A chance to dive in and explore different aspects of Presence,
through Yoga practice with Anna & guided Meditation with Stephen.
Unless otherwise stated each theme has as short series of three afternoon/evening workshops.
We do recommend coming to all three if you can, in order to explore each theme fully.
However individual workshops are also bookable as stand alone dates.
Online Winter Workshop
'Hibernation Time'
January 2024
'Hibernation Time'
January 2024
3 x 2.5hr Workshops over 3 consecutive days:
Saturday 6th Jan 4-6:30pm
Sunday 7th Jan 4-6:30pm
Monday 8th Jan 6-8:30pm
£75 for all three dates. Individual sessions also bookable at £25 each
Saturday 6th Jan 4-6:30pm
Sunday 7th Jan 4-6:30pm
Monday 8th Jan 6-8:30pm
£75 for all three dates. Individual sessions also bookable at £25 each
Happy to say it is almost this time of year again! I love these midwinter online workshops and I hope you'll be able to join me for this one. A chance to rest deeply into ourselves, to let ourselves be held by the earth and perhaps to melt into a warm cosy inner glow. We will combine this inner warmth with external rest and stillness, exploring different restorative yoga poses that support us to rest and recharge deeply.
Each session will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen along with careful and detailed yoga with Anna. There will also be time at the beginning and end of each day to check in and have a short discussion around the theme of 'hibernation' and how we relate to that personally.
- Yoga: A blend of restorative yoga and some gentle somatic movement. Also including some of our more structural poses, including some work in standing and on all fours. But always with choice and in a slow and gentle winter workshop style.
- Meditation: Stephen will guide you through sensory experience to focus on your body and it's capacity to receive different qualities being invited in. Each day will deepen the meditation, building on what has come before. For this reason it is recommended to attend all three days if you can. However we are accepting bookings for individual days if you can only make one or two of the dates.
Previous Workshops..
Spring Workshop Series
'The Unfurling Self'
April 2023
3 x 2.5hr Workshops over 3 consecutive days on Zoom
Saturday 15th April 3-5:30pm
Sunday 16th April 3-5:30pm
Monday 17th April 6-8:30pm
£75 for all three dates. Individual sessions bookable for £30 each.
With the vibrant colours of spring flowers and blossom, and days becoming longer, there's a sense of lifting my gaze and expanding my horizons after the more inward focus of winter. Taking inspiration from nature, if we consider ourselves under the warmth of the golden sun and receiving the nourishment of soft rain, what wants to come forth in us? What is life asking of us? What expression wants to unfurl from the deeper parts of ourselves? Maybe we are called to action in some way, or to new forms of creativity, or to new ways of being of service in the world. Without needing to find any particular answers, we can simply hold these questions lightly in the background as we practice. During these workshops we will tune into the deep wisdom of the body and allow ourselves to be carried by the grace of the practice.
Each session will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen along with careful and detailed yoga with Anna. There will also be time at the beginning and end of each day to check in and have a short discussion around the themes and how we relate to them personally.
Saturday 15th April 3-5:30pm
Sunday 16th April 3-5:30pm
Monday 17th April 6-8:30pm
£75 for all three dates. Individual sessions bookable for £30 each.
With the vibrant colours of spring flowers and blossom, and days becoming longer, there's a sense of lifting my gaze and expanding my horizons after the more inward focus of winter. Taking inspiration from nature, if we consider ourselves under the warmth of the golden sun and receiving the nourishment of soft rain, what wants to come forth in us? What is life asking of us? What expression wants to unfurl from the deeper parts of ourselves? Maybe we are called to action in some way, or to new forms of creativity, or to new ways of being of service in the world. Without needing to find any particular answers, we can simply hold these questions lightly in the background as we practice. During these workshops we will tune into the deep wisdom of the body and allow ourselves to be carried by the grace of the practice.
Each session will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen along with careful and detailed yoga with Anna. There will also be time at the beginning and end of each day to check in and have a short discussion around the themes and how we relate to them personally.
- Yoga: A blend of movement and stillness, sometimes playful, often exploratory, including familiar poses and also looking for new pathways of movement, that might open us up in new ways.
- Meditation: Stephen will guide you through sensory experience to focus on your body and it's capacity to receive different qualities being invited in. Each day will deepen the meditation, building on what has come before. For this reason it is recommended to attend all three days if you can. However we are accepting bookings for individual days if you can only make one or two of the dates.
