WORKSHOPS & SPECIAL EVENTS

FLUID IN MOTION

With Heather Spencer

Friday 5th June 2020 | 7.45pm – 9pm

A 75-minute embodied practise, designed to take you on a journey, out of the thinking mind and into the feeling body. Develop a greater awareness and understanding of your body and discover how moving intuitively can allow us to reclaim our creativity and build a deeper connection with ourselves and others.

Expect an immersion into the deepest sense of self, as we explore embodied flow and breath-initiated movement, letting go of shapes and embracing sensations. We will build towards a deliciously fluid sequence, feeling our way through seamless transitions and a continuum of movement, along to an empowering and inspiring playlist

£7

RESILIENCE. REGULATE. REPLENISH: A STRESS AND ANXIETY SUPPORT SERIES

With Heather Gregg

Saturday 13th June 11am-1pm | Saturday 20th June 2pm-4pm | Saturday 27th June 5pm-7pm

Resilience. Regulate. Replenish: A Stress & Anxiety Support Series
Heather Yoga is excited to present this 3 part workshop series carefully designed by our Senior Teacher (and business director) Heather Gregg to support you right now in the challenging times of the COVID pandemic and provide an accessible and effective holistic way to deal with anxiety and stress.

In our daily lives we are always faced with a cascade of potential stressors and over stimulation – work, family, traffic, the news, social media and our phones and computers. The accumulation or build up to these, can all send our adrenal glands into overdrive and leave us in a state of constant stress. Right now, even more so than ever, during the pressures of lockdown we’re feeling higher levels of stress, busier overloaded minds, depleted energy levels, a rollercoaster of emotions, and low moods & swings to name just a few issues of these uncertain times.

Each week will be centred around a different part of the day and a relevant theme to provide you with a support system of tools & structure for physical & mental health & wellbeing. During each workshop we will include a discussion around the week’s topic, meditation, asana, breathwork, and a relaxation at the end. We will also cover other techniques appropriate for the time of day – journaling, affirmation, mantra, kriya, diet, and also daily life practices including a morning & evening routine, some healthy habits and how to support our sleep hygiene.

Morning: Resilience – Saturday 13th June 11am – 1pm

Empower your morning and day ahead: set your intention, mindset and energy, start your day from a place of clarity and positivity, balance your nervous system, and be more prepared & resilient to the stress exposure ahead. Includes meditation, asana, breathwork, journaling, kriya and importance of establishing a morning routine.

Daytime: Regulate – Saturday 20th June 2pm – 4pm

A toolkit for your nervous system & energy levels throughout the day: we’ll cover breath technique, movement & asana, yoga nidra, tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique) – all to help de-accelerate a busy mind, refocus your attention, refresh your energy levels, and include diet choices for supporting your mental body as well as your physical body.

Evening: Replenish – Saturday 27th June 5pm – 7pm

Learn how anxiety presents itself in the evening and to get into your sleepy zone: includes movement and restorative yoga to release tension and relax the effects of stress on the body, breathing techniques to help quieten down an overactive mind and calm a stimulated nervous system, gratitude meditation & mantra to create mental space and ease, plus sleep hygiene and how to develop your best bedtime routine so you have a restful sleep and wake up feeling refreshed and ready to get going again!

You will receive a selection box of holistic coping mechanisms to practice and apply to everyday life situations which will be especially good for assisting you right now in the lockdown period as well as at anytime during life when you’re feeling down or overwhelmed or if you experience high stress in your life or just want to shift to a more positive outlook.

Price of this series of 3 Workshops is £50 and you also receive a BONUS audio Yoga Nidra meditation. The workshops can be booked individually at £20 each workshop.

RESILIENCE: MORNING TIME – A STRESS & ANXIETY SUPPORT WORKSHOP

With Heather Gregg

Saturday 13th June 2020 | 11am – 1pm

Heather Yoga is excited to present this workshop carefully designed by our Senior Teacher Heather to support you right now in the challenging times of the COVID pandemic and provide an accessible and effective holistic way to deal with anxiety and stress. This session is included in our 3 Part Stress & Anxiety Support Series or available to book as an individual session.

