yoga workshops and events at yoga and pilates centre

Workshops & Events

MEDITATION WORKSHOP with Barbara Reid - 7th of September - 12.00-13.30

For beginners and "false beginners", cost £6

In a society that offers us a constant stream of distractions including TV, radio, phones and the internet, it gets harder and harder to pay attention to the present moment. Meditation is about moment-to-moment awareness - paying attention on purpose, and rediscovering all the moments that we miss out on. With regular practice, meditation can help us to become more mindful, it can help to reduce agitation and stress, and it can help to restore calm.

Come along and give meditation a try.

This is a regular workshop, suitable for beginners and people who have already had some practice. It is based on the "Vipassana" or "insight" approach to meditation, and facilitated by Barbara Reid.

Bring cushions and a blanket (some blankets available) for comfort if you sit on the floor. Chairs are available.

To book, please contact the centre. info@equilibriumyoga.co.uk or ring on 01733 370002/07765 230809.

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PRANAYAMA WORKSHOP - "The Yogic science of controlled breathing"- with Stefan Cunnington on 14th of September 2008 - 15.30-18.30

Learn how to recharge your batteries and feel refreshed at the end of a long day; how to relax and easily eliminate stress; how to improve your sleeping patterns; how to generate a profound physical and mental cleansing process; how to quieten the mind and prepare for meditation; how to influence the ageing process, how to balance and purify the nervous and endocrine system; how to lose weight and improve health.

At the heart of the realisations that made Yoga and yogis so famous is their ability to control the life force energy (Prana) that exists in each of us. This course will teach you how to feel this Prana/energy and how to use Pranayama as a curative as well as a preventive therapy.

Through the Yoga practice you become aware of the interdependence between the mind, body and spirit, whilst Pranayama teaches you how to influence them by changing the breathing patterns. This workshop aims to help you understand how and why the Yogic practice of controlled breathing is so efficient in improving health and in controlling the mind.

You will learn the breathing techniques ( Agnisara Dhauti, Surya Bedhana, Nadi Shodhana, Nauli Kriya etc) that can help you generate the power needed for self healing and personal growth.

On a physical level, regular practice of Pranayama can help diverse ailments such as diabetes, blood pressure, arthritis, digestive disorders, chronic fatigue, asthma, varicose veins, heart conditions, arteriosclerosis etc.

Teacher: Stefan Cunnington, RYT.

Stefan was born in 1973 in Romania. He started to study yoga in 1992. The Yoga school in Romania runs an intensive yoga course covering various forms of yoga: Hatha Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Laya Yoga, Mantra Yoga, Yantra Yoga, Atma Yoga, Bakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Raja Yoga, Tantra Yoga (Shaktism and Shivaism) etc. Each week there are yoga sessions consisting of practice and an initiation in a new yoga technique form one of the many above forms of yoga. After the fourth year of practice, an average session would last between 4 and 7 hours of yoga practice. Stefan started to teach in from 1995. He also organised special groups to work on different asanas, meditation, pranayama and lectures on different aspects of yoga practice. Between 1998 and 2002 he was a member of Aghora Yoga group (a specific form of Tantra which uses special practices - many of them unorthodox - for awakening Kundalini Shakti). His personal Sadhana on Kundalini Yoga and Laya Yoga, but he uses all the other initiations he has, according to the results he wants from his practice.

He came to the UK in 2003 with his English wife Teo and is now teaching courses and workshops based on the esoteric aspects of Yoga tradition (www.esotericyoga.co.uk). Stefan and Teo have a beautiful baby daughter Maria Grace born in 2006.

Cost: £18 early bird (booked and paid before 31st of August), £23 (after the 31st of August)

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Forrest Yoga Workshop - "Hips, Neck and Shoulders"- with Sandra Heider on Sunday 12th of October - 10.00-12.30

This Forrest workshop focuses on hips, neck and shoulders. The room will be heated in order to facilitate the detoxifying process. Please bring a towel and a bottle of water to the workshop, as you might sweat a lot.

Cost: £12 for members and pass holders, £15 for drop in.

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JIVAMUKTI WORKSHOP - WITH PETROS HAFFENRICHTER ON 8TH OF NOVEMBER 2008

PROGRAMME:

SESSION ONE: 10:00-12:30 - Jivamukti Masterclass
Shift your physical and mental limits in this two and half hour morning session. With the help of Hatha Yoga techniques, which go way beyond physical practices, you will open yourself step by step to presenece (shiva) and abundance (shakti). From this inner presene you will begin to savour the creative powers within you. You will open up to the experience and activate hidden potential. Freedom becomes possible.

LUNCH: 12:30-14:30
A light vegetarian buffet will be provided

SESSION TWO: 14:30–16:30 - Philosophy and Practice
This session will focus on the 5 tenets of Jivamukti Yoga. A Jivamukti yoga class involves an ever changing flow of postures (vinyasa) that is intended to challenge you on many levels. Each class revolves around a theme based on ancient wisdom an emphasises the importance of practising with an elevated intention. Chanting, meditation and inspiring music are a part of every class.

The five tenets of Jivamukti Yoga are:1) Scripture - source teachings from ancient Sanskrit scriptures; 2) Bhakti - devotion, finding a greater purpose for our lives; 3) Ahimsa - non-harming, understanding how our actions affect other beings; 4) Music - nada yoga (the yoga of sound), chanting and listening to inspirational music; 5) Meditation - turning inwards and reconnecting to our true selves

Cost: £35 (if booked before 08/10/2008) or £38 thereafter

ABOUT PETROS:

Petros is an Advanced Jivamukti Yoga teacher, who lives, teaches and sings in Munich, Germany, and holds workshops, kirtans and retreats throughout the world. He inspires his students to be mindful and be true to their hearts in whatever they do. So we can always return to that place where - independently from outer circumstances - we always find peace: within our hearts. Many times, we meet obstacles on our paths: our intellect, our body, our expectations and preferences. Yoga gives us the possibility to free ourselves from these hindrances that keep us from experiencing our true nature - that what we really are: free, wild, full of love and joy - without conditioning, without fear.

Petros is thankful for all teachers and circumstances that give us the chance to experience this feeling of unity, of non-separateness - to eventually learn to accept the greatest of all teachers: our life itself. Om Shanti.

To book, please contact the centre. Limited spaces available. info@equilibriumyoga.co.uk or ring on 01733 370002/07765 230809.

Cancellation policy: To book a place on this workshop, pre-payment is required. A cancellation fee of £20 applies. The workshop fee is completely non-refundable if less than 2 weeks notice is given.