Brahmani Yoga Weekend Workshops
November
Awakening The Spine
Helen Noakes Sunday 18 November, 2007 9:00-12:00
In this workshop you are invited to work with the inspirations of VANDA SCARAVELLI. We will discover and explore the softness and lightness in our practice of asana with the guidance of adjustments and partner work... more
Simple Arm Balances and Inversions
Eileen Gauthier Saturday 24 November, 2007 2:00-5:00
Suitable for beginners and more advanced students, this workshop will
explore the principles of arm balances and inversions including
preparations and/or variations for shoulderstands, headstands, bakasanas,
handstands... more
Integral Yoga
with Ada Bilu Sunday 25 November, 2007 2:00-5:00
Workshop focusing on body-mind integration will include Relaxation, Meditation, Pranayama and Asana... more
December
Women's Yoga 1 - Honouring Shakti
Viriam Kaur Saturday 1 December, 2007 2:00-5:00
"A Woman should trust her own insticts, her own psyche, her own intuition more than anything else."
Yogi Bhajan
This workshop will work with yoga and reveal secret meditations for women from the tradition of Kundalini Yoga... more
Intro to 2nd Series
Julie Martin Saturday 1 December, 2007 3:00-6:00
Whether you do second series or not this workshop will be a great exploration into the way the 2nd series works on the muscles, nervous and cardiovascular systems... more
Introduction to Reflexology
Ashley Bond Sunday 9 December, 2007 2:00-5:00
This is a one day workshop designed to give you an insight into this fascinating form of holistic therapy. Ashley will give you guidance through working hands-on with some of the major pressure points and areas of the feet... Read more
Lead Primary 7:30-9:30
Opening of the Shoulders & Upper Back 2:00-5:00
with Rolf and Marci Naujokat Sunday 16 December, 2007
Lead Primary:
Rolf will guide students through the entire Primary series of the Ashtanga system, pose by pose, breath by breath, according to the teaching of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois.
Opening of the Shoulders & Upper Back:
This workshop will focus on isolating and opening the areas of the upper back and shoulders... more
Beyond the Mind - Rediscovering the Body-Instinct
with Viriam Kaur Saturday 22 December, 2007 2:00-5:00
"Knowledge only becomes real wisdom when you experience it with your heart and being."
Yogi Bhajan
The third chakra is all about our instinctual self - our gut instinct. Sizing up somebody's intentions towards you can happen in a split-second from the gut, but we usually defer to the 'rational' mind... Read more
Partner Yoga Workshop
Anna Smallwood & Nathan Gray Sunday 23 December, 2007 2:00-5:00
This workshop with Anna Smallwood & Nathan Gray will
take you through a flowing sequence of Yoga Postures where you will
discover how effectively you can incorporate someone else into your
practice... Read more
Breakdown of Surya Namaskar
Ashley Bond Saturday 29 December, 2007 2:00-5:00
Breaking down and working on alignment and perfecting the saluts to the sun of Ashtanga Yoga... Read
more
Marketing for Yogis
Nathan Gray Sunday 30 December, 2007 2:00-5:00
This workshop will give you a wealth of promotional and
marketing ideas to help you create a successful business from your Yoga
Teaching... Read
more
January
Awakening The Spine
Helen Noakes Sunday 6 January, 2008 9:00-12:00
In this workshop you are invited to work with the inspirations of VANDA
SCARAVELLI. We will discover and explore the softness and lightness
in our practice of asana with the guidance of adjustments and partner
work... Read more
Introduction to the Second Series
Melanie Cooper Sunday 13 January, 2008 9:00-12:00
The Astanga Vinyasa Primary Series is known as yoga chikitsa or yoga therapy and it cleanses and tones the body... And it lays the foundation for the second series... Read more
Vinyasa Flow sequencing
Julie Martin Saturday 19 January, 2008 2:00-5:00
A workshop for teachers and practitioners looking to develop flowing sequences for classes or private practise.
We will be playing around with discovering how to link postures, natural direction changes and finding your own ability to create sequences. Read more
Kundalini Yoga for Women - Radiating Grace
Viriam Kaur Friday 25 January, 2008 2:00-5:00
Through Kundalini Yoga and Meditations, we will learn to rise above
all situations that trigger reactions in us, that make us act out of
habit rather than awareness and work to create a flow of Grace within
us... Read more
Yoga Dance Jam
with Julie Martin Saturday 26 January, 2008 2:00-5:00
This workshop will take you through a self exploration
of the body and how it moves. We will start with a basis of yoga asanas
and then start to experiment with ranges of motion... Read more
February
The Anatomy of Yoga
Helen Noakes Sunday 3 February, 2008 9:00-12:00
In
this workshop we will be discovering through self enquiry and exploration
how we can deepen our own practice. You will be encouraged to listen
to your own body and its rhythms and translate those experiences into
physical awareness and explore them on the mat... Read
more
Adjustment Workshop
Julie Martin and Nathan Gray Monday 4 February to Friday 8 February, 2008 3:00-5:30
Enhance your current adjustment skills and learn more
advance adjustments in this 5 day workshop. You will learn how to use
the basic foundations of adjusting and take it further into all postures,
how to follow lines of movement and breath to encourage bodies to get
a new depth without force... Read
more
Beyond the Mind - Waking up your Inner Vibration with Mantra
Viriam Kaur Saturday 9 February, 2008 2:00-5:00"Love is the door. Chanting is the key."
