Monday 3rd January
Getting back into your yoga practice post the festive season can be challenging! Caroline & Jayne have come up with the perfect solution to get you going again, starting with a RETREAT DAY, followed by 4 morning Mysore practices and led Primary on Saturday 8th January.
RETREAT DAY Monday 3rd January
07.00 – 09.00 – Mysore Ashtanga with Jayne and Caroline
09.15 – 10.15 – Coffee, cake and conference, with Jayne and Caroline
10.30 – 11.30 – Where the breath goes, the mind goes, with Caroline.
A mix of traditional Ashtanga and other breathwork practices, followed by a short breath-focused meditation. Suitable for all levels.
LUNCH BREAK
13.00 – 15.00 – Workshop: Springboard into Second Series, with Caroline & Jayne.
Second series is a wonderfully healing practice. However, there are some places where almost everyone gets ‘stuck’ for a while – leg behind head postures, deep backbends, and complex inversions. In this workshop, Jayne and Caroline guide you through a series of gentle openings to unlock these challenging poses. You’ll learn where to focus your attention in Primary series to develop ease in Second Series, and you’ll find playful and nondogmatic methods of approaching these poses
15.15 – 16.30 – Yoga Clinic with Jayne and Caroline
Bring your asana puzzles and yoga queries! Lotus not blooming? Headstand a headache? Frustrated with flexibility?
16.45 – 18.00 – Sunset restorative with Jayne, assisted by Caroline
A deep, nurturing practice that releases stress, relaxes the mind and body, and rebalances the nervous system.
You can book the whole day or half day
FULL DAY RETREAT £85 – early bird discount if booked by 20th December £75
HALF DAY RETREAT £55 – early bird discount if booked by 20th December £45
Caroline & Jayne will then be offering a 4 day Mysore (Tuesday – Friday) + Led Primary on Saturday to complete your 6 day practice. What a fabulous way to start the year!
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 07.00 – 09.00, Friday 08.30 – 10.30, Saturday 08.30 – 10.00
Unlimited Members Tuesday to Saturday £45
5 classes/month members, Tuesday to Saturday £75
Non members, Tuesday to Saturday £95
Tuesday 4th January – Saturday 8th January
Caroline & Jayne will be teaching together, ashtanga yoga Mysore, Tuesday to Friday and full primary on Saturday. Add this onto your Retreat day on Monday 3rd and you will have a full 6 day week ashtanga practice to kick start 2022!
We are blessed here at BAYoga to have 2 such good ashtanga yoga teachers, so don’t miss this opportunity to have them BOTH teaching you!
Tuesday 4th, 7 – 9am – Mysore
Wednesday 5th, 7 – 9am – Mysore
Thursday 6th, 7 – 9am – Mysore
Friday 7th, 8.30 – 10.30am – Mysore
Saturday 8th, 8.30 – 10am – Led Primary Series
Unlimited Members £45
5 class/month members £75
Non members £95
An afternoon of yoga to raise money for the Hospice of St Francis. Come along and give different styles of yoga a try.
Saturday 11th September, 2-4.00pm
This is the perfect opportunity to do something for charity and also find out which type of yoga is right for you. At BAYoga we appreciate the extensive benefits of yoga for your body and mind. We teach a range of different yoga styles and we want you to discover the right one for you.
This is an opportunity to meet different teachers and all styles of the yoga medley are offered weekly at the studio. These will include vinyasa, ashtanga, hatha, kundalini and yin yoga.
If you want to take a break you can just lie back and relax. There will be short breaks between each session and a longer break for some tea and cake mid afternoon.
Spaces are limited so book asap to secure your place – just £15. All proceeds to the Hospice.
Beginners very much encouraged.
Starting an ashtanga yoga Mysore practice
Beginners often feel unsure whether Mysore classes are right for them, assuming that they will need to know the sequence before they start. However, this is not the case and, in many ways, learning in a Mysore style class is the best and safest way to learn Ashtanga yoga as it ensures that beginners are working at their own pace and receiving individual attention.
This course is designed for beginners interested in the inspiring and dynamic practice of Ashtanga yoga and for those who wish to revisit the fundamentals of the practice.
We will cover the key elements of the practice including:-
PLEASE NOTE: No previous yoga experience is required, as this course is designed for complete beginners or those who wish to start Ashtanga Mysore classes. ALL are welcome, we will take time to explain all movements, showing variations to meet every age, shape and level of fitness. If you have any injuries, or health issues, you must inform the teacher before the class starts.
£81
Class cards are not valid for this course. Members may join provided all sessions are signed up for.
