Really Special Events
Over the years we have been extremely fortunate to encounter many excellent and inspiring yoga teachers from all over the world, and from across many different yoga lineages. Now that here in Stroud we are lucky enough to have our own small yoga studio, we are delighted to be able to invite visiting yoga teachers to stay with us, and offer yoga programmes.
Whilst we have focused much of our interest into the field of applied yoga therapy for women’s health (see our Women’s Events listing for more details on this topic), we keep an open mind and open heart to every aspect of yoga practice, and continue to learn from many remarkable teachers around the world.
This Summer, we are delighted to offer you a regular monthly programme of Kirtan with Bharati and Dinesh, and three remarkable sessions from Lucy Crisfield and Alexander Honeyman who are both visiting Stroud to share their passion for the soul connection through sound:
If you would like to attend these events please mail yoga@sitaram.org to reserve your place. You are welcome to arrive on the evening of the even.t but it is helpful to have some idea of numbers beforehand. Donations from £5 – 10.
Vedic Chanting with Lucy Crisfield
Friday 29th July 1930 – 2100. Donations £5 – 10.
Call and response chants from the Vedas taught in the tradition of Sri Kishnamacharya.
Sound Journey through the World’s Soul
with Lucy Crisfield and Alexander Honeyman
Saturday 30th July 1930 – 2100. Sitaram Yoga Studio Stroud.
Music and recitation from the Vedas, Quran and Torah.
Shamanic Drum Journey with Alexander Honeyman
Sunday 31st July 1600 – 1800. Join us on a sound journey with Alexander: voice, drum and rattle.
Monthly Kirtan: songs from the heart
with Bharati and Dinesh
Summer dates to be confirmed.
Heartwarming, uplifting, inspiring and full of positive energy of bhakti yoga, these monthly sessions carried us through a dark Winter on waves of pure joy! We are truly delighted to welcome our friends and true Bhakti Yogis Bharati and Dinesh back to our studio for more regular kirtans. Do come and join us for these healing sessions of love and light.
You can read more about Bharati and Dinesh on their website which also has lots of very useful information about all sorts of spiritual events in and around the Stroud valleys.
Venue: Sitaram Yoga Studio, Tanglewood, Gunhouse Lane, Bowbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL52DB.
There is a helpful map here. Please note our studio is right at the very end of Gunhouse lane – drive all the way up to the very top and through the gate at the end of the track, Please be sure to drive right up through our gate and park neatly in our drive. Do not park in front of Thrupp house.
Shakti Dance: the Yoga of Dance
Autumn Evening session of yoga and dance with Anjali
To be confirmed
We are delighted to welcome our inspiring colleague Anjali from Glastonbury to Stroud. Anjlai teaches Shakti dance, a delightful inegration of yoga and dance which stems from the Kundalini yoga tradition. Anjali’s recent visit to Stroud to share this lovely practice on the Womb Wisdom Women’s retreat was pure joy, so we are pleased she can come back.
10 places only (you need plenty of space for Shakti dance!).
To reserve your place please email yoga@sitaram.org
Costs: TBC
Venue: Sitaram Yoga Studio, Tanglewood, Gunhouse Lane, Bowbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL52DB
Please be sure to drive right up through our gate and park neatly in our drive. Do not park in front of Thrupp house.
Previous delights we have offered:
In 2009 we were honoured to host Mukunda Stiles and Chinnamasta, as they gave an evening and day programme in yoga and tantra and yoga therapy.
In 2010, we two esteemed and internationally celebrated yoga teachers came to Stroud: Senior Iyengar teacher, Glenn Ceresoli from Australia, and Swami Muktidharmananda, Satyananda yoga acharya from New Zealand.
Highlights from the 2010 programme included:
Yoga Psychology and Yoga Nidra with Swami Muktidharma
Tuesday 15th June 2010
Diving deeper into the healing potential of yoga nidra, and understanding the nature of the mind with yoga psychology
Swami Muktidharama is a senior Satayananda Yoga Acharya (lineage holder), originally from Columbia, who runs his own ashram in New Zealand. He is perhaps the most heart-warming and authentic transmitter of the deep wisdom of this lineage of yoga that I have ever had the honour to meet.
He lived and worked with the late Paramahamsa Satyananda in Rikhia for 16 years, and brings great clarity and depth to the teachings of Satyananda yoga, from a perspective of lived experience. His full biography is here at his own Anahata ashram site, and his full 2010 world tour dates are here.
Stroud programme with Muktidharma
Tuesday 15th June 2010
Venue: Sitaram Yoga Studio, Tanglewood, Gunhouse Lane, Bowbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL52DB
Programme:
- 1000- 12.30 Morning programme : Yoga nidra in depth exploring the healing potential of the practice of yoga nidra, the meditative heart of yoga. Theory and practice. Suitable for experienced yoga practitioners, yoga teachers and those who would like to dive deeply into this powerfully transformative yoga practice.
- 12.30 – 1.30 Shared vegetarian lunch. Please bring a plateful of vegetarian food to share.
- 1400 – 1800 Afternoon programme: Yoga psychology - theory and practice, with reference to the use of yoga nidra as a tool to understand the depths of living and dying with yoga
- 1800 – 1930 Shared vegetarian dinner. Please bring a plateful of vegetarian food to share.
- 1930 – 2100 Evening programme: Satsang and kirtan with Swami Muktidharama. Philosophical reflections on the practical application of bhakti yoga in relation to living and dying. Followed by Kirtan (devotional singing) and mantra.
PLUS: ONE-to-one sessions with Muktidharma at Sitaram yoga Studio
Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th June 201
Swami Muktidharama will be teaching 1-1 lessons at Sitaram. This is an unusual opportunity to consult personally with an experienced and wise spiritual guide. The individual session can cover yoga psychology, yoga for healing, and spiritual guidance on the development of your yoga practice or direction in your yoga journey, or any other aspect of yoga you are interested in exploring more deeply.
Yoga Asana for Constant Integrated Awareness with Glenn Ceresoli
1830 – 2100 June 16th and 17th 2010
Exploring alignment and poise in asana as a tool for self discovery
Glenn Ceresoli is a truly remarkable Iyengar yoga teacher of international standing. I have always been deeply inspired by his teaching and have been fortunate enough to study with him over the years on retreat and on his visits to Brockwell Lido in Brixton. You can read more about Glenn and his approach to yoga on his Yogamind site.
We are lucky to be able to catch Glenn on his 2010 world tour, on his way up from the Barefoot Barn retreat and then on to a weekend session in Bristol.
Venue: Sitaram Yoga Studio, Tanglewood, Gunhouse Lane, Bowbridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL52DB
Programme:
- 1830 – 2100 Wednesday 16th June
- 1830 – 2100 Thursday 17th June