Midwinter Workshop Series
'Deep Listening'
Dec 2022
3 x 2.5hr Workshops over 3 consecutive days
Saturday 17th December 4-6:30pm
Sunday 18th December 4-6:30pm
Monday 19th December 6-8:30pm
As we approach the winter solstice and shortest day, a chance to allow our whole selves to be embraced by the quiet and the luminous darkness.
Saturday 17th December 4-6:30pm
Sunday 18th December 4-6:30pm
Monday 19th December 6-8:30pm
As we approach the winter solstice and shortest day, a chance to allow our whole selves to be embraced by the quiet and the luminous darkness.
Images by Zotan Tasi, via unsplash
This time of year can be hectic on the surface level, with preparations for festivities etc. But underneath there is a deep quiet space, just waiting for us to stop a while and pay attention to it.
Each session will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen along with careful yoga with Anna. There will also be time at the beginning and end of each day to check in and have a short discussion around the themes and how we relate to them personally.
- Yoga: Slowing down, focusing on finding our inner structure and inner quiet. Including plenty of restorative, restful poses, along with some stabilising standing work. A chance to spend more time drinking in the often under-rated benefits of mountain pose! Quiet, steady, strong & focused.
- Meditation: Stephen will guide you through sensory experience to focus on your body and it's capacity to receive the different qualities being invited in. Each day will deepen the meditation, building on what has come before. For this reason it is recommended to attend all three days if you can. However we are accepting bookings for individual days if you can only make one or two of the dates.
"Self-knowledge is a fiercely attentive form of humility and thankfulness, a sense of the privilege of a particular form of participation, coming to know the way we hold the conversation of life"
" ... We begin to join the conversation through the portal of a present unknowing, robust vulnerability, revealing in the way we listen, a different ear, a more perceptive eye, an imagination refusing to come too early to a conclusion" David Whyte
Midsummer Workshop
'Creative Flow & Abundance'
June 2022
3 x 2.5hr Workshops over 3 consecutive days
Saturday 25th 4-6:30pm
Sunday 26th 4-6:30pm
Monday 27th 6-8:30pm
£75 for all three dates. Individual sessions also bookable at £25 each
Saturday 25th 4-6:30pm
Sunday 26th 4-6:30pm
Monday 27th 6-8:30pm
£75 for all three dates. Individual sessions also bookable at £25 each
I just love these images by @daiga_ellaby in Latvia, via Unsplash.
As I write this on a very windy Welsh day in mid May, I can't quite believe that midsummer is around the corner..! But a month from now we will be approaching the summer solstice; longest day and shortest night. This workshop will be an opportunity to celebrate the qualities of midsummer that we can observe in the natural world around us. A way to invite those qualities into our own bodies. A free-flowing felt sense of creativity, vibrancy and full-bodied aliveness. A shimmering, glistening, inner glow that is right here, ready to permeate our whole being.. leading to an joyful sense of self expression, an openness to abundance and a general delight in life! We can't wait to dive into this theme with you. :)
Each session will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen along with careful and detailed yoga with Anna. There will also be time at the beginning and end of each day to check in and have a short discussion around the themes and how we relate to them personally.
Each session will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen along with careful and detailed yoga with Anna. There will also be time at the beginning and end of each day to check in and have a short discussion around the themes and how we relate to them personally.
- Yoga: A blend of some more active, flowing sequences, including sun salutations and standing balances. As always working at our own pace, finding personal expression through the body.
- Meditation: Stephen will guide you through sensory experience to focus on your body and it's capacity to receive the different qualities being invited in. Each day will deepen the meditation, building on what has come before. For this reason it is recommended to attend all three days if you can. However we are accepting bookings for individual days if you can only make one or two of the dates.
Online Winter Workshop
'Into The Deep'
January 2022
'Into The Deep'
January 2022
3 x 2.5hr Workshops over 3 consecutive days:
Saturday 15th Jan 4-6:30pm
Sunday 16th Jan 4-6:30pm
Monday 17th Jan 6-8:30pm
£75 for all three dates. Individual sessions also bookable at £25 each
Saturday 15th Jan 4-6:30pm
Sunday 16th Jan 4-6:30pm
Monday 17th Jan 6-8:30pm
£75 for all three dates. Individual sessions also bookable at £25 each
This time of year brings forward a desire to turn inwards and rest. Our Winter Workshop is designed to be an opportunity to honour that longing and to stay a while in that deep, dream-like state, where we can receive nourishment and inspiration. Almost exclusively restorative yoga poses this time, with Stephen's meditation guiding us into a state of profound peace. From this starting point we can deeply rest into the support of bolsters/pillows and blankets, in a kind of hibernatory nest.
