Yoga workshop and open day in Streatham

Going With the Flow on the Mat & in Life Vinyasa Yoga workshop Sunday 23rd of October 10am-12.30pm  Namaste <> Join us on Sunday the 23rd of October 10am-12.30pm for a deep vinyasa flow session. We will take time to enjoy moving with the breath, alignmentfor a safe practise and Going with the Flow On the Mat and in Your Life. For inspiration read my article in Om Magazine Oct 2011 Move, flow, breathe... £25 please pay in class or online (PAYPAL) to secure your space Forgot to book? - please drop in! FREE Yoga this month at Sweaty Betty Fulham. Mondays 6.45-7.45pm - Please book through the shop. Join us the following Saturday (22nd) at 10am for a FREE 45 MINUTE TRIAL CLASS The Capoiera School/Streatham Therapy Centre will host an open day with trial classes and sample therapies. So bring your friends and join me for a Vinyasa Flow Class at 10am. Does Saturday classes sound tempting on a regular basis? Stay in touch for exciting news... Morning Yoga Immersion: Get up and Flow and Glow in November  Mon 14th - Fri 18th of November 7-8am £50 for the week.  Start the day with breath, focus, awareness and flow - book online or in class Warm Autumn Greetings Anja                      Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward this to a Friend Copyright © 2011 YogaEmbodied All rights reserved. Update Subscription Preferences Unsubscribe Now

Summer Flow Sunday Session - Yoga Workshop

Summer Flow

Safe Backbends
Open Heart 

Yoga Workshop

 

Sunday 26th of June 2011

10am-12.30pm £25 



 

 Backbends are a wonderful way to create more space to breathe, energise the spine, broaden the chest...

We will start with a slow and gentle flow to warm up and get to know our body, understand safe alignment principles and then
explore a selection of backbends in different variations and modifications.

With a foundation of being grounded, aligned andmoving with the breath our backbends are opening our chest and heart with grace, awareness and spaciousness.

Please RSVP by email, in class or by PAYPAL (online)

What would you like to explore in you practice? Let me know on Facebook or email...

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Sunday Session - Flow Yoga: Hips and the Pelvis

Sunday Session 15th of May 10am - 12.30pm 2011

This 2 1/2 hour Vinyasa Flow Class will explore the physical, emotional and energetic relationship to the hips and pelvis through asana. Lighthearted, playful and with plenty of time to find alignment in the postures.

Movement and Posture, Pelvic Health, Expression and Creativity.

Hips and the pelvic girdle

Physical: Hips and the pelvis. Hip openers people either love or love to hate! The hip joint can literally rotate in all directions (nearly). Our movement has become restricted as the hip flexor is generally always in one position - sitting! 

Improve your posture, your yoga asana... even your breath and the space in your pelvis and abdomen will improve.

The hip joints are part of the pelvis and attaching our legs to the torso. The pelvic girdle holds our reproductive organs (prostate, gonads, ovaries, womb etc), our excretory organs are here, and intestines and mothers carry their babies and birth through the pelvis. 

Mental and emotional: Muladhara (root) and Swadistana (sacral) Chakra. The emotions relating to the first two chakras relate to our identity, survival, relationships and how we interact. 

Symbolic and energetic: This is about boundaries, our sense of Self and our relationship to the seductive nature of sex, money, substances (food, drugs, alcohol) and even people. It is about survival, expression, creativity including our relationship to our sexual and sensual Self.

Dance of Destruction

04/12/2010 11:02 am

 

Anja Brierley Lange

 published first in Families Online 

One of my favorite yoga postures is Natarajasana. Nataraj is a name for the God Shiva or the King of Dancers. Asana means seat or posture. The posture symbolises Shiva dancing the ‘cosmic dance’.

Shiva is the God of destruction. This may sound very hard and not at all divine. But when things get weary, stuck, unhealthy or blocked then it needs to be demolished to make space for new exciting and healthy experiences and creations. The Cosmic Dance, or Ananda Tandava, symbolises the cosmic cycle of destruction and creation. The necessity of letting go of what is no longer needed to make space for the new.

In this dance Shiva, or Nataraj, crushes and destroys a demon representing ignorance. Shiva is a fierce warrior God, the God of death, destruction as well as of dancing. Calm and gentle expressions as well fierce powerful dances to the loud beating of drums.

Listen to the music of your gentle breath, the sound of the birds, the wind or put on your favorite tunes be it Mozart, Indian Kirtan or Lady Gaga whatever inspires your Cosmic Dance.

Let's go dancing

Stand in your standing posture (Tadasana), feet parallel and body straight. Bend your right knee and let your foot moving it towards your right buttock. Keep your knees hip distance or together. Grab hold of you right foot, ankle or trouser leg with your right hand and bring your left hand to the sky. Now dance your dance staying focused and balanced if slightly wobbly. Optionally you can press your right foot into your hand and away from your buttock. And lift your chest into a gently backbend. Enjoy the creativity and play of your Natarajasana.

The pose is graceful, balances the nervous system, creates balance physically and mentally as well as strengthening the legs and works the spine.

As with all asana practices do see a qualified yoga teacher and if you have any health issues or medical conditions speak to your health advisor. Pregnant ladies - take it super easy and stay in the first variation.

About Anja:

Anja is a yoga teacher specialising in Vinyasa Flow, Pregnancy Yoga and one-to-ones. As a qualified Ayurvedic Practitioner she offers ayurvedic advice and treatments. Anja is also a qualified massage therapist and aromatherapist. She enjoys sharing this knowledge in her consultations, classes and through writing her blog on Families Magazine and other publications. See www.yogaembodied.com for details and sign up for her Email updates HERE.

You can join a Vinyasa Flow class for all levels, a Pregnancy Yoga class or see her for a consultation or treatments in Streatham Hill, Parson's Green, Fulham, Chelsea and Balham.