YOGIRLS HOUSE: wellness retreat for women to find path to fulfilling career

YOGIRLS Corporation is launching the residential school, “YOGIRLS HOUSE,” in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, providing programs to improve physical and mental health, as well as career counseling to enable people to work in their own unique way. After achieving their funding goal in just one day through the largest crowdfunding platform in Japan, CAMPFIRE, the program began on last week on International Women’s Day, and they are now recruiting participants.

The concept of YOGIRLS HOUSE is a wellness study abroad program offering a residential school where participants can take the first step towards their desired work-life balance through “wellness x career support.” Through Ayurveda and yoga programs, participants can improve their physical and mental health, creating a foundation to explore themselves, and receive career counseling from certified instructors in Beppu, one of Japan’s leading hot spring areas. For those who are too busy to take time for themselves, or who want to review their working styles, or those who want to enjoy a fulfilling vacation, YOGIRLS offer accommodation programs from one to three months to support them in taking a new step in their lives.

YOGIRLS HOUSE has three unique features:

Spend time with an Ayurveda lifestyle kit tailored to your body type
The accommodation experience at YOGIRLS HOUSE begins with an online consultation with an Ayurveda instructor. The results are divided into nine types (doshas), and the instructor prepares a lifestyle kit tailored to each type, which includes soap, aroma candles, tongue scraper, tea, massage oil, ghee, honey, and more, for the duration of your stay. To enable people to work in their own unique way, a healthy physical and mental condition is essential. Based on Ayurveda principles that prevent discomfort and help you feel comfortable, YOGIRLS will propose a diet and self-care that suits your body type.

Career coaching
During your stay at YOGIRLS HOUSE, you can take an online session with a certified instructor. By reliving and verbalizing past experiences, YOGIRLS will help you discover what you WANT and BEING sleeping inside you, and support you in creating an action plan to achieve them, while taking into account each participant’s state of mind.

Accommodation facilities with hot springs and yoga studios
The accommodation facilities include hot springs and yoga studios that can be used every day to create an environment for relaxing your mind and body, as well as a yoga studio where instructors hold meditation and yoga classes tailored to the participants’ levels.

The way participants spend their time during their stay at YOGIRLS HOUSE varies for each person. It starts with relaxing your mind and body by taking a hot spring bath, and on the second day, they will plan according to the participants’ purpose of visiting YOGIRLS HOUSE. From the third day on, participants can enjoy the Beppu area while executing their personal plan. In the final week, after becoming accustomed to the new lifestyle, they will provide career coaching to help participants gain insight into their desired working style.

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