FEBRUARY
February 15th – Ranelagh
Venue: Yoga Dublin, Ranelagh
Cost: €30
Time: 2.00-4.30
See www.yogadublin.com for bookings
Shoulder Magic
There are over 20 muscles that attach to your shoulder blade. Tightness or weakness in any one of them will impact the mobility, strength and alignment of the whole shoulder girdle. This workshop explores how to release, strengthen and balance the muscles around the shoulder and how incorrect alignment can sabotage even the best Yoga poses. We will look specifically at weight bearing poses like Upward Dog, Downward Dog, arm balances, and Chatturanga and in non-weight bearing poses like Eagle Pose, Cow-Faced pose, and simple standing poses. New shoulders guaranteed !
MARCH
March 1st – Feet are Fundamental !
Venue: Yoga Dublin, Ranelagh
Cost: €30
Time: 2.00-4.30
See www.yogadublin.com for bookings
‘What wires together, fires together’
It took 4 million years of evolution for man to learn to walk upright. So why do so many of us have problems in our feet, knees, hips, and lower backs ? To solve the puzzle, it helps to understand that we organize movement though a process called patterning.
Movement patterns integrate and co-ordinate neuromuscular action. As they become entrained in our nervous system, we develop movement habits, which like many other habits can be positive or negative. In Yogic philosophy we call unhealthy habits samskaras. In many cases, we have to unlearn inefficient patterns or ways of organizing ourselves so we can move about in the world with poise and ease.
This workshop will combine Yoga and Somatic Movement Education offering you cutting-edge science grounded in ancient wisdom. Discover how to translate your ‘Yoga body’ into your ‘everyday body’ and discover the ease, poise and lightness that comes from effortless movement.
This workshop will particularly benefit athletes especially runners as well as yoga students. It is suitable for all ages and movement levels. No previous experience is required.
March 14th-17th – ATTC Yoga Therapeutics
Venue: Yoga Dublin, Dunleary
Cost: €300
See events@living-yoga.ie for more information and bookings
Yoga is an art, a technology and a science. It holds the innate ability to heal. However, practiced incorrectly, yoga also has the ability to harm. This final module is open to students who have studied at least 3 earlier intensives. We will examine specific medical conditions including an indepth focus on back, foot, knee, pelvic, spine, shoulder and neck conditions and explore how to both troubleshoot and design therapeutic programmes. The previous 9 modules have individually offered solutions to many conditions that regularly show up in our practice and our classes, and this module weaves the others together into a rich tapestry.
March 29th – The Fluid Matrix – Part 1 -Immune System
Venue: Yoga Dublin, Dunleary
Cost: € 90
Time: 09.30-12.30 – 2-4.30
See www.living-yoga.ie for bookings
The Fluid Matrix Part 1 explores the dynamic oscillation between being and doing, stillness and movement and ebb and flow. This is the second in a series of one day trainings for students who wish to immerse themselves in embodied anatomy and the energetics of Yoga. The fluid body is the primary system of transportation, transformation and inner dialogue in the body. We communicate internally through a fluid matrix that consists of blood, lymph, cerebrospinal, synovial, interstitial, transitional and cellular fluids. By learning to consciously engage our inherent fluidity, we liberate prana, and invite movement to become juicy, liquid, adaptable, effortless and dare we say fun!
APRIL
April 4th-6th – Burren Yoga Holiday
Venue: Burren Yoga Centre, County Clare
For bookings see Burren Yoga or contact Dave at 091 – 637 680
Details and timetable at Burren Yoga
Spring in the Burren ! There is no nicer place to be. The birds are in full chorus, the flowers are rejoicing, and the world of nature is waking up. Join Lisa at the world famous Burren Yoga Centre (voted one the world’s top ten !) that combines the best of Yoga, great food, breathtaking scenery and the warmest welcome around.