Each session will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen along with careful and detailed yoga with Anna. There will also be time at the beginning and end of each day to check in and have a short discussion around the themes and how we relate to them personally.
Each session will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen along with careful and detailed yoga with Anna. There will also be time at the beginning and end of each day to check in and have a short discussion around the themes and how we relate to them personally.
- Yoga: Focusing on restorative poses using support from props. With a little somatic movement and the gentlest of Scaravelli style yoga. Please have ready a couple of pillows (or a bolster), blankets and cushions. If you have them yoga blocks can be handy and an eye pillow is always a treat if you have one.
- Meditation: Stephen will guide you through sensory experience to focus on your body and it's capacity to receive the different qualities being invited in. Each day will deepen the meditation, building on what has come before. For this reason it is recommended to attend all three days if you can. However we are accepting bookings for individual days if you can only make one or two of the dates.
LONDON WORKSHOP!
Yoga & Meditation for Autumn
October 24th
3-5:30pm
£25
Yoga & Meditation for Autumn
October 24th
3-5:30pm
£25
Venue:
Holdspace
Wynford Hall
Risinghill Street
N1 9SY
Limited to 8 students, so that we can keep a safe distance between mats.
A space for community to gather (holdspace.co.uk)
Workshop Format: Scaravelli Yoga with Anna including some more stimulating poses and sequences, winding down into quieter more restful poses, including Somatics and some Restorative Poses. With the theme of Autumn as our backdrop we will explore what the body needs at this time of year and reflect on the ways in which we can attune to the rhythm of the seasons through the body. Also including Guided Meditation with Stephen and time to check in with each other with a brief discussion at the beginning and end.
Mats, blankets and cushions are provided at the venue, but you are encouraged to bring your own equipment if you prefer.
Please note COVID-19 guidelines apply - Do not attend if you have symptoms or have been asked to isolate. Please use the hand sanitizer provided, maintain social distancing inside the building and consider bringing your own mat if possible. All bookings are transferable/refundable at this time.
Mats, blankets and cushions are provided at the venue, but you are encouraged to bring your own equipment if you prefer.
Please note COVID-19 guidelines apply - Do not attend if you have symptoms or have been asked to isolate. Please use the hand sanitizer provided, maintain social distancing inside the building and consider bringing your own mat if possible. All bookings are transferable/refundable at this time.
September Workshop - Finding Peace & Stillness
3 x 2.5hr Workshops over 3 consecutive days:
Saturday 11th Sep 4-6:30pm
Sunday 12th Sep 4-6:30pm
Monday 13th Sep 7-9:30pm
£75 for all three dates. Individual sessions also bookable at £25 each
Saturday 11th Sep 4-6:30pm
Sunday 12th Sep 4-6:30pm
Monday 13th Sep 7-9:30pm
£75 for all three dates. Individual sessions also bookable at £25 each
Like the stillness of night we can feel our own inner stillness as deeply peaceful, as full of majesty and power, and yet also quiet, silent and intimate. Resting in this inner night we can replenish ourselves in the midst of our daily life, finding an intuitive knowing that only comes in silence.
Our inner space becomes luminous with the presence of stillness.
'You, darkness, that I come from
I love you more than all the fires
that fence in the world,
for the fire makes a circle of light for everyone
and then no one outside learns of you.
But the darkness pulls in everything-
shapes and fires, animals and myself,
how easily it gathers them! -
powers and people -
and it is possible a great presence is moving near me.
I have faith in nights.'
- Rilke
Our inner space becomes luminous with the presence of stillness.
'You, darkness, that I come from
I love you more than all the fires
that fence in the world,
for the fire makes a circle of light for everyone
and then no one outside learns of you.
But the darkness pulls in everything-
shapes and fires, animals and myself,
how easily it gathers them! -
powers and people -
and it is possible a great presence is moving near me.
I have faith in nights.'
- Rilke
- Each day will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen along with careful and detailed yoga with Anna. There will also be time at the beginning and end of each day to check in and have a short discussion around the themes and how we relate to them personally.
- Yoga: Each day will have a blend of Scaravelli style yoga and some restorative poses using support from props. Please have ready a couple of pillows (or a bolster) blankets and cushions. If you have them yoga blocks can be handy and an eye pillow is always a treat if you have one!
