Events
There are many different styles of Yoga and the monthly Yoga events arranged by SYA provide opportunities for experiencing these different Yoga styles. The tutors for these SYA events are carefully chosen so that members can enjoy as great a variety as possible.
Diary of Events for 2021
Please link to Workshop descriptions through the event date.
Workshops may be run as morning only online events pending a committee decision to be taken closer to the time. Events will open for booking once a decision is taken and the booking details are updated accordingly.
| 2021 | ||
| 16th January ONLINE VIA ZOOM |
Ayurveda | Julia Chilcott-Coombes |
| 6th February ONLINE VIA ZOOM |
Hatha Yoga | WaiChung-AnuraDasi |
| 20th March ONLINE VIA ZOOM | Change Perspective, Transform Practice | Marc Acquaviva |
| 17th April ONLINE VIA ZOOM |
Core Inversion | Angela Trumper |
| 15th May | Qi Gong, 5 Rhythms | Martin Julich |
| 12th June Celebration Day |
Embodying The Yoga Sūtra | Ranju Roy |
| 10th July | From Yang to Yin | Sarah Rush |
| 11th September | Moving into Autumn | Natalie Penniall |
| 16th October | Stress Management & Relief | Kate Dickens & Sharon McKinnon |
| 6th November | Radiant Self | Raquel Alves |
| 4th December | Nurture, Balance and Restore | Jocelyn Jones |
icon at each event below. A place will be reserved for you, if available.
You will need a debit or credit card to pay online in order to complete the booking.
Prices for 2021:
| Workshops | ||
| Half day pre-booked £ | Full day pre-booked £ | |
| Member | 12 | 28 |
| Non-Member* | 24 | 40 |
| Celebration Day: Saturday June 12th - price excludes lunch | ||
| Early Bird** pre-booked £ | Non-Early Bird pre-booked £ | |
| Member | 25 | 30 |
| Non-Member* | 42 | |
*Please note that the difference between the member and non-member price is £12 (i.e. the membership fee) which means that non-members can simply join SYA at no extra charge to the non-member event fee by just completing a membership form and members recover their membership fee through the savings on the price of one event.
**The 'Early Bird' will be available to Members who have renewed/joined for 2021 and will be released for booking once we know whether the event will run online or live. If it runs online it will be as a morning only session.
Venue:
Events are normally held at Durley Memorial Hall, Durley Street, Durley, Southampton, SO32 2AR.
Props:
Tutors may require participants to bring their own props. Where this is the case these requirements are listed in the event description.
Please note that you can substitute a towel for a blanket, or substitute a rolled up blanket or towel for a bolster.
Please endeavour to borrow flat blocks, bricks and belts from a fellow yogi when you don’t have your own.
COVID-19 Safety:
Please read this guide for booking and attending workshops from September 2020 onwards.
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"Zoom" Workshops:
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Yoga Morning with Julia Chilcott-Coombes
Saturday 16 January 2021 10am – 12noon
Please note that this workshop event will be ONLINE VIA ZOOM. Members booked on will receive a Zoom invite the day before the workshop. Tips on how to use Zoom may be found here.
We will be delving into how our yoga practice exists in relation to our Five senses (Tanmatras); how these enable us to connect with the five sense organs (Pancha Jnanendriyani); how the five organs of action (Pancha Karmendriyani) enable us to communicate and manifest ourselves and correspond to the five elements (Pancha Mahabhuta) thus connecting with the cosmic energy that is manifested in the five elements; which, according to Ayurveda, are the basis of all matter and apply to all including the mind.
We will include a contemporary version of the timeless, universal contemplative meditation inspired by the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra. Ayurveda provides a path to bring us back to the knowledge of the spirit, or Purusha. It opens our awareness and teaches us that we are not just the body; this is a tool or vehicle for expression of consciousness.
Through the array of tools offered to us we have an opportunity to further connect to our own true nature. We will explore the three Gunas: Sattva, Rajas & Tamas. It is mainly on a mental level that the Gunas have a significant effect. When in balance they promote harmony and health which shines a light on our inner selves (Atman). According to Ayurveda the balance of the three Gunas in our mental constitution has a profound effect on our state of mind and emotion.
At the end of this session we will have a deeper understanding of how we are able to alter our mental and emotional constitution through the practice of Dinacharya, Abhyanga & Rasayana.
Julia Chilcott-Coombes
BA (Hons), Phys Ed Cert, PGCE, E-RYT-500, CYQ-YMCA Dip, MCMA Julia is the founder of Yoga Veda UK, a fully qualified and experienced Ayurveda Practitioner, Yoga Consultant, and Registered Therapist. Combined with her background as a secondary school teacher, Julia is perfectly placed to share her passion and enthusiasm for improving well-being, through clear and informative practices. Julia combines her traditional Indian yoga training with a fusion of western Yoga teacher training to include aspects of Ashtanga, Sivananda, Hatha, Yin and Restorative yoga to meet the needs of her clients. Julia has developed her own thriving Ayurveda and Yoga practice, Yoga Veda UK based in Southampton (UK).
