Workshops, Training Days and Retreats

Andrea is available to lead workshops and training days (which can count as CPD for BWY teachers).  Click here for suggested topics for workshops.

Forthcoming events:

 

10-11 December 2011
Dynamics of Movement Workshop
Led by Giovanni Felicioni, assisted by Andrea
Kailash Centre of Oriental Medicine, St Johns Wood, London
This weekend workshop is designed primarily for those considering training to be a Rolfer, but it is open to all to explore how a human body moves.
For more information see www.rolfing-yoga.com/pretraining.html

 

Saturday 28th January 2012
HIPS: Releasing and increasing flexibility of the hip joints
Saturday morning yoga workshop 10am-1pm
Quaker Meeting House, Bancks Street, Minehead TA24 5DJ

What prevents freedom of movement in the hips?  How can we increase flexibility in the hips? Identifying personal holding patterns and finding specific helpful yoga poses for hip release.

This Saturday morning workshop in Minehead is for anyone who would like to take part in a weekend yoga practice, exploring the workings of the body in more depth than in a general yoga class.  All levels of ability and experience welcome (but not suitable for complete beginners to yoga).

The workshop will include a balanced yoga practice, a guided relaxation or meditation, and some structural and functional anatomy for the deepening of knowledge to allow safe and progressive practice of yoga asana.

Suitable for consideration as BWY CPD. Afternoon workshop follows - see below.

Fee: £15 

(Participants of each workshop will receive a voucher for £5 off a Rolfing session with Andrea in Alcombe.) 

Please email andrea@yogauk.com to book a place, or call 01643 708410.

 

Saturday 28th January 2012
PRANAYAMA, MUDRA, BANDHA
Saturday afternoon yoga workshop 2-4pm
Quaker Meeting House, Bancks Street, Minehead TA24 5DJ

Working with the breath control and energy flow practices of hatha yoga. An exploration of yoga theory and practice.

This workshop will allow you to experience these yoga practices more in-depth than is possible in a weekly class.  All levels of ability and experience welcome, but this workshop is not suitable for complete beginners to yoga.

Suitable for consideration as BWY CPD. Follows morning asana workshop - see above.

Fee: £10

Please email andrea@yogauk.com to book a place, or call 01643 708410.

Saturday 3rd March 2012
UNDERSTANDING RAJA YOGA
Saturday workshop 10am-4.15pm
Quaker Meeting House, Bancks Street, Minehead TA24 5DJ

All yoga students are welcome to this workshop on Raja Yoga. Group work will be set on two alternative levels: level 1 for non-teachers, and level 2 for qualified yoga teachers, so that you can explore at a level appropriate for your own learning.

The workshop will include:

• Exploring the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (2,000 year old text on Raja Yoga)
• Astanga – Patanjali’s Eight Limbs of Yoga
• Yama and niyama – examining our ethical approach to yoga and life
• Klesha – the obstacles to fulfilment and happiness
• Kriya yoga – a look at this deeply changing approach to yoga practice
• The practice of meditation
  

Suitable for consideration as BWY CPD. This workshop follows on from the October workshop on Hatha Yoga, but can also be attended as a one-off.

Fee: £35

Please email andrea@yogauk.com to book a place, or call 01643 708410.

 

9 - 16 June 2012
Yoga and Rolfing® - a week's course and holiday in Spain
Free bodily tensions to improve physical posture and emotional well-being
At Cortijo Romero, Spain

Andrea is leading this course at Cortijo Romero again in 2012. For more details and booking information click Yoga and Rolfing with Andrea at Cortijo Romero

This is a lovely peacheful holiday centre, nestled among Spanish mountains in enclosed gardens.  It has a lovely ambience and is a beautiful setting for a yoga holiday.  Cortijo Romero is not a hotel, but more like a large private home, entirely devoted to personal development holidays.  It is a very special place and the food is fantastic!  Find out more at www.cortijo-romero.co.uk

 

Saturday 6th October 2012
Balance and Equilibrium - Poise in Body and Mind
BWY In-Service Training day (BWY yoga teachers only)
North Somerset

 

Saturday 8th June 2013
Freeing the Breath - deepening our understanding of how we breathe and exploring the notion of what is 'good breathing'
BWY In-Service Training day (BWY yoga teachers only)
Swindon area, Wiltshire

 

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