We are delighted to have Monica join us to kick of the new year with a workshop which is open to both teachers and students.

Face the Day!

Spending time releasing the face will expand the breathing, lengthen the spine and create a shift in our outlook that may last the whole week and become a touchstone, a faithful pandemic strategy.

We will squeeze and stretch and palpate, soften and stimulate tissues, joints and sutures, including our sticky jaw furrowed brow, tender skull, the delicate throat and tenacious neck muscles. We will use relaxation, breathing techniques, postures and sound. What a beautiful wake up for our yoga practice and our lives!!

Timings include a 1 hour break for lunch at 12.30

Deeper Still

A Workshop Exploring Consciousness through Sensation

The reality of yoga proposes that we are asleep and yet to awaken to an abiding sense of total­ity. Initially developed to transcend our condi­tioning, yoga demanded an austere approach. The exercises are effective but the problem of conditioned minds is deeply embedded. For some, the reality may be the pleasure of the bodywork, for others it may be a deepening sense of self, or a shift in habitual behaviour. The philosophy not the bodywork has sus­tained yoga’s appeal over many centuries. At its core, yoga’s reality confronts and tran­scends our limits. We are aware of the physi­cal limitations but generally unaware of the limitations of a conditioned consciousness. Addressing the problem of us takes more than bodywork, but our attraction to the sensory aspect can be used as a door to a deeper and sustainable transformation on other levels.

From Deeper Still    by John Stirk

This practical workshop highlights the potential for transformation by approaching  consciousness through the sensory aspect of simple physical attitudes.

Suitable for all levels.