TitleEast Yorkshire Federation Seminar
VenueEndsleigh Centre, 481 Beverley Road, Hull, HU6 7LJ
Date | TimeSaturday 19th May 2012 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Judith Clint
Event fee£25

For more information, contact 01482 342574

Please bring food for a shared vegetarian lunch.

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TitleYoga to Balance Mood & Mind
VenueGrenoside Community Hall, Main Street, Grenoside, S35 8PR
Date | TimeSaturday 19th May 2012 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Sannyasi Amarajyoti
Event feemembers £25 | non-members £25

For more information, contact 0114 233 8340

Sannyasi Amarajyoti has been teaching yoga for over 20 years. She is trained in the Satyananda/Bihar System of Yoga, which is a systematic approach, working with body, breath and mind. She spent 6 months in Mandala Yoga Ashram in 1994 and six months in the Ashram in Munger in India 1994-1995 with her Guru Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati. While living and training in the West of Ireland, she researched yoga practices for the management of mental health difficulties. She has a personal interest in working in this area and trains teachers to work with Yoga and Mental Health. She currently runs general classes at 3 levels, classes for the less mobile, teaches in Prison and teaches regular Chakra and Meditation courses. She is an assessor and trainer of teachers in the Satyananda tradition.

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TitleYoga for Mental Health
VenueWiggington Recreational Hall, York, YO32 2PJ
Date | TimeSunday 20th May 2012 | 9.30 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Dr Jenni Connaughton (Bijam)
Event feemembers £30 | non-members £30

For more information, contact 07906 652669

Including Anxiety and Depression. Western & Yogic models for understanding anxiety and depression. Demystifying the jargon, brain biochemistry, stress vulnerability and medication issues. Helpful practices will be experienced and discussed.

Bijam is a retired consultant psychiastrist and yoga teacher who qualified with Yoga Scotland in 2001 and as a Satyananda Teacher in 2007. She teaches yoga to inpatients in medium secure forensic mental health unit and has delivered programmes about mental health issues and yoga practices at BWY Congress 2010 and various IST Days.

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TitleYoga Sutra Workshops
Venue50 Low Road West, Warmsworth, Doncaster, DN4 9LE
Date | TimeSaturday 26th May 2012 | 10.30 am – 1.00 pm
Tutor Howard Crosthwaite
Event feemembers £15 | non-members £15

For more information, contact 01302 811164

With Pat and Howard Crosthwaite. An opportunity to study, chant, discuss and reflect on Chapter 1 of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra. Pat and Howard have been studying the Sutra in depth since 1994 with TKV Desikachar, Dr Kausthub Desikachar and senior KHYF students.

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TitleNorth Yorkshire Federation Meeting
VenueUpper Poppleton Community Centre, Poppleton, York, YO26 6JT
Date | TimeSaturday 9th June 2012 | 10.00 am – 12.00 pm
Tutor Swami Vishwamandala Saraswati

For more information, contact 01757 248878

Members Free, others £6.

Vishwa first accessed yoga while pregnant, attending classes at the Active Birth Centre in London. She later went on to become the first qualified leader of Baby Massage and Movement. After moving to Yorkshire in 1997, Vishwa completed a British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) Foundation course where she was introduced to the Satyananda Tradition. She later embarked on the BWY Teaching Diploma, qualifying in July 2005.

More recently Vishwa has become further inspired by The Satyananda School of Yoga. In May 2004 Vishwa met her Guru Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati. In 2005 Vishwa completed ‘Yoga for Children UK’ teacher training and in 2006 Vishwa completed the Yoga Nidra (T) course. She also completed the BWY module in Ayurveda with Cathy Mae Karelse. In 2007 Vishwa did the Satyananda Teacher Training Integration course under the guidance of Swami Vedantananda and Swami Pragyamurti. Also a qualified Diagnostic Radiographer, graduating at The Royal London in 1986, Vishwa has been able to capitalise on her extensive knowledge of anatomy, physiology and alignment, to assist her in teaching. Through yoga and experiences in her own life Vishwa can offer people help with anxiety and stress management, and to access a more positive approach to their own life.