- Meditation: Stephen will guide you through sensory experience to focus on your body and it's capacity to receive the different qualities being invited in. Each day will deepen the meditation, building on what has come before. For this reason it is recommended to attend all three days if you can. However we are accepting bookings for individual days if you can only make one or two of the dates.
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This is an online workshop via Zoom. You will receive a joining link on booking. Any questions feel free to get in touch!
May Workshop - Nourishment, Satisfaction, Fulfilment
3 x 2.5hr Workshops over 3 consecutive days:
Saturday 15th May 4-6:30pm
Sunday 16th May 4-6:30pm
Monday 17th May 7-9:30pm
£75 for all three dates. Individual sessions also bookable at £25 each.
Taking the time to nurture ourselves, exploring what feels nourishing and satisfying in our bodies, we can be released into a space of deep inner contentment and satisfaction where we can actually sense what we need most. Through guided meditation and gentle yoga we'll access a state of inner nourishment where we feel we have all we need and are relieved of any sense of scarcity or lack.
Saturday 15th May 4-6:30pm
Sunday 16th May 4-6:30pm
Monday 17th May 7-9:30pm
£75 for all three dates. Individual sessions also bookable at £25 each.
Taking the time to nurture ourselves, exploring what feels nourishing and satisfying in our bodies, we can be released into a space of deep inner contentment and satisfaction where we can actually sense what we need most. Through guided meditation and gentle yoga we'll access a state of inner nourishment where we feel we have all we need and are relieved of any sense of scarcity or lack.
- Each workshop will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen along with careful and detailed yoga with Anna. There will also be time at the beginning and end of each day to check in and have a short discussion around the themes and how we relate to them personally.
- Yoga: Each day will have a blend of Scaravelli style yoga and some restorative poses using support from props. Please have ready a couple of pillows (or a bolster) blankets and cushions. If you have them yoga blocks can be handy and an eye pillow is always a treat if you have one!
- Meditation: Stephen will guide you through sensory experience to focus on your body and it's capacity to receive the different qualities being invited in. Each day will deepen the meditation, building on what has come before. For this reason it is recommended to attend all three days if you can. However we are accepting bookings for individual days if you can only make one or two of the dates.
This is an online workshop via Zoom. You will receive a joining link on booking. Any questions feel free to get in touch!
Spring Equinox Workshop - Joy, Compassion & Appreciation
This year more than ever the coming of Spring feels like a long awaited gift, bringing a sense of hope along with the returning warmth, fresh green shoots and the welcome colours of spring flowers and blossom. This workshop takes the themes that arrive on the Spring breeze and explores them through the body. Perhaps we can feel a softening in ourselves as the warmth returns, a compassionate tenderness, along with a buoyancy and lightness of spirit. A warm smile spreading throughout the body, like buttercups spreading through a field. A gentle heart-opening expansion like pink blossoms opening on a Cherry tree..
3 x 2.5hr Workshops over 3 consecutive days:
Saturday 20th March 4-6:30pm
Sunday 21st March 4-6:30pm
Monday 22nd March 7-9:30pm
Saturday Joyful Curiosity - Being open and curious about our current state of being.
Sunday Compassionate Acceptance - Meeting ourselves with compassionate acceptance for what is really happening.
Monday Perfect Unfoldment - Finally we will give ourselves the gift of hearty appreciation for the perfection of our own unfolding process.
3 x 2.5hr Workshops over 3 consecutive days:
Saturday 20th March 4-6:30pm
Sunday 21st March 4-6:30pm
Monday 22nd March 7-9:30pm
Saturday Joyful Curiosity - Being open and curious about our current state of being.
Sunday Compassionate Acceptance - Meeting ourselves with compassionate acceptance for what is really happening.
Monday Perfect Unfoldment - Finally we will give ourselves the gift of hearty appreciation for the perfection of our own unfolding process.
Each workshop will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen along with quiet and restful yoga with Anna. There will also be time at the beginning and end of each day to check in and have a short discussion around the themes and how we relate to them personally.
Yoga:
Each day will have a blend of Scaravelli style yoga and some restorative poses using support from props. Please have ready a couple of pillows (or a bolster) blankets and cushions. If you have them yoga blocks can also be useful, but don't worry if you don't have these. An eye pillow or something similar to place over your eyes can add to the full experience of withdrawing your senses as you rest inwards.
