Yoga Workshops 2024

A Well Being Half Day Retreat In Nature

Sat 9th March 2-6pm 1 place left….

The Yoga Garden, Knepp Wildland Safaris, Swallows Lane, Dial Post, Horsham RH13 8NN

In winter, we cocoon, cover, and contain ourselves as we shield from the elements. This has a powerful effect on our bodies and emotions.

After long cold restricting winter months with tense shoulders, heavy clothing and stripped landscapes, we need to ease out rather than push through and transition slowly and steadily.

As spring arrives, we’re ready, almost desperate to open up to the freshness of the outside world as well as create more space in our internal landscape.

This half day retreat will be spent in a large yurt, nestled in nature where you can truly tune in to the sounds sights and smells of nature.

We will get outside, breath, feel and gaze. We will create internal space through yoga, pranayama and guided meditation to shed winter and step into springtime.

We will explore the delicate balance between growth and surrender, energy and renewal and finish with a nutritious supper warmed on the wood burner.

Overview:

• Arrive, settle and enjoy a welcoming nutritious green smoothie, introductions

• Yoga to awaken all the senses with emphasis on the energetic shift from winter to spring using Chinese Medicine Theory to reference organs and glands

• Pranayama to ventilate the mid-body, increase energy, work the organs and glands

• Toilet break 

• Guided sensory meditation - outside in nature

• Restorative yoga to deepen the process of shifting gear from winter to spring and an opportunity for insight. Some softer pranayama to aid the shift of personal patterns shredding any stagnant, old habitual physiological patterning 

• Vibrational Sound Therapy with Maggie Mason to channel the imagination, soothe and relax you

• Yoga Nidra with colour visualisations

• A wholesome nourishing vegetarian soup and bread supper 

Spaces are limited to 12 and car sharing can be made available should you need a lift.

Free parking on site

Investment: £75 

To Book: Email a YES and then make payment to:

Ms D Dearle

40: 14: 03

22465531

Ref: Yurt

Pole School - Working with Polarities

Sun March 24th 2 - 4pm

Wickwoods Country Club, Hotel & Spa
Shaves Wood Lane, Albourne, 
Nr Hassocks, West Sussex, BN6 9DY 

A Katonah Yoga Workshop

Put a spin on your yoga practice and experience a unique yoga workshop, using a 6 ft wooden pole to add a new dimension to your yoga experience. 

By using the pole, you transform a simple line into a sphere, allowing you to explore more range of movement in all directions. The pole serves as a reference point, mimicking the plumb line and helping you organise yourself in time and space. 

As you move the pole around, above, and below your head, you create more spaciousness in your joints, particularly in the wrists and shoulders. The weighted pole, opens up your back and helps combat density as you age. 

Throughout this workshop, you will be guided through various movements and sequences. By finding your centre within this expanded sphere, you will delve into new and interesting ways of connecting the mind to the body and the body to the breath. 

Join us for this transformative workshop and discover the possibilities that arise from incorporating a wooden pole into your yoga practice.

Numbers are limited so book early

Investment: £45

To book, reply to this email with a YES, then make payment to:

Ms D Dearle
40-14-03
22465531
Ref: Poles

Previous Yoga Workshops 2023

Becoming Spherical Workshop with Lisa Dunn Sunday 29th October 2-5pm @ Space Studios

St Augustine’s Centre, Stanford Avenue/Florence Road, Brighton. BN1 6EA

Free Parking on site

Join us for  'Let's Get Spherical' a Katonah Yoga workshop, where we delve into the art of back-bending and explore the concept of moving around oneself to overcome personal obstacles.

At its core, the goal of yoga is to be well-rounded and integrated and in this second Katonah Yoga Workshop, we will dive into the practice of unfolding the joints of the body to achieve the spherical poses of Yoga through the lens of Katonah Yoga.  

With its emphasis on geometry, it allows us to create dimension and volume within our three-dimensional bodies. Instead of limiting ourselves to linear movements, we learn to embody the spherical nature of our physical beings.

During this workshop, we will discover that twisting requires more than just a simple left and right movement. When we twist around a central plum line, we unlock a world of dimension that opens up our field of vision. Moreover, this spherical practice helps flush and open up our organs while balancing the glandular system. Consider these poses as tools that serve a pragmatic purpose in our yoga practice.

Being spherical extends beyond physicality; it signifies a state of resilience and adaptability. Embracing these shapes allows us to bounce back when faced with challenges. Life inevitably throws us curveballs, and we experience moments of illness and loss. What truly matters is how quickly we can bounce back from adversity. Remaining poised at the centre of our circumstances, within our sphere, we take the time we need to recuperate, reorganise, and reevaluate. Then, we radiate back into the game of life.