Please do visit the YVUK website for further information www.yogavedaukhub.com
Yoga Morning with WaiChung-AnuraDasi
Saturday 6 February 2021 10am – 12noon
Please note that this workshop event will be ONLINE VIA ZOOM. Members booked on will receive a Zoom invite the day before the workshop. Tips on how to use Zoom may be found here.
Hatha Yoga (slow & gentle for the Mind, Body & Soul)
Setting the intention of inner harmony and love for this workshop. We will work slowly and gently, using traditional Hatha yoga including; pranayama, simple asanas, the heart mudra, mantras Om Namo Narayana & Gayatri Mantra, relaxation with Tibetan bowls and percussion instruments, and completing with a short guided meditation to return to your inner peace. Suitable for mixed levels and gender. You will be provided with options to suit your rhythm and ability.
Students are asked to bring their own props as follows:-
1x yoga mat
1x cushion for meditation
2x blocks
1x blanket for relaxation
WaiChung-AnuraDasi
International teacher WaiChung-AnuraDasi teaches yoga based on love and kindness.
Her spiritual journey began at the age of 16 with Buddhism. After falling ill in 2002, she found the path of yoga to heal herself physically, emotionally, and spiritually. With the Grace of yoga she now teaches from 18 years of experience internationally. She also provides Tibetan Bowls Chakra Healing for women, and facilitates retreats.
WaiChung-AnuraDasi lives by the teachings of yoga and her Guru Paramahamsa Vishwananda. Usually yoga classes with WaiChung-AnuraDasi are slow and gentle, including; Pranayama, Asana and Meditation for the harmony of Mind, Body and Soul.
Yoga Morning with Marc Acquaviva
Saturday 20 March 2021 10am – 12noon
Please note that this workshop event will be ONLINE VIA ZOOM. Members booked on will receive a Zoom invite the day before the workshop. Tips on how to use Zoom may be found here.
Change Perspective, Transform Practice
Outline plan:
Introduction to the theme of the session and to a principle-base practice, followed by practical examples and guidance. Once established, participants will be asked for asana suggestions so that they
can learn to apply the principles to their own choice of postures. Follwed by a Q & A, and Marc will be looking for particular physical issues to resolve for people that ask. This will be
followed by a practical demonstration of application, and group participation in what they see. This cycle will repeat until approximately 30 minutes before the end, where Marc will guide an
Acquaviva-style yoga nidra followed by him chanting with shrutti box accompaniment to end the session.
Aims:
1.To illustrate how most of what we 'learn' to do in our yoga practice, despite being useful during our learning process, can become 'fixed mental impressions', which, as described in Patanjali's
sutras, act as one of the 5 main stumbling blocks to discovering the direct experience of yoga. And how a principle-based approach to physical practice holds the key to unlocking the direct
experience of what Yoga do for people.
2. To offer brand new ways of guiding people's attention so that the body's responses are no longer under the regime of both unconscious and learnt habitual movement.
3. To approach a range of familiar postures (as requested by participants) using these principles as the 'structure', so that attendees receive a new and direct somatic experience of posture work
from this perspective.
4. To apply the principles directly to practice, and also to show how this can be used directly to resolve long-term physical complications.
Objectives:
To inspire those that come to discover new avenues of exploration, and to awaken participants to the potential of Yoga principles applied to the physical as a viable and effective way of directly
solving apparent complications in physical practice. Also to expose teachers to the Acquaviva methodology of 'Creating the Conditions'.
Marc J Acquaviva
Marc has been passionate about yoga since his early childhood (since 1968), and from 1991 he studied and practised exclusively with people that have worked directly with Vanda Scaravelli, such as Diane Long and Sophy Hoare, as well as with the highly respected osteopaths that have been called to further understanding of her work, such as Pete Blackaby and John Stirk. During his study years, Marc has also explored and drawn from other wellbeing practices, such as Feldenkrais and Qi Gong. He qualified as a yoga teacher in 2000 with Natural Bodies of Brighton doing Gary Carter's anatomy for yoga course, and develop his own unique take on the work after suffering from a prolapsed disc whilst training. The prolapse meant he wasn't able to walk, but he found that it was possible, through his own innate somatic sense of the body-relationships involved, to relieve the symptoms and restore function... He 'healed' the prolapse for himself within a few weeks, and has been developing and using his unique approach to help others ever since.
