Detailed Weekly Information - Crete 2011
May 24th - 31st
Hatha Yoga and Meditation
Penny Loosemore
Penny
studied Hatha yoga (Sivananda-style) in Kerala, India, 2004, where dodging the
crocodiles in the local river was all part of the training!
Now she specialises in helping people feel completely relaxed, on the principle
that our bodies and minds become totally balanced when we slow down and work
with, rather than against, them. Letting go can be truly powerful and
life-changing stuff, so be prepared!
On this holiday, you will enjoy a wonderful combination of very relaxing yoga,
cleansing pranayama (breath-work) and simple meditation. Using candles and
really peaceful music, Penny creates a great atmosphere that¹s inclusive and
friendly, and uses techniques that are totally accessible to anyone, of any age,
fitness, experts or beginners.
Penny teaches Yoga for Relaxation in Brighton, and has trained in life coaching,
reiki and with a smattering of tai chi and chi
gung. She has also been a health writer for the Telegraph and Cosmopolitan.
"After one week, I realise I can bend! Very relaxing and I made so much
progress!" Duncan, sports teacher
"Perfect blend of yoga fun" Julie, Teacher
"Loved slowing the yoga right down, and feel so much better after a week. The reiki and coaching complemented the yoga so much. Perfect!" Susan, actress
June 7th - 14th
Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Raphan Le-Kebe
'Space n' Flow' Yoga - with Raphan Kebe
Raphan
Kebe is a creative and committed full-time Yoga teacher and body
therapist based in London. After having trained with various Yoga schools
his practise and teaching methodology is now influenced by the work of
Jonathan Monks, the Feldenkrais method and Zen as well as martial arts,
contemporary dance and Structural Integration (Rolfing).
Raphan teaches Vinyãsa Yoga internationally, privately as well as in various studios within London. His teaching emphasis is on the development of a practice that is personal, conscious yet fun and done in a meaningful way; guiding practitioners towards a freer expression of their own yoga all the while providing a solid foundation to build from/on. Raphan finds Yoga to be a great metaphor for life, challenging us to be engaged yet relaxed on one’s path.
Besides Yoga classes, private tuition and retreats Raphan also offers Structural Bodywork and Musculoskeletal Body therapy .
The Yoga holiday:
This week long workshop will invite a sense of play between both presence and playfulness, being flexible and decisive and calm yet energetic.
We will practise and discuss theme related sequences and postures,
breathwork and meditation and will aim to clarify our attention to movement,
deepen our perception and develop a consistent quality of connection within
ourselves, asanas and our practise of Vinyãsa
Flow.'
By
giving everyone individualized attention combined with hands-on assisting and
adjustments, the goal of this retreat is to
help you build a foundation for and/or strengthen your yoga practice, as
well as helping you with the release of three kinds of tension - muscular,
emotional and mental - thus leaving you feeling refreshed and renewed!
Invigorating and challenging, this retreat will offer a complete journey for the body and mind. Designed for beginners through to advanced practitioners, classes will consist of Vinyasa (flowing asana sequences), hands-on adjustments, Sanskrit chanting, uplifting & soothing music, meditation and deep relaxation.
Both classical and creatively-adapted sun salutations will be practised as well
as standing and seated postures, balance-poses, backbends, and inversions
alongside meditation, yogic breathing manipulation exercises & more.
Modifications for
beginners and options for advanced practitioners will be provided throughout.
Space n' Flow' Vinyãsa:
The practice of Vinyãsa Yoga is to me something that gives us more choice in movement and more empowerment as human beings with an interest in preserving the integrity of our bodies and souls well into old age. In this way we can learn to recognize the complexity (and simplicity!) of moment to moment relationships, staying open to new combinations of movement and patterns to safely and gracefully move through space, and ultimately be listening to our own bodies as our teachers, intelligent rather than just obedient. Raphan
visit Rapham's website at www.yogaspace.in
June 28th - July 5th
Kundalini Yoga
Jai Kartar
One
Heart, One Voice
A magical week of yoga, meditation and devotional singing. Jai Kartar will lead a journey into the heart, to find the experience that ease of connection, one-ness with yourself and all.
We will release the past with special yoga and mediation practices to transform and awaken, others to open the heart and voice and a week of experiencing devotion through sacred song!
Each day will include a yoga and meditation workshop, mantra fun and a special concert at the end of the week. Suitable for all levels, no experience necessary, though instruments always welcome!
Jai Kartar is a Kundalini yoga and meditation teacher and teacher trainer based in London. She also works as a Family Constellations Facilitator and healer and combines this work with her creative passion as a devotional singer and musician, playing in kirtans and concerts all over Europe.
She composes her own songs, sings with others and feels blessed to have found this expression of devotion.
July 5th - 12th
Leone Roberts
Astanga
Yoga with Leone Roberts
Leone feels that the use of both dynamic flow and Astanga yoga combined with skilled alignment in held poses, enables students to progress safely, deepening their practice to enhance strength, improve flexibility and become more centred.
Static postures train students to observe and understand their alignment, allowing time to repose and quietly intensify the posture.
The Dynamic Flow of an Astanga class teaches synchronisation of breath and movement creating freedom and enjoyment.
On this holiday Leone will be teaching an Astanga yoga class in the morning session and an Alignment class in the afternoon
Leone is a fully certified yoga teacher and also has an ITEC diploma in Anatomy and Physiology. She has been practising yoga for over 20 years.
There will be plenty of spare time to enjoy the surrounding countryside, the pool and the beach!
