Sound Bath and Yin practice
Friday evenings - 8-9.30
13 September, 11 October, 18 November and 13 December.
Please contact Sarah if you want to book more than one space.
at St Mary’s Community Hall
Come along and experience the profound energy and relaxation from this most amazing ‘sound bath’. A sound bath makes it easier to arrive in a relaxed state without complicating how to get there.
In the first half of the class Kate will offer you some Yin postures as Simon (sound therapist) keeps the sound quite simple, if you prefer to lay still throughout that it fine!
We shift seamlessly into the second half with an extra long savasana bathed in sound. The space will be filled with different sounds and frequencies created by a range of instruments including gongs, Himalayan singing bowls, crystal bowls and various percussion instruments.
The purpose, and our collective goal, is to induce relaxation and explore personal inquiry. A ‘gong bath’ is a form of sound therapy that cuts through mental chatter creating a meditative state and deep relaxation.
Forget silent meditation, ‘sound baths’ are the new way to get headspace
There’s no actually bathing involved…Evening standard
Nurture and Inspire your Practice - an exploration of second series backbends
Saturday 14 September 3-5.30pm
We will explore the purpose of a second series practice and look at the first section (third) of the intermediate series practice and how it strengthens the spine and can support your primary practice.
”When you start your day doing something to nourish your body, mind and soul you will notice that throughout the day you tend to make choices that also nourish”
A series of Saturday afternoon workshops to nurture, inspire and further explore your astanga practice.
We will be looking at the key elements of second “intermediate’ series astanga.
Second series ‘nadi shodana’ translates as nerve cleansing and this is done through a powerful combination of back-bending, twists and inversions.
In each workshop we will focus on the key elements and how for example ‘back-bending’ translates from a primary practice and can improve your sensitivity and understanding of the purpose of your practice. As with the primary series, practice of the intermediate sequence offers many potential benefits and challenges and we will learn how to work safely with these to develop your regular practice.
- back-bends
- hip openers
- inversions
The postures become more complex as we work through them and so we will come back again to the more challenging backbends as we continue our workshop exploration series. Each workshop will give us time to work with the postures in more depth and explore modifications, variations and methods to work safely with your healthy alignment and full understanding of the intention of each pose.
Like the primary series, the second series can take years to develop and it is crucial that we take time to listen to our bodies and ‘feel’ our way through the practice developing a sensitivity that will give us a sustainable practice.
Book a class online
Please click here for my timetable and booking and contact Sarah 07703599609/ sarah.theyogahutch@gmail.com if you have any questions.