teaching yoga workshops
for teachers and trainee teachers
Dynamic Yoga Workshops
2009
| October 17-18 | BARCELONA | godfri | THE ART OF MOVEMENT | |
| October 24-25 | LONDON | godfri | YOGA POSTURE IMMERSION | |
| October 27 | LONDON | godfri | VINYASAVIRASYA TRAINING DAY | |
| October 28 | LONDON | godfri | VINYASABUJASYA TRAINING DAY | |
| October 29 | LONDON | godfri | VINYASAMUKTASYA TRAINING DAY | |
| November 3 | LONDON | godfri | THE POWER OF EFFORT | |
| November 4 | LONDON | godfri | BODY MIND MERGING | |
| November 6-8 | ABERDEEN | godfri | THE INTEGRITY OF PRACTICE | |
| November 25 | LONDON | godfri | VINYASAMERASYA TRAINING DAY | |
| November 26 | LONDON | godfri | VINYASADANDASYA TRAINING DAY | |
| December 4-9 | MADRID | godfri | THE PRACTICE OF REINTEGRATION | |
| December 1 | LONDON | godfri | VINYASAXIKITSATRAINING DAY | |
| December 2 | LONDON | godfri | VINYASANIXISYA TRAINING DAY | |
| December 3 | LONDON | godfri | VINYASAYOGASYA TRAINING DAY |
2010
| February 22 | LONDON | godfri | VINYASAVAJRASYA TRAINING DAY | |
| February 23 | LONDON | godfri | VVINYASAVIRASYA TRAINING DAY | |
| February 24 | LONDON | godfri | VINYASASAMASYA TRAINING DAY | |
| March 2 | LONDON | godfri | VINYASANIXISYA TRAINING DAY | |
| March 3 | LONDON | godfri | VINYASAYOGASYA TRAINING DAY | |
| March 5-7 | DEN HAAG | godfri | DYNAMIC YOGA INTENSIVE | |
| April 17-18 | LONDON | godfri | PRANAYAMA | |
| April 20 | LONDON | godfri | VINYASABUJASYA TRAINING DAY | |
| April 21 | LONDON | godfri | VINYASAMUKTASYA TRAINING DAY | |
THE ART OF MOVEMENT: there is much more to movement than warming up the body. This workshp will introduce the moving techniques of ullola and xandranamaskar through which all the motor muscles and joints can be awakened and sensitised in preparation for the stillness of yoga postures.
YOGA POSTURE IMMERSION This 14 hour workshop will explore the relationship between the bandhas, soft core, free breathing, minimum effort, structural integrity and Ujjayi breathing. Each day will involve practice , presentation and group exploration of linked postures that allow the deep psychosomatic power of yoga postures to be clarified. This workshop is suitable for teachers, trainees and practitioners of all levels.
THE POWER OF EFFORT Yoga posture practice is Hatha Yoga. Hatha means effort: the effort that balances the male and female, sun and moon, action and surender. This workshop will explore the quality of effort this requires in yoga posture practice so that the body functions as doorway to the spirit.
BODY MIND MERGING The active practice of hatha yoga is at heart a training in meditation. Its core mechanism is the synchronisation of body with breathing. For this to take place mind must become absolutley stiil and quiet reflecting and revealing the luminous quality it shares with consciousness.
THE INTEGRITY OF PRACTICE without integrity yoga is just phsyical posturing, no matter how insistent the esoterics of its soundtrack. This workshop will calrify and apply the dynamics of integrity to yoga postures and paranayama.
THE PRACTICE OF REINTEGRATION. This workshop will foucs on the integrating power of standing postures when based on the dynamics of integrity. We will explore individual standing postures, along with xandranamaskar, inversions and ujjayi breathing: combning them together with other postures in three different practice series.
PRANAYAMA This workshop will present the practice of pranayama as defined by Patanjali in the yoga sutras. We will explore the role of pranayama as a doorway to the meditative mind and as an indispensable aspect of yoga posture practice.
VINYASA TRAINING DAYS
in London
£70 each day
These weekday daytime sessions will allow you to deepen and fertilsie your own practice
Each day well present a talk through of one practice series
followed by an exploration of the biomechanics and sequecningof the constituent postures
Sessions are from 11.00-4.30 with 30 minute lunch break after the practice
Practice only £30
VINYASAXANDRASYA focusses on sensitising, awakening, opening and strengthening all the joints and motor muscles. Its practice allows the dynamics of integrity to be established in the whole body. It invites a deep sensitivity to muscular sensation, and to the impact of action on the joints.
VINYASASUXMASYA focusses on sensitising, relaxing and nourishing the whole body. Using mainly supine and shoulder inversions it allows the dynamics of integrity to be established easily and effortlessly in the whole body. It awakens and softens the body gently, easily and nourishingly.
VINYASAXIKITSA focusses on establishing the bandhas in each part of the body. The series includes xandranamaskar, standing and supine postures and inversions, sequenced to clarify the spiral dynamic of the bandhas in the whole body so that they become the spotaneous, inevitable expression of action.
VINYASAMERASYA establishes deep, strength in the spinal muscles, while opening the supporting joints of the upper and lower body. The series focusses on extensions and rotations, and includes xandranamaskar and inversions. It is a maintaining practice that provides deep nourishment to body and mind, and promotes good pustyre and longevity.
VINYASADANDASYA releases and strengthens the back, while loosening the hamstrings. It improves the mobility of the spine and pelvis while developing deep core strength. The series focusses on strengthening backbends and forward bends and includes xandranamaskar and inversions.
VINYASASUPTASYA opens, strengthens and integrate the body, while simultaneously softening and nourishing it. More challenging than Vinyasasuxmasya this is a passive Sequence using only supine postures and shoulder inversions.
VINYASANIXISYA releases each part of the body from tension and hardness. The series focusses on the closed standing postures that invite structural integration by creating deep release in all the joints of the body, while strengthening their supporting muscles.
VINYASABUJASYA reverses the energy flow sending it down from the higher to the lower chakras. This has a deep softening and rejuvenating effect. It allows the body to open deeply and easily. At the same time it counters negative effects of distorted kundalini by settling and grounding unstable energy flow.
VINYASAVAJRASYA mobilises and strengthens the spine. It focusses on gentle backbends that open, strengthen and mobilise the spine. This develops spinal flexibility while simultaneously strengtheing the body parts that support the spine.
VINYASABUJASYA reverses the energy flow sending it down from the higher to the lower chakras. This has a deep softening and rejuvenating effect. It allows the body to open deeply and easily. At the same time it counters negative effects of distorted kundalini by settling and grounding unstable energy flow.
VINYASAYOGASYA establishes deep integrity in the whole body by integrating all the motor muscles of the body into the relationship between the ribcage and the pelvis. It includes xandranamaskar, standing postures, armbalances, strengthening backbends, spinal extensions, forward bends, rotations and inversions.
VINYASAMUKTASYA focusses on deep psychosomatic release. The series includes deep, but accessible backbends, twists and forward bends, which in being held for longer periods of time invite and support deep release from mind and body.
VINYASAVIRASYA develops strength and stamina in the motor muscles of the limbs, ribcage and pelvis. This series focusses on balancing postures: including leg and arm balances. This is a chalenging but accessible practice which will quickly develop strength and stamina.
VINAYASAMASYA maintans integrity, strength and mobility in the whole body. It is a balanced, maintaining practice that generates deep physiological and energetic nourishment. It includes xandranamaskar, ullola, standing poses, lunges, balances, extensions, rotations and inversions.
