the 2016 jivamukti yoga s.africa intensive retreat march 07

THE 2016 JIVAMUKTI YOGA
S.AFRICA INTENSIVE RETREAT
MARCH 07-18, 2016
REGISTRATION
PEACE.
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e-mail
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I hereby make a binding reservation/registration to take part in THE 2016
JIVAMUKTI YOGA SOUTH AFRICA RETREAT organized by JIVAMUKTI BERLIN
GMBH („JYB“; address see below), from March 7, 2016, 3pm to March 18, 2016,
10am, in South Africa with Advanced Certified Jivamukti Yoga Teachers Dechen
Thurman (NYC) and Anja Kühnel (Berlin).
BASE PRICE (please check ALL applicable boxes):
Cape Town Part (March 7-13, 2016): 1,530 EUR (Can get as low as 1,008 EUR w/ discounts!)
Safari Part (March 13-18, 2016): 1,890 EUR (Can get as low as 1,444 EUR w/ discounts!)
On both parts of the retreats, the rooms included in the base price are shared double bed
rooms, i.e. you will have to share a room AND a queen size double bed with a roommate. On the
Safari part of the retreat, however, these beds can be pushed apart a bit if requested, so that
there is a (not too big, though) gap in between the then two single beds. This is not possible on
the Cape Town part of the retreat. The rooms on both parts of the retreat also come with ensuite bathrooms, however, on the Cape Town Part of the retreat, two rooms share one ensuite
bathroom, which means two rooms each have their own door to their own bathroom, which
(both) then can be locked when occupied. CHECK NEXT PAGE FOR SINGLE ROOM UPGRADES.
DISCOUNTS (please check ALL applicable boxes):
Both Retreat Parts Discount
180 EUR taken off your total when you book both parts (=March 07-18, 2016) of the retreat
-180 EUR
Super Early Birds Discount (this one applies twice if you book both parts) -180 EUR
180EUR taken off for each of the two parts of the retreat if you sign up by October 31, 2015 and pay within
3 working days of receipt of invoice. Make sure to book early in any case as this is a boutique style mini
retreat and we can only take 6-15 people max. (depending on room occupancy)
Regular Early Birds Discount (this applies twice if you book both parts)
-108 EUR
108EUR taken off for each of the two parts of the retreat if you sign up by January 31, 2016 and pay within
3 working days of receipt of invoice. Make sure to book early in any case as this is a boutique style mini
retreat and we can only take 6-15 people max. (depending on room occupancy)
Neighbor House Discount (applies for Cape Town part only)
-108 EUR
108 EUR taken off your total if you agree that you will be housed in a house neighboring our retreat headquarter beach house, i.e. this is a different property that is comparable in standard within easy (less than
5mins down the beach) walking distance to our retreat headquarters. Private bathrooms here too, however,
they might not be ensuite, but across an aisle.
Own Rental Car Discount (applies for Cape Town part only)
-72 EUR
72 EUR taken off your total if you rent your own car or share a rental car with someone who rents one and
thus take care of your own transportation during the Cape Town part of the retreat (rental cars in CT are
only ca. 120 EUR for a week)
Triple Room Discount (applies for Safari part only)
-108 EUR
153 EUR taken off your total if you agree to triple room occupancy on the Safari part of the retreat, i.e. we
will assign two other retreat members to your hut/room. Everyone will have a single bed, but, due to the
small size of the retreat we can only try our best but cannot guarantee that these triple rooms will be single
gender rooms (see rules on shared rooms on page 3 below).
JYB-Unlimited Contract Discount (applies 2x if you book both parts)
-54 EUR
Registered Jivamukti Teacher Discount (applies 2x if you book both parts)-54 EUR
Discount for every JYB retreat you have been on before
-18 EUR
Please list all past retreats here: _____________________________________
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OPTIONAL 2 DAY EXTENSION (please check ALL applicable boxes):
To make more use of the long trip, for some of you it might make sense to extend for the weekend after the Safari part and fly back home only on Sunday, March 20. We offer you two options
to extend for 2 extra nights: (please turn to next page)
Jivamukti Berlin GmbH • Brunnenstr. 29 • 10119 Berlin • www.jivamuktiberlin.de
HRB 115886 beim Amtsgericht Charlottenburg • Geschäftsführerin Anja Kühnel
SAFARI EXTENSION W/ ANJA (March 18-20, 2016)
+720 EUR
Stay two nights longer in the Safari camp with Anja and Christian and enjoy 4 additional extra
safari drives. Includes all meals and same activity as during the Safari part, however, yoga classes might be a bit shorter and/or joint+guided self-practice together with Anja + Christian.
