Detailed Weekly Information - Astrikas 2010
Sivananda Based Yoga
Louise Cashin
Yoga
with Louise Cashin
Louise, who has practiced yoga for most of her life and taught full time since 2002, believes yoga isn’t just something you do on your mat with a teacher but a lifestyle, a whole way of living and thinking.
“I encourage my students to do a little bit of yoga everyday! Whether that is 15 minutes of asana practice or yoga breathing in bed before sleep; mindfulness practices around emotional wellbeing during a busy day or my yoga-at-your-desk programme.
"My classes are Sivananda biased as I believe this method provides a complete approach to yoga, however I do integrate techniques and styles from other traditions to provide for the specific needs of an individual or group and am very keen on correct alignment in postures and fluid movement synchronised with the breath.
I also teach yoga for therapeutic purposes and am convinced of its nurturing and healing powers”
Hatha Yoga
Tish Webster
Hatha
Yoga with Tish Webster
Tish has been teaching yoga full time since 2008. Having seen her father suffer
from a neurological disease she strongly believes that prevention is better than
cure and that yoga is the best way to prevent illness and unite the body and
mind.
Tish has trained in Sivananda Yoga, QiYoga, Power yoga and Yin yoga and continues to study anatomy with Judith Lasater, and Thai yoga massage. She draws on her understanding of different styles of yoga giving rise to a creative, vibrant Hatha Yoga practice. She has been working with Yoga therapist Anoushka Pletts and now runs Anoushka’s Yoga and GC Yoga Studios in London.
This holiday is a time to relax but also re-energize. Morning classes will begin gently and progress to refresh the body with pranayama exercises followed by sun salutations and creative, dynamic sequences according to the requirements of the group.
The evening practices will be based around a theme, such as patience or compassion, providing tools for personal transformation and values to create a wholesome, happy life. Expect to be taken on a journey for the body and mind. Feel rejuvenated and pampered by a vibrant practice, deep relaxation and meditation and even hot herb and thai yoga massage techniques
Hatha Yoga
Nicky Lowe
Hatha Yoga and Meditation with Nicky Lowe
Nicky started practicing yoga in 1998, taking classes with Faustomaria at the Innergy Yoga Centre. In 2004 she qualified as a Sivananda Yoga teacher and began teaching at Innergy herself. She also teaches at spas and clubs across London.
Nicky's yoga training has continued and she has studied Astanga yoga with John Scott and Iyengar yoga with Rajiv and Swati Chanchani.
On this holiday the yoga will be structured to fit in with the needs of the group. Morning classes will begin with seated postures followed by some sun salutations, progressing into posture work. The practice will be dynamic focusing on alignment and exploring different sequences.
The early evening session will be workshop based. We will look in greater detail at specific postures or aspects of Yoga that individuals or the group may want to focus on, paying close attention to technique. Meditation and Pranayama will also be included.
In her spare time Nicky is a keen artist and printmaker and also works as a stylist on photo shoots. She is happy to encourage sketching for those who would be interested. For a couple of hours a day if anyone would like to join her, Nicky will sketch, paint, and enjoy the stunning natural setting
Flowing Yoga with Feldenkrais
Ken Eyerman tbc
Flowing Yoga with Ken Eyerman
Ken Eyerman has 30 years experience with Yoga & Bodywork, and is a
trained practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method. He will bring his wealth
of learning to this weeks' unique blend of dynamic flowing yoga with
gentle inner sensing Feldenkrais movement awareness lessons. Ken's
intuitive and spontaneous, hands-on approach places an emphasis on using
the breath, an awareness of your inner process and how to use your body
efficiently. This combination of approaches will ease you into the
postures. The workshop is suitable for all levels and consists of two
classes a day. The morning class will be dynamic and flowing, based
around the Astanga form, with the afternoons improvised, developmental
and restorative, bringing in the vast body of knowledge of the
Feldenkrais Method.
Ken Eyerman is an American based in London since 1980. His
main Yoga influences are Derek Ireland, an inspiring astanga teacher,
and Angela Farmer, an early student of Iyengar. He attended his first
London Feldenkrais training in 1987 after the publication of his book
'Massage'.
