Hatha Yoga Workshops
Saturday Workshops with Hazel
Hazel teaches a monthly workshop with a different theme as the focus of the day in venues which offer a peaceful and surrounded by green space to enhance the days escape. Venue directions are lower on this page.
A workshop is a great way to deepen your enjoyment of yoga. The day offers the time to experiment and hone techniques that a weekly class just does not allow for. Many students describe the workshops as a rare treat, giving themselves some 'me - time'. The groups are small and held in quiet locations with green space around. Directions and what to bring are given further down page.
Winter Celebration Saturday 10 December 2011 Fully Booked sorry!
Today will be a calm day filled with flowing sequences in the warm room surrounded by candles and aromatherapy. strong and softer tempo of asanas throughout, the afternoon relaxation incorporating visualisation focusing on balancing the chakras with colour. Appropriate pranayama and meditation. A chance to rejuvenate before the festive season gets into full swing. The day is held in the very special Holycombe House in the Cotswolds with underfloor heating and views out to the pond and garden. The house is tucked away on the outskirts of Wycombe village just past Long Compton. £50 Lunch included.
Opening the Heart Saturday 11 February 2012 Old Marston, Oxford
This is first as a shorter morning session 10am to 12.30, with time to share lunch afterwards. The morning is £25.00. Opening the heart centre, Anahata chakra, can lift your spirits and move our energies as we look forward in to the new year. We encourage the breath in deeper and give ourselves an energy boost with energetic, flowing poses.To actively expand the front body counterbalances the hunched posture we so often adopt in our working time at desk, computer &/or driving. The heart is at the center of our energetic system, focus on Anahata develops our feelings of empathy and compassion. A days’ heart yoga allows us to reconnect with ourselves, giving our heart, body and mind a chance to relax and renew. The Mortimer Hall is the village hall in Old Marston, adjoined to the library with parking down the side or on road.
Balance and Alignment Saturday 24 March 2012 Old School, Cumnor
Breath is key to finding your balance whether holding a difficult one legged pose or finding ease and comfort in standing. We will take time to undo poses, finding the foundation and alignment, discovering the balance. Venue is the lovely Old School Hall in Cumnor village. Set in the middle of village, the hall is joined to the Post Office with the entrance and parking behind, shared with the Church. Today we bring our own lunch to share so £35. 10am to 3.30pm.
Dates for Diary 2012 in St Ethelwolds House, Abingdon
is the perfect Spring/Summer location for workshops focusing on the deeper aspects of yoga with the Chakras, pranayama or breathwork and meditative themes. In 2009 & 2010 we enjoyed sevral Saturdays with the asana work in the beautiful garden though in 2011 its been a short splash of alfresco asana work before the rain means we make the most of the beautiful Sanctuary space with vaulted ceiling. These workshops, 10am to 3.30pm are scheduled:
Chakras and Yoga 28 April 2012 St Etheolwolds House, Abingdon
Begin to discover the unseen energetic system, bringing together our physical and ethereal selves. We explore the energy centres or chakras taking our focus in each pose to approach our yoga in a different way.Lunch from the Deli included at £45.
16 June 2012
18 August 2012
22 September 2012
Details of the day:
The days are 10am to 3.30pm. A 50% non-refundable deposit is required to secure your place. Workshops held in Old Headington and Marsh Baldon are £35 and please bring a lunch to share. Workshops held in St Ethelwold’s House are more expensive as the meditation Sanctuary room restricts numbers and likewise the new Eynsham space and we include lunch for convenience, hence £45. The new venue in Eynsham is warm, comfortable room within a private house. Please phone 07931 743785 or email from Contacts page or booking forms and full directions. Saturday Workshops run 10am to 3.30pm.
Wear usual comfortable stretch friendly clothing but maybe easy layers to allow for the changing tempo of the class. Please bring your mat, blanket/towel and cushion and an open mind! Likewise any yoga equipment you have, though I have some to lend. Some equipment available for purchase if would like your own blocks, belts etc. You are advised to eat (ideally two hours before class) a small breakfast and bring a light lunch to share.
Pear Trees at Marsh Baldon 2004 Student shows great quad stretch of pigeon pose
Saturday Venues and Directions
Old Headington, Oxford
A local landmark building!
Old Headington Village Hall is tucked away in the old village area, away from the busy High Street and traffic. There is ample parking as it is unusual for the Girl guide hall to have weekend events but please take care of parents and girls walking to the hunt behind if so.
Abingdon, Historic Market town, South of Oxford
St. Ethelwold’s House, East St. Helen’s Street, OX14 5EB.
St Ethelwolds is an open spiritual retreat centre and so offers a haven of peace and tranquility in a beautiful building in the centre of Abingdon dating back to the 14th century. East St Helen’s Street is one-way leading into West St Helen’s Street. No parking is available but there are on street meters, a council car-park on West St. Helen’s Street; central multistorey or over river bridge Rubgy club.
Would you like to make a weekend and stay in the city of Oxford or discover the lovely countryside around Eynsham? Please email and I can suggest some B&Bs or hotels.
If you would like to attend one of these or have a suggestion for a future workshop please get in touch.
Meditation and Yoga
This introduction will offer gentle movement to warm up and exercises to enhance different postures for meditation. Breath is the basis for meditation & we will look at different themes to develop your meditation upon: concentration, working with chakras, mantras and/or simply silence.
If you would like to create your own simple weekend around Yoga there are local bed&breakfasts and hotels local to the venues or further into the city centre if you would like to make a weekend of it. Please get in touch if you would like recommendations.