JOHANNESBURG EXTENSION W/ DECHEN (March 18-20, 2016)
+450 EUR
Stay two extra nights in Johannesburg and explore the city and join Dechen Thurman on his
Jivamukti Yoga workshops in Johannesburg/Pretoria. Includes double room accommodation
with breakfast in a safe high quality 4* hotel in Johannesburg, full access to all yoga workshops
Dechen Thurman teaches in Johannesburg/Pretoria that weekend plus join Dechen on communal yoga related events during the weekend. Includes transportation from Safari part to your hotel in Johannesburg.
SINGLE ROOM UPGRADES: (please check ALL applicable boxes):
See above at BASE PRICE for your standard room setup. We know some people often really
want their own single room. However, on this boutique-style mini-retreat we are extremely limited with available rooms, so we ask for your understanding that we can offer single rooms only
under these conditions, because each single rooms basically means for us that we can take one
person less:
Single Room during Cape Town Part
+540 EUR
Single Room during Safari Part
+540 EUR
Single Room during extension (if booked)
+270 EUR
You stay onsite at our retreat headquarters (where all the Yoga and meals are but you have the double
room for yourself only (with the ensuite bathroom that you share with the neighboring double room).
Payment method: After receiving and accepting this registration, JYB will send
you a booking confirmation and invoice for the total retreat price. You can pay
conveniently from your home by bank wire transfer, credit card or Paypal.
Payment by bank transfer
Payment by Amex, Visa o. Mastercard No. ____________________________,
Exp. Date: ______, name on card: ___________________________________.
Payment by Paypal.
Payment term/time limit: If you chose the (super) early bird discount above, your
payment in full as indicated on the invoice has to be received by JYB within 3 working
days after we sent you the invoice. The due date will be indicated on the invoice. If you
fail to pay by this deadline, you will loose the (super) early bird discount. If you did not
opt for the (super) early bird discount, you have to make a down payment of 20% of
the full retreat price within the 3 working days after we sent you our invoice in order to
secure your spot and the remaining balance is then due 20 days before the start of the
retreat. The amounts owed and their due dates will be shown on the invoice.
INCLUDED SERVICES:
Jivamukti Yoga + Other Activities on Cape Town part: During the Cape Town part of
this retreat, Anja and/or Dechen will teach one intensive 2-3 hour Jivamukti asana class
each morning and afternoon/early evening. These will be intensive, in-depth workshop
style classes with changing themes and focuses, where we will explore and experience
different aspects of Jivamukti Yoga (asanas, kriyas, pranayama, yoga history). Before
the morning classes, led meditations will be offered and every other afternoon/evening
we offer satsang, meditation, kirtan or yoga philosophy lectures. On arrival day
(07.03.16) one shorter class/welcome Satsang only and on departure day (13.03.16) no
program as we have to be at the airport really early. One or two of the classes will be
held at a yoga studio in Cape Town city together with other local South African yogis
(transportation provided by JYB unless you chose the rental car discount). The course
language will be English; Anja and Dechen teach their classes in English but Anja also
speaks German for individual questions and assists.
Other activities during the day can be all kinds of beach fun (swimming, walking, sunbathing, surfing) or just relaxing. Among the group we will decide for almost every day
where to do a little excursion to during the day (in-between the yoga classes), for instance Cape of Good Hope, Table Mountain, Penguin Beach and so on. These are optional. Transportation will be provided by JYB unless you chose the rental car discount.
Entrance fees, if charged, as well as food on these excursions is not included and will
have to be paid by you.
