Yoga workshops, events and retreats
Weekly yoga classes are invaluable, especially if they are supplemented with some practice at home. However, our practice can go substantially deeper if we occasionally give it more time and space to unfold.
Comfort & Ease in the Neck & Shoulders : Yoga Workshop
Saturday September 22nd 2pm – 5pm Price: £30/£25 (Concessions apply to students, the unemployed, OAP’s) Yoga Rooms 483a Barlow Moor Road, First floor, Chorlton M21 8AG (Google map)
The neck and shoulders can hold deep tension. Discomfort and holding in these areas can sometimes be due to lifestyle factors and emotional strains. eg sitting for long hours using a computer, or driving a car.
During this workshop we will spend time exploring this through a mixture of gentle warming practices, including hydrating movements for the spinal midline, finding how a fluid spine can support deep opening in our shoulders and neck. We will also explore some flowing sequences and stilling yin/restorative postures that can support opening in our body.
See how these practices can build strength, flexibility, and deep relaxation.
This workshop is open to students of all levels.
Full workshop price is £30/£25 non-refundable, non-transferable.
Relax & Restore: Yoga Nidra Workshop
Saturday October 27th 10am – 1pm Price: £30/£25 (Concessions apply to students, the unemployed, OAP’s) Bodywise Natural Health Centre 16-20 Turner St, Manchester M4 1DZ (Google map)
Yoga Nidra is an ancient guided restorative meditation practice that helps us connect to a deep underlying peace of mind that is always present amidst all the changing circumstances of our life. Yoga Nidra systematically relaxes you at every level of your being.-body, emotions and mind. Supporting your health, offering vitality, clarity and a greater ease in our daily lives.
During this workshop we shall explore the practice of Yoga Nidra in more depth. An opportunity to turn inward, slow down and soften more deeply.
Regular practice of Yoga Nidra offers the opportunity to release years of accumulated tensions and can help support anxiety, depression, PTSD, insomnia and other conditions.
Full workshop price is £30/£25 non-refundable, non-transferable.
Week-long yoga and meditation retreats in 2018
Introductory Yoga & Meditation 20th April – 27th April 2018
led by Samadevi, Manjunaga, Padmadarshini
Going Deeper with Yoga & Meditation 24th August – 31st August 2018
led by Balajit, Manjunaga, Samadevi
The Going Deeper retreat is open to anyone who has done an introductory retreat and is looking to take their practice a bit deeper. (see Dhanakosa website for more details)
Dhanakosa, with its loch shore location in the Loch Voil & the Trossachs National Park, provides a quiet and beautiful setting for retreats. The centre is just 90 minutes drive from Glasgow or Edinburgh and is easily accessible by public transport.
Dhanakosa Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, FK19 8PQ (See a Google map and picture from Google Street View)
For more information visit the Dhanakosa website.
“I would thoroughly recommend a weeks retreat at Dhanokosa, a fantastic opportunity to slow down, reflect and unwind. As a first timer to retreats I wasn’t sure what to expect, but as soon as I arrived I felt welcome and quickly settled in. What’s fantastic about the retreat is having a whole week to relax, practice yoga and meditation with like minded people. Whilst Manjunaga’s yoga was suitable for beginners, it also offered enough of a challenge for individuals who had been practicing regularly.
Dhanokosa looks over Loch Voil and I had plenty of time to explore the beautiful surroundings, dip my toe into the loch and walk the surrounding hills.
After a weeks retreat at Dhanakosa I felt revived mentally and physically.”
Louise Belinfante
Weekend and week-long yoga and meditation retreats in 2018
Yoga & Meditation February 9th-16th 2018
Led by Manjunaga & Satyamati | £350/320 conc
Yoga and Meditation Long Weekend May 4th-7th 2018
Led by Manjunaga & Samadevi | £220/200 conc
Manjunaga will be teaching on this yoga and meditation retreat .These retreats offer the opportunity to combine the practice of yoga with the added depth of awareness that meditation creates.
Rivendell is situated on the edge of a small East Sussex village, the retreat centre itself is housed in a former Victorian rectory. Surrounding the house is a lovely garden, beyond which lie fields and woodland. It has simple communal accommodation, which is warm and comfortable. Shared single-sex accommodation is in upstairs bedrooms and there are also two lounges. At the heart of Rivendell is the beautiful and peaceful shrine room.
Rivendell Buddhist Retreat Centre, Chillies Lane, High Hurstwood, East Sussex, TN22 4AB (google map)
For more information visit the Rivendell website.
