Thursday, January 30 – Sunday, February 2, 2025
Enjoy a few days of retreat and practice of Hormonal Yoga, learning the GPBALANCE method directly from its creator, Professor Gustavo Ponce. We will have free time to rest and enjoy the spectacular facilities of Canal Om.
GPBALANCE is a method created by Gustavo Ponce based on traditional yoga, honoring the Indian philosophical heritage, while offering a modern and concrete method. This hormonal yoga technique will allow you to restore your vitality and naturally rebalance your hormonal health and/or that of your students/patients.
This event is open to those who want to teach the method, but also to those who are interested in learning it for their personal practice.
Practice
The 5 sections of GPBALANCE:
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The study of different breathing and postural techniques: Kaya Stairyam Sankalpa, Bija Mantras, Prana Vidya, Kapalabhati, Bhastrika 1, Bhastrika 2. These techniques work on stillness, stability and concentration of body and mind as well as the channeling of energy.
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Preparatory work of simple postures lying on the back, accompanied by visualizations and the various breathing techniques studied in the previous section. This enables us mobilize energy around pelvic region.
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Standing postures whose primary objective is to strengthen the flexibility, strength, balance and agility of our whole body. This also enables us to mobilize energy throughout the body.
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In this section, the focus is on pressing the pubis to the ground and strengthening the core area of the body as well as the abdominal area. We will also perform a series of inverted postures.
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This last seated section will cover different techniques such as Uddiyana Bandha, Agnisara Dhauti, Nauli, Ashwini Mudra, Nadi Shodhana Pranayama. The essential objective of these techniques being to achieve a rebalancing of the hormonal system in a more intense way than during the various techniques and asanas proposed in the previous sections. They also help to cleanse and lighten the body of functional obstacles caused largely by stress. We end this last section of the practice with a brief contemplation (which includes your last Sankalpa), Neo-Tummo and Yoga Nidra.
The whole series uses different techniques and concepts that we be explored throughout the teaching:
- Asanas
- Mudras, especially kechari Mudra (used throughout the practice)
- Kriyas
- Bandhas (very frequently used during practice)
- Chakras and Prana
- Visualization and concentration (very frequently used during practice)
- Meditation
- Neo-Tummo
Testimonials
I did the GPBALANCE hormonal yoga workshop. I loved it ! It is a very interesting workshop. Gustavo is not only a very wise man but also very kind, he has a sense of humor and he is a very close person, you can ask him any question, even after the workshop and he gives a lot of advice. He explains the theory in a very understandable way and teaches the practice. I am very grateful for what he has taught and I recommend to take the course !
Inge Drenthen (Spain)
With Gustavo Ponce (Spain, 2022)
I sincerely thank you Frédérique for having made us discover Gustavo's technique. Personally, it does me a lot of good considering my problems with vertigo, vestibular migraines and tinnitus. As much as I could not see myself teaching another hormonal yoga technique, I am impatient to be able to teach GP Balance because I am convinced of its effectiveness.
Myriam Semery (France)
With Fanny Lehideux + Frédérique Verdeau + Gustavo Ponce (France, 2022)
I had the chance to take two hormonal yoga teacher trainings thanks to Frédérique Verdeau. The first, hosted by Dinah Rodrigues, was the start of my journey into hormonal wellness and yoga. This is why I did not hesitate for a second when Frédérique told me about the GPBALANCE training. Led by Gustavo Ponce, I was enthusiastic about this training. Gustavo is very pedagogical, he shares with great generosity all his knowledge learned from the greatest yogis masters and put at the service of hormonal balance. I experienced this training as a great homecoming. I came back to my breathing, to my body with a more developed consciousness. The exercises are varied, both accessible and demanding. A return to balance that accompanies me in my daily practice and that I look forward to sharing with my students.
Catherine Couput (France)
With Gustavo Ponce + Fanny Lehideux + Frédérique Verdeau + Pati Peguero (France, 2023)
I am a middle-aged, clumsy and inflexible woman who never dreamed of ever being attracted to yoga, despite a strong intellectual understanding of its benefits. Frederique's expertise is evident from the first contact. She brings a lot of technical knowledge to her profession and generously shares her insights and experience in a way that is very accessible and helpful. Her kindness and empathy take her teaching to a new level of benefit, especially for awkward souls like me. Yoga GP Balance has changed my life . It is the best form of self-care I have found. Many thanks.
Nina Kittilaksanon (Thailand)
With Fanny Lehideux + Frédérique Verdeau (France, 2021)