WORKSHOPS
YOGA FOR A SKILLED MIND
For Young Adults 16-28
2 hours - Date TBD
24th October 2020 - completed
Online zoom
What is a skilled mind? One that can focus for more than a few seconds before checking the phone, one that can catch negative thought patterns or anger/fear triggers, recover quickly from setbacks, one that can recognise signs in the body, and the list goes on.
Just like we go to gym to work our muscles, there are yoga techniques, invaluable for strengthening our mind, a bit like a mind 'work-out' that give us skilled control over our state of contentment.
How can yoga help us manage growing anxieties and find perspective? Covid, unemployment, global warming, social media toxicity, fake news etc. Is the world actually going to pots? There are practical, evidence based tools and techniques waiting to be learned, but it's not like one yoga class will 'make you live happily ever after' ! This may be just the start of a rich lifelong practice, that bears amazing fruits along the way to help you regain perspective, to feel comfortable in your skin and feel more in control of your state of mind.
The 2 hour workshop will include some yoga asanas for clearing negative or anxious energy, group and individual exercises including breathing techniques & meditation, to explore practical tools, and ancient wisdom from yoga philosophy to help us through difficult times.
Don't worry if you're a complete beginner with yoga/meditation. Expect to leave empowered to pay your mind the attention it deserves.
PAYMENT :
By Donation - Tier suggestions £10 fully employed, £5 student or self-employed, £1 unemployed or skint.......please pay in advance using the Donate button below.
2021 TBD
Go-Deeper workshops are a chance to spend a longer yoga class, to grow a bit deeper, and connect with your local community
Live! at 1st Weybridge Scouts Hut, 20 Sprinfield Lane, Weybridge (off baker street)
10 spaces social distanced
In this workshop we'll explore and grow our practice, according to a theme eg. dealing with unwanted emotions, with a combination of asanas for strong emotions, a bit of yoga philosophy, discussion, as well as individual exercises & meditation.
Expect to leave lighter!!!
BY DONATION - Suggest £15 or lower tiers £10 £5 £0 if money's tight
You don't have to be a regular yogi to attend :)
Keeping employees well and happy
- Tailormade to client needs
Once a month or once a week or a one-off, a chance to address whatever your employees need to stay sane in challenging tt imes working from home.
This was an example for a biomed company who wanted a change from annual monthly quiz sessions to keep their employees connected.
I would discuss your needs, and we'd tailor a session or a sequence eg. 6 week corporate yoga course or monthly wellness sessions
ESTABLISHING A HOME MEDITATION PRACTICE
1 hr. Date to be scheduled
zoom
Tips about what, how, when, where and how to overcome the most common 'obstacles'
Expecy to leave fully motivated to start what is probably one of the most important useful habits of your life.
PAYMENT: By Donation - Tier suggestions £10 fully employed, £5 student, £ Free unemployed
30 day Pranayama breathing techniques challenge
June 2021- completed
Next date tbd
I send you a video every day, and we check-in regularly. Just a 5-20 minutes every morning and/or eve it would have such great benefits, (mind-clearing, balance, immune system, lung capacity etc)
PAYMENT: By Donation
LIFE PLANNING & FINDING PURPOSE
2 hrs. Date to be scheduled
zoom
The yogi way of looking at your Aims of Life (Parushartha), a bit like a life-coach's 'life wheel', to see where the balance is off and what goals to set. But most imporantly, how do we 'make our luck' and start paying attention to our intentions in everything we do, so we can find our true purpose (Dharma)? So that we don't get to the 'destination' and find we missed the whole journey or followed the crowd.
PAYMENT: By Donation - Tier suggestions £15 fully employed, £7 student, £ Free unemployed
RETREATS
No retreats scheduled at this time. If you'd like to be kept informed please sign up to newsletter
Meanwhile, here's some teachers/venues I really rate that you can see if they have retreats on. What's lovely now with Zoom is you can try people out before you commit to a retreat.
Dhanakosha Buddhist Retreat- Scotland. This is where I did my first weeklong retreat, which was quite lifechanging about 15 years ago. Meditation, yoga, philosophy, freedom to reflect, experience silence, meet people from all walks of life, walk in amazing scenery. Refreshingly non-dogmatic and modest. Good if you're on a budget.
Alicia Ruiz Bustos & Didier Fernades. Wonderful authentic, experienced, intuitive couple that run yoga and detox retreats in India, Brazil, Spain and Portugal.
Ruth McNeil. A local, true yogi on and off the mat, experienced, caring, knowlegeable.
Mimi Kuo Deemer. One of my Teacher Training teachers. Combines yoga with QiQong. Experienced, authentic and knowledgeable.
Bridget Woods Kramer - Again, years of experience and a real pro.
Jeff Phenix - If you want strong sweaty practices
Karen John. A local, experienced teacher, very caring and knowledgeable
and many many more....
Alexandra Cat - The Yoga Clinic for students suffering from Complex Relational Trauma or Complex PTSD
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