Current Retreats and Workshops

Retreats and Holidays

GOA CLASSES

November 2008 - April 2009

I will be teaching daily Hatha Vinyasa classes at Harmonic Healing Centre on Patnem beach South Goa. The classes run from 9am-10.30am every morning. Cost: 250 rupees/class or 2000 rupees for 10 classes.

GOA RETREAT

January 24th - February 7th 2009

(Hatha Vinyasa and Pranayama Retreat-Connecting the body and expanding the breath)

Two weeks of yoga on Patnem beach including 2 yoga classes a day, sunset beach meditation, accomodation in beach front bungalows, two meals a day and one treeatment at the centre each week.

WEEK 1 - 24th January - 31st January. This week works on the basics of Hatha asana, alignment of the body and breathing techniques such as Ujjayi, Viloma and alternate nostril breathing.

WEEK 2 - 1st February - 7th February. The second week is more challenging working on connecting asana with vinyasa and use of breath as a tool for movement. Stronger pranayama techniques (kapala bhati, bastrika, and use of kumbhaka and breath expansion). The day finishes with sunset meditation on the beach.

Price - (One week is £450, two weeks £800) Flights and transfers not included.

To book contact: www.harmonicingoa.com or www.KOKOindia.com

Workshops

What to Wear?

Remember to wear comfortable clothing that is non-restrictive. Jogging bottoms are fine although I may need to see what your legs are doing so shorts or leggings are better. Try to keep jewellery to a minimum (non if possible) as adjustments are made during the class and they can get in the way.

Eating

Don't eat a large meal for over 3 hours before a class. Small meals can be eaten an hour before a class. Some of the postures can tone the inner organs too and this can be uncomfortable if you have eaten recently.

Equipment

Mats and some blocks are supplied. If you decide that yoga is for you, then it is a good idea to get your own equipment eventually. That way you can do more yoga at home. And the place you really develop your practice is on your own mat in your own time! Try the Yoga Shop a fantastic website to get all your equipment from. Links on the last page.

About Wendy

I have been on my own journey with yoga for the last 9 years, starting, as many of us do, with a weekly yoga class. I soon realised how much I was gaining from practising yoga. My body was getting stronger, my mind more alert and I experienced an inner peace that had been lacking in my life. I was converted!

I gradually sought out more yoga classes and increased my own practice to several times a week. This didn't happen instantly but over a period of years. I studied with Iyengar teachers and learnt a great deal about alignment and precision of poses and the stamina and strength I needed to add to my flexibility. After 7 years practice and several different teachers in Iyengar, Hatha and Ashtanga yoga from the UK, India and Australia I eventually felt confident enough to study as a teacher. After all, I had bored my friends to death with yoga talk - I needed people who would really listen - students.

I found my teacher after years of searching for the right person and was recommended an exceptional teacher called Nicky Knoff in Cairns, Australia. Check out her website:www.knoffyoga.com

Nicky is a master teacher having been teaching for over 35 years and studied with some of the yoga greats such as Iyengar, Patthabi Jois and Bikram.

In 2006 I undertook a Teacher Training course in Foundation yoga and in 2007 studied Intermediate Teacher Training along with Pregnancy Yoga and Therapy Yoga. I now qualify under the international authority of the Yoga Alliance and am certified with 500 hours Teacher Training.

Further training with ashtanga teachers in Edinburgh and (soon to be) in Mysore, India with BNS Iyengar this year enables me to understand vinyasa further and I will certainly be using this in my teaching methods in the future.