This workshop offers a chance to take a break and give yourself some time to be at this auspicious time of year. Winter offers us an opportunity to rest and reflect, to sow seeds of intention for the coming year as the days get longer and, ultimately, warmer.

Compassionate Yoga is all about listening to your needs and working with skill and harmony. Finding the best use of our practises in the moment to develop and nurture. Whether that is to work strongly and physically or restfully and restoratively; and anywhere in between.

We will be exploring Pranayama - conscious awareness and strengthening of breath; Asana - physical movements and poses linked to breath; and meditation - a space to explore the more subtle aspects of life. There will be space and time to journal anything that arises in the session, reflecting on the year past and future endeavours.

No prior experience of yoga is required, this session is open to beginners and experienced yogis alike.

What to bring:

Some comfortable clothes which enable free movement
A notebook or journal, pen

(optionally)
Any yoga equipment, mats/blankets/meditation cushions etc. you would like to use. The Tree Room is well stocked so this is completely optional.

This is an opportunity to take time exploring yoga in a relaxed small group setting.  Just as with my Open Class it is open to complete beginners and experienced yogis alike.  We will spend two hours warming up, practising asana and concluding by slowly settling into a period of restful, alert stillness.  Students are encouraged to listen, respect and follow their own needs.  And in this manner, this is a way to learn how to support oneself uniting body and mind in a two-way flow of respect and trust.

Spaces at this venue are limited, please get in touch if you would like to attend and the places are taken as I will be running more of these workshops in the future.

A special mindfulness meditation class in the garden studio lit gently by candlelight.  We will practise some gentle movement exercise to help prepare mind and body for stillness; and then sitting or lying down observing the natural light and dancing patterns created by this soft light source.

*Event Posponed*

Once again Dawn Lucht and I will be running another Partner Yoga workshop.  This is an opportunity for two people to work together to enjoy a different style of yoga practise. Fiends, partners or maybe making new friends! If you don't know anyone who is available for the workshop but would like to come along, let us know and we can bring people together.  Everyone involved with the last workshop had so much fun and lots of laughter.

Here's what we said before:

'A wonderful, light hearted fun and creative afternoon practising partner yoga. Finding new deeply relaxing ways to relate to each other through asana.'

Working jointly with a friend or partner, experience the mutually beneficial aspects of supporting each other in deep yoga asanas. Encouraging flexibility and strength through gentle kind awareness. Moving in partnership can allow for a wider range of movement than is available when practising alone.

We will be working with gentle movements to warm the body, practising bringing awareness into the body and maintaining it throughout. The partner yoga will be fun and playful, there's no need to take this too seriously! Finally we will wind down with some still, deep rest - practising gentle, soft awareness while the body rests deeply assimilating the benefits of the day's activities.
 

'A wonderful, light hearted fun and creative afternoon practising partner yoga.  Finding new deeply relaxing ways to relate to each other through asana.'

Working jointly with a friend or partner, experience the mutually beneficial aspects of supporting each other in deep yoga asanas.  Encouraging flexibility and strength through gentle kind awareness.  Moving in partnership can allow for a wider range of movement than is available when practising alone.

We will be working with gentle movements to warm the body, practising bringing awareness into the body and maintaining it throughout.  The partner yoga will be fun and playful, there's no need to take this too seriously!  Finally we will wind down with some still, deep rest - practising gentle, soft awareness while the body rests deeply assimilating the benefits of the day's activities. 

The session will be hosted jointly by Dawn and myself.