News!!

A big THANK YOU to all SYA members !

Message received from Rachel Funnell - Piam Brown Ward Charity Coordinator

On behalf of all the families and staff on Piam Brown Ward, I am writing to thank you very much indeed for your latest generous donation of £250.00 to our fund. This kind and generous gift will really help Southampton Hospital Charity in its work to improve patient care.

At Southampton Hospital Charity, we bring people together to raise life-changing funds for Piam Brown, the Wessex Children's Cancer Unit at Southampton Children's Hospital. Every donation we receive really does make a difference for our children.

We are regularly investing in new craft, toys and games to help entertain our youngsters, as well as improving the environment for adults and children alike who may have to spend many weeks here on the unit. We also support patient family and staff wellbeing which is a hugely important part of our work. Your contribution to the Charity will make our patients journeys that little bit easier.

It was a great pleasure to hear that Julia had run another charity yoga session on our behalf, thank you all so much, it really is appreciated. All the staff on the ward really do appreciate your efforts, thank you.

I do hope you will be able to continue supporting Piam Brown. Its support from the community that makes much of what we do possible. With your help, we can enhance care and experience for hundreds of patients every year. Thank you once again; we are all very grateful for your support.

With best wishes

Rachel

New SYA Chair

Julia Linclau is stepping down as Chair after 5 years in the role since she is moving to Belgium where her husband is from. Julia Chilcott-Coombes is elected as our new Chair. 'Joo' is a familiar face at SYA - on the mat, as a Yoga Veda tutor and as a long-serving member of the committee. We wish 'Joo' a warm welcome. Here are pictures of Julia L receiving her gorgeous leaving gifts at last Saturday's Yoga Veda session taught by our very own 'Joo'.

2022 Programme of Events now published

The exciting 2022 Programme of Events is now published for your perusal and to get dates in the diary.

Please renew your membership by paying your subscriptions online via the website before booking 2022 Events. Only new joiners need complete the e-form.

We look forward to our yoga community practising and exploring a wide variety of styles of yoga together.

SYA T-Shirts now available for order

SYA T-shirts as modelled by our committee members are now available to be purchased by SYA members via the order form on the Membership page. Batches of 10 T-shirts will be ordered from our supplier once we have received payment/order forms. We generally do not hold stock and will be in contact with you to arrange how best to unite you with your SYA T-shirt once we have received it from our supplier.

Info & Links from the 6 Feb 2021 Workshop

Bhagavad Gita Book: Bhagavad Gita Essentials

eBook:https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Bhagavad_Gita_Essentials?id=d7z2DwAAQBAJ&hl=en&gl=GB
OR Hard copy:https://bhaktishop.com/Bhagavad-Gita-Essentials-p202077132

Surya Namaskar Workshops and other information about Wai's guru can be found on the Bhakti Marga website

https://bhaktimarga.co.uk/
https://bhaktimarga.co.uk/events

If interested in the Bhagavad Gita online study group or receiving an online Blessing/Darshan with Paramahamsa Vishwananda, contact Wai for details of next online course.

Contact Wai:

Email:misswaichung@gmail.com

Mobile:07774 328686

Website:https://www.waichungyoga.com

Facebook:Wai Chung Yoga:https://www.facebook.com/LotusLivingOm

SYA online event success for members and charity

SYA's first online event took place on January 16th 2021 - the workshop was Ayurveda themed taught by Julia Chilcott-Coombes. There were nearly 30 attendees, many of whom have fed back positive praise. The event raised £350 for the Southampton General Hospital children’s cancer ward charity PIAM BROWN WARD, a cause very dear to Julia's heart

Zoom App Tips

Pending a committee decision to be taken closer to the time of each workshop, a workshop may be run as a morning only online event using the Zoom application. Here are some tips to get you up and running in using Zoom to join our online workshops.

SYA 19/20 Accounts published

The AGM was held online on 7th November 2020; here are the latest accounts for the association prepared by Jo Welch our Treasurer.

COVID-19 Safety Guide

Notes from the Somatic workshop

Liz has kindly shared the notes from the Somatic section of our Celebration Day. Liz runs regular Retreats, Weekends in Kent, and the next Retreat in La Gomera, a tiny emerald gem Canary Island, 30 November this year. The whole ayurveda package can be experienced whilst there.

For DVD, Retreats and Weekend Workshops, UK and abroad, see www.lizlark.com

Online Booking and Payments

The online booking and payment system for Events and Memberships is now live

Yoga Veda Charity Workshop 5 January 2019 - final total of funds raised and content from the workshop

We are pleased to announce that the final total of funds raised from the fully booked, 'game-changing' workshop on 5 January 2019 run by the fabulous Julia Chilcott-Coombes totalled £675 which includes SYA profits, tutor fee plus donations.

Here are links to the slides and notes from the day.

Here are Julia CC's contact details for those of you that wish to delve deeper into Yoga Veda.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped to make the day a success.