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Monday, January 22nd, 2007
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Archive for January, 2007
January news
Sunday, January 21st, 2007
A clean slate for the new year? Maybe just a re-chanelling of existing energies…
EventsWith the new year, plenty of new classes, yoga days and retreats, including…28 Jan Yoga Day, Westmeston Village Hall, with Jim Tarran4 Feb Half Yoga day, Brighton Buddhist Centre, with Jim Tarran10-11 Feb Yoga, Breathwork and Yoga Nidra Weekend, Telescombe, with Suzie […]
New year, new perspective
Sunday, January 21st, 2007
Having had some sort of change to routine is common over the solstice/Christmas, winter festival period. A break of routine can mean a break of habits, too. Use this to shift perspective…
Although some feel that the thirteen-month lunar year (29.53 days a month, 384 a year) is a more logical point (although very hard to […]
Yoga weekend, 10-11 Feb
Sunday, January 21st, 2007
A weekend of Yoga, Breathwork and Yoga Nidra, Sat and Sun 10th and 11th February at Telscombe Village Hall, Telscombe Village, East Sussex, with Suzie Baker
Starting at 10am until 4pm on both days. Lunch
will be a shared meal in front of a roaring fire: please bring some food to share,
Suzie will bring a lovely […]
Yoga class VII
Saturday, January 20th, 2007
1/ Vrksasana / tree pose
2/ Virabhadrasana II / warrior pose II
3/ Virasbhdrasana I / warrior pose I
4/ Parsvottanasana / intense side stretch
5/ Adho Mukha Svanasana / down face dog
6/ Balasana / anterior spine extension
7/ Savasana / corpse pose
asana, Vajrasati, yoga class
Balasana / anterior spine extension
Saturday, January 20th, 2007
Also known as Child’s pose
* Kneeling sit back on your heels
* Keeping your toes together, but not overlapping, take your knees apart so that the inner thighs are the same distance apart as your outer ribs.
* Keep your sitting bones close to your heels by breathing into calmness and releasing tight body tissue in the […]
Parsvottanasana / Intense side stretch
Thursday, January 18th, 2007
* Stand with feet no wider than hip width.
* Bring your hands up your back to form a prayer position, with the little fingers closest to the back and thumbs furthest away.
* Raise them into the upper back in stages with the breath (less grasping more clam). Push the elbow joints towards one another and […]
Virabhadrasana II / Warrior pose II
Thursday, January 18th, 2007
* Step your feet apart into a wide stride (approx 4 foot/1.2 metres, depending on height).
* Extend your arms away from your chest with palms down.
* Turn your left toes in (towards midline) and right foot and leg out (away from midline).
* Keep evenly balance on the centre of both heel bones.
* Stretch into your […]
Virabhdrasana 1 / Warrior pose I
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
* Step your feet apart into a wide stride (approx 4 foot/1.2 metres, depending on height).
* Relax into your breath until you feel a decrease of pressure around the heart and an increase in clarity. (The breath will start to have a settling influence).
*Raise the arms straight above you in line with the side ribs. […]
Vrksasana / Tree pose
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
* Stand with your feet together making sure that they are level with each other and the mid lines of the feet are parallel (to one another).
* Relax into your breath until you feel a decrease of pressure around the heart and an increase in clarity. (The breath will start to have a settling influence).
* […]
Experienced level course
Sunday, January 14th, 2007
Brighton Buddhist Centre, with Jim Tarran, starts Friday 19th January,
7.45pm for 10 weeks
To include asana, meditation and pranayama, allowing students with at least two years’ regular yoga practise and some knowledge of Sanskrit names to move deeper into their experience.
Contact the Buddhist Centre to book, on 01273 772090.
For more info, phone Jim […]
Beka’s India diary part 2
Saturday, January 13th, 2007
Vajrasati yoga teacher Beka Card writes from Southern India, November 2006, on surrender, tree planting and meditation, and the poetic side of yoga asana. Plus, can yoga make your shorts change colour?
Read Part I of Beka’s diary
Dropping the weapons
Having just completed the last web diary I fell sick – a combination of something I ate […]