Jivamukti Berlin GmbH • Brunnenstr. 29 • 10119 Berlin • www.jivamuktiberlin.de
HRB 115886 beim Amtsgericht Charlottenburg • Geschäftsführerin Anja Kühnel
Jivamukti Yoga + Other Activities on Safari part: On the Safari part of this retreat, Anja
and/or Dechen will teach one intensive 2.5-3 hour Jivamukti asana class each morning
after the morning safari drive. These will be intensive, in-depth workshop style classes
with changing themes and focuses, where we will explore and experience different aspects of Jivamukti Yoga (asanas, kriyas, pranayama, yoga history). Due to our intensive
interaction with nature and wildlife (two daily safari drives and/or walks) and having to
get up really early, the 2nd session of the day, which will be offered in the afternoon
and/or evening, will be optional and will mostly be restorative, pranayama, satsang,
(walking) meditation etc. On arrival day (13.03.16) one shorter class/welcome Satsang
only and on departure day (18/20.03.15) shorter morning class only.
Other activities mainly consist of two super exciting led safari bush drives and/or walks
of ca. 2 hours each. On one or two nights, you can also choose to spend the night out in
the bush in a tree house (optional). During the day when there is no class and no other
activities, you can enjoy and relax in hammocks by the pool or watch wildlife from the
platform.
Accommodation: As described/booked above. If you did not book single room upgrades, the beds will be distributed by JYB up to the maximum mentioned capacity of
the room booked. You may tell us the name(s) of a roommate you prefer to share your
room with. We will try our best to set up single gender rooms only, but if we have odd
numbers of male and female participants, we might have to have one mixed gender
room as well which generally will be given to the people having booked last.
Housing standard of Cape Town part is a high quality beach house of high standard
right by the beach (unless you have booked an off-site single room, which might be a
bit off the beach but you can still come to our house by the beach all day). The Safari
camp we chose is also of very high standard but it is at the same time very special in
that it is intentionally off the grid (yes, generally no electricity but you can charge your
phones etc.) and therefore intentionally very down to earth representing a rustic-deluxe
bush-camp style. The rooms are in comfortably-fitted huts with en-suite bathrooms and
a ensuite private but open-air bush showers, white mosquito nets, crisp white linen and
towels as well as with standard bathroom amenities, and insect repellent.
Board (Food) during Cape Town part: If we are not on excursions, we as an entire
group will cook and eat all our meals together as a group at our beautiful retreat headquarter house by the beach. This means JYB will buy and pay all groceries/food/drinks
(vegan and non-alcoholic) needed to prepare delicious meals throughout the day, but
there will be no designated cook or maid onsite who will cook or do the dishes for us.
So all retreat participants (teachers, students and staff alike) will do this together as a
team effort and taking turns. Focus will be on fresh, tasty, healthy vegan food and we
will bring Sharon Gannon's cookbook Recipes for Joy but everybody is welcome to
come with their own recipe ideas. Preparing, offering and serving delicious food is a
well known yoga practice and will form an integral part of this yoga retreat. Generally,
everyone will have to cook and prepare food twice during the week in a team of three
people per meal. There will be one helper/maid there for most meals to help the cooking team with logistics.
If we are doing excursions/trips to the city and stopping by a restaurant, everyone pays
for their own restaurant bill. This includes the one or two times we will be out in the city
of Cape Town for yoga class and probably also dinner in town.
Board (Food) during Safari part: During the safari part, three daily vegan meals will be
cooked and served for us by our local African chef and her team onsite. This includes a
smaller earlier breakfast before the morning game drive and class, a nice brunch after
the yoga class and a candlelight/oil-lamp dinner in the evening after the 2nd safari drive
plus tea and cake time in the afternoon. No cooking/dishwashing duties during this part
of the retreat J.