“This was my first weekend away alone from my young family in more than 5 years. I got a lot more than I expected – total relaxation, excellent food, some great yoga, including a breakthrough in my practice, great outdoors walk, and fantastic group of people. The centre has great location in a beautiful setting of Burren, lovely yoga room, excellent food, enjoyed by non-vegetarians as much as by vegetarians. In less than 48 hours I got rid of years of stress and totally re-set my mind, body and spirit and re-discovered a much more relaxed, centred and most importantly happy self. I would recommend this to anyone, experienced yogis and beginners alike.”
~ Klara Kovacic
April 26th – The Fluid Body – Meditation in Motion
Venue: Yoga Dublin, Ranelagh
Cost: €30
Time: 2.00-4.30
See www.yogadublin.com for bookings
‘Learning is movement moment to moment’ Krishnamurti
The human body is far more liquid than solid. Fluids act as the primary transportation and communication system in the body, and constitute between 60 and 80% of our make-up.
The body’s fluid nature creates undercurrents which ebb and flow within us. So called ‘static’ yoga poses are actually dynamic internal dances as the body seeks balance through movement within the stillness. Without fluidity, we become stagnant, stuck and tense and dessicated. Our joints click and groan and our muscles develop a knotty feeling. We also age faster. By learning to consciously engage our inherent fluidity, our movement becomes juicy, liquid and adaptable.
This workshop will explore the oscillation between fluidity and form. We will explore how to develop a fluid consciousness, (or a go-with-the flow way of being), and how fluids allow us access a deep well of inner creativity. We will explore the application in both balances and vinyasa.
The workshop is suitable for students who want to develop flexibility, who feel ‘stuck’ in parts of their body, and anyone who wants to put a spring in their step and a smile on their face.
MAY
May 2-4th – Denmark
Saturday 4th May – Fundamental Foundations: Building Stability, Cohesion & Integrity
Sunday 5th May – Radiate: Moving from the Inside Out
Contact: Kathinka at info@gayacph.dk
Telephone number: +45 2252 3255
Website: http://www.gayacph.dk
May 10th – Somatic Movement Education with Martha and Lisa
Venue: Yoga Dublin, Dunleary
Cost: €45
Time: 10-1
See www.somatics.ie for bookings
US back-pain guru Martha Peterson is back in town to team up with Lisa for a Somatics extravanganza. They will offer their own unique Somatic wisdom and understanding of the body teaching you how to get out of pain and how to stay that way ! Early booking advised to be sure of a space. More details to follow…..
May 17th – The Fluid Matrix – Part 2
Venue: Yoga Dublin, Dunleary
Cost: €90
Time: 09.30-12.30 – 2-4.30
See www.living-yoga.ie for bookings
The Fluid Body Part 2 continues to explore the dynamic oscillation between being and doing, stillness and movement and ebb and flow. This is the second in a series of one day trainings for students who wish to immerse themselves in embodied anatomy and the energetics of Yoga. The fluid body is the primary system of transportation, transformation and inner dialogue in the body. We communicate internally through a fluid matrix that consists of blood, lymph, cerebrospinal, synovial, interstitial, transitional and cellular fluids. By learning to consciously engage our inherent fluidity, we liberate prana, and invite movement to become juicy, liquid, adaptable, effortless and dare we say fun!
May 30th – June 2nd – Integration Module – ATTC
As the last module of the first Advanced Teacher Training Course comes to a close, it’s time to reflect, integrate and plan the next stage of the journey. It’s been an awe inspiring 15 months and I am deeply honoured to have been part of a voyage of exploration and self-discovery for all the students and faculty alike. Bring the tissues ! There may be tears.
JUNE
June 13th-17th – The Heart Aroused: A Yoga Intensive with Donna Farhi
Venue: Sion Hill, Cross Avenue, Blackrock
Date: June 13th-17th, 2014
Cost: €400
Contact: lisa@living-yoga.ie
Deposits of €150 payable before January 31st, 2014. Full fees payable by January 31st.