Marc is the author of the course content for his own Acquaviva School of Yoga and of the proprietary approach to this work (Creating the Conditions ©). He has run several CPD days for BWY and for Yoga Scotland on various subjects, as well as for Namaste International in Austin US. He also currently teaches for free online every Tuesday, as well as running small private online groups and courses for students around the world.
Yoga Morning with Angela Trumper
Saturday 17 April 2021 10am – 12noon
Please note that this workshop event will be ONLINE VIA ZOOM. Members booked on will receive a Zoom invite the day before the workshop. Tips on how to use Zoom may be found here.
The workshop will concentrate on core strength, developing it as we weave in and out of inversions from down facing dog to headstand with many alternatives throughout the class. Focusing on
exploring our own fulcrum to enhance each posture. However the main focus is to find the joy of our practice.
This class is for all abilities. You may want to bring props and blanket and of course bags of enthusiasm.
Angela Trumper
Angela has been studying yoga for over 20 years and teaching for over 10 years. Her training is with British Wheel of Yoga. She has studied with many teachers including Liz Lark.
Yoga has taken her to India and Cuba. She teaches Ashtanga and Hatha. She loves that yoga is for everyone and all abilities. She loves sharing her experience and observing her students' journey and
the fact that yoga is unique to everyone.
Yoga Morning with Martin Julich
Saturday 15 May 2021 10am – 12noon
The workshop will start with some Pranayama and Meditation to explore getting settled and grounded, followed by a mixture of Yin and Dynamic Style influenced Yoga. If there are any ailments or needs in the room, do voice them, as the form of the session will change according to who’s actually there.
The slowness of Yin lends itself to listen within and allows explorations of adjustments guided from the inner feeling. In Yin we tend to explore postures for 1-5 minutes, whilst the Dynamic Yoga influence focuses of Grounding, Broadening and Lengthening and activating your Bandha from the Hand and Foot Spirals.
Students are asked to bring their own props as follows:-
3x flat blocks
1x blanket
Martin Julich
Martin has been practising Yoga, Qi Gong and Conscious Dance (5 Rhythms) since the the mid to late 80’s and loves an approach of ‘Being Inclusive’ in his teaching, aspiring to listen to and follow the inner voice to work with what presents in the room. His trainings in 5 Rhythms and Gestalt Therapy have a big influence in this. He runs Love Yoga Studio and with his partner Laura Davison at the Rosemount Centre for Complementary Therapies. He is also a Shiatsu Practitioner and Chinese Herbalist.
YOGA CELEBRATION DAY with Ranju Roy
Saturday 12 June 2021 10am –12:30pm 2pm – 4pm
( Please note that the workshop fee does not include lunch and so please bring your own lunch. SYA may be in a position to provide lunch, if so, this will be separately bookable via the website at £10. )
Support, Direction and Space in āsana and prāṇāyāma
The subtitle of our book (Support, Direction and Space) is actually a coded reference to the gūṇa – support links to tamas, direction to rajas and space to sattva. In this workshop we will explore
how we can apply these ideas in a clear and practical way to both āsana and prāṇāyāma using the body, breath and focused attention.
Ranju Roy
Ranju (http://yogamala.co.uk) is a yoga teacher based in the SW of England, teaching group classes and individuals as well as workshops and retreats. Since 2004 he has run teacher training courses and retreats with Dave Charlton under the banner of Sādhana Mālā (www.sadhanamala.com). Together, Dave and Ranju wrote Embodying The Yoga Sūtra: Support, Direction and Space (Pinter and Martin, 2019)
Yoga Morning with Sarah Rush
Saturday 10 July 2021 10am – 12noon
From Yang to Yin
A beautifully blended practice of yang and yin sequences for balancing energy, flexibility and strength. This workshop will explore what yin and yang qualities are and how they apply to yoga helpIng us experience a fully balanced practice. Bringing two styles of yoga together this workshop begins with a breath led alignment focused flow combining fluid movement with steadying holds to aid circulation along with building strength and stamina. A yin and mindfulness practice follows to target the connective tissue bringing the body and mind to stillness. With philosophy from the yogic and Chinese Medicine traditions woven throughout, create some time out to replenish and reset your nervous system with space for reflection on what balance means to you.
Students are asked to bring their own props as follows:-
1x notebook/journal and pen
1x yoga mat
1x blanket
1x bolster or cushions
bricks are optional
Sarah Rush
Sarah has been practising yoga for thirty years and teaching full time since 2011. Over this time she has developed a warm and compassionate style of teaching incorporating the therapeutic benefits of asana along with mindfulness practice. Her teachers are many and varied which is evident in her style. Originally training to teach vinyasa flow she has since qualified to teach yoga for people with cancer; adults and children with disabilities; pregnancy and post natal; yin and mindfulness Insight training with her teacher Sarah Powers incorporating philosophy and practices drawn from Buddhism. Expect to be gently challenged and have a lot of fun with yogic philosophy and poetry woven throughout. Classes are welcoming for all levels.