This workshop will be centred around the morning part of the day and a relevant theme to provide you a support system of tools & structure for physical & mental health & wellbeing. Empower your morning and day ahead: set your intention, mindset and energy, start your day from a place of clarity and positivity, balance your nervous system, and be more prepared & resilient to the stress exposure ahead. Includes meditation, asana, breathwork, journaling, kriya and importance of establishing a morning routine.

In our daily lives we are always faced with a cascade of potential stressors and over stimulation – work, family, traffic, the news, social media and our phones and computers. The accumulation or build up to these, can all send our adrenal glands into overdrive and leave us in a state of constant stress. Right now, even more so than ever, during the pressures of lockdown we’re feeling higher levels of stress, busier overloaded minds, depleted energy levels, a rollercoaster of emotions, and low moods & swings to name just a few issues of these uncertain times.

Through this session will receive a selection box of holistic coping mechanisms to practice and apply to everyday life situations which will be especially good for assisting you right now in the lockdown period as well as at anytime during life when you’re feeling down or overwhelmed or if you experience high stress in your life or just want to shift to a more positive outlook.

£20

Or book as part of the 3 Workshop Stress & Anxiety Support Series at £50 and you will also receive a BONUS audio Yoga Nidra meditation.

YOGA AND QIGONG

With Debs Grossman

Sunday 14th June 2020 | 7.30pm – 8.30pm

Yoga & Qigong Flow – a steady paced flow of yoga asana fused with qigong practices encouraging fluid, intentional and mindful movement and breathing to stabilise and strengthen the body and calm the mind.
Qigong means cultivating life energy; qi – life energy, gong – to cultivate with time and effort.

Qigong is a blend of active and dynamic movements, breathing, visualisation and meditation techniques aimed at cultivating healthy qi flow through the body. It has its roots in Daoism and Buddhism and is part of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Active movements in qigong help to loosen joints, strengthen tendons and muscles, improve circulation, and relax the nervous system. These, along with the breathing and intentions of qigong practices work to create greater balance and harmony, and an overall sense of health, vitality and wellbeing.

By practicing postures, movement and meridian stretches, we can influence our vital energy or emotional state. We hold emotional stress within our bodies; yoga, qigong and meditation helps to release tensions enabling you to feel lighter, and calmer, to a place of stillness and quiet.

Deborah’s class is inspired by her training in Seasonal Yoga and with Mimi Kuo-Deemer, integrating qigong practice with yoga practice.

£5

SOLSTICE SUNRISE YOGA

With Ellie Roberts

Saturday 20th June 2020 | 6am – 7.15am

To celebrate the longest day of the year, when the sun reaches the highest position in the sky, Heather Yoga would like to invite you to a bonus 75 min Solstice Sunrise Yoga class with Ellie on Saturday 20th June at 6am

So much of the yoga practice focuses on the sun and most vinyasa classes will involve a variation of some Sun Salutations. The early hours of the day are an incredibly powerful time to acknowledge this connection, lengthening up and folding forwards, taking in the vibrant energy from the sun as you make space in the body, awaken your inner fire, rejuvenate, and start your day with an enhanced experience of light and strength. Moving first thing can help to improve blood flow and circulation whilst nourishing the body and bringing the mind to a greater place of steadiness. When we get on our yoga mats as soon as we wake, there is usually less time for the mind to race away with thoughts or to become too cluttered with fluctuations, so our practice can really feel a lot more simpler and calmer, as we usually begin from a much more centred place.

Summer solstice gives us a renewed sense of optimism. We are half way through the year and it is time to truly check in with ourselves. This will be a vibrant flow with pranayama, sun salutations, standing poses and plenty of flow in-between. We will take a moment to centre ourselves, to take the gaze inwards before moving through a dynamic flow which will create heat in the body before we start to pacify our practice and settle into stillness.

Wake up early and start your Saturday in a way that will leave you feeling amazing. Do something different and be spontaneous!

This class is sold separate to the 5 class pass and membership system to help support the business of Heather Yoga.