Sunday 25th April, 12 – 2pm
The activities and stresses of our daily lives can often lead to tightening of the hips and reduced range of motion.
This workshop is designed to give you a deeper understanding of how to stretch out and open these complex and powerful muscles in the body in a safe and controlled way.
We will use fluid movements and yin poses to increase mobility and release tension on a physical, emotional and energetic level. Perfect for if you are looking to loosen up and unlock tight hips or to simply deepen your yoga practice.
There will be modifications and progressions of poses so it will be suitable for anyone who has had some past yoga experience.
£20 ONLINE
Wednesday 28th October, 7.30 – 9pm
This workshop is designed for anyone who wants to unlock and release tension in their neck and back, and increase flexibility through the wrists and shoulders.
We will begin with a deep warm up to prepare those areas and then progress to techniques to help improve your flexibility and mobility to help alleviate discomfort and prevent injuries. We will cover all the basic elements so that you can progress in your practice.
In studio: £18 non members, 15% discount for members (£15.30)
Online: £15 non members, 15% discount for members (£12.75)
Saturday 26th September, 1 – 3pm
Lean to backbend with ease and freedom, decompress the spine and feel rejuvenated. Whether you are a backbend lover or hater, this is the workshop for you.
The first part of the workshop will be dedicated to learning strengthening techniques for the core, legs and bandhas in order to create a stable and safe base for your backbend practice.
The second part will concentrate on increasing the flexibility of the shoulders, chest, hip flexors and spine to deepen our backbend. We will learn to use our breath and fundamental alignment techniques to achieve a healthy, deep beautiful backbend. We will break down the different components of the backbends and explore safely various variations of these wonderful poses.
This workshop is designed for all levels and degrees of flexibility, especially a lack of!
For more information about Ambra click here
£28 IN STUDIO
£20 ONLINE
Saturday 21st September, 3 – 5pm
THE BREATHING BODY
This workshop explores yoga’s most powerful techniques to achieve mind-body integration and promote mental and physical health.
Links between breath and mind will first be experienced in a thoughtful asana practice designed for autonomic regulation. Reflecting on postural and breath characteristics, we will come to appreciate reasons for manipulating them. The asana practice will be followed by breathwork done seated or lying down.
We will address preparatory exercises, stimulating versus relaxing breath practices, the role of bandha, contraindications and approaches for mental health populations. We also explore the traditional yogic view of pranayama, highlighting insights from the latest scientific research, which is beginning to explain how regulating our breath influences hormones, blood chemistry, and stress responses. Alternatives are offered to tailor the practices to individual practitioners’ needs.
After this workshop you will:
Caroline has been breathing for 51 years so far, and hopes that this will continue a while longer 🙂
Image, Drawing Breath, copyright, Jayne Wilton Jaynewilton.com
£25
Saturday 23rd May, 4 – 6pm – yoga for tight hips
All hips welcome – stiff hips, tight hips, yoga for tight hips
Many of us hold a great deal of tension, emotions, and stress in the hips. Emotions are energy. When they are not released, they became stuck energy in the body that can morph into tightness or pain.
Expect a calm and fluidly paced class that focuses on opening the hips using a creative sequence inspired by multiple lineages. This class prepares the hips for deeper hip opening postures such as lotus, front and side splits and foot behind the head.
Suitable for all levels of flexibility, especially lack of! Complete beginners welcome.
£20
Find out more about Ambra here.
Ambra is a former principal ballerina with the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Throughout her career she enjoyed the chance to perform on stages all around the world. She turned to yoga on a path to recovery from injuries that naturally result from the strenuous training regime, and as well as becoming a hobby she also credits it with helping to enhance and prolong her career. Slowly over the years she fell in love with the more subtle, spiritual parts of the practice. Retiring from dance allowed her the time to focus on her passion and to undertake further training in Ashtanga Vinyasa (500hrs), Dharma Yoga (800hrs), Rocket Yoga (500hrs), Forrest Yoga (200hrs and Advance TT), Tripsichore (200hrs), and Gokul Vinyasa Yoga (300hrs).
Ambra’s teaching is fun and spontaneous following the lineage of Larry Shultz, Ana Forrest, and Sri Dharma Mittra. Since she retired from professional ballet she has been teaching regularly in teacher training courses, has worked with performers and athletes helping to rethink their traditional training regimes and introduce yoga to drive better performance and increase their enjoyment of sport and performance. Her aim is to guide others so as they may also experience the many amazing benefits of yoga to the body, mind and soul. At the moment she is the yoga instructor at Aston Villa football club.