Workshops and Events

Tuesday 31 December 2024, 21:00-00:15, with Alicia Ma Ri Atu Ma.

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Give yourself the gift of wellbeing for NYE, and – instead of waking up with the mother of all hangovers on New Year’s Day, why not come along instead to a very special, three-hour Earth Mandala creation, manifestation journal writing, and gong bath with a channelled meditation and light language designed to set you up for 2024 and beyond. Bring water, your own journal in which to write your intentions for 2025 in, aspirational /inspirational words and images, flowers, leaves, berries, nuts and other natural beauties to put into the mandala – and a small bottle of bubbly something to drink at midnight (Kava, champers, fizzy water, kombucha – whatever works for you), and we’ll kiss goodbye to 2024 together!

“This NYE event is filling up with beautiful female energy. Can we welcome some divine masculine counterparts into the mix? That would be lovely! Then we can work together to balance the yin and yang as we move into 2025.”  

Agenda

21:00 – 22:00
Part one: Hellos and journalling

The first 15 minutes of our evening will be a swift round of introductions, followed by some quiet time with gentle music in the background to get you in the mood to write your intentions journal for…

22:00 – 22:45
Making the Earth Mandala

Here we will take some moments to tune into the energy of our beloved Earth, and the beautiful trees that surround our venue. In a state of gentle appreciation, we will gather our flowers, nuts, seeds, fruits and more together, and co-create a design that celebrates the beauty of the natural world. After we have blessed our design, it will be gathered up ready to be shared with the land (and the little creatures) the next day. There will be a quick break between 22.45-23:00

23:00 – 00:00 (+1 day)
The power of the gongs and guided meditation/light language/greeting 2025!

00:00 – 00:15
Thanks and feedback to close

Seasonal Zenways Brush Workshop Led by Noriko – 2025

Sundays 10:00-12:30 (GMT)

• January 4th
  

· In-person at Dojo in Camberwell, £30 all equipment will be provided.
· Online – £20

Surrounded by ink, brush, paper, breathing, mindfulness and concentration. The Zen brushwork focuses one’s awareness into a single moment by brushing each word or passage with a single breath. The event will include meditation, body movement, and zen line practice.

Noriko will send detailed information about the Zen Characters of this session a week in advance in a separate email.

All levels are welcome.

Pre-booking is required;

email noriko@pianopianolife.com to book your space.

About Zen calligraphy

Over the last thousand years, practitioners of Zen Buddhism have developed a distinct and dynamic style of brushwork calligraphy. The Japanese term bokuseki, “ink traces”, refers to the way that the mind-state of the calligrapher is expressed intensely and directly through the brush. In this workshop, we will explore a unique Zen body-mind practice system that heightens and energizes the practitioner’s presence and allows this vitality to manifest visually on paper.

7.30pm-9pm @ ZEN Yoga, SE5

• FRIDAY 17th Jan ’25
• FRIDAY 14th Feb ’25
• FRIDAY 14th March ’25
• FRIDAY 11th April ’25

To book pls email: belle@yogabelle.co.uk

There’s nothing like a deeply nourishing & joy-filled SOUND immersion to banish any Winter BLUES & nurture a bright, warm & expansive heart !

Come dive into DEEP REST with the delicious sonic landscape of a soothing SOUND BATH, letting the healing vibrations wash over you & dance the molecular make up of your whole being into harmony! This state of deep relaxation, kindly supports our immune system & facilitates free expression, allowing us to explore together simple MANTRA (call/response) both in Sanskrit & English, a round or a fun SONG, all accompanied by LIVE guitar. Let’s see where our unified voices take us! And laying back & listening is fine too.

We all know music lifts our heart & shifts our mood, the vibrations helping us to release long held tensions, triggering those FEEL GOOD VIBES. And using our own voice is like giving ourselves a soothing inner shower ~ it also facilitates a fuller exhalation, making space for each new deeper & revitalising breath. And there’s nothing like joining our voices together to feel connected & joyful !

And a note here, we all have a VOICE – these sessions are about kindly exploring together without judgment ~ & a safe place to come & let go of any ‘I can’t sing’ inner chatter.

New Year is the perfect time to give it a go, stretch your boundaries & get expansive with the UNIVERSE !

“Thank you for creating such a warm and safe environment, I really enjoyed it !” Harriet

“It was a pleasure to take part. I loved the way you structured the experience & the guitar & singing were sublime.” Clare

“I so enjoyed the song circle. It had unexpected moments of incredible
sound that made me feel calm and connected to everyone in the room. It
was an uplifting experience and I floated out of there…”  Sarah J

ABOUT BELLE

Belle Greenwood is both a yoga teacher & yoga therapist with over 20 years experience, alongside a career as a singer/songwriter. She has lead yoga retreats internationally for the past 17 years, incorporating her singer/songwriter hat to share mantra, music & singing. Belle continues her musical career & is currently recording her own solo project. Daily mantra has been at the heart of her Buddhist practice since 2002.

FURTHER INFO

INFO & how to SIGN UP … Please pre-book.
Duration : 1.5 hrs
Cost : £25
3 x session PASS : £60
Bookings : belle@yogabelle.co.uk  @yoga_belle_  +44 7771877587
Website : www.yogabelle.co.uk

Saturday, 18:30, January 25th

Price 25£

Immerse yourself in the practice of somatic yoga and sound bath and be guided into a state of peace and harmony. Every part of us has its own healthy frequency, when we are at the optimal health.

Stress, negative thinking and emotions, overwhelmed and invasive noise can bring us out of tune creating a sense of disharmony.

Sound healing uses healing frequencies to shift us back into balance and harmony, through sympathetic resonance where one vibrating object causes another nearby object to vibrate at the same frequency creating harmony.

There is a resonance between crystal bowls and human cells due to the crystalline structure of the human body. Great effect can occur on physical, emotional and cellular level.

​During the session we embrace imperfection having time and space for listening subtle sensations using somatic approach before entering in the sound experience.

Somatic yoga is a practice of self awareness independent from any specific body shape and connected with the principles of elements and chakras. It gives the time and space to feel subtle sensations. Allows to be more fluid and unfold what needed in the moment.

​Slowing down to feel and refining awareness into little small movements, relationship with your breath and inner experience.

Relax, surrender and feel safe with no judgment. Embrace all moves and sounds as part of the journey and remember louder is not better, quicker is not better.

The healing happens in the space between the sounds.

Some benefits:

Soothing effect in the somatic nervous system, unwinding patterns in the body from stress, encourage the lymphatic flow that support immunity, create slide and glide loosing adhesions and stimulating responsiveness, coming back to whole, balance and harmony.

​For booking click here

Precautions Guide :

Crystal bowl sound bath is safe, however for the vibrations generated is not advisable in case of

-Epilepsy, tinnitus, Ménière’s
-Pacemakers
-Metal plates
-Severe mental health problems
-First trimester pregnancy

if unsure consult your doctor