the Vancouver Olympics, will be visiting Japan as a special guest. As a yoga instructor himself, he will lead a unique session blending nature, music, and yoga, and host exclusive nighttime exhibitions, offering rare experiences only available at this festival.
Learn about fasting through seminars and exercises
Meanwhile, the "Premium Fasting – Beginner's Course –," where you can learn the secrets of fasting, will be held from Saturday, September 21st to Monday, September 23rd. Led by Akane Fujiwara, Technical Director of the Fitness Fasting Association, participants will learn how to maximize detoxification effects and about post-fasting diets through seminars and exercises.
A three-day retreat to be healed by vast nature and liberated from daily stress through fasting and yoga. These September long weekends, when summer fatigue lingers, are perfect for resetting your mind and body.
LAVA Festa 2013
Dates | Saturday, September 14th – Monday, September 16th
Fees | Economy (dormitory) from ¥15,000, Standard Room from ¥24,000, Villa from ¥45,000 (all include lesson fees, accommodation, and 5 meals)
http://www.yoga-lava.com/lavafesta2013/
Premium Fasting – Beginner's Course –
Dates | Saturday, September 21st – Monday, September 23rd
Fee | ¥88,000 (includes Standard Room accommodation and one fasting drink (worth ¥15,750) during your stay)
Tenku no Niwa Amamu
733-2 Ono, Takahagi City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Tel. 0293-27-3900
http://www.amamu.jp/