Since
this time Ken has developed his own style of teaching, bridging the
space between the dynamic power of Astanga and the gentle understated,
spiralling Feldenkrais movements. Ken teaches his unique Yoga with
Awareness Holidays internationally.
right: on the roof of the yoga hotel in Dahab!
Feldenkrais
The developmental movement technique, The Feldenkrais Method, has been
Ken's lifelong study, especially in how it relates and is complementary
to yoga, through the awareness of movement and being attentive to
detail. For Ken, The Feldenkrais Method forms the bridge between
hands-on healing, touch and the spontaneity of life as a dance. The
Feldenkrais Method named after its originator, Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, is
an educational system that uses gentle movement and directed attention
to improve posture and human functioning. One can increase the ease and
range of motion, improve flexibility and rediscover the natural capacity
for efficient movement.
"I can help people to think about their body, how it breathes and
moves, how the structure connects, to develop a level of awareness.....
so they are not only powering away at stretching but also learning to
feel and think their way to a stronger more supple body. A goal being to
get into the imagination, to find a more subtle approach, to excite the
feelings as well as to power the muscles" Ken Eyerman (c)
"Yoga Beats"
Astrikas Yoga Centre
David Sye
David Sye, listed as one of the top ten Yoga teachers in the UK and a
Yoga Elder, has developed over many years "Yogabeats", his own brand of Yoga.
Yogabeats has now been touring in various festivals, cities and countries, gaining international success and recognition.
He has been practising yoga for over 20 years in International locations such as America, India and Israel. His “gentle power” yoga fuses Hatha, Astanga, Mridu and Vini. Gentle at the beginning and end but with dynamic and powerful periods at the core.
David will take you on a journey to touch all your senses. The Yoga class is for all levels and is driven by music that matches the pace and the flow of the Yoga
These pictures of David Sye were taken on his other Free Spirit Holidays.
Sivananda Yoga
Mohan
Sivananda
Yoga with Mohan (Yogacharya P.R. Mohanan)
This is a wonderful opportunity to experience the benefits of yoga to body, mind and inner spirit under the experienced guidance of Mohan. He is an an extremely experienced and enthusiastic teacher who works hard to ensure that all his students - from beginners to the very advanced - have their needs catered for on his yoga holidays.
Mohan taught for
eight years at the Sivananda Yoga Centre in Kerala before moving to
Liverpool where he holds numerous regular classes throughout the city.
He began his yoga life in 1981 guided by his uncle Swami Gaudapadananda Puri, director of the Vivekananda Yoga Vedanta Ashram in Kerala. He then went on to train as a Yoga Teacher and as an Advanced Yoga Teacher at the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashram, also qualifying in Yoga Vedanta, Yoga Therapy, and in Yoga Instruction.
This yoga week is suitable for all levels of practitioner
September 21st - 28th
Amy Redler
Amy
Ku Redler is a stress and well being expert and has trained and studied in
Thailand, India and the UK, having practiced and taught Thai Yoga Massage
since 1991. She teaches Yoga and Pilates professionally, trained in London
by Mary Stewart, a widely respected Yoga teacher and author and in Pilates
with Brigid McCarthy.
Yoga and Pilates has been and continues to be a significant and vital part
of Amy's personal as well as professional development. She specialises in
corporate stress management workshops and is director of Metta-College of
Thai Yoga Massage, and runs introduction days and Diploma’s in Glasgow
London and in Thailand.
She has been featured in recent years in articles in The Sunday Times,
Vogue, Shape and the London Evening Standard have cited her as one of
London’s top Yoga teachers and Therapist. She has appeared on breakfast TV
and programmes on health and runs workshops in Stress and Wellbeing
management to the corporate world. Her College is accredited by Embody and
affiliated to the ICM (institute of Complimentary medicine).
On this holiday Amy will be teaching Flowing Hatha Yoga classes and will bring her collective experience and knowledge into the daily programme. Morning classes will be flowing Hatha style and afternoon classes will be slower be more meditative.
For more
information about Amy visit her website at
http://www.yogamassage.co.uk
