Workshops and Events

Yogabliss Return to Your Centre yin yoga workshop, Sat 23 November, 10am-12pm

With Kanwal Ahluwalia

A quieting yin yoga practice in preparation for the long, dark days of winter

Within nature are already all the answers, we just have to be quiet enough to listen and be empty enough to be filled.    Neil Gumenick

The energy of winter is deep and potent. It is the season to rest and ‘fill our cup’ as we connect to the core of our being and to untouched emotions.

Winter is ruled by the Water element, one of the most essential substances of life, which stores our reserves of energy and embodies flexibility and force. Its adaptive nature allows us to ‘go with the flow’ as we move more easily around obstacles and forge new paths ahead.

As we hunker down in the colder darker months, we can feel a sense of isolation and loneliness and our fast-paced lifestyles can easily deplete the Water element and especially our kidneys.

This nourishing workshop will begin with some gentle guided meditation to settle the body. After which, yin yoga postures, held for several minutes, will target the deep fascia network in the body helping us slow down and stay present. Postures will strengthen the Kidney and Bladder energy channels associated with the Water element, as we practice stillness and conservation to relieve fatigue, reduce stress and ease fear and anxiety.

Open to all. No previous experience of meditation of yoga required.

Saturday 23 November 2024, 10am to 12pm at ZenYoga studios, Camberwell

Book via Bookwhen (£28 via PayPal)

Book via Eventbrite (£28 + booking fee via cards)

Sunday 24^th November, 10:15am to 11:45am with Francesca, £26

Reiki is energy though healing, and it is one of the most selfless and compassionate forms of healing.

A special reiki workshop where you’ll learn… how to give yourself reiki, how to channel distant reiki, partner and group reiki, the reiki symbols to support your healing practise and beautiful meditations to grow your connection and understanding of reiki.

FREE healthy smoothie included at your first session with me!

Email wildpeacetreeyoga_@hotmail.com to sign up

Or Instagram message @wildpeacetreeyoga_

For more information about Francesca, her classes and client reviews – Wild Peace Tree Yoga

I look forward to connecting with you,

Saturday 30th November, 14:30-18:30, with Soular Space

PLEASE BOOK HERE VIA EVENTBRITE

Join us at the Zen Yoga Camberwell in London for a rejuvenating experience designed just for you.

With a different theme each time, this half-day retreat is all about relaxation, self-care, and connecting with other amazing women.

Treat yourself to facilitated connection-forging, a yoga-inspired movement session, meditation, breathwork and sound healing focused on empowering your mind and body.

Enjoy a delicious homemade plant-based Caribbean-inspired warm lunch and leave with a lovely gift handmade by Mama Gayle, a masterful seamstress with over 40 years of expertise.

10% of all profits made will be donated to Black Women Rising, an organisation dedicated to supporting Black women affected by cancer through awareness, education, and support networks. This cause is deeply personal to me ❤️

This is the perfect opportunity to unwind and recharge in a welcoming and supportive community with the opportunity to join the Sister Space WhatsApp community and participate in future social events outside the studio.

Don’t miss out on this special event created for you, dear sisters ❤️

PLEASE BOOK HERE VIA EVENTBRITE

with Belle Greenwood & Madeleine Hutchins

Sunday 1st December ~ 10am-12.30pm

at ZEN Yoga, Camberwell SE5

Join us for a slow-down Sunday session open to all levels, with gentle restorative YIN yoga, a deliciously soothing SOUND BATH & a joyous SONG CIRCLE with mantra, LIVE music, guitar & song ~

The SUNDAY session will begin with slow & easeful practice to open breath & body including a gentle Yin sequence woven into LIVE sung mantra ~ We’ll dive deeper into a delicious sonic landscape via the Sound Bath, enjoying the healing vibrations of sound on our being, dancing the molecular make up of each & every cell.  From there we’ll explore together sounding & simple mantra (call/response) both in Sanskrit & English, some rounds, learn a fun song or two & explore harmonies & generally see where our unified voices take us!

Belle Greenwood is a yoga teacher and yoga therapist with over 20 years of experience, as well as a singer/songwriter. For the past 16 years, she has led yoga retreats internationally, incorporating her singer/songwriter hat to share mantra, music, and singing. Belle continues her musical career and is currently recording her own solo project. She has been a practising Buddhist since 2002.

Belle will be co-leading with Madeleine Hutchins who has a background in theatre and has worked nationally & internationally as an actor for over 20 years. She teaches yoga & meditation & guides embodied practices with lightness & creativity.