The inimitable Donna Farhi pays her first visit to Dublin in several years. As my teacher, mentor and friend I am always impressed by her unstinting efforts and dedication to illuminating the greater world of yoga to her students. ‘The Heart Aroused’ is the result of many years of study and training. This is Yoga at a world class level by a true master. Please note we have approximately 10 places left for this workshop.
June 19th – 24th – The Possible Body: form, fluidity and identity – A Yoga Intensive with Donna Farhi and guest teacher Lisa Petersen at Triyoga, London
Venue: Triyoga Special Venue
Date: June 19th-24th
Cost: £425 early bird price, £395 if you book before 1st March
Contact: www.triyoga.co.uk
“The concept of the neutral body . . . entails embracing a different paradigm other than the concept of sculpting the body. A neutral body does not look like a body that others recognize as a dancer, cyclist, or swimmer. The neutral body moves from a dynamic, supple core into a movement pattern, embodying form and expression, and then moves back to a neutral body.” ~ Liz Koch, “Core Awareness”
“I want to free what waits within me so that what no one has dared to wish for may for once spring clear without my contriving it.”~ Rilke, “Book of Hours”
Each of us comes to Yoga with a desire to experience inner freedom. Although studying and practicing methods and techniques can take us so far, as soon as our identity solidifies around a set way of being we begin to live in a way that is limiting rather than liberating.
In this intensive we will explore what it means to be fluid within all the dimensions of our self: physically, energetically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. We will use the fluid systems of the body as our structural thread, exploring the fluids both cognitively (in lecture, PowerPoints and video) and experientially (through somatic inquiry, authentic movement, asana, meditation and Yoga Nidra). As we dive into the world of the fluids, from the dynamic liquidity of the cellular fluid to the percussive flow of the blood, we learn that the very nature of the body is fluid adaptation and change. Viewed from the vantage point of a neutral embodiment and witnessing consciousness we find that when we are fluid we open ourselves to the limitless nature of consciousness itself. Come prepared to dive in, to dare yourself and to embody the question of who you really are.
JULY
July 19th – Embodied Anatomy and Yoga
Venue: Yoga Dublin, Dunleary
Cost: € 90
Time: 09.30-12.30 – 2-4.30
See www.living-yoga.ie for bookings
This is the third in a series of one day trainings for students who wish to dive deeper into embodied anatomy and the energetics of Yoga. Full details to follow. Save the date now !
AUGUST
August 22-28th – Burren Yoga Holiday
Venue: Burren Yoga Centre, County Clare
See www.burrenyoga.com for more information and bookings
Ah, the bliss of diving into the Atlantic ocean in August and sampling all the summer fare that the Burren has to offer. My mouth salivates at the thought. Join me for a week of unadulterated fun, nature, good company and great Yoga at one of the world’s top ten Yoga centres. You won’t regret it.
August 31st – Lisa Petersen Workshop at Triyoga, London
Triyoga opens its door to Ireland for the first time in Yoga history ! Come join me in a day of Somatic Yoga exploration at one of the world’s top Yoga venues.. Please let your UK friends know……. Full details to follow in February.
SEPTEMBER
September 19th-22nd – Fundamental Foundations: The Skeletal Body, Melbourne, Australia
Venue: Michael Centre, 37a Wellington Park Drive, Warranwood, Vic., 3134
Please contact Heather Galea for bookings and more information
Telephone number: (03) 5942 7484
Email address: heather.blashki@bigpond.com
September 26th-29th – The Thinking Body : Somatic Movement Education Training, Melbourne Australia
Venue: Michael Centre, 37a Wellington Park Drive, Warranwood, Vic., 3134
Please contact Heather Galea for bookings and more information
Telephone number: (03) 5942 7484
Email address: heather.blashki@bigpond.com
OCTOBER
October 11th and 12th – Somatic Movement Education Training Stage 1, Dublin
Venue: Yoga Dublin, Dunleary
Cost: €200
Time: 09.30-12.30 – and 2.00-5.00pm
See www.somatics.ie for bookings
After much haranguing from my students, the long awaited Living Somatics Training has arrived ! This four day course is spread over two weekends. It is suitable for Yoga teachers, massage therapists, psychotherapists, body-workers and students who want to dive deeper into understanding how to work with pain, injury and trauma from a Somatic perspective.