Meditation:
Stephen will guide you through sensory experience to focus on your body and it's capacity to receive the different qualities being invited in. Each day will have a different particular focus (as described above) and each day will deepen the meditation, building on what has come before. For this reason it is recommended to attend all three days if you can. However we are accepting bookings for individual days if you can only make one or two of the dates.
Workshop for Imbolc - Resting in our Roots & Absorbing Nourishment
Photos: mila tovar, brigitta schneiter & csaba talaba via unsplash
3 x 2.5hr Workshops over 3 consecutive days:
Sat 6th Feb 4-6:30pm
Sun 7th Feb 4-6:30pm
Mon 8th Feb 7-9:30pm
We will focus on the 'bare bones' of winter (think bare tree branches silhouetted against the sky) as well as the sense of something slowly beginning to stir inside.. Just as the sap begins to rise in the trees, we can tap into that which is stirring inside us.. melting and flowing, a sense of something beginning to thaw deep in our veins, bringing a sweetness with it..
Saturday - Inner Support, Grounding and Ease. Beginning with allowing ourselves just to be, relaxing into the ground, dropping anxiety and worry and discovering the support and solidity in just being. Effortlessly centered we can let go and surrender to our inner structure of groundedness.
Sunday - Melting, Soothing and Healing. We will evoke an essence that soothes the nerves, bathing them in a soft, golden honey that melts and lubricates our whole nervous system through a quality that is sweet and melting.
Monday - Safety, Grounding and Holding. We'll melt further into a quality that brings a sense of inner and outer safety. Allowing us to trust the wisdom within, as we relax into what feels like fresh, warm sunshine. Held in an atmosphere of bright, golden warmth our whole system can relax and open, releasing deep layers of tension and frozenness.
Photos: patrick hendry & jannik kiel via unsplash
Each workshop will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen along with quiet and restful yoga with Anna. There will also be time at the beginning and end of each day to check in and have a short discussion around the themes and how we relate to them personally.
Yoga:
The first day will include some quiet standing poses as well as floor based slow moving yoga as we explore the theme of growing our roots into the earth and finding support for our physical frames from that connection with the ground. The following two days will have a blend of Scaravelli style yoga and some restorative poses using support from props. Please have ready a couple of pillows (or a bolster) blankets and cushions. If you have them yoga blocks can also be useful, but don't worry if you don't have these. An eye pillow or something similar to place over your eyes can add to the full experience of withdrawing your senses as you rest inwards.
Meditation:
Stephen will guide you through sensory experience to focus on your body and it's capacity to receive the different qualities being invited in. Each day will have a different particular focus (as described above) and each day will deepen the meditation, building on what has come before. For this reason it is recommended to attend all three days if you can. However we are accepting bookings for individual days if you can only make one or two of the dates.
£75 for all three days. £25 per day. Workshop delivered online via Zoom. Login details provided on booking.
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I am Imbolc
by Caroline Mellor I am the dream of awakening. I am the returning of the light. I am the tough green shoot pushing up through the pavestones, I am the first kiss of sunlight on the unfurling petals of the snowdrop. I am the wind which whispers the gentle pull of home to the migratory bird. I am the drop of ice melting on the mountainside with its great dream of the ocean. I am the sap rising in the blossom tree just before it reveals its sticky buds to the sky; I am the riotous celebration humming away beneath the earth’s mantle of frozen sleep. I am the rousing of the bee from its winter slumber, and the soft pad of the mother-wolf’s paw on the snow as she prepares to birth her pups. I am hope, potential, rebirth and promise. I am the kindling breath which transforms the flicker of inspiration in your creative core into a blazing torch. Give me the silent crescent moon rising over the sea and I will build you a bridge of silver light so you can walk up and lie in it. Give me the frost-hardened wilderness and I will breathe radiant green life over it. I am the stirring in your belly which knows exactly what you are capable of — and that it’s time the world found out. I am the fire within which will not be contained any longer. I am the quickening, I am the serpent uncoiling, I am Imbolc. |
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash
Photo by Katie Burnett on Unsplash
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Winter Solstice At Home Mini Retreat - Resting in the Ground of Being
photos by aaron burden via unsplash
Three 2.5 hr Workshops over Three Consecutive Days..