£5

REGULATE: DAY TIME – A STRESS AND ANXIETY SUPPORT WORKSHOP

With Heather Gregg

Saturday 20th June 2020 | 2pm – 4pm

Heather Yoga is excited to present this workshop carefully designed by our Senior Teacher Heather to support you right now in the challenging times of the COVID pandemic and provide an accessible and effective holistic way to deal with anxiety and stress. Included in our 3 Part Stress & Anxiety Support Series or available to book as an individual session.

This workshop will be centred around the middle of the day with a relevant theme to provide you an effective system of tools & structure for physical & mental health & wellbeing.

A toolkit for your nervous system & energy levels throughout the day: we’ll cover breath technique, movement & asana, yoga nidra, tapping (Emotional Freedom Technique) – all to help deaccelerate a busy mind, refocus your attention, refresh your energy levels, and include diet choices for supporting your mental body as well as your physical body.

In our daily lives we are always faced with a cascade of potential stressors and over stimulation – work, family, traffic, the news, social media and our phones and computers. The accumulation or build up to these, can all send our adrenal glands into overdrive and leave us in a state of constant stress. Right now, even more so than ever, during the pressures of lockdown we’re feeling higher levels of stress, busier overloaded minds, depleted energy levels, a rollercoaster of emotions, and low moods & swings to name just a few issues of these uncertain times.

Through this session you will receive a selection box of holistic coping mechanisms to practice and apply to everyday life situations which will be especially good for assisting you right now in the lockdown period as well as at anytime during life when you’re feeling down or overwhelmed or if you experience high stress in your life or just want to shift to a more positive outlook.

£20

Or book as part of the 3 Workshop Stress & Anxiety Support Series at £50 and you will also receive a BONUS audio Yoga Nidra meditation.

REPLENISH: EVENING TIME – A STRESS AND ANXIETY SUPPORT WORKSHOP

With Heather Gregg

Saturday 27th June 2020 | 5pm – 7pm

Heather Yoga is excited to present this workshop carefully designed by our Senior Teacher Heather to support you right now in the challenging times of the COVID pandemic and provide an accessible and effective holistic way to deal with anxiety and stress. This session is included in our 3 Part Stress & Anxiety Support Series or available to book as an individual session.

This workshop will be centred around the evening time with a relevant theme to provide you an effective system of tools & structure for physical & mental health & wellbeing. Learn how anxiety presents itself in the evening and to get into your sleepy zone:  includes movement and restorative yoga to release tension and relax the effects of stress on the body, breathing techniques to help quieten down an over active mind and calm a stimulated nervous system,  gratitude meditation & mantra to create mental space and ease, plus sleep hygiene and how to develop your best bedtime routine so you have a restful sleep and wake up feeling refreshed and ready to get going again!

In our daily lives we are always faced with a cascade of potential stressors and over stimulation – work, family, traffic, the news, social media and our phones and computers. The accumulation or build up to these, can all send our adrenal glands into overdrive and leave us in a state of constant stress. Right now, even more so than ever, during the pressures of lockdown we’re feeling higher levels of stress, busier overloaded minds, depleted energy levels, a rollercoaster of emotions, and low moods & swings to name just a few issues of these uncertain times.

Through this session will receive a selection box of holistic coping mechanisms to practice and apply to everyday life situations which will be especially good for assisting you right now in the lockdown period as well as at anytime during life when you’re feeling down or overwhelmed or if you experience high stress in your life or just want to shift to a more positive outlook.

£20

Or book as part of the 3 Workshop Stress & Anxiety Support Series at £50 and you will also receive a BONUS audio Yoga Nidra meditation.

SUMMER SEASONAL FLOW

With Debs Grossman

Saturday 4th July 2020 | 5pm – 7pm

We hope you can join us to celebrate and welcome the summer season. The summer season is all about warming up; the sun is the ultimate source of almost all light and warmth on Earth’s surface and Summer is when nature’s and our energy are at their peak. It’s about getting our heart beating, balancing calm with vibrancy and a time for enjoyment rather than striving – a time for living life
to the full!
Our seasonal practice encourages circulation, social as well as body, heat (tapas) and a sense of calm. It’s the season for laughter, contentment, meditation, exercise, compassion, letting go, balance and socialising.