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TitleYoga, Astrology and the Yorkshire Vishuddhi
VenueDarby and Joan Club, Finkle Street, just off King Street, Cottingham, HU16 4AZ
Date | TimeSunday 10th June 2012 | 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Tutor Jane Lewis
Event feemembers £8 | non-members £8

For more information, contact 01482 342574

Email enquiries via http://eastyorkshireyoga.weebly.com

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TitleWest Yorkshire Federation Meeting
VenueRobert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane, Bramhope, LEEDS, LS16 9AZ
Date | TimeSunday 10th June 2012 | 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Tutor Tony Byrne

For more information, contact 07721 977629

Annual Membership available, visitors £10.

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TitleVayu Tattwa (Air Element)
VenueThe Academy Health Club, Oakdale Place, Harrogate, HG1 2LA
Date | TimeThursday 14th June 2012 | 12.00 pm – 3.00 pm
Tutor Swami Vishwamandala Saraswati
Event feemembers £15 | non-members £15

For more information, contact 07883302824

Vishwa first accessed yoga while pregnant, attending classes at the Active Birth Centre in London. She later went on to become the first qualified leader of Baby Massage and Movement. After moving to Yorkshire in 1997, Vishwa completed a British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) Foundation course where she was introduced to the Satyananda Tradition. She later embarked on the BWY Teaching Diploma, qualifying in July 2005.

More recently Vishwa has become further inspired by The Satyananda School of Yoga. In May 2004 Vishwa met her Guru Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati. In 2005 Vishwa completed ‘Yoga for Children UK’ teacher training and in 2006 Vishwa completed the Yoga Nidra (T) course. She also completed the BWY module in Ayurveda with Cathy Mae Karelse. In 2007 Vishwa did the Satyananda Teacher Training Integration course under the guidance of Swami Vedantananda and Swami Pragyamurti. Also a qualified Diagnostic Radiographer, graduating at The Royal London in 1986, Vishwa has been able to capitalise on her extensive knowledge of anatomy, physiology and alignment, to assist her in teaching. Through yoga and experiences in her own life Vishwa can offer people help with anxiety and stress management, and to access a more positive approach to their own life.

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TitleThe Breath of Life
VenueGrenoside Community Hall, Main Street, Grenoside, S35 8PR
Date | TimeSaturday 23rd June 2012 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Julie Friedeberger
Event feemembers £25 | non-members £25

For more information, contact 0114 233 8340

Julie Friedeberger has practised yoga since 1970. She began teaching in 1987, and trained teachers between 1990 and 2000. Her experience of breast cancer in 1993 left her with a deeper trust in the power of yoga to help us to face our challenges and to heal ourselves. Since then, her key focus has been on yoga as a healing therapy, and on the effectiveness and power of the simplest of Yogic practices to help the healing process.

The approach she has been developing has grown out of her own encounter with life-changing illness, and the integration of its fruits into her life and teaching. She has offered classes for people with cancer at the Yoga Therapy Centre, London, since 1999, and has given many workshops and training days for the BWY and the Yoga Biomedical Trust. She now delivers the Teacher Training Module on yoga for people living with cancer.

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TitleSummer Solstice Yoga Day
VenueTBC, TBC
Date | TimeSunday 24th June 2012 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Jane Cluley Jayadhara
Event feemembers £25 | non-members £30

Make your cheque payable to 'BWY Yorkshire'
Send booking form and cheque to
, 25 Newlands Drive, Acomb, York YO26 5PQ  

Bring and share lunch. Funds in support of BWY Yorkshire.

Jayadhara has been teaching yoga since 1988, she is a British Wheel of Yoga Diploma Tutor and holds an MA in Yoga Philosophy. She is passionate about including all aspects of yoga and ancient wisdom in ways accessible to everyone. Jayadhara regularly returns to India, the home of yoga, for deeper understanding and to continue her personal development journey.

