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The Mint Methodist Church, Fore Street, Exeter, EX4 3AT
Saturday 20th March 2010 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor: Julie Friedeberger
event fee: members £25 | non-members £30

Bring your own lunch; tea will be available. Nearest parking is in Mary Arches. Contact Sonja if you wish to car share/offer a lift etc.

Make your cheque payable to 'BWY South West'
Send booking form and cheque to
Sonja Armstrong, 45 West Street, TAVISTOCK PL19 8JZ
01822 610805

The day is intended to help and give confidence to teachers who wish to embark on the challenging, rewarding work of teaching yoga to people with cancer, using simple movement, breathing, relaxation and meditation techniques, and to explore the ways in which these can promote healing. Whether or not we intend to work specifically with people who have cancer, at some point in our teaching lives, we will have students with cancer in our classes.

By the end of the day we will have arrived at a deeper understanding of the profound effects and changes a serious illness can have, and perhaps feel better equipped to help others - friends and family as well as students - who are going through such an experience.

Julie Friedeberger has practised yoga since 1970. She began teaching in 1987, and trained teachers between 1990 and 2000. Her experience of breast cancer in 1993 left her with a deeper trust in the power of yoga to help us to face our challenges and to heal ourselves. Since then, her key focus has been on yoga as a healing therapy, and on the effectiveness and power of the simplest of Yogic practices to help the healing process.

The approach she has been developing has grown out of her own encounter with life-changing illness, and the integration of its fruits into her life and teaching. She has offered classes for people with cancer at the Yoga Therapy Centre, London, since 1999, and has given many workshops and training days for the BWY and the Yoga Biomedical Trust. She now delivers the Teacher Training Module on yoga for people living with cancer.

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Connaught Leisure Centre, Tongham Road, Aldershot, GU12 4AS
Saturday 20th March 2010 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor: Peter Blackaby
event fee: members £30 | non-members £35

For more information, visit BWY South events page (opens new window)

Yoga has a long and rich history in the field of mind and body health. To anyone who practises seriously the benefits are undeniable. Many of the benefits of yoga have traditionally been explained through the cultural understandings of their time. These days, it is possible to add a great deal to that old wisdom with the insights of recent understandings in physiology and neuroscience.
This day will explore these modern perspectives to see what they can add to the long history of Yoga.

Peter Blackaby has been teaching yoga for over 20 years. He originally trained as an Iyengar teacher, but his subsequent studies in osteopathy and meetings with other yoga teachers led him to change his direction, pursuing a more bio-mechanically friendly approach to asana work. Recently this has developed into a broader ‘humanistic’ perspective, with the intention of making yoga more accessible to the western mind by grounding the physical, physiological and psychological effects of yoga practice in a rational context.

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Lawn Primary School, Cleeve Lawns, Swindon, SN3 1JT
Saturday 10th April 2010 | 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Tutor: Julie Friedeberger
event fee: members £28 | non-members £30

Students must have attended the previous IST day
Shared Lunch; bring your own cup

Make your cheque payable to 'BWY South West'
Send booking form and cheque to
Margaret Murray, 74 Chapel Street, SWINDON SN2 8DA
01793 485928

Follow-up day
To support the healing process on all levels, physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual, through simple practices that are suitable, effective, and enjoyable

Julie Friedeberger has practised yoga since 1970. She began teaching in 1987, and trained teachers between 1990 and 2000. Her experience of breast cancer in 1993 left her with a deeper trust in the power of yoga to help us to face our challenges and to heal ourselves. Since then, her key focus has been on yoga as a healing therapy, and on the effectiveness and power of the simplest of Yogic practices to help the healing process.

The approach she has been developing has grown out of her own encounter with life-changing illness, and the integration of its fruits into her life and teaching. She has offered classes for people with cancer at the Yoga Therapy Centre, London, since 1999, and has given many workshops and training days for the BWY and the Yoga Biomedical Trust. She now delivers the Teacher Training Module on yoga for people living with cancer.

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South Brent Village Hall, Station Approach, South Brent, TQ10 9PJ
Saturday 8th May 2010 | 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Tutor: Sannyasi Amarajyoti
event fee: members £25 | non-members £30

Tea provided. Bring your own lunch, yoga mats etc

Make your cheque payable to 'BWY South West'
Send booking form and cheque to
Sonja Armstrong, 45 West Street, TAVISTOCK PL19 8JZ
01822 610805

More students are attending yoga classes seeking to deal with mental heath issues such as anxiety and/or depression. The day will look at yoga practices which are beneficial and those which may be contra indicated in both of these conditions. It will enable teachers to feel more confident in their teaching of these students. We shall also explore ways of teaching which can help bring students towards a state of balance.

