YOGA JOURNEYS

We begin again with a series of monthly workshops to deepen your understanding of yoga practise, context, history and technique.

LEARN STUDY QUESTION PLAY DEVELOP

Let’s get together and share practise, learning and playful exploration of yoga!

These workshops will be much more than a yoga class! Expect more conversation and play, time and space, questioning and observation. As well as listening to me, we will also watch and learn from each other, with each other, and make use of images, books, scripture, videos etc. to see and understand the practise better.

I can’t wait to workshop with you!

Event info and booking links below.

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YOGA JOURNEY 4

Summer series

YOGA IN THE WILD

Yoga practise of asana and meditation combined with a picnic brunch and a hike through local moorland, woodland and a river valley

June 4th

8-12am

£25

Join me for a yoga morning that will take you off your mat and into nature!

We will begin with an all levels early morning yoga practise surrounded by ancient forest, then take a hike up to a wonderfully scenic spot for a picnic brunch and silent meditation/ chill time followed by the return walk across the moor and downhill back through the river valley.

Details -

Rough itenerary-

7.30am Pick up Mutley Plain (limited parking at location)

Welcome and set up

8.15-9.00am Yoga practise

9.00-9.15am Tea/ Coffee/ Snack

9.30-10.00am Silent forest walk up to the moor

10.00-10.45 Scenic picnic brunch (Sandwiches/ organic fruit/ chocolate)

10.45-11.00am Meditation/ Relax

11.00-11.30am Barefoot Moor walk to Cadover Bridge (maybe ice cream)

11.30-12.00pm River valley walk back

The location is a 25 minute drive from the Plymouth city centre.

Limited 8 places available

-Parts of the walk are uphill or off track which are not suitable for those not accustomed to walking or have injuries

-Please bring suitable footwear, water, rucksack and sun lotion

-Bring a mat or towel to practise on, these can be left in the car for the walk

-Optional river dips depending on your bravery/ sensibility!

-Once booked I will add you to a Whatsapp group where we can be in touch regarding the weather, start times, delays, car sharing etc

-If we are rained off we will either take a short practise inside or postpone to a later date!

-Please note I am not first aid trained nor am i a tour guide, please act responsibly.

-There is no toilet in the wild

-Please book before Saturday 3rd so I can arrange suitable brunch options for everyone

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upcoming workshops...

To be confirmed

EVENTS 4/5/6

YOGA MORNINGS IN NATURE

June 4th, July 2nd, August 13th

Yoag practises in and around Plymouth's beauty spots. These may be riverside, moorland, woodland, coastal or beach areas and will include a yoga practise, brunch/ lunch, walking, boat trips and general chill and connection time. Leanne has grown up in this wonderfully diverse city and spent many years horse riding, beaching and also working in the food industry, expect her to bring all of this together to give you some fantastic unique and fun experiences this summer!

Bookmark those dates!

FULL PRIMARY SERIES EXPLORATION

(practise and play)

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Come and experience this deep sequential practsie for yourselves. This Ashtanga Vinyasa practise flows with a very strong and and precise alignment on the breath, to a set sequence and works the inner techniques of bandha, drishti, ujjayi and vinyasa otherwise known as Tristhana. The sequence is logical and layers technique, so even if we adapt postures or practise with less intensity that someone who does this 6 days a week there is still a lot of energetic and psychological yoga work within this practise. Also learn how the sequence works eneregtically to awaken , enagage and control the body from toes to head, this particular Series mostly focuses on charging the base energy known as Muladhara with focus on standing postures and hip openers and forward bends and focus on bandhas and exhale patterns.

DYNAMISM, POWER AND GRACE

The inner tools of breath and bandha

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The mighty work of hatha yoga! Originally the practise of using the body to acheive yoga was intended to purify the body, awaken and unblock the energy within and attain enlightenment. Bandhas/ internal locks are still present in our modern day practise. Learn to use your yogic core to it's full potential with practises of pranayama/ breath work and bandha awareness so that you may bring power, grace, structure and safety to your yoga practise. When these skills are developed the body is light and strong and the mind hyper aware of the placement of the body meaning you may just surprise yourself!

POSTURES OF THE HATHABHYASAPADDHATI

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Have a go at practising some of the older relatives of our modern day yoga practise! This text is important and exciting as it was the first to ever 'practise manual' to set out a practise that worked with sequences! These postures moved and worked with reps, different planes of movements and had rhythm and energy, much of our modern style of moving Vinyasa practise has evolved from this text. Scholars recently rediscovered this text nestled within a larger text the Sritattvanidhi where the all important order of postures had been scrambled.

WORKSHOP 7

FULL SECOND SERIES EXPLORATION

OCTOBER 8TH IN- PERSON

Study of hip openers and forward bends

WORKSHOP 8

LIFE DRAWING WITH YIN YOGA AND MEDITATION

NOVEMBER 12TH IN PERSON

7-9pm

WORKSHOP 9

CANDLELIT RESTORATIVE YOGA AND THE UPANISADS

DECEMBER 10TH IN PERSON & Online