The second in our series of four workshops aimed at developing your practice will focus on Chataranga and the arm balance Crow!
 

Workshop 2 of 4  in our Mandala Elements series -Earth - where we will play with going up side down!

Space and Flow Workshop - The Poetry Of Vinyasa Flow!

Join Raphan Kebe on Sat 24th March from 2-4pm for an afternoon of movement, flow and fun!

A chance to develop you warrior poses, learning correct alignment and putting them together into a fun flow.

All proceeds will be going to help asylum seekers and survivors of torture and human trafficking. 

The first in a series of four Mandala Yoga workshops working with different elements and areas of the body. Join Laura Harvey from 2-4pm Sunday 4th March for an afternoon of Fire - stretching your sides for deep twists and core activation.

A 2 half-day introductory workshop designed to offer you an experience and understanding of this wonderful & ancient form of massage. Thai yoga massage is a unique and powerful healing art which combines acupressure, reflexology & applied yoga stretches. These workshops will give you the basic skills to enable you to give your loved ones a simple massage to help with common aches and pains.

Join Rachel and Ellie for a glorious afternoon of yoga, meditation, and transformative coaching set over 10 nourishing workshops in 2018. On the final Sunday of each month our #SundaySeries will explore a new topic around self care, self knowledge and growth. January's topic is the art of self-compassion - looking at self-worth, self-esteem and self-acceptance. 

A 2 half-day introductory workshop designed to offer you an experience and understanding of this wonderful & ancient form of massage. Thai yoga massage is a unique and powerful healing art which combines acupressure, reflexology & applied yoga stretches. These workshops will give you the basic skills to enable you to give your loved ones a simple massage to help with common aches and pains.

Think Vogue. Think Yoga. This is VOGA.
A fusion of Yoga and Voguing; Fitness and Fashion, set to an 80s beat and designed to empower.
Combining the breath synchronised movement of yoga with the expressive moves of the dance class, this is a guarenteed to make you feel fabulous and set you up for your Friday night.

There's MORE than nothing to it...
Tickets £15
Includes Post VOGA Mocktail/ Cocktail plus 10% off VOGA Vintage @ Paper Dress Vintage to make sure you dress to Xpress.
Book through your MindBodyOnline account or through the website

In this six-week yoga course, we will cover the key aspects of the fundamental poses of hatha and vinyasa yoga, which will help you to go on and feel confident to practice in any of our other daily classes. 

Through repetition and playful exploration of breath and movement, we will guide you through sequences specially planned to ease you into the world of yoga. Yoga is a practice and a lifelong journey, so whether you are brand new or want to refine the basics that you’ve picked up, this course will facilitate your development in a supportive and fun environment.

A teacher and an assistant will be on hand throughout the course to support you and answer any questions.  Sequences will be suitable and adaptable for beginners and all body types and levels of fitness and strength are welcome.

£58 

Led by Susie Gerke and Hannah Turner Voakes

Mondays 15th Jan – 19th Feb 6 - 7 PM 

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Think Vogue. Think Yoga. This is VOGA.
A fusion of Yoga and Voguing; Fitness and Fashion, set to an 80s beat and designed to empower.
Combining the breath synchronised movement of yoga with the expressive moves of the dance class, this is a guarenteed to make you feel fabulous and set you up for your Friday night.

There's MORE than nothing to it...
Tickets £15
Includes Post VOGA Mocktail/ Cocktail plus 10% off VOGA Vintage @ Paper Dress Vintage to make sure you dress to Xpress.
Book through your MindBodyOnline account or through the website

Join Amy Lavinia White for an immersive afternoon where you will escape the hustle and bustle of your own mind and dive deep into the centre of the heart; a place of warmth, passion, creativity and love. Combining yoga flows, breath work, meditation, kriya and free movement designed to open up and create an expansion of energy in the Anahata (heart) Chakra. 

We will end the journey with a beautiful sound healing meditation and space to journal, share or just be. 

Tea and snacks made from heart opening Cacao will also be available for you to enjoy! 

All are welcome to this even with open arms, no previous experience of the 'on the mat' yoga  is needed. 

The third and final of our chakra sessions - follow your truth with a focus on the throat, third eye & crown chakras. Join vinyasa yoga teacher Kat and reiki master Nikki in a series of chakra sessions to help you connect and release and move into and beyond areas of blocked energy. These two hour sessions are limited to intimate groups giving you the personal attention you need to benefit from the healing powers of reiki and chakra themed meditation and flows. Leave feeling relaxed and re-energised with a salad lunch to take with you. 

£35

Take some time out for yourself and join us for an afternoon of yoga and sound healing.

In this women's workshop we will be focusing on connecting to the sacral chakra and the water element in the days after the new moon, which is a powerful time for manifestation.  Danielle will lead us through yoga sequences to stimulate the endocrine system and unlock our creativity and self-love whilst nurturing our bodies. As women, we often spend time nurturing others but neglect our own self love so this afternoon is about filling our own cups. Expect energising flowing sequences followed by restorative asanas and lots of hip opening!  Our practice will be accompanied by sound vibrations from the gong. 