Yoga is not an ancient myth buried in oblivion. It is the most valuable inheritance of the present. It is the essential need of today and the culture of tomorrow
Swami Satyananda Saraswati

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TitleAkasha Tattwa (Space Element)
VenueThe Academy Health Club, Oakdale Place, Harrogate, HG1 2LA
Date | TimeThursday 28th June 2012 | 12.00 pm – 3.00 pm
Tutor Swami Vishwamandala Saraswati
Event feemembers £15 | non-members £15

For more information, contact 07883302824

Vishwa first accessed yoga while pregnant, attending classes at the Active Birth Centre in London. She later went on to become the first qualified leader of Baby Massage and Movement. After moving to Yorkshire in 1997, Vishwa completed a British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) Foundation course where she was introduced to the Satyananda Tradition. She later embarked on the BWY Teaching Diploma, qualifying in July 2005.

More recently Vishwa has become further inspired by The Satyananda School of Yoga. In May 2004 Vishwa met her Guru Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati. In 2005 Vishwa completed ‘Yoga for Children UK’ teacher training and in 2006 Vishwa completed the Yoga Nidra (T) course. She also completed the BWY module in Ayurveda with Cathy Mae Karelse. In 2007 Vishwa did the Satyananda Teacher Training Integration course under the guidance of Swami Vedantananda and Swami Pragyamurti. Also a qualified Diagnostic Radiographer, graduating at The Royal London in 1986, Vishwa has been able to capitalise on her extensive knowledge of anatomy, physiology and alignment, to assist her in teaching. Through yoga and experiences in her own life Vishwa can offer people help with anxiety and stress management, and to access a more positive approach to their own life.

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TitleLight on Hatha Yoga
VenueAmpleforth Abbey,York, YO61 4EN
Date | Time29th June - 1st July | 5.00 pm – 5.30 pm
Tutor Jane Cluley Jayadhara
Event feemembers £195 | non-members £195

For more information, contact 07906 652669

Transformative practices based on ancient and modern teachings of the masters. Suitable for all levels of experience.

Jayadhara has been teaching yoga since 1988, she is a British Wheel of Yoga Diploma Tutor and holds an MA in Yoga Philosophy. She is passionate about including all aspects of yoga and ancient wisdom in ways accessible to everyone. Jayadhara regularly returns to India, the home of yoga, for deeper understanding and to continue her personal development journey.

Yoga is not an ancient myth buried in oblivion. It is the most valuable inheritance of the present. It is the essential need of today and the culture of tomorrow
Swami Satyananda Saraswati

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TitleEast Yorkshire Federation Meeting
VenueDarby and Joan Club, Finkle Street, just off King Street, Cottingham, HU16 4AZ
Date | TimeSunday 1st July 2012 | 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Tutor Breeda Dillon
Event feemembers £8 | non-members £8

For more information, contact 01482 342574

Enquiries http://eastyorkshireyoga.weebly.com

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TitleNorth Yorkshire Federation Meeting
VenueUpper Poppleton Community Centre, Poppleton, York, YO26 6JT
Date | TimeSaturday 7th July 2012 | 10.00 am – 12.00 pm
Tutor Margot Richardson

For more information, contact 01757 248878

Members Free, others £6.

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TitleA Day of Yoga with Pete Blackaby
VenueBamford Institute, Bamford, Derbyshire, S33 0DY
Date | TimeSunday 15th July 2012 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Peter Blackaby
Event feemembers £45 | non-members £45

For more information, contact 07932 780098

Peter Blackaby has been teaching yoga for 28 yrs. He originally trained to teach Iyengar yoga but changed direction during his training in osteopathy, and his meeting with Mary Stewart. The last fifteen years have been a slow evolution in ideas towards a more humanistic approach. A humanistic perspective to yoga focuses on the anatomy, physiology, psychology, and philosophy of the human condition from a reasoned point of view without recourse to the supernatural.