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July 19th - 26th - - August 2nd
Hatha Scaravelli Yoga
June Mercer
H
atha
Scaravelli Yoga with June Mercer
I went to my first
yoga class when I was about 15 years old. Later as a student I read philosophy
and studied different spiritual traditions. The seeds were sown for my
developing interest in the philosophy and art of yoga.
When I was drawn to train as a yoga teacher with Yoga Scotland in 1991, it was
to delve more deeply into the philosophy, to further my spiritual search. I had
never been any good at sports and had no background in anatomy and physiology.
I could never have guessed that a few years down the road I would be teaching a
practice very much based on the physical work……....observing the body as it is,
on the ground, being breathed. In particular, my studies over the last 14 years
with yoga tutor and osteopath John Stirk have helped me discover the connection
between body, mind and spirit. The experience in the postures brought an
awareness I couldn’t have found in any book. The meditation, the non-doing is
there in the doing.
Lots of yoga students are drawn to the yoga for the benefits of the physical
exercise and I am keen to present my classes so they are accessible to everyone,
regardless of their fitness level. Many people find they benefit especially from
the relaxation and many then go on to develop an interest in the spiritual
practice.
My personal journey was from the spiritual search to the physical practice.
Whichever way, I think there is no separation. The practice is the meditation.
We use what we have, where we are.
These days I am interested in how science is proving what the yogis discovered
through their efforts thousands of years ago. My daily inspiration comes from my
family, my students, the music of Krishna Das, and the books of Osho. And of
course the yoga!
August 2nd - 9th
Pilates
Wendy Davison
August 23rd - 30th
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
Flowing Hatha Yoga
Amy Redlar
Amy
is a health and well being expert with over 20 year’s experience of working
with individuals and organizations as a yoga and Pilates and baby massage
teacher and Thai Yoga Masseur. Her background is varied from working in 5
Star spars to drug and alcohol groups, schools and adult education s well as
teaching on overseas yoga holidays.
She has studied extensively in Thailand and India and is Director and co
founder of the Metta College of Thai Yoga Massage in 1991 where she runs
Diploma courses in Massage, Yoga and Pilates classes.
Amy was named one of London’s best complementary health practitioners in The
London Evening Standard, and her work has been quoted and acknowledged by
the media over the past 10 years, appearing in numerous publications such as
The Times, The Sunday Times; Vogue; The Scotsman on Sunday and London’s Time
Out, Shape Magazine, Tattler and numerous other heath magazines. She has
appeared on BBC radio Scotland talking about yoga and has also appeared on
Breakfast TV.
Our week
During the week’s workshops we will learn ways to release tension, allowing
the spine to lengthen, to awaken lazy muscles and calm down busy ones,
learning to breathe and move more freely.
Particular attention will be given to breathing, to the work of gravity, and to the releasing of unnecessary and unhelpful muscle contraction and tension through breathing techniques and postures.
Amy’s style of teaching is precise but flowing, fun yet structured. With an emphasis in releasing blocked energy and restoring the body’s natural ability to enjoy and recuperate.
This course is suitable if you are a complete beginning in yoga or a teacher with many years experience and anywhere in between having the golden opportunity to spend some quality with yourself and take some time out of your busy life.
picture right: Amy's 2010 group
For more
information about Amy visit her website at
http://www.yogamassage.co.uk
September 13th - 20th
Hatha Yoga
Clare Calvert
Ha
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Yoga with Clare Calvert
Clare began practising yoga whilst at college following an accident. She discovered the power of yoga to not only provide a sense of calm and well-being, but also to heal. For the first time she realised that she could take responsibility for her own health and healing through combined stretching, breathing and greater body awareness and sensitivity.
Clare originally trained as in Sivananda Yoga 20 years ago. Following this she has studied extensively with Shandor Remete and in Iyengar yoga, spending time at the Institute in Pune, India with BKS and Geeta Iyengar. She has also practice Astanga Vinyasa and Scaravelli Yoga and studied with Zhixing Wang, the inspirational Qi gong master.
Clare has a deep-rooted practice which integrates her knowledge from all these forms together with her ongoing exploration of movement and its effects on the body. Recently she has been working with Liz Koch, author of The Psoas Book. Liz’s work inspires and compliments Clare’s emphasis on grounding and also brings a more fluid and spontaneous approach into the practice.
Teaching yoga for Clare is a joy, being able to share both her enthusiastic research of the practice; her love of people and genuine desire to help and heal.
September 20th - 27th
Dynamic Hatha Vinyasa Yoga
Roanna Harstad
Dynamic Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga with Roanna Harstad
''Roanna Harstad is an adventurer!
As a Yoga Instructor, NLP Practitioner, Life Coach, Empowerment Teacher, Sundoor Master Firewalking Instructor, Spiritual leader, Retreat/Workshop Leader, Body Worker, Therapist and Founder of Resting Buddha she leads clients into a more empowered, healthy and enjoyable way of life.
Roanna brings a holistic, spiritual and dynamic approach to her Retreats, Classes and Workshops.
Roanna brings ancient healing and fun tools into her sessions to empower our
thinking and soften our being. With her gentle, informative but deeply
encouraging and motivating approach, you will find you release barriers and
move into a new, stronger, more aware sense of your body and self.''
‘I invite you to come and play, come with an open heart and a soft smile.
Together lets investigate where our joy is hiding, lets be playful when
remembering how fragile life can feel sometimes, lets find our power and
rain our light on all that need it.
Let’s remember our happiness and all the gifts that we bring to this
world. Let’s celebrate our challenges and give thanks for the opportunity to
inspire each other through this ancient and beautiful practice.’
www.restingbuddha.co.uk
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Teachers below are not yet placed for 2011
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)
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
