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If adventure and rest seem like they are diametrically opposed, yet somehow seem like the perfect pairing for an upcoming holiday, check out Restival.
Restival is a roving 5-day adventure -- a movement that camps in eco-luxury at different awe-inspiring spots around the world. “It’s a 5 Billion Star Hotel rather than a 5 Star Hotel.”
Part wellness retreats part cultural festivals, founded by festival producer Caroline Jones, Restivals, offer wonderful opportunities for guests to unplug, unwind, and refresh their bodies, minds and spirits, all while immersing in nature, as well as in ancient cultures and traditions.
The experience is at once inspiring, invigorating, and peaceful. Restival stands for reconnection – to yourself, one another and the world around you. The foundations are based on tribal wisdom, self discovery, and nature, within a framework of wellness.
Come together with storytellers, writers, artists, life coaches, astronomers, yoga instructors, sound healers, musicians, wellness practitioners, and bodywork therapists.
Restival settings are all loaded with natural landscape drama as well a near world famous landmarks and art works.
RESTIVAL SAHARA (November 10 - 15, 2016) takes place deep in the Sahara Desert, hosted by Berber nomads.
Your journey begins in Marrakech, before you ascend the stunning Atlas Mountains, dotted with ancient villages and date palm plantations.
You will spend 5 nights camped in a white tent, tucked into the mountainside. Meals are served in a traditional Berber dining tent, as guests sit traditionally, on cushions, around brass tables.
A Nomad family will help set up a small temporary Berber Village. They’ll make traditional bread, weave, share their music and stories around the campfire. A guest astronomer will help you see the millions of stars above.
RESTIVAL SWEDEN: Restival in Swedish Lapland (June 2017) will take place in the northern wilderness, under the splendid midnight sun.
Spend 6 nights in a remote cabin will be surrounded by stunning lake views and unspoiled nature.
Your waking hours will be spent immersed in the land of the Sami Tribe, with extraordinary storytelling, saunas, wild swimming, wellness adventures, canoeing trips, foraging, wilderness expeditions, bushcraft workshops, sound baths, art and writing classes, biodynamic dance, music, meditation, cultural activities, yoga and nutrition workshops.
RESTIVAL ARIZONA: Restival Arizona (September 12 -17, 2016) will take place on historic Navajo tribal homelands, located amid the 4 sacred mountains. Stay in the eco-luxe camp in a Navajo-made Tipi, overlooking the Painted Desert, under the light of the Harvest Moon.
Enjoy daily wellness workshops, body treatments, beauty therapies, organic dining, gong baths, traditional storytelling, music, and dance.
Diné (Navajo) leaders share traditional experiences, including Cacao ceremonies, Medicine Wheel, song, art and sweat lodges in an original Navajo ceremonial Hogan.
Dr. David Begay, an expert on indigenous astronomy who consults for Jet Propulsion Lab/NASA, will help you to see the universe via powerful telescopes and an understanding of the Navajo perspectives.
Medicine Woman Song Bird Grandmother will lead guests through a healing ceremony, reconnecting them with the earth and sky.
Multimedia artist Zarco Guerrero will lead an indigenous tribal mask making workshop.
Restival has invited the Navajo community to share their Full Moon Harvest Festival and Navajo Closing Ceremony with the guests.
Restival Arizona is working in partnership with Kate and Mark Sorensen, founders of the STAR School, educating Navajo children in their ancestral traditions, cultures, and arts. It is the first off-the-grid, solar and wind-powered school in the United States.
To preserve the intimate experience, reservations for Restival are limited. Learn more here.
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IMAGE CREDITS:
- Image: Courtesy of Restival Global. “Morocco.”
- Image: Courtesy of Restival Global. “Morocco.”
- Image: Courtesy of This Little Piggy Reflexology. “Restival in the Sahara Desert.”
- Image: Courtesy of Restival Global. “Blow-up Figures, by Boris Hoppek in the Sahara.”
- Image: Courtesy of Restival Global. “Morocco.”
- Image: Courtesy of Restival Global. “Morocco.”
- Image: Courtesy of Restival Global. “Morocco.”
- Image: Courtesy of Restival Global. “Berber Village. Morocco.”
- Image: Courtesy of Restival Global. “Sweden.”
- Image: by Joni Ahola. “Kemijärvi, Lappland.”
- Image: Courtesy of Restival Global. “Arizona.”
- Image: Courtesy of Restival Global. “Arizona.”
- Image: by Chad Clark. “Painted Desert Joshua.”
- Image: by Deborah. “Harvest Moon.”
- Image: by Brent Stirton. “Jones Benally Hoop Dancing.” Arizona.
- Image: Courtesy of Restival Global. “Arizona.”
- Image: Courtesy of Restival Global. “Arizona.”
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- Image: Courtesy of Restival Global. “Morocco.”