Sat Dec 19th 4-6:30pm
Sun Dec 20th 4-6:30pm
Mon Dec 21st 7-9:30pm
Sun Dec 20th 4-6:30pm
Mon Dec 21st 7-9:30pm
Saturday - Inner Support, Grounding and Rest. Rest, relaxation and grounding. Beginning with allowing ourselves just to be, relaxing into the ground, dropping anxiety and worry and discovering the support and solidity in resting. Softening our tissues and nerves and surrendering our tensions we sink down into our roots and settle into inner support and groundedness.
Sunday - Bone Deep Rest. Resting even further into our bones and marrow, going deeply into the ground of being to find a quality of rest that is utterly still, empty and peaceful like a luminous night sky - deep, crisp and dark.
Monday - Cellular Refreshment. A quality of rest that brings brightness and lightness to every cell, leaving us feeling clean, clear and gently effervescent. Here we feel complete while at rest, our anxieties and worries around lack or neediness fade away as our being becomes illuminated by a refreshing brilliancy. We are able to simply abide in serene repose.
Sunday - Bone Deep Rest. Resting even further into our bones and marrow, going deeply into the ground of being to find a quality of rest that is utterly still, empty and peaceful like a luminous night sky - deep, crisp and dark.
Monday - Cellular Refreshment. A quality of rest that brings brightness and lightness to every cell, leaving us feeling clean, clear and gently effervescent. Here we feel complete while at rest, our anxieties and worries around lack or neediness fade away as our being becomes illuminated by a refreshing brilliancy. We are able to simply abide in serene repose.
£75 for all three days. £25 per day. Workshop delivered online via Zoom. Login details provided on booking.
Each workshop will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen along with quiet and restful yoga with Anna. There will also be time at the beginning and end of each day to check in and have a short discussion around the themes and how we relate to them personally.
Yoga:
The first day will include some quiet standing poses as well as floor based slow moving yoga as we explore the theme of growing our roots into the earth and finding support for our physical frames from that connection with the ground. The following two days will have almost exclusively restorative yoga poses, using support from props at home as well as well as the ground itself. Please have ready a couple of pillows (or a bolster) blankets and cushions. If you have them yoga blocks can also be of use, but don't worry if you don't have these. An eye pillow or something similar to place over your eyes can add to the full experience of withdrawing your senses as you rest inwards.
Meditation:
Stephen will guide you through sensory experience to focus on your body and it's capacity to receive support and surrender to the ground. Each day will invite a different particular focus (as described above) and each day will deepen the meditation, building on what has come before. For this reason it is recommended to attend all three days if you can. However we are accepting bookings for individual days if you can only make one or two of the dates.
Yoga:
The first day will include some quiet standing poses as well as floor based slow moving yoga as we explore the theme of growing our roots into the earth and finding support for our physical frames from that connection with the ground. The following two days will have almost exclusively restorative yoga poses, using support from props at home as well as well as the ground itself. Please have ready a couple of pillows (or a bolster) blankets and cushions. If you have them yoga blocks can also be of use, but don't worry if you don't have these. An eye pillow or something similar to place over your eyes can add to the full experience of withdrawing your senses as you rest inwards.
Meditation:
Stephen will guide you through sensory experience to focus on your body and it's capacity to receive support and surrender to the ground. Each day will invite a different particular focus (as described above) and each day will deepen the meditation, building on what has come before. For this reason it is recommended to attend all three days if you can. However we are accepting bookings for individual days if you can only make one or two of the dates.
photo via unsplash
photo by jonas verstuyft via unsplash
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"How surely gravity’s law,
strong as an ocean current, takes hold of even the smallest thing and pulls it toward the heart of the world. Each thing-- each stone, blossom, child-- is held in place. Only we, in our arrogance, push out beyond what we each belong to for some empty freedom. If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. Instead we entangle ourselves in knots of our own making and struggle, lonely and confused. So, like children, we begin again to learn from the things, because they are in God’s heart; they have never left [God]. This is what the things can teach us: to fall, patiently to trust our heaviness. Even a bird has to do that before he can fly." —Rainer Maria Rilke |
Free Flowing Vitality
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Oct 10th - Aliveness, Creativity & Exuberance Oct 24th - Spirit of Adventure - Expanding beyond old limits Nov 7th - Strength, Courage & Action Book all three workshops for £60. Individual workshops £22, Concession £15. Each workshop will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen, bookended by a more active yoga practice with a special focus on the theme of Vitality. At the beginning and end of the session there will be time for sharing, discussion and questions on our theme. I'm particularly looking forward to this theme as the yoga in this workshop will be more dynamic than in most of my classes! This workshop is for you is you would like to explore how it feels to be naturally energised and ready for committed action! We will use carefully selected yoga poses and sequences to promote an embodied sense of full-blooded aliveness, strength, fearlessness and capability. How does it feel to allow ourselves to expand beyond old limits? Can we give ourselves permission to explore new ways of being, new perspectives and new horizons with a visceral zest for life itself? This aspect of Presence also helps us to stand up for ourselves, supporting us in maintaining healthy boundaries and finding the courage to fight for what we believe in. Think Warrior Pose, the Bhagavad Gita and the yogic concept of Tapas - inner fire & natural discipline. |
This aspect of Presence is often associated with the colour red.