Organs associated with this season are the heart and small intestine and our practice helps to open us up, encouraging flow of energy along the organs’ meridian lines. Challenging postures stimulate our heart and circulation, warmth, joy and personal expression; cooling postures balance and close the practice. Yoga nidra will complete our workshop, an opportunity for deep relaxation and restoration, balancing your energies for the seasons.

We look forward to welcoming you. This workshop will be held live through Zoom. Please ensure that you have a Zoom account (https://zoom.us/). You’ll be sent an email with a link to the Zoom meeting prior to your class. Please know that this will still be an interactive and shared group experience so please bring your questions as we always love to discuss this topic

£20

ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY + BIOMECHANICS APPLIED TO YOGA:
A 2-DAY TRAINING/IMMERSION

With Dr Yogi

Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th October 2020 | 10am – 6pm

“The most useful and informative two days that I have spend in years!” Jo W, Yoga Teacher

For yoga teachers, yoga teacher trainees or yoga practitioners with at least a one-year consistent practice

In this two-day immersion we will explore in detail the anatomy and physiology of our incredible human body applied to practising and teaching yoga. Each topic that we delve into will be related directly back to the asana practice. The sessions will be interactive and experiential and will vary between discussion, lecture, small group work, personal reflection and group asana practice. There will be a strong focus on using knowledge of anatomy to make asana practices as inclusive as possible. A detailed manual will be included.

The immersion is ideal for yoga practitioners with an established practice, who want to learn more about the human body, go deeper in their own yoga practice and develop a teaching style that is up to date, empowering and inclusive. We will explore anatomy to a depth that is appropriate for teaching yoga.

By the end of the weekend you will feel inspired and empowered to teach yoga to the best of your ability. You will have the confidence to breakdown any yoga asana with a clear understanding of the key actions and movements and know how to work with your own unique anatomy and that of your student.

An Introduction to Intelligent Movement Principals:
• An introduction to muscle looking at its structure and function and how we can apply the knowledge of stretch reflexes to deepen our practice
• The structure and function of bone and joints looking at both the importance and limitation of alignment and what limits our movement
• How a knowledge of fascia can impact our movement on and off the mat
• The Nocebo Effect and choosing empowering language
• What causes muscle tightness
• Flexibility vs mobility
• Anatomical language and how this can help us to remember the names of some of our muscles

A Detailed Exploration of the Lower Limbs:
• An exploration of our feet and ankles looking at their structure and function and how we can apply this knowledge on and off the mat
• Why our knee joints may be vulnerable to injury and how to support them
• A detailed look at the hip joints focusing on what makes each of us so unique
• Piriformis Syndrome

A Detailed Exploration of the Upper Limbs:
• The importance of shoulder joint and girdle mobility and stability in our yoga practice
• An evidence-based approach to Shoulder Impingement
• Hyperextension of the elbow joint
• Why wrist pain is so common in yoga

A Detailed Exploration of the Spine:
• An exploration of our pelvis and sacro-iliac joints and how to keep this area supported during our asana practice
• An evidence-based approach to back pain and prolapsed discs
• The anatomy of our core musculature
• Increasing thoracic spine mobility
• Supporting our cervical spine during inversions
• An evidence-based approach to releasing neck tension

The Science Behind Why Yoga Makes Us Feel So Good:
• How yoga impacts our nervous system and relieves stress
• Yoga as a breath-led practice and why breath is so important
• Yoga for cardiovascular and lymphatic health

This immersion counts towards CPD requirements for Yoga Alliance members (14 contact hours)

2 Day Immersion Price:
£200 Full Price.

Booking is essential to guarantee your place as places are limited.

About Andrew McGonigle aka Doctor Yogi:
After originally training to become a doctor, Andrew moved away from western medicine to pursue a career as a yoga teacher, massage therapist and anatomy teacher. Andrew has been practising yoga and meditation for over 13 years and teaching strong, grounding and inclusive classes since 2009. Andrew combines all of his skills to teach anatomy and physiology workshops across the globe. For more information visit: www.dr-yogi.com