The day will cover:
• how to recognize students with anxiety or depression
• the yogic view of these conditions
• appropriate asana practices and pranayama
• introduction to appropriate bandhas
• yoga nidra, relaxation and meditation
There will be time for practical group work and discussion.

Sannyasi Amarajyoti has been teaching yoga for over 20 years. She is trained in the Satyananda/Bihar System of Yoga, which is a systematic approach, working with body, breath and mind. She spent 6 months in Mandala Yoga Ashram in 1994 and six months in the Ashram in Munger in India 1994-1995 with her Guru Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati. While living and training in the West of Ireland, she researched yoga practices for the management of mental health difficulties. She has a personal interest in working in this area and trains teachers to work with Yoga and Mental Health. She currently runs classes for the less mobile, teaches in prisons, and teaches regular Chakra and Meditation courses. She is an assessor and trainer of teachers in the Satyananda tradition.

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Longford Village Hall, Longford Lane, Longford, GLOUCESTER, GL2 9EL
Saturday 15th May 2010 | 10.00 am – 4.30 pm
Tutor: Rajesh David and Upasana
event fee: members £25 | non-members £35

Please bring vegetarian lunch to share

Make your cheque payable to 'BWY South West'
Send booking form and cheque to
Pauline Masters, 16 Boxbush Road, COLEFORD GL16 8DN
01594 834577

A part of Tantra, Nada Yoga employs a series of techniques leading to an increasingly refined tuning of our perception, energised body and mind and a heightened awareness of our chakras. Exploring levels of sound from gross to subtle gradually draws us closer to our highest potential.

The day will cover
• An introduction to Indian classical music, incorporating ragas and tatas [rhythm patterns].
• Practices to locate and sensitise chakras, including asanas, pranayama, yoga nidra, meditation, voice work, mantra and kirtan.

By the end of the day participants will be able to
• Be aware of major resonating areas within the body
• Recognise at least one Indian music scale and rhythm pattern
• Sensitise chakras through musical notes and bija mantras
• Develop a practice of meditation through sound.

Rajesh David received his yoga teaching diploma from The Yoga Institute, Mumbai, India, in 1980. A composer and singer trained in Indian classical music, he is inspired by the mystic saint-poets of India. Upasana is a serious practitioner of Authentic Movement and is also a fully-trained Yoga teacher in the Satyananda tradition. Rajesh and Upasana are closely associated with the Mandala Yoga Ashram in Wales, where they lived for four years and where they continue to teach. Together, they have led many courses and workshops throughout the UK.

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Poole Yoga Centre, Denmark House, 35 Denmark Road, POOLE, BH15 2DE
Sunday 23rd May 2010 | 10.00 am – 4.30 pm
Tutor: Ranju Roy
event fee: £35

Please bring a packed lunch

Make your cheque payable to 'BWY South West'
Send booking form and cheque to
Debbie Hogg, Flat 1, 1 Cavendish Place, BOURNEMOUTH BH1 1RQ
01202 637905

Intended Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
1 discuss meditation in relationship to concepts of cit/citta/visaya from the Yoga Sutras
2 discuss how are minds can be disturbed (klesas) and Patanjali's suggested practices to reduce this
3 explain how mudras can be seen and practiced from the perspectives of hatha yoga and raja yoga
4 experience asana, mudra and pranayama as meditative practices to enhance attention.

Ranju Roy’s approach to yoga is inspired by the teachings of TKV Desikachar of Chennai, India and his students Paul Harvey and more recently, Peter Hersnack. He has been Executive Director of the Association for Yoga Studies (aYs) (formerly known as Viniyoga Britain) and is also an Accredited British Wheel of Yoga Teacher. He teaches aYs and BWY accredited Foundation and Teacher Training courses in London and Taunton. He continues to study and explore ways of developing an authentic approach to yoga in a modern Western context. Ranju has a wonderful way of bringing the philosophical teachings of yoga into the world we live in.

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Rushall Village Hall, Pewsey Road, Rushall, SN9 6EN
Saturday 12th June 2010 | 9.45 am – 4.30 pm
Tutor: Linda Morley
event fee: members £28 | non-members £30

Shared lunch; kitchen facilities include a microwave; bring your own cup

Make your cheque payable to 'BWY South West'
Send booking form and cheque to
Margaret Murray, 74 Chapel Street, SWINDON SN2 8DA
01793 485928

The day will be based on yoga principles, philosophy and techniques to help you recognise and manage stress. It will also show you how to apply these techniques in your daily life and yoga practice.

Linda Morley has been a qualified BWY teacher for nearly 20 years. She teaches the BWY Foundation course and Teaching Diploma Course as well as many yoga classes, days and workshops in Cornwall. She calls her style of yoga an 'eclectic mix' from her studies of many yoga traditions. She especially loves working with flow of breath and movement to create balance and harmony.

