Yoga Courses
Well Woman/Womb yoga 2010 :
yoga for women’s health and vital energy
This course is all about yoga for women’s health and vital energy. It shares techniques to feel, nurture and build the feminine energy of Shakti for the practical healing and benefit of women in all stages of life.
It is geared for yoga teachers and experienced practitioners who sense that yoga could be of more practical use to all women in managing health, vital energy and well-being.
The course presents therapeutic and enlivening yoga practices to support all experiences of femininity throughout a woman’s life. Topics covered included menstruation, pre-menstrual tension, fertility, subfertility, optimal fertility, assisted conception, feminine sexuality, and perimenopausal mood swings, headaches and hot flushes. It addresses health issues related to the pelvic floor, including postnatal recovery and prolapse, and other issues of concern to women in particular, such as anaemia and eating disorders.
All these issues are addressed within the context of a yoga therapeutic understanding of feminine emotional life, lunar cycles and the play of the elements in the female body. The course encourages you to think and feel for yourself, and aims to provide you with practical tools from yoga therapy and to help you to build programmes specially suited to the needs of women seeking full vitality and well-being.
The course combines theory and practice to offer you fresh perspectives, new understandings and a deep appreciation of the healing power of yoga as therapy to optimise health and delight in feminine energy. Practices taught include, asana, pranayama, mudra, bandha, deep relaxation including yoga Nidra, meditation and tratak.
Eligibility: the course is designed for existing yoga teachers with an acceptable yoga teaching qualification, who have been teaching regularly for a minimum of two years.
Venue: London
Moving Arts Base
134 Liverpool Road , Islington, London , N1 1LA
Teachers: Uma Dinsmore-Tuli and Ruth Gilmore
Cost: £350
Dates: 20/21 November and 11/12 December 2010 (total of 4 days)
Times: 10.00am – 5.30pm everyday
Applications: all applications for this course go through yogacampus