Peter Blackaby has been teaching yoga for over 20 years. He originally trained as an Iyengar teacher, but his subsequent studies in osteopathy and meetings with other yoga teachers led him to change his direction, pursuing a more bio-mechanically friendly approach to asana work. Recently this has developed into a broader ‘humanistic’ perspective, with the intention of making yoga more accessible to the western mind by grounding the physical, physiological and psychological effects of yoga practice in a rational context.

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TitleThe dialogue between dynamic and static postures (day 1)
VenueBramcote Memorial Hall, Church Street, Bramcote, NOTTINGHAM, NG9 3HD
Date | TimeSaturday 8th September 2012 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Peter Hersnack
Event feemembers £35 | non-members £45

For more information, visit BWY East Midlands website

The dialogue between dynamic and static postures
• Dynamic postures favour circulation, open our perception and allow us to inhabit our body as well as the space around us.
• The use of static postures favours inner communication and creates an intense dialogue between inside and outside. Static postures purify inner space and free our vital energy.
• A well-balanced use of dynamic and static postures opens a living space for being in the body and in the world.

Peter Hersnack, who is Danish, is a yoga teacher trainer linked to The French Institute of Yoga (Institut Francais de Yoga). He studied full time with T.K.V. Desikachar during four years between 1970 and 1975. Today he lives in Montpellier in France.

Peter invites his students to question the inner meaning of practice and teaching. Together they explore states of body and breath that allows inner presence as well as living relationship with what is. He transmits an approach to yoga, which is original and coherent in a constant dialogue with tradition.

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TitleFoundation Course 1
VenueTBC, TBC
Date | TimeSaturday 8th September 2012 | 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Tutor Jane Cluley Jayadhara

For more information, contact 07906 652669

A very practical course that will deepen practice, develop confidence and enhance understanding of many facets of yoga. It may be used as a stepping stone to teacher training. Venue in York TBC.

Jayadhara has been teaching yoga since 1988, she is a British Wheel of Yoga Diploma Tutor and holds an MA in Yoga Philosophy. She is passionate about including all aspects of yoga and ancient wisdom in ways accessible to everyone. Jayadhara regularly returns to India, the home of yoga, for deeper understanding and to continue her personal development journey.

Yoga is not an ancient myth buried in oblivion. It is the most valuable inheritance of the present. It is the essential need of today and the culture of tomorrow
Swami Satyananda Saraswati

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TitleThe dialogue between dynamic and static postures (day 2)
VenuePapplewick Village Hall, Linby Lane, Papplewick, NOTTINGHAM, NG15 8FB
Date | TimeSunday 9th September 2012 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Peter Hersnack

For more information, visit BWY East Midlands website

The dialogue between dynamic and static postures
• Dynamic postures favour circulation, open our perception and allow us to inhabit our body as well as the space around us.
• The use of static postures favours inner communication and creates an intense dialogue between inside and outside. Static postures purify inner space and free our vital energy.
• A well-balanced use of dynamic and static postures opens a living space for being in the body and in the world.

Peter Hersnack, who is Danish, is a yoga teacher trainer linked to The French Institute of Yoga (Institut Francais de Yoga). He studied full time with T.K.V. Desikachar during four years between 1970 and 1975. Today he lives in Montpellier in France.

Peter invites his students to question the inner meaning of practice and teaching. Together they explore states of body and breath that allows inner presence as well as living relationship with what is. He transmits an approach to yoga, which is original and coherent in a constant dialogue with tradition.

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TitleFoundation Course 1
VenueThe Endsleigh Centre, 418 Beverley Road, HULL, HU6 7LJ
Date | TimeSaturday 15th September 2012 | 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Tutor Pauline Coyle

For more information, contact

Extend and deepen your knowledge of yoga and yourself.
The BWY Foundation Course encourages your development towards a deeper understanding of yoga.
You will find the course useful if you enjoy your weekly yoga class, but would like a more profound insight inot the background of yoga with an exploration of pranayama, meditation, philosophy and an in-depth look at asana. There is an opportunity for self-development, study and enquiry, enabling you to reinforce and strengthen your practice.
Some find the Foundation Course a useful stepping stone on the way to becoming a yoga teacher. Many Diploma Course tutors consider a Foundation Course Certificate an advantageous prerequisite for prospective teachers. The course will last for seven months, starting in September 2012 with eight full days and a weekend retreat in North Yorkshire.