Somatic Movement Education (SME) unites modern neuromuscular science with ancient Yogic wisdom. Somatic movements offer a safe, fast, efficient, and profound way to realign ourselves and release unconscious muscular contraction.
This workshop will teach you a series of customized movements that address the three primary stress responses in the body. We will examine how these responses unconsciously hijack our posture and movement patterns and how to engage the brain to reprogramme the body.
Somatic movements can be seamlessly incorporated into any movement practice of training programme. In addition, they offer a complete system of injury rehabilitation for the root cause of a host of conditions including slipped disks, hamstring tears, frozen shoulder, hip, back, neck and other conditions commonly labelled ‘arthritis’, ‘wear and tear’ or ‘normal ageing’.
Experience greater ease of movement, flexibility, balance, co-ordination and pain relief from the head down to the feet, and discover the ease, poise and lightness that comes from having a balanced and integrated structure. Everything becomes easier.
Participants will be given a full programme to use in their classes or private sessions and a clear understanding of the methodology behind Somatics as an art as well as a science. DVD’s will be available for students who wish to study further. Remember, use it or lose it !
NOVEMBER
November 1-3rd – Amy Matthews in Dublin
Venue: Yoga Dublin, Dunleary
Cost: € 100 per day.
Time: 09.30-12.30 – 2-4.30
See www.living-yoga.ie for bookings
US Anatomy guru Amy Matthews (author of Yoga Anatomy) brings her own warm, funny, accessible, encyclopedic knowledge to Dublin again in 2014. Amy was a real hit on the Bones module of the ATTC, and will continue to work as part of the training faculty. This 2014 visit is a rare treat and a chance to experience Amy’s teachings outside the format of the ATTC in an intimate setting. Early booking advised. Themes to follow in February.
November 22-23rd – Wiltshire, UK
Saturday 22nd November – The Muscular Body and Yoga
Sunday 23rd November – The Muscular Body and Yoga
Contact: Debby Wilkinson debby@whitehorseyoga.co.uk
Website: http://www.whitehorseyoga.co.uk
Buried in the magic of Stonehenge and Avebury, the beautiful Whitehorse Yoga is an established BWY Centre inspired and run by the wise, experienced Debby Wilkinson. Students travel from far and wide to train in an intimate setting with top teachers. This year’s workshop dives explores our muscular body and how it relates to our emotional body, our patterns and samsaras (the yogic ‘groove in the record’). Full details to follow.
November 29th and 30th – Somatic Movement Education Training Stage 2, Dublin
Venue: Yoga Dublin, Dunleary
Cost: €200
Time: 09.30-12.30 and 2.00-5.00pm
See www.somatics.ie for bookings
See Level 1 for more details.
DECEMBER
December 13th – Ranelagh
Venue: Yoga Dublin, Ranelagh
Cost: €30
Time: 2.00-4.30
See www.yogadublin.com for bookings
Shifting Gears: Slow Down and Enjoy the Ride
Our nervous system has two sides. The ‘doing’ side sends us out into the world to work, play, and be active. The ‘being’ side takes care of relaxation, recuperation and healing. Stress is what happens when the body’s instinctual ability to balance ‘being’ and ‘doing’ is overpowered.
In this workshop, we will explore how to bring balance and steadiness to the nervous system. We will hone our kinesthetic intelligence by refining some key skills to help to free the spine, change muscular tone and alternately stimulate and soothe the organ system. We will explore how to orchestrate the breath to liberate prana and the best techniques for mental clarity and focus. The results are a feeling of peace, lightness, and inner calm.
The workshop will include a brief lecture, asana, restorative, somatic and meditative practices. Enjoy 3 hours to deeply rest and restore your energy reserves.Suitable for students from all streams of yoga with over one year practice.