FEEDBACK …

“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, quietly singing to myself for the rest of the day.”  Sarah J

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

INFO & how to SIGN UP

• Duration : 2.5 hrs
• Cost : £40/ Concessions £35*
• Bookings : belle@yogabelle.co.uk @yoga_belle_  +44 7771877587
• Website : yogabelle.co.uk

Upcoming sessions

• Saturday 7th December, 18:15-19:45

BOOK HERE

Every part of us has its own healthy frequency when we are in optimal health.

Stress, trauma, negative thinking and emotions, 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.​

The human body’s crystalline structure causes a resonance between crystal bowls and human cells. Significant effects can occur on the physical, emotional, and cellular levels. An energetic imbalance can be corrected before it manifests in the physical.

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

Slowing down to feel and refining awareness into small movements, relationship with your breath and inner experience. Being a more fluid, shape-free practice will unfold what is needed in the moment.​

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

The healing happens in the space between the sounds.​

Things to bring: a little blanket (eye pillow optional)

Cost £22 BOOK HERE

Marika is a crystal bowl sound healer and yoga teacher. She has studied and practised hatha yoga, mindfulness and breathwork for over 10 years. The practice has helped her grow stronger mentally, emotionally and physically. She fell in love with mantras and the magic sound of crystal bowls and decided to focus more on somatic and sound as a healing practice.

Sunday December 8th, 10:15am to 11:45am with Francesca, £26

The yoga healing morning is yoga with a spiritual twist and a new level of connection with the class, and yourself.

Expect a blissful 90-minute session of… vinyasa yoga flow – angel & tarot cards – reiki – breathwork – guided meditation.

FREE healthy smoothie is included in your first session with me!

Email wildpeacetreeyoga_@hotmail.com to sign up

Or Instagram message @wildpeacetreeyoga_

For more information about Francesca, her classes and client reviews – Wild Peace Tree Yoga

I look forward to connecting with you,

Francesca x

Saturdays, 19:30-21:00

• December 14^th

With Chai Francesco

To book this session, please email www.chaisoundhealing.com

This one-of-a-kind workshop, hosted by the Maestro practitioner Chai Francesco, invites participants to escape the relentless glow of screens and immerse themselves in a world of healing vibrations and self-discovery.

The session is divided into two parts. The first is 30 minutes of flow movements, body-tapping, and vocal toning, followed by essential self-healing exercises.

The second part consists of a 60-minute Sound Bath. Chai will perform a unique fusion of live sounds and relaxing guided meditations. He will guide you on a profound journey within yourself.

The overarching goal of Sensory Awakening is to counteract technology’s numbing effects on our physical and emotional health. It acknowledges the need for individuals to reclaim their sense of self in the face of an increasingly digitalized world.

Participants are led through a carefully curated series of exercises to help them better understand their own emotions. Sensory Awakening aims to create space for these emotions to be expressed: It represents a return to the self.

Using doable methods and gentle exercises, participants in this sound healing session explore the principles of self-healing, gaining the confidence to apply these practices to their everyday lives. To ensure that participants depart with a toolkit of abilities they can quickly integrate into their everyday routines, the focus is on accessibility and simplicity.

Instruments:

Quarts and metal singing bowls, Gong, tuning forks, Shamanic drums, chimes, voice.

Benefits of Sound Healing include:

Improved mood, sense of calm, tranquillity and relaxation. Relief from stress or anxiety as well as from physical pain, ailments, or tension in the body. Improved mental focus or clarity of thought.

FURTHER INFO

• Duration 1.30 hrs
• cost £25
• Contact for bookings chaitherapy@gmail.com
• Please bring your yoga mat

ABOUT CHAI FRANCESCO

Chai Francesco is a freelance Holistic Therapists with a musical background (MA Guildhall School of Music & Drama)He qualified with a Diploma in Sound Therapy with the ‘Sound Healing Academy’ in 2015 and since has been offering regular group and individual sound bath sessions in London. Chai also runs workshops on meditation and self-healing.

Visit Chai Francesco’s website by clicking here: www.chaisoundhealing.com

Sunday 15 December, 2- 4pm, with Larissa

Take a pause, breathe and find some stillness as we approach the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere on 21 December. This marks the official start of winter and the return of longer days ahead!

Nourish the body and mind as we gather in a warm, cosy space to move with gentle flowing yoga sequences, mindful breathwork, restorative practices and finishing off with a grounding yoga nidra.

The solstice is a perfect time to reconnect with yourself in the run-up to the holiday season. It is a time to focus on rest and resilience and set intentions for the coming months.

This workshop is suitable for everyone, and you’ll leave feeling fully rejuvenated and relaxed!

See here for more information and to book.

If you have any questions please email larissaabl@gmail.com