Travel/Transportation on Cape Town part of the retreat: Arrival and departure arrangements are to be booked and paid individually and not included in the retreat
price. This includes namely all air travel and also any transportation from the airport to
the retreat location, except for the following which is included in the retreat price:
(1)
One joint arrival shuttle to our beach house on arrival day leaving at ca. 122pm from Cape Town airport with an optional stop at Cape Town city for
people who arrived earlier and went to the city. This shuttle does not apply to
you if you have chosen the rental car discount. The actual shuttle time will be
determined once we know everybody’s arrival times and it means that you
will have to wait longer or not so long for this group shuttle. If you arrive later
than ca. 12-2pm, you might not be able to go on this joint transfer shuttle, but
we will then quote you a reasonable price for a transfer just for you. Same if
you arrive very early and don’t want to wait.
Jivamukti Berlin GmbH • Brunnenstr. 29 • 10119 Berlin • www.jivamuktiberlin.de
HRB 115886 beim Amtsgericht Charlottenburg • Geschäftsführerin Anja Kühnel
(2)
(3)
One joint departure shuttle from our beach house to Cape Town airport in
time for the people who also booked the Safari part to be able to catch the
9:10am direct flight to Hoedspruit. This shuttle does not apply if you have
chosen the rental car discount. If you leave much later than that, we can
quote you a reasonable price for a transfer just for you. But latest checkout
on 13.03. is at 11am.
Minivan service on all (optional) excursions we as a group decide to do during
the retreat unless you have chosen the rental car discount above.
Travel/Transportation on Safari part of the retreat: Arrival and departure arrangements are to be booked and paid individually and not included in the retreat price. This
means namely all air travel and also any transportation from the airport to the retreat
location has to be booked and paid by you, except for the following which is already
included in the retreat price (other shuttles possible but cost extra):
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
All safari game drives.
Arrival shuttle service from Hoedspruit (HDS) airport at any time of the day,
but try to arrive by 12:30 on arrival day (March 13), if possible; shuttle takes
ca. 1 hour.
Arrival shuttle service from Johannesburg Airport leaving on arrival day
(March 13) at 6:45am sharp (or 6:30-7:30 from hotels within 5km of the airport); shuttle takes ca. 5 hours
Shuttle service leaving on departure day (March 18/20) at 10am to either Johannesburg (5hours) or Hoedspruit Airport (ca. 1 hour)
Namely, this means that if you book both parts of the retreat with us, you still also have
to book and pay your flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Hoedspruit (HDS) yourself. We
recommend to book direct flight SA1241 (South African Airlines) leaving at 9:10am
from CPT, which, as a one way, currently costs ca. 180 EUR. If you are doing both parts
of the retreat, it usually is best to book an open leg flight ticket (arriving in Capetown
and leaving from Johannesburg). Then try via your travel agency/booking website if
you can maybe make a multi-leg flight out of this and include the leg CPT-HDS and see
how much more it is. Could be cheaper like this.
Cancellation of your retreat booking is possible until the beginning of the retreat. How-
ever, we will have to charge a cancellation fee of 90% of the full retreat price (base price plus
any additional charges for extras) and we will deduct such cancellation fee from any money to
be returned to you. The cancellation fee, however, will be reduced to 18% of the full retreat price,
in case all spots at the retreat - including any spaces that became free due to cancelations - are
sold out, or to 9% if the cancelling student finds a replacement person for him/her, who would
not have booked the retreat otherwise and who also is not on any JYB waiting list for the retreat. You are free to prove to JYB that your cancellation did not cause us any loss or damage or
that such loss or damages are substantially lower than the cancellation fees mentioned above.
JYB hereby advises you that you may lower your financial cancellation risks by obtaining a
special travel cancellation insurance. Such insurance would have to be obtained at about the
same time you make your payment for the retreat. You can obtain a good insurance of this kind
through our website (there is a link on our website at the retreat listing).
Cancellation of the retreat by JYB: JYB may cancel your right to take part in the retreat
and sell your spot to someone else if you fail to pay the full retreat fee in time despite having
been reminded by JYB two times without success. In this case, JYB is entitled to a cancellation
fee in the amount stated in the preceding paragraph.
In case the completion of the retreat becomes economically unreasonable or impossible or too
dangerous for JYB (e.g. in case of too few participants, force majeure, war or epidemics), JYB
reserves the right to cancel the retreat in which case JYB will refund your payments for the retreat as well as any reasonable losses and costs you incurred due to pre-booking travel arrangements (like flights). No other damages will be paid by JYB.