Louise will then lead us into a 40 minute gong meditation to seal in the practice and enable deeper relaxation and healing. There's nothing for you to do but lie down, drop anchor and receive allowing the gong's frequencies wash over you and into you, clearing any blockages and soothing any stress in the body and mind.

A gong bath is a powerful sonic meditation which enables deep relaxation to bring about peace and wellbeing for improved health. The vibrations from the gongs assist the release of emotional and energy blockages in the body and stimulate deep healing on a cellular level.  The gong slows the brainwaves, inducing a dreamlike state and opens us up to take an inner journey where our sense of time dissipates and we are left to simply 'be' and vibrate with the gong. 

We will finish with a cup of heart warming rose tea and a chat to ground you before you head back out into the world! 

This workshop is suitable for all levels.

£25

Join vinyasa yoga teacher, Kat, and Reiki master, Nikki, through a series of Chakra sessions to help you connect, release, move into and beyond areas of blocked energy. These two hour sessions are limited to intimate groups, to give you the attention you need to benefit from the healing powers of Reiki, woven into chakra themed meditation and flows. Leave feeling relaxed and re-energised with a tea and a salad lunch to go.

The second in the series of Charka session takes place on Sunday the 15th October from 2 - 4 PM. You will learn to ignite your inner fire by building some heat and this workshop will focus on the solar plexus and heart Charkras. Find your power by firing up your core, create space by opening up the heart. 

Tap into the wisdom of the body and the power of nature by integrating the vibrational healing of essential oils within a yoga practice. In this workshop we will work to access and develop the profound personal power within you, while we enhance the positive elements of the ego that drive us forward and gain an understanding of those elements of the ego that drain energy from us.

Learn about the physical and emotional benefits of essential oils and how to use them in your own practice through five unique therapeutic grade oils, each one relating to the third chakra - the chakra of honouring oneself.
 

Join vinyasa yoga teacher, Kat, and Reiki master, Nikki, through a series of Chakra sessions to help you connect, release, move into and beyond areas of blocked energy. These two hour sessions are limited to intimate groups, to give you the attention you need to benefit from the healing powers of Reiki, woven into chakra themed meditation and flows. Leave feeling relaxed and re-energised with a tea and a salad lunch to-go.

Session 1, 8th October 2-4pm – find your foundations with a focus on root & sacral Chakras

Find stability and freedom to flow, with animalistic, fluid movements and an emphasis on hip openers. 

This Yin yoga workshop will explore different ways of working within a Yin pose to help cultivate a sense of presence, and explore being with the moment to moment experience.  Using the breath, including connecting with the sense door of each organ.  Daoists use visualisation to heal the organs.  Silence and mental quietness are healthy for the heart.

When our knowingness is resting within areas within us, without aggression or distraction, we are gathered, that initiates the balance of our organism.

There are plenty of props to help support your practice.  Suitable for all levels except complete beginners.

£25 (£20 concession)

Join our PDY Queen of restorative Tracey and her beautiful Shanti Sundays bolsters this Sunday to embark on a journey to honour the Autumn Equinox with yoga, meditation and sound healing. This workshop will celebrate the new energy of the equinox as we let go of holding on in favour of being held and invite in the abundance of this new season. 
Autumn is the time for harvesting the fruits of efforts as we begin our journey inward for the colder months ahead. Take inspiration from nature who shows us beautifully how to let go and just be.
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We'll honour this cycle through dynamic and restorative yoga, meditation and a blissful sounding of the chakras with the golden-voiced, sound-healer Maria Nayler. 

We live in a world where we are always switched on and many people are suffering from burn-out. Working with the Vagus Nerve is a key way to activate the Parasympathetic Nervous System, creating balance and conscious healing.

Higher vagal tone is linked to physical and psychological wellbeing. The vagus nerve is a bundle of nerves starting at the top of the spinal cord. It activates different organs throughout the body (including the heart, lungs, liver and digestive organs). People with high vagal tone have improved immunity, cell regeneration and deal with stressful situations in a more conscious way. They are even more in-tune with their gut instincts. 

In this workshop, we will activate the Vagus Nerve through asana, breathwork, meditation, hands-on integration techniques and yoga nidra – essentially creating body awareness and deep relaxation.

Together in this space of self-exploration and deep flow restoration, we will harness ancient wisdom and plant consciousness to gain clarity, dissolve negative patterns, align our energies, boost our mood and engage with our heart's "intelligence".

Many of us are struggling with over-active minds and are unable to shut off, or connect to ourselves and others in a much more transparent and efficient way. This is where cacao and rape'h come in to guide us on a beautiful and unveiling journey. We will unfold the mind's inner layers in a subtle yet profound way, stimulating the capacity to inhabit deep awareness, clarity presence and tranquility.