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"The Earth is teaming with life. Life is continuously producing endless forms and variations with an amazing creativity, exuberance and force. We find life advancing in the remotest and harshest environments. We see grass breaking through concrete. Life is whole-heartedly engaged in its own creative action with no self-restraint.
Just like life on the planet, Being is a creative force and is continuously producing an abundance of forms, shapes, and experiences. This aspect of Being is what we feel when we feel vitality, strength, and courage. It is what we feel when we feel alive, adventurous, expansive, and fearless. When we forget our selves, when we are total in our action, when we feel zest for life well up in us, we are aware of this aspect of Being within ourselves.
Becoming familiar with this state, dissolves any issues around feeling anger, frustration, fear of separation, and issues around procrastination, lethargy, and lack of vitality. The more we become familiar with the sense of energetic surplus, the more we can meet life’s challenges and opportunities head on. We come to know ourselves as energetic, engaged, and rich in initiative in an unforced, relaxed and happy way." Claus Springborg.
Just like life on the planet, Being is a creative force and is continuously producing an abundance of forms, shapes, and experiences. This aspect of Being is what we feel when we feel vitality, strength, and courage. It is what we feel when we feel alive, adventurous, expansive, and fearless. When we forget our selves, when we are total in our action, when we feel zest for life well up in us, we are aware of this aspect of Being within ourselves.
Becoming familiar with this state, dissolves any issues around feeling anger, frustration, fear of separation, and issues around procrastination, lethargy, and lack of vitality. The more we become familiar with the sense of energetic surplus, the more we can meet life’s challenges and opportunities head on. We come to know ourselves as energetic, engaged, and rich in initiative in an unforced, relaxed and happy way." Claus Springborg.
Space, Freedom & Openness
5th Sep
12th Sep
26th Sep
Individual workshop £20 or £15 to Wingspan Yogi Members
Each workshop will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen, bookended by gentle yoga practice with a special focus on the theme of space.
The aspect of Space brings us freedom, receptivity, expansion and openness.
Looking at the vast open sky, we can get a sense of blissful freedom in the infinite space that surrounds us. The nature of the sky is to allow anything to move through it without resisting it and without being affected by it.
Just as the sky is vast and open, yet never affected by anything, so also is the essence of mind. It is the basic nature of our mind to never resist any thought, emotion or sensation that moves through it. And the mind itself remains unaffected by any of its content. Any experience we have of freedom, expansion, openness, and receptivity, is echoing the sensory experience of our sky-like mind.
Sensing the sky-like nature of our mind gives us the capacity to freely allow change and openness while at the same time feeling effortlessly stable. The more we are able to sense the inner open sky, the more freedom we feel in life and the more receptive we become to life and other people and our own true nature.
12th Sep
26th Sep
Individual workshop £20 or £15 to Wingspan Yogi Members
Each workshop will include a 30 minute meditation guided by Stephen, bookended by gentle yoga practice with a special focus on the theme of space.
The aspect of Space brings us freedom, receptivity, expansion and openness.
Looking at the vast open sky, we can get a sense of blissful freedom in the infinite space that surrounds us. The nature of the sky is to allow anything to move through it without resisting it and without being affected by it.
Just as the sky is vast and open, yet never affected by anything, so also is the essence of mind. It is the basic nature of our mind to never resist any thought, emotion or sensation that moves through it. And the mind itself remains unaffected by any of its content. Any experience we have of freedom, expansion, openness, and receptivity, is echoing the sensory experience of our sky-like mind.
Sensing the sky-like nature of our mind gives us the capacity to freely allow change and openness while at the same time feeling effortlessly stable. The more we are able to sense the inner open sky, the more freedom we feel in life and the more receptive we become to life and other people and our own true nature.