JYB also reserves the right to forfeit your right to take part in the retreat without notice if you
interfere with the retreat or if you massively break your obligations or duties. In this case you
will have to pay any additional return trip costs on your own.
If any one of the presenters is not able to teach at the retreat for any reasons of force majeure,
illness or other similar adverseness, JYB is entitled to have him or her substituted by the 2nd presenter or by any other presenter with the same or similar qualification (Advanced Certified
Jivamukti Yoga Teacher). If such unavailability of a presenter emerges before the beginning of
the retreat and if you cancel you retreat booking for this reason, you only have to pay half of the
cancellation fees set out in the preceding section. Other than that, JYB does not owe you any
reduction of the retreat price or any damages for any such unavailability or change of presenters.
Governing law for this retreat are the laws of Germany.
Waiver of liability: As JYB’s waiver of liability is governed by German law, it is
stated in the German language below. Generally speaking, our waiver is less far
reaching than the usual waivers of yoga schools in the US and you are also covered by our company’s liability insurance.
Jivamukti Berlin GmbH • Brunnenstr. 29 • 10119 Berlin • www.jivamuktiberlin.de
HRB 115886 beim Amtsgericht Charlottenburg • Geschäftsführerin Anja Kühnel
Unsere Haftung für unverschuldete Unfälle sowie für Unfälle, welche allein von dir oder von Dritten,
für deren Verhalten JYB nicht einzustehen hat, verursacht wurden, ist ausgeschlossen. Für Sach- und
Vermögensschäden haftet JYB lediglich, soweit diese – unabhängig von dem Grad des Verschuldens
– aus einer Verletzung des Lebens, des Körpers oder der Gesundheit oder aus einer Verletzung unserer vertragswesentlichen Pflichten resultieren oder – unabhängig von der Art der Pflichtverletzung
– auf einem grob fahrlässigen oder vorsätzlichen Handeln von uns bzw. unseren Erfüllungsgehilfen
oder gesetzlichen Vertretern beruhen. Dieser Haftungsausschluss gilt insbesondere auch im Falle des
Verlusts oder der Beschädigung von von dir mitgebrachten und während des Retreats in den Retreaträumen, Zimmern und Vorräumen aufbewahrten Sachen. Die Höhe der Haftung von JYB für Sachund Vermögensschäden, welche nicht auf der Verletzung des Lebens, des Körpers oder der Gesundheit oder auf einem grob fahrlässigen oder vorsätzlichen Handeln von uns bzw. unseren Erfüllungsgehilfen oder gesetzlichen Vertretern beruhen, ist begrenzt auf die Höhe der bestehenden und
hier vorliegenden Betriebshaftpflichtversicherung, nämlich auf 1.000.000,- EUR bei Sachschäden und
auf 100.000,- EUR bei Vermögensschäden (informatorisch: Versicherung für Personenschäden:
2.000.000,- EUR). Diese Haftungsbegrenzung gilt nicht, soweit die Haftpflichtversicherung - etwa im
Falle von in den Versicherungsbedingungen geregelten Selbstbehalten, Deckungsgrenzen und
Ausschlüssen oder aufgrund zwischenzeitlichen Wegfalls des Versicherungsschutzes - nicht eintritt.
Die Versicherungsunterlagen kannst du jederzeit bei JYB einsehen und ablichten.
You are obliged to inform the Yoga teacher before each class - and if necessary also before each yoga posture – of any injuries or the like that might limit
your ability to perform such posture or which might impose an unusual health
risk for you or for other participants.
I, hereby, confirm my retreat booking subject to the aforementioned statements and terms:
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Please return this filled-in and duly signed registration form by mail (see below), fax (+49-30-48491950) or as a scanned e-mail attachment
([email protected]) to JYB.
Jivamukti Berlin GmbH • Brunnenstr. 29 • 10119 Berlin • www.jivamuktiberlin.de
HRB 115886 beim Amtsgericht Charlottenburg • Geschäftsführerin Anja Kühnel