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TitleBWYQ Level 4 Teachers Diploma in Yoga
VenueYorkshire Yoga & Therapy Centre, 9-10 Halfpenny Close, Knaresborough, HG5 0TG
Date | TimeSaturday 22nd September 2012 | 9.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Laura Bissell

For more information, contact 01423 864343

Introductory Days 25th Feb & 25 Mar 2012 - with full course commencement in September 2012 for 3 years. This exciting new course offered by BWYQ is the first of its kind nationally to put Yoga on the National Qualification Framework at Level 4.

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TitleTibetan Healing Exercises
VenueYorkshire Yoga & Therapy Centre, 9-10 Halfpenny Close, Knaresborough, HG5 0TG
Date | TimeSunday 7th October 2012 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Maarten Vermaase
Event feemembers £470 | non-members £470

For more information, contact 01944 768409

This 7-day course meets on Sundays, students will review or learn the essential Tibetan Healing Exercises and will be introduced to Mahamudra and Lojong.

Maarten Vermaase is a Buddhist scholar and a Hatha Yogi with more than 30 years' teaching experience. He studied Hatha Yoga with the late Robert Van Heeckeren, and Tibetan Buddhist meditation with teachers from the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Based in Oxford, Maarten is a BWY Diploma Course Tutor and also runs a post-graduate BWY Meditation Module based on the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of Mahamudra.

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TitleGeneral postures, Moving a little Deeper
VenueVaudeville Hall, Joseph Rowntree School, York, YO32 4BZ
Date | TimeSaturday 13th October 2012 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Zoe Knott

For more information, contact 01904 620765

£20 members of NYYF, £25 to non members.
Bring-to-share vegetarian lunch, please bring your own drinks.
Send SAE to Barbara Wills, Park Grove, York, YO31 6LG

Zoe Knott has practised yoga for 30 years with many different teachers from a variety of traditions. She uses a combination of these styles in her own teaching. However one of the key areas of her teaching comes from a point of safety and Zoe has developed a style of working with strength in asana to protect the body from stress. A Teacher Trainer (DCT) for the Wheel, Zoe has also taken the additional BWY modules in Pranayama and Pregnancy and provides In Service Training around Great Britain.

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 IST 12/07 : 7½ CPD points 
TitleStepping Up Your Yoga Anatomy: the knee, ankle and foot
 This event is open to teachers and student teachers only
VenueGrenoside Community Hall, Main Street, Grenoside, S35 8PR
Date | TimeSaturday 13th October 2012 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Lesley Dike
Event fee£25

Please contact South Yorkshire County Rep Gill Musson on 01709 850158

Make your cheque payable to 'BWY Yorkshire'
Send booking form and cheque to
, Dene Cottage, Dalton Lane, Dalton Parva, Rotherham S65 3QQ  

Lesley Dike qualified with the BWY in 1981 and has been teaching yoga ever since. After qualifying as a physiotherapist in 1992 her work has been dealing with musculoskeletal problems. Her physio career totally influenced how and what she teaches in her yoga classes. Lesley also teaches anatomy to teachers and student teachers of yoga. Her passion is empowering people by helping them to understand how the body works and deal with its malfunctions.

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 IST 12/04 : 7½ CPD points 
TitleYoga for Healthy Lower Backs
 This event is open to teachers and student teachers only
VenueRobert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane, Bramhope, LEEDS, LS16 9AZ
Date | TimeSaturday 20th October 2012 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Anna Semlyen
Event fee£25

Make your cheque payable to 'BWY Yorkshire'
Send booking form and cheque to
, 140 Hookstone Drive, Harrogate HG2 8PF  

Download the pre-course information (pdf opens in new window)

Anna Semlyen BWY Dip, MA PPE (Oxon), MSc Health Economics (York) is a BWY yoga teacher and researcher with the University of York’s Health Sciences Department. She qualified in 1999 and is joint author of the ‘Yoga For Healthy Lower Backs’ manuals for students and teachers, and the relaxation CD made for the University of York’s trial, funded by the Arthritis Research Campaign. Anna is an IST tutor on Ayurvedic Yoga and Dosha, and tutored on this topic at the BWY National Congress 2009.

