6 Week Foundation Course
Triyoga, Chelsea
February 15 - March 21 (Wednesdays)
7:45 - 9:00pm
This Foundation Course introduces the practice of yoga and what it might be able to help achieve - ex: decrease stress levels, introduce healthier breathing, or invite greater strength and ease in the body. The course is accessible and fun, and highly experiential. It is based on a model that learning can be an interactive, engaging and positive experience.The first two weeks introduce key principles that create important foundations such as how to breathe more fully and where and how to position the feet and spine in many common postures. The course then builds progressively, so that week-by-week, the core principles become clearer and the poses, alignment and instructions become more familiar. Unlike in a regular drop-in class, where it's sometimes like a game of Simon-Says, students in a Foundation Course will have time and space to see poses demonstrated and explained, and given time to experience getting into and out of them with skill. Dialogue and discussion are encouraged but not mandatory.
Each class will offer a balance of active movement and time for relaxation. Standing poses, sun salutations, backbends and seated poses such as twists and forward folds will be covered in the curriculum, as well as an introduction to meditation. Students can expect to have a working vocabulary of yoga, some common sequences, and a healthier outlook on their bodies and minds. Most importantly, students will discover a practice that feels good in their bodies that is accessible, regardless of their age, shape or experience.
Dates: Wednesdays, Feb 15 - March 21, 2012
Time: 7:45 - 9:00 pm
Location: triyoga, Chelsea
372 King’s Road SW3 5UZ
(Beaufort Street is the cross street)
Cost: £85
Toward Greater Equanimity:
A Day-Long Retreat
Sunday, February 26, 2012
10:00am - 5pm, triyoga PRIMROSE HILL
We have all felt that in our daily lives we sometimes need an energetic boost, while other times we feel like seeking out a calm, quiet rest. Both these tendencies are aimed at bringing our bodies and minds toward a state of balance, or homeostasis. In this day-long retreat, we will explore how our breath, postures and meditative practices can generate equilibrium and steadiness in our bodies, thoughts and actions. Layered into our physical practices will be the richness and wisdom of the koshas, or the layers of human experience that include the physical, energetic, mental and emotional, wisdom and body of bliss. It is believed that the koshas are like an internal map, left to us by the ancient yogis, that ultimately leads us on a journey toward greater awareness, insight, and equanimity.The morning will include an active, alignment and breath-based vinyasa practice, and the afternoon a blend of restorative yoga, pranayama, exploration of some yogic tenants and philosophies, and meditation. This retreat is open to anyone except absolute beginners.
Date: Sunday, February 26, 2012
Time: 10:00am - 5:00 pm
Location: triyoga, Primrose Hill
6 Erskine Road, NW3 3AJ
Cost: £75
Yoga Retreat -- Umbria, Italy
"Embodied Awareness"
with Mimi Kuo-Deemer and Margi Young
Thursday, May 25 - Friday, May 31, 2012
This is a retrea that I co-teach with Margi Young every year at La Locanda Quercia Calente, a beautifully renovated farmhouse in the Umbrian hills of Italy. Margi is a yoga teacher based in San Francisco and formerly with OM Yoga in New York City. We bring together yogis from across the continents to dine on delicious Umbrian cuisine and delve deeply into the richness of Yoga.
Each day will begin with an optional early morning meditation. After a light breakfast, there will be one or two invigorating and enlivening vinyasa-based yoga classes, with options for beginner/intermediate and intermediate/advanced classes. Margi and Mimi will co-teach, which means lots of personal attention for all participants. We will explore themes from Ayruveda and yogic texts to enhance the practice: for example, observing how awareness of the koshas (body, breath, mind, wisdom and bliss) and the elements (earth, air, space, water and fire) can deepen our experience on the mat and in everyday life.
La Locanda della Quercia Calante is near the historic city of Orvieto (150 km/90 miles north of Rome). The property has a spacious and fully equipped yoga studio, two swimming pools, a whirlpool, elegant rooms, and a restaurant serving local Umbrian cuisine. There is an organic farm on the property and local wineries that supply the restaurant.
Cultivating Intelligent Alignment in Vinyasa Flow
Saturday, March 31, 12:30 - 4:30pm, Yoga Yard, BeijingCheck back soon for more information and details!
Circular and Linear: Qigong and Yoga
Sunday, April 15, 2:30 - 5:30pm, triyoga PRIMROSE HILL
(video clip of the qigong practice for the water element)This workshop explores the intersection of Qigong and Yoga. Qigong is an ancient form of Chinese energy healing and martial art that integrates the virtues of trust, integrity, wisdom, and compassion into the human body and spirit. Like yoga, it incorporates deep breathing, meditation, and static or dynamic movements aimed at creating greater health and vitality for the practitioner. The actions generate and revitalize the qi, or energy in the body, which helps to nourish the organs and dispel disease. In most yoga postures, emphasis is placed on linear movements of the body that lengthen and extend the spine and limbs. Qigong practices, however, tend to be circular and smooth, and engender strong, rooted connections to the earth. These two combine to foster a soft yet strong and rooted vinyasa flow.
Participants in this workshop will learn some basic qigong practices that cultivate a sense of energy, rootedness and calm. The poses will then be integrated and revisited in the context of an active asana practice that joins aspects of both traditions into a seamless union. All levels are welcome.
Date: Sunday, April 15, 2011
Time: 2:30 - 5:30 pm
Price: TBDtriyoga, Primrose Hill
6 Erskine Road
London, NW3 3AJ
020 7483 3344
www.triyoga.co.ukCheck back for more details or to register.
Hands-on Adjustment (including how to use props to adjust)
Saturday, June 23, 2:30 - 5:30pm, triyoga PRIMROSE HILL
This intermediate and advanced workshop is for yoga teachers and teachers in training, or those interested in how energy can be transmitted and communicated through safe and appropriate adjustments in asanas. Participants will deepen their fundamental knowledge of postures and learn to give adjustments with soft, intelligent hands, and use other tools such as yoga belts and blankets to adjust.
Topics will include:
• learning the foundations and main principles of giving hands-on adjustments in standing poses, backbends, twists, hip openers and forward folds;
• using props to support and adjust where appropriate; and
• seeing bodies and discerning where physical touch in postures might be helpful or feel good.This workshop will be highly experiential and very hands-on.
Date: Saturday, June 23, 2011
Time: 2:30 - 5:30 pm
Price: TBDtriyoga, Primrose Hill
6 Erskine Road
London, NW3 3AJ
020 7483 3344
www.triyoga.co.ukCheck back for more details or to register.
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