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Yoga Centre, Denmark House, 35 Denmark Road, POOLE, BH15 2DE
Saturday 19th June 2010 | 10.00 am – 4.30 pm
Tutor: Swami Satyaprakash
event fee: members £30 | non-members £35

Please bring a packed lunch

Make your cheque payable to 'BWY South West'
Send booking form and cheque to
Debbie Hogg, Flat 1, 1 Cavendish Place, BOURNEMOUTH BH1 1RQ
01202 637905

We live in a society that prizes action, activity and expression. From our earliest schooldays, we learnt the importance of working hard and achieving good results. But many of us are less familiar with - and consequently less comfortable with - our inner world. The ability to be still, to connect with that quiet still centre within, may sometimes elude us. We may still find it difficult to strike a balance between the outer life and the inner.

During this day, we will explore the relationship between movement and stillness, using both the yoga practices that you are familiar with - asana, pranayama and yoga nidra - and also taking the time to learn some more meditative techniques and seeing how these may be applied in our daily life. The program will be suitable for all practitioners of yoga who wish to explore this dimension.

Swami Satyaprakash has been practising yoga for 40 years and teaching for 30 years, in the tradition of Satyananda Yoga. She is an established teacher trainer and has directed the Satyananda Yoga Centre in Birmingham since 1986. She re-visits regularly the parent ashram in India, the Bihar School of Yoga.

Satyananda Yoga is an integral form of classical yoga that includes the practice of cleansings, asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha, Yoga Nidra and a wide range of meditative practices.

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Ropley Village Hall, Vicarage Lane, Ropley, SO24 0DT
Saturday 26th June 2010 | 10.00 am – 5.00 pm
event fee: members £30 | non-members £35

For more information, visit BWY South events page (opens new window)

The aim of the day is
• to provide an overview of the various stages of pranayama
• to discuss the various categories of breathing exercises
• to enable participants to practice then teach purification breathing and pranayama techniques safely and with confidence

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University of Exeter, Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road, EX4 4SB
Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th July

Theme of the weekend: Shishya - Sanskrit for pupil, disciple
Plenary speaker: Sarah Ryan, of the Krishnamacharya Healing & Yoga Foundation

This will be a fantastic 2-day event, from early morning on Saturday until lunch on Sunday, with accommodation in Holland Hall on the University’s Streatham Campus. It will be a time for celebration, communication and reflection. A time to meet old friends, make new friends and strengthen our yoga community in the South West.

Additional information and links may be found on the News page (opens new window)
For other information, contact the Festival Organiser,

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Rushall Village Hall, Pewsey Road, Rushall, SN9 6EN
Saturday 13th November 2010 | 9.45 am – 4.30 pm
Tutor: Wendy Teasdill
event fee: members £28 | non-members £30

Shared lunch; kitchen facilities include a microwave; bring your own cup

Make your cheque payable to 'BWY South West'
Send booking form and cheque to
Margaret Murray, 74 Chapel Street, SWINDON SN2 8DA
01793 485928

There will be a creative focus on the chakras, using techniques designed to guide you progressively from the physical to the metaphysical bodies, and to establish a living link between the two.

Wendy Teasdill synthesizes breath, asana, mudra and bandha to create an organic approach to yoga practice which enables participants to work with their energy body. She encourages a gentle approach to strong postures, which gives participants the opportunity to recognize both their own infinite potential and their earthly limits.

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Broadmayne Village Hall, Cowleaze Road, Broadmayne, DT2 8EW
Sunday 27th March 2011 | 10.00 am – 4.30 pm
Tutor: Paul Fox
event fee: £30

Bring a packed lunch

It is not necessary to have taken part in Adjusting postures part 1 to undertake this IST day

Make your cheque payable to 'BWY South West'
Send booking form and cheque to
Debbie Hogg, Flat 1, 1 Cavendish Place, BOURNEMOUTH BH1 1RQ
01202 637905

The programme for the day is as follows:
• Introduction to the day and topic
• warm-up and brief recap of Part 1
• workshop to practise adjusting in pairs
• Assisted relaxation
• Exploration of how the spine twists and how to adjust students in twisting postures

Paul Fox is a DCT and specialises in teaching Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and Core Strength Yoga. He has a keen interest in Anatomy and Physiology and how this can be applied practically to the teaching of asana. As well as holding the BWY Diploma, Paul has a separate teaching qualification from renowned Ashtanga teachers, John and Lucy Scott. He now works with their principles of sensitive and intelligent physical adjustment of students (when appropriate) and is sharing this approach with others. He has studied Anatomy and Physiology with the American instructor, David Keil, and is continuing his study of A&P under the guidance of Ruth Gilmore. Paul is a BBC journalist and a qualified teacher in the Lifelong Learning Sector.

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