Events
Body Language
w/ Delice Headlam
Saturday 25/5/24
11.30am - 1.30pm
£35
*What is somatic movement?*
Somatic movement is a practice that encourages intentional movement focusing on the internal experience guided by the breath and emotions to invite an exploration of free expression through movement, gestures and shapes.
This workshop has been curated to explore ways to disconnect the mind and connect to the nervous system to help focus on the internal experience. This will aid in the process of instinctively tuning in to what feels good and what doesn’t, invite a sense of play with different movements and encourage an openness to communicate with others through non-verbal cues.
This is not an extended yoga asana workshop - but a movement workshop that invites you to get explorative and creative in your body. As a movement facilitator Delice will be combining her knowledge of mindfulness, kinesiology and dance to create a warm space for everyone all to connect to themselves and extend that into a group process.
*About this experience*
• ·Guided breathwork to reset the nervous system
• Move from intuition
• Creatively express emotions
• Group processing that invites deep conversations with self & others
About Delice:
Delice is a multi-dynamic movement facilitator with knowledge as a body focused psychotherapist, yoga teacher and fitness coach. The idea of encapsulating the human experience of inner connectivity and self-discovery, Delice focuses on combining the principles of kinesiology, psychodynamic therapy and yoga philosophy
This entails movement, mindfulness, creative wellness and cognitive reflection for mental and emotional learning.
Transformational Breathwork
w/ Craig Norris
Saturday 1/6/24
3pm-5pm
£35
Transformational Breathwork is a therapeutic breathing technique that relieves tension and stress. Through circular breathing you can tap into and cleanse yourself of deeply buried obstacles. It is a healing process that can help you to feel alive and free.
This workshop combines Breathwork with a variety of mindfulness techniques to allow deeper self awareness and personal growth. You will be invited to work with internal challenges and obstacles in a way that enables healing and transformation.
Every session can have vast differences in terms of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual experiences. Some people recollect forgotten or repressessed memories, some have emotional traumas from the past emerge and be released.
At the end of a session many individuals are left with solutions or answers to existing problems, others state they experience visitations from their deceased relatives or hear a spiritual connection that gives clear guidance. When a person is completely emerged in the breathwork experience, they feel like the breath is breathing them rather than visa versa.
These conditions are contraindicated for this style of Breathwork:
* Pregnancy
* Detached Retina
* Glaucoma
* High Blood Pressure (not controlled with medication)
* Cardiovascular disease including angina, previous heart attack or stroke.
* Diagnosis of aneurysm in the brain or abdomen
* Uncontrolled thyroid conditions and diabetes
* Asthma - if you are asthmatic, you are welcome to attend providing you bring your inhaler to the session.
* Epilepsy
* Prior diagnosis of bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or previous psychiatric condition.
* Hospitalisation for any psychiatric condition or emotional crisis within the last 10 years.
* Any other medical, psychiatric or physical conditions which would impair or affect ability to engage in any activities that involve intense physical and/or emotional release.
If this applies to you and you would like to engage with Breathwork, a 121 with gentler forms would be beneficial.
Mongolian Flexibility and wellbeing
and Intermediates
With Iona Denning
Saturday 15/6/24
For Beginners 1pm-3pm £45
For Intermediates 4pm-6.30pm £60
The session for Beginners level class will cover following in the first 60mins:
- How to prepare your body prior stretching
- 15 mins pre-warm up
- Hip-stretches, splits (side and front) + corrections
- Shoulder, neck, upper and mid back stretches
Then following 60mins for beginners class will learn how to use different props to your flexibility training
The focus will be for general flexibility
· How to increase your flexibility & mobility
· How to use props to facilitate your flexibility
· Feel freer in your body and enhance your wellbeing!
For intermediates the focus is “Chest Stand”
· How to prepare for chest-stand
· How to ease and breath in chest-stand
· How to deepen your back bend and its health!
Requirement for beginners:
No experience needed
Requirement for intermediates:
For individuals who have been working or working towards to learn and improve their chest stand.
Hybrid (Online and in Studio)
Yoga Nidra Teacher Training program
With Craig Norris
May 11/12 and June 8/9/2024
£545 Early Bird until 3/3/24
£595 From 4/3/24
This 40 Hour program will introduce you not only to the practice of Yoga Nidra for general mental, emotional and physical wellness, but also teach you how to deliver practices specific needs of yourself and others.
Topics covered
Explanation and history of yoga nidra.
Styles of the practice. Comparative study of different tradition's approaches
Philosophy in relation to the Yoga Sutra, Hatha Yoga Pradipika and Mandukya Upanishad
The structure of the practice
Sankalpa: resolution, finding the hearts true desire
Breath awareness and Pranayama as a means to work with the energy body
Effective Visualisation: methods, possibilities and pitfalls. Tailoring to specific needs.
Voice and delivery. Prana and kinaesthetic transmission.
Pre Yoga Nidra asana. Basic restorative poses for practice.
Chants, sound and kirtan (sung chant) as a pre practice or during yoga nidra.
Yoga Nidra for pregnancy and other therapeutic applications.
The human energy system according to yoga/tantra (chakras, nadi, koshas, etc). Tattwa dharana (5 elements). How to use these ideas to enhance mental, emotional and physical health for yourself and others.
Yoga Nidra and hypnosis comparison.
Guidance in structuring your own practices to enable you to create a practice to share during the second weekend.
Lots of Yoga Nidra practice!!!
Recommended reading
Swami Satyananda Saraswati Yoga Nidra
Richard Miller Yoga Nidra: A meditative practice for deep relaxation and healing (includes CD)
Tracee Stanley Radiant Rest
Recommended recordings
www.yoganidranetwork.org Website created by Uma and Nilipta Dinsmore Tuli
Many free yoga nidra practices from teachers of specific schools and also more creative practices.
Swami Janakananda His CD recording ‘experience yoga nidra’ is available on spotify
Swami Pragyamurti 6 CD set of yoga nidra and meditation practices
Rod Stryker Relax into Greatness CD/ Sanctuary app
Insight timer app Many practices both for free and part of their membership
Soundcloud Also containing many practices for free.
Typical structure of the days (times are approximately and may be subject to change)
Sat & Sun 12-13 break 13.15-15.15 Meal Break 16.15-18.15 break 18.30-20.30
(Both Weekends)
Price: £545 Early Bird Until 3/3/24
£595 from 4/3/24
Places limited to 12.
All sessions will be given @Renaissance Yoga and Wellbeing in Brockley SE4 and via Zoom with recordings of all sessions provided after the program for your own reference.