An inspiring visitor is coming to Stroud – please see the post below.

Ancient, profound and meditative, chants from the Vedas evoke a profound sense of stillness within us. It is especially powerful to chant from these scriptures with authentic passionate guidance for accurate pronunciation and with a full connection to lineage that takes us to the roots of Indian philosophy .

Following a profound and much appreciated opening taster workshop in Vedic Chanting in October, Lucy Crisfield is returning to Stroud to offer a course in the art of Vedic Chanting. Our next meeting is 1400-1800, 11 November 2011, and we warmly invited anyone who resonantes with the sound of Sanskrit chanting to join us.  No experience is necessary, just bring an open heart and a receptive mind.

Bursary places are available to those on low incomes who would like to attend. For full details of the course and to reserve your place please contact Lucy directly lucycrisfield@gmail.com

For a flyer please download  Vedic Chant course Stroud

We are truly honoured to be able to host the inspirational Mother Maya (Maya Tiwari) in Stroud as part of her  Living Ahimsa World Tour. She will be with us here in the Sitaram Yoga Stroud  for a Satsang on Friday evening 11 November 1900-2100, and also will be running a full day workshop on Healing the Ancestors Saturday 13 November 0930-1630.

For details of Mother Maya’s work please visit

www.mothermaya.com

or www.facebook.com/MayaTiwari or www.MyPeaceVow.com

For online bookings for the Stroud Sitaram Yoga Studio event please visit www.yogaseva.org and for enquiries, including to negotiate concessionary rates, please email Alexander Honeymann: alexanderhoneymann@gmail.com or call/txt Alexander on  0747420964. Please be aware that there is limited parking for only 12 cars in our drive, so we advise local Stroudies to walk, cycle or lift share!

Menstrual yoga: yoga for women

Growing from twelve years focused and healing work in the application of yoga for women’s health during pregnancy, childbirth and postnatal recovery, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli’s yoga therapy practice, teaching and training focus has broadened over the past years to encompass the full context of women’s health, with an especial emphasis on healthy menstruation and fertility.

To this end she continues to offer the Well Woman yoga therapy training module for Yogacampus, together with Ruth Gilmore; and to facilitate the annual women’s yoga retreat, the celebratory Shakti Rising, scheduled for 2011 again at Hawkwood College in Gloucestershire.  At the new Sitaram yoga studio in Stroud, there is a weekly Friday evening Women’s Yoga and Supper Club, intended to promote positive experience of all aspects of women’s health.  Individual consultations in yoga therapy for healthy menstruation and fertility are on offer in Stroud , Bristol and London.

Further afield, Uma is delighted to be taking this work in women’s yoga to the Burren Yoga centre in the West of Ireland, where she is hosting a women’s yoga week-long retreat in September 2011, and a weekend of women’s yoga in October.  For more details of all these programmes, please visit the Women’s Eventspages on this site.

Santosa yoga camps, two gatherings this year

Following four years of  fabulous summer yoga camps at the Healing Field in Somerset, this year, we are also offering a Spring camp in the Cotswolds

Our focus this year is Eco Yoga, and our intention is to unite, in the true spirit of yoga, our reverence for spirit and our reverence for the earth.  For full details of the two camp dates, and locations, please visit the Santosa pages on this site.

Women’s Yoga and Tantra Retreat for Healing, Empowerment and Positive Connections
At Hawkwood College, Stroud, Gloucestershire
4.30pm Friday 12 – 4pm Sunday 14 February 2009

So many wonderful yoga sessions to choose! Here, hot from the oven, is the provisional programme for Shakti Rising Women’s yoga retreat in February (pdf).

It includes Dawn Light Meditations in the Woodland Meditation Space, Hatha yoga sessions to enliven and energise at every stage of women’s lives, Yoga Dance sessions in the main hall at Hawkwood, Woodland walks in beautiful Cotswold Hills, uplifting music and song, and more!

All served up with warm Cotswold hospitality and gorgeous meals in sparkling company. Take a look at the timetable, and treat yourself (and your sister, mother, best friend, daughter, favourite students!) to a place.

We are looking forward to seeing you there.

If you would like to chat about the event, please call Uma on 07595 322 779.