Whether we want to change the world, have healthy relationships or just feel good, self-care is fundamental. Because of how we’re raised and the challenges of everyday life, many of us struggle with this. As well as using the tools of yoga to facilitate self-care, we can also use the experience of practising yoga to explore some of our deeper patterns in this area creating the potential to make profound change in our daily lives.

This workshop will be co-faclitated by Clive Fogelman and Mark Walsh. The workshop will help you:
- rest and restore deeply
- learn restorative poses and practical tools you can use yourself at home and at work
- look at the deeper patterns and obstacles underlying lack of self-care
- explore how to integrate self-care conveniently and realistically in different aspects of your life

Cost:
£35 early-bird (until 31st July) /concessions/bring a friend (you both pay £35)
£40 regular rate (from 1st Aug onwards)

The qualities of a Yin Yoga practice can be thought of as a slower, cooler and physically quieter practice, whereas a Yang practice is more physically dynamic and warming.

During this workshop we will mindfully explore and combine these two contrary forces in order to reconnect with a harmonious sense of well-being.

Benefits of this workshop:
• A conscious flow sequence/movements working on fascia level for flexibility and opening the meridians.
• A conscious stillness practice working deeper on the joints and connective tissue and calming the nervous system
• Learning how to balance the qualities of Yin and Yang

Tickets:
£15 in advance
£20 on the day

Improving balance & coordination - on & off the mat!

Balance affects everything we do in moving – standing, walking, dancing and running. Most importantly, it affects how we feel about ourselves as we move through life. 

This workshop will help improve your movement efficiency and confidence – for your mind and body. 

We will experiment with balances through the vinyasa flow
practice and encouraging a gentle playfulness to balances - if we fall, smile to ourselves and have another go!

The workshop will include an active yoga practice, pranayama, guided meditation, and a restorative practice to leave students feeling deeply rested. 

All levels are welcome!

Early bird tickets £15, £20 on the day.

Yoga by Emily Merg and Brunch by the Herb Diaries

90 Minute Heart Opening Mandala Flow
The class will move around the mat in 360 degrees, focusing on the heart chakra with lots of back bending love and a strong dynamic vinyasa flow, followed by an abundance of delicious healthy plant-based food. 

Please invite any friends, partners, siblings, parents or feel free to come alone. It will be a really friendly space and a great opportunity to chat with lovely like-minded people. 

£25 per person, please email serena@theherbdiaries.com to book.

This workshop will stimulate the organs, intestines, and spine to create heat and encourage purification by using twists as part of a vinyasa flow practice. This process will help further your personal curiosity and foster a time of solace from the demands of your day. The practice will guide you through twists and bends to give extra attention to the places where you might feel stuck.

Twists rotate the spine and stretch the muscles of the back. This helps to restore and retain the spine’s natural range of motion. If we don’t employ our natural range of motion we run the risk of our joints hardening and fusing. By extending the muscles to their full length regularly with twists, we can help to prevent this.

In twists you work with the spine and the action of ‘lengthening’ is to create space between the vertebrae. When there is a lack of space our spine tends to slump or get stuck and our energy levels drop. Through twisting we lengthen the spine and get space between the bones thereby helping the energy to flow better. Twists give us an instant energy lift and decompress the vertebrae in a safe healthy way.

This workshop will encourage movement, incorporate breath work, and give you time to rest deeply before the week ahead. All workshops will include an active yoga practice, pranayama, guided meditation, and a restorative practice to leave students feeling deeply rested. All levels are welcome!

£15 in advance
£20 on the day

Yin Yoga - A beautiful practice of slowness and softness, of checking in not checking out, of challenge and change.  Holding poses for time nourishing the connective tissue.

Yang Yoga - Working on the muscles, including Sun Salutations, standing poses and some strengthening.

Starting off with a short Yin practice, moving into the Sun Salutations with some yin poses weaved in, and then ending with a short yin practice.

An interesting mix of stillness of the body, to movement of the body, allowing yourselves to adjust the practice to nourish the body and mind to their appropriate edge for that day.

Plenty of props available to support your practice too.

All levels welcome except complete beginners.

£20 (£15 concession)

Breath workshop - Pranayama (prana=energy; yama=to guide). 
All physical, emotional, & mental stress is reflected in the breath: our breathing responds to every thought, feeling & sensation (think of the quick inhale of surprise, the exaggerated exhale in a good cry, the fast heartbeat and short, chesty breathing of anxiety).

In this workshop Tessa McLennan will show us how to work with the breath: we will practice observing it, changing it, & figure out how to feel & receive the breath with greater understanding & openness. 

We will explore the breath’s role in supporting the postures, while re-energising & rejuvenating the body. There is a strong belief that it is not muscle that enables you to hold the posture, but is the mind that creates the balance & the breath gives you the ability to hold it.

We will finish with a guided meditation to allow you to go deeper into relaxation & to help the thinking part of your brain to “switch off”. 

The workshop will include an active yoga practice, pranayama, guided meditation, & a restorative practice to leave students feeling deeply rested yet alive, clear, relaxed, & free. 

Everything is provided & all levels are welcome!

£20 in advance
£25 on the door