Katonah Yoga, a practice developed by Nevine Michaan, integrates classical Hatha yoga with Taoist theory, sacred geometry, mythology, metaphor, and imagination. This alchemical blend forms a practical framework that nurtures personal and communal well-being, fostering resilience in practitioners.

At the heart of Katonah Yoga's esoteric dialogue lie three principles:

1. All polarities are mediated by trinity, emphasising the importance of navigating life's highs and lows.

2. Recognising that the universe follows patterns, we find solace in knowing that order exists amidst chaos. Nature itself presents predictable patterns, such as the rising and setting of the sun, the phases of the moon, and the changing seasons.

3. Through repetition, we gain insight. Each time we repeat shapes, patterns, and sequences in our practice, we have the potential to uncover new revelations.

Places are limited so book early via Lisa's weblink: https://www.lisadunnyoga.com/katonah-yoga-workshop-brighton-two/

Fits and Folds - An Introduction to Katonah Yoga

Sunday 30th July 2-5pm

Space Studios Brighton , St Augustine’s Centre, Stanford Avenue/Florence Road, Brighton. BN1 6EA

Free Parking on site

A next level yoga experience from New York 

Learn how to fit yourself so you are well informed with your yoga experience, gaining greater competency to infuse your practice with dimension, energy, and refinement.

Join Lisa Dunn and  Di Dearle for the first ever collaboration, the UK’s only Katonah teachers.

What to expect.

Katonah yoga is a integration of Hatha yoga with theories of sacred geometry to help develop stability and dimension. It has a Taoist philosophy to help observe how we conform to nature’s patterns in our bodies.  The practice is peppered with Pranayama and Kundalini that moves breath through our physical terrain, serving as a conduit between the body and mind, soothing the soul. 

In this Katonah Yoga workshop you will explore techniques of geometric measure. If a pose is measured well the body is supported by its own structure rather than relying on muscle. By reforming our body’s unconscious habits and introducing more informed and efficient patterns, yoga becomes origami for the body - get the first fold right then the  rest falls into place.  Learning to fit yourself sets up conditions for greater self-knowledge and a more expansive vision, which leads to personal change.

• Through the use of props to help scaffold the body we learn where we like to go and where we don’t!

• Using the metaphor of Our Body as a House you get to organise, spring clean and ventilate the body to enjoy living fully in your abode.

• Learn to manipulate the breath to fill your tank and harness the potential of your true power.

With Katonah yoga’s unique and potent physical assists you will be taken to new places and may even have some epiphany moments!

This workshop is open to both teachers and students who are curious to explore the maps of the mind and body.

Investment £60 / £50 Concessions - please get in touch

To book your spot  click this link : https://www.lisadunnyoga.com/workshops/

Yoga for Hormonal and Glandular Health

Autumn dates coming….

In our chaotic lives, balance can seem like a totally unachievable goal—or at least, one that requires a massive overhaul. Regaining health in the body and mind is a layering of simple techniques and strategies over time. Strategies as small as incorporating 5-10 minutes of breathing techniques into your day can have a massive impact on your mood, digestive and endocrine systems, and energy levels.

In this workshop, we look at the entire picture of the body as everything is incredibly integrated—nothing takes place in the mind that does not affect the body, and vice versa. When trying to bring our endocrine and glandular system back into balance, we manipulate our bodies through yoga and pranayama so we can reorganize our bodies and find space to participate in life more fully.

The endocrine system is made up of organs called glands. Glands produce and release different hormones that target specific things in the body. You have glands all over your body, including in your neck, brain, and reproductive organs.

There will be a strong focus on the Thyroid as this is one of the most important organs in the body which controls so much in the body including metabolism, heart rate, breathing, digestion, body temperature, brain development, mental activity, skin and bone maintenance, fertility.

What to expect ?

A safe, calming space with everything you need (all equipment provided)

Like minded women who value self-cultivation and self-empowerment seeking support and connection

A sequence of specific yoga postures with organs and glands in mind, some fluid and flowing, others slow and held over time with scaffolding (props) to support the process of healing and releasing.

Pranayama to stimulate and flush the glands. Pranayama to soothe and calm the nervous system.

Yoga nidra into deep rest to reset, re-balance and restore. Meditation and visualisations.

Details of how to book your place:

Investment: £50

Email me a yes please ! Then make payment directly to:

Ms D Dearle / 40:14:03 / 22465531 / Ref: workshop

Living The Menopause Day Event 1st April 2023 @ Wagner Hall Brighton

I’m thrilled to be collaborating with Brighton Women’s Wellness and will be teaching two 90 minute yoga classes with breath work to help you manage hormone balance and many of the symptoms that present themselves during this time of life.

This is a day dedicated to providing advice and information on how to manage the challenges of menopause through nutrition, lifestyle, yoga and hormone health. The event aims to offer a supportive environment for women to learn about the positive changes they can make in their lives during this phase.

Full details and to book:

https://www.brightonwomenswellness.co.uk