Yoga Morning with Natalie Penniall
Saturday 11 September 2021 10am – 12noon
Moving into Autumn
The workshop theme will be moving into Autumn where we will be nurturing and nourishing the body through postures and pranayama.
Natalie Penniall
Natalie is a Senior Yoga Teacher with Yoga Alliance and qualified in 2010 with a Diploma from FRYOG and has been teaching ever since. Her classes are suitable for everybody regardless of your age or ability and her style is a mixture of Hatha, Iyengar and flow inspired. She has been practising yoga for over 20 years with various inspiring teachers whom have influenced her today. She is passionate about the physical and mental benefits of yoga which hopefully comes across in her teaching style and enables you to find freedom in your mind and body.
Yoga Morning with Kate Dickens and Sharon McKinnon
Saturday 16 October 2021 10am – 12:30pm
Yoga for Stress Management & Relief
Recent research in brain science shows how regular yoga practice can change your brain to help you manage your emotional response when faced with stressful situations.
If you turn up to a yoga class once a week you are likely to experience a certain amount of stress relief simply through focusing on mindful movement to breath but to actively manage stress, a simple understanding of neurobiology helps, as regular habits need to be cultivated so that you can consciously help yourself to manage your emotions, calm yourself and shift your stress.
In this session you will explore a holistic approachto doing this byworking through the five Koshas using a blend of Asanas, Pranyama and meditation. You will take away practical techniques and tips, based on the latest research,that you can use to build into your everyday life to support self-care.
Kate Dickens
Kate is a yoga teacher, wellbeing specialist and life coach. Her passion is to help people flourish at work and her special interest is in using yoga and other evidence-based interventions to promote positive and respectful cultures in organisations and to help people to manage and relieve stress.
https://www.latitudecoaching.com/
Sharon McKinnon
Sharon is a yoga teacher and clinical psychologist. As a psychologist, having worked in the NHS for over twenty years, and now working independently, she has developed a special interest in working with stress, trauma and anxiety, and how yoga can be helpful to reconnect with our bodies and regain composure and resilience.
Full Day with Raquel Alves
Saturday 6 November 2021 10am –12:30pm 2pm – 4pm
Radiant Self – The Backbend Practice
According to the yoga sutras there are 5 causes of suffering called the kleshas. These are deep psycho-emotional triggers that affect everything we do, say and feel.
The workshop will start with an overview of the kleshas to give you juicy insights into these concepts which we experience daily. Then you’ll move into a heart-opening asana practice to give insight how it can help you access ways to release the fear and small changes to and help overcome blockages that may stagnate in the body.
In this workshop you can expect to:
- identify where you are stuck psychologically and emotionally
- understand how the kleshas play out in real life through thoughts and habits
- work with heart openers through the lens of the kleshas
- learn the subtle anatomy of heart openers including bridge, bow, and pigeon backbend including modifications and variations
The kleshas are one of the most accessible and efficient ways to experience very deep shifts of consciousness.
Raquel Alves
Raquel qualified and started teaching in 1992. She is qualified as BWY, Para Yoga, Sivananda Teacher, - teaching is her great joy - "Sharing my passion, passing on knowledge and witnessing individuals connect with their inner strength and wisdom is a true privilege.”
Yoga Morning with Jocelyn Jones
Saturday 4 December 2021 10am – 12:30pm
(The yoga session is followed by a 'bring your own' drinks and nibbles, since under Covid restrictions and with the kitchen closed, this year we won't be providing our traditional non-alcoholic punch or sharing nibbles)
A Visual Inquiry and Yoga Workshop to Nurture, Balance & Restore
Whilst the festive season can bring much joy into our lives, it can also be draining. Expectations, either real or imagined, may be raised, and with less daylight to energise us as we approach the Winter Solstice. We will explore, using visual inquiry, a personal intention for the workshop. This will be accompanied by a gentle Hatha yoga practice to stretch and strengthen; a guided meditation to balance; and deep relaxation Yoga Nidrato restore. You will leave the workshop with a clearer sense of the positive changes you are making in yourself and your life.
Jocelyn Jones
Jocelyn initially qualified as a FRYOG yoga teacher in the 1980s, whilst also leading a social work training programme. Through her career in child protection, she has a longstanding interest in alleviating the embodied effects of trauma (PhD, University of Bath, 2008). Jocelyn completed her 500 hrs training with Real Yoga in 2017; and loves teaching students of all ages and experience. She has a particular interest in the therapeutic applications of yoga.
https://www.nurtureyouwellness.com/
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