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 IST 12/05 : 7½ CPD points 
TitleMeditation, Mantra & Meaning
 This event is open to teachers and student teachers only
VenueThe Endsleigh Centre, 418 Beverley Road, HULL, HU6 7LJ
Date | TimeSaturday 3rd November 2012 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Carolyn Clarke
Event fee£25

Make your cheque payable to 'BWY Yorkshire'
Send booking form and cheque to
, 28 Boothgate Drive, Howden, Goole DN14 7EW  

In Service Training

Carolyn Clarke has been developing her yoga practice since 1970 and is a DCT in the East Midlands. She is particularly interested in how yoga fits into everyday life and how its practice helps the practitioner to make sense of life itself.

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 IST 12/06 : 7½ CPD points 
TitleMindfulness Meditation Level 2
 This event is open to teachers and student teachers only
VenueYorkshire Yoga & Therapy Centre, 9-10 Halfpenny Close, Knaresborough, HG5 0TG
Date | TimeSaturday 10th November 2012 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Sarah Lionheart
Event fee£25

Make your cheque payable to 'BWY Yorkshire Region'
Send booking form and cheque to
, 25 Newlands Drive, Acomb, York YO26 5PQ  

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TitleFoundation Course 2
VenueTBC, TBC
Date | TimeSaturday 17th November 2012 | 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Tutor Jane Cluley Jayadhara

For more information, contact 07906 652669

This 60 hour course is for those who have completed a Foundation Course 1 and would like to continue to broaden their depth of yoga knowledge. Venue in York TBC.

Jayadhara has been teaching yoga since 1988, she is a British Wheel of Yoga Diploma Tutor and holds an MA in Yoga Philosophy. She is passionate about including all aspects of yoga and ancient wisdom in ways accessible to everyone. Jayadhara regularly returns to India, the home of yoga, for deeper understanding and to continue her personal development journey.

Yoga is not an ancient myth buried in oblivion. It is the most valuable inheritance of the present. It is the essential need of today and the culture of tomorrow
Swami Satyananda Saraswati

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TitleBWY Pranayama Module
VenueYorkshire Yoga & Therapy Centre, 9-10 Halfpenny Close, Knaresborough, HG5 0TG
Date | TimeSunday 25th November 2012 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor Philip Xerri
Event feemembers £350 | non-members £350

For more information, contact 07710 185825

This 6 day course can be done as a BWY Self Development Module or as a private course. Fantastic opportunity to work with a Pranayama master.

Philip Xerri is an inspiring teacher, pragmatic, empowering and grounded. He sees the breath as the crucial energetic and contemplative link between body, mind and spirit, and has developed his own integrated style of teaching encompassing these aspects - always leading students onwards towards a more subtle appreciation of the essence of Yoga.

Philip originally trained with Dr. Swami Gitananda in India in 1980. He has been teaching Yoga continuously ever since, in this country and abroad. Before this he studied with various Meditation schools and continues this contemplative strand within his teaching and his practice. He gained a BA honours degree, mainly focused on Yoga and Eastern Religion, in 1984 and trained with the British Wheel of Yoga in 1986.

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TitleThe Chakras - A Practical Approach
VenueWortley Hall, Wortley, Sheffield, S35 7DB
Date | Time30th November-2nd December | 5.00 pm – 5.30 pm
Tutor Swami Shraddhamurti
Event feemembers £240 | non-members £240

For more information, contact 0114 233 8340

This will be an excellent weekend with two internationally respected teachers. There has been a lot of interest in this weekend already so early booking is recommended. We have had some fantastic weekends at Wortley Hall over the last few years and this one will be no exception.
If you have not tried a weekend before now is the time!

Download the event flier & booking form (pdf opens in new window)

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