Bhagavan Das
To create change within ourselves, we have to go beyond the mind and detoxify ourselves on all levels - physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually... Read more
Partner Yoga Workshop
Flying Monkey Yoga Saturday 16 February, 2008 2:00-5:00
The Flying Monkey Yoga Company invites you to a fun packed Partner Yoga
workshop. Flying Monkey Partner Yoga combines traditional disciplines
of Hatha Yoga, breath work, some balances and very basic acrobatics
and massage techniques... Read
more
The Soul's Body
Jo Cobbett Saturday 16 - Wednesday 20 February, 2008 TBA
Utilizing dance, shamanic process and profound intentionality with individual
as well as group exercises and witnessings, we invite change in our
lives. The workshop is a participation of depth and connection, creating
a stronger awareness of self and a deeper relationship with community.
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Navasana and Beyond
Melanie Cooper Sunday 17 February, 2008 2:00-5:00
This workshop is designed for improvers who have had
some experience of the primary series but would like to work on "the
difficult bits". We will look at the more challenging aspects of the
primary series and focus on ways of working towards postures and how
to cope with the postures within a led primary class... Read
more
Back Bending
Julie Martin Saturday 23 February, 2008 2:00-5:00
In this workshop we will discover what limits us in our
back bends, whether it be shoulders, hips, breath or even just fear,
and how to move beyond these obstacles to create free flowing movement
in our backs... Read
more
March
Intensive Pranayama
Emil Wendel Sunday 2 March, 2008 8:00-11:00
Our resident Pranayama, Meditation and Philosophy teacher,
Emil Wendel, will be teaching a (3 hour workshop) that will take us
deeper into our practice and ourselves. The first half of the class
will be pranayama exercises that will be taken further than in the usual
drop in classes. The second half will be a lecture on the pranayama
and meditation tools that Emil regularly uses... Read
more
Mantras in our Yogic Practice
Emil Wendel Sunday 9 March, 2008 4:00-7:00
What precisely is a Mantra, and how do they work? When
to apply them in our Yogic Practice? This is the second in a series
of longer discourses by our resident Pranayama, Meditation and Philosophy
teacher, Emil Wendel. These 3 hour workshops are designed to take us
deeper into our practice and ourselves... Read more
Embodied Yoga Anatomy
with Ken the Rolfer Sunday 9 March - Thursday 13 March, 2008 Noon - 2 pm
This workshop will present western Anatomy, Kinesiology and Physiology of the musculoskeletal, respiratory and nervous systems as they relate to the eastern practices of Ashtanga Yoga.Read more
Murdras in our Yogic Practice
Emil Wendel Saturday 15 March, 2008 4:00-7:00
This is the third in a series of longer discourses by
our resident Pranayama, Meditation and Philosophy teacher, Emil Wendel.
These 3 hour workshops are designed to take us deeper into our practice
and ourselves... Read more
Scaravelli Yoga
Liz Warrington Sunday 16 March, 2008 9:00-12:00 2:00-5:00
A day of yoga giving us time to go deeper into ourselves
and experience the potential for quietness and stillness we all have...
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Scaravelli Yoga
Liz Warrington Saturday 22 March, 2008 2:00-5:00
This 3 hour workshop is an introduction to the work of
Vanda Scaravelli or an opportunity to go a little deeper for students
already familiar with it... Read
more
Scaravelli Yoga
Liz Warrington Sunday 23 March, 2008 9:00-12:00 2:00-5:00
A day of yoga dedicated to deepening the experience of rest within the postures and thus within ourselves.
It is this quality that opens us to the possibility of the stillness
and quietness necessary for a sitting practice - be it sitting for pranayama
or meditation... Read
more
Scaravelli Yoga
Liz Warrington Saturday 29 March, 2008 2:00-5:00
In this 3 hour workshop; and the last of the month with
Liz in which we will go deeper into the exploration of talking tension
out of the body, expectation and judgment out the mind while continuing
to develop a light attention on the breath... Read
more
Advanced Chavutti Thirumal Workshop
Helen Noakes Sunday 30 March, 2008
This short course is designed for those who have already completed a
Chavutti course with Helen and wish to refine and refresh on their technique...
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