Thursday 13th March: 7-8.30pm
£10 (all profits go to Bloody Good Period)

Menstrual cramps, digestive disorders, irritability, bloating, headaches, breast tenderness, increased tiredness – these are just some of the symptoms women experience during their periods. Symptoms can vary month-to-month and person-to-person, but the impact on how female athletes and yoga practitioners train and practice is real.

Join Physiotherapist Sarah Milner and Sports Nutritionist Lucy Paterson for an insightful evening on the menstrual cycle, its impact on performance and practice, and what we can do to optimise physical and mental wellbeing on the mat, the bar or the track.

Our panelists will examine the four phases of the menstrual cycle and explain the physiological changes that occur within each one. We will look at how to tailor nutrition and training to your cycle, and come to understand the benefits of living in sync with the monthly changes of your body.

We will address important topics like RED-S, PMDD, PMS management, and hormonal balance, and provide practical strategies to support well-being and performance.

This event is for everyone—athletes, coaches, yoga teachers and students. Anyone looking to better understand their menstrual cycle is welcome, whether you are managing symptoms, looking to enhance performance or simply want to deepen your knowledge, this conversation will provide science-backed insights and actionable takeaways.

This is the first in a series of talks on female health and physical and mental fitness.

Friday 14th March – 25th April: 5.45-7pm – SOLD OUT
(no class 4th April)
£115
This 6-week beginners’ handstand course embarks on a journey of balance, strength, and poise. The classes will unfold with careful guidance, focusing on foundational elements crucial for success.

You will delve into body tension, understanding weight distribution, and mastering proper alignment. Each session cultivates mindfulness as students gradually overcome fears and build confidence in inversions. Progression unfolds through drills targeting shoulder stability, wrist mobility, and body awareness.

With instruction, participants learn to kick up, finding stability against gravity’s pull. Amidst hard work and determination, you will discover newfound strength and agility on the palms of your hands.

NB: There is no class on April 4th

Saturday 22nd – Sunday 23rd March: 12.00-3.00pm
£165 for the weekend

Over the two-day workshop Yuval will teach you the basics of handstands. He’ll help you establish a solid base necessary to take your handstand practice to a new level, safely and efficiently.

You’ll learn the technical preparations for handstands and come to understand and experience the alignment points of a straight line handstand. You’ll experiment with some different handstand shapes, learn balance strategies, and play with various wall drills, as well as different ways to enter a handstand.

This workshop is for beginners who can hold a handstand for 20 seconds against the wall. It is also for intermediate handstandsers who want to revisit the basics and improve alignment and control.

Saturday 12th – Sunday 13th April
£200 for the weekend, £120 for one day, £70 for one session

This weekend is a deep dive into RocketBeats – a functional, fun, modern approach to dynamic yoga.

The weekend consists of 4 sessions – and each session is dedicated to a particular direction of travel.

Each session will have 2 parts:
A workshop based around strength and flexibility conditioning with a particular pose as the focus. Take what you’ve learned and have a go at implementing it into… A RocketBeats asana practice.

SATURDAY

• UP – everything shoulders and upper body – shoulder strength, arm balances, inversions, binds and more
• DOWN – everything hips and lower body – leg strength, standing balances,
  hip openers and more

SUNDAY

• FORWARDS – everything forward fold – hip compression, core strength, pressing, floating and more
• BACKWARDS – everything front body opening – core stabilisation, back body strength, backbends and more

Wednesdays 14th May; 18th June; 16th July: 9.30am – 5pm
£390

An intensive Course for Practitioners and Teachers.

This course reveals the deeper dimension of yoga by acknowledging that;

• The inherent foundations of transformation are inseparable linked to the nature and direct experience of existence
• Qualities of being run through one another and arise from an indelible yet elusive source revealed as one ultimate quality
• Physiology, mind, consciousness, and spirit are indivisible aspects of one primal field
• Bringing this field to awareness requires an intensity of practice and a sensitivity impeded by our conditioned patterns of behaviour

Practice and discussion will include:

• The nature of experiences and experiencing
• The indivisibility of us
• The potential of the sensory field
• Emptiness and form
• Applying the un-appliable
• The phenomena of is-ness and of-ness

The projected outcome anticipates an experiential shift in the cellular, physiological, and behavioural aspects of being. Change is an ongoing consequence of practice and understanding but transformation lies beyond change.

(The course comprises three days of contact time spread over seven weeks to maximise processing)

John Stirk is a yoga teacher and author with a background in osteopathy. He has been teaching and running courses for more than 40 years in the UK and internationally. He has published several books, notably The Original Body, Primal movement for Yoga Teachers, (2015)  and Deeper Still, Authentic Embodiment for Yoga Teachers (2021).

Saturday 17th May: 3.00-5.30pm
£50

If you’ve ever experienced Transformational Breathwork and Sound, you’ll know it can feel almost miraculous! Transformational breathwork is a therapeutic breathing technique that can relieve physical tension in the body, emotional stresses and blockages, leaving you feeling lighter and more connected to Self. Using circular breathing, you can move into an altered conscious state and access and release deeply buried obstacles and blocks. There is no other technique that can take you as deep into yourself, in such a short period of time, as breathwork.

After the Breathwork session, you’ll continue to lie on your mat, while Pablo will bring you into a state of deep integrative relaxation using sound. Sound healing has been used for centuries to promote relaxation, reduce stress, and enhance overall wellbeing. The soothing sounds and vibrations of the Gong, singing bowls, chimes and drum, will help create a meditative and immersive environment for you to assimilate and integrate all the benefits of the breathwork session.

We aim to show you the power of your breath and sound as vehicles for healing and enhancing your physical, mental and emotional health. The session will last for 2.5 hours, giving us space to set an intention and to share and integrate our experiences after the breathwork and sound. We will start with a breathwork session, moving into beautiful sound healing and floating off into bliss.

This workshop is suitable for everyone. For this experience, bring a bottle of water… you might want to bring a journal to make notes on your experience but this is not required. There is no movement component to this workshop, so no need to wear “yoga clothes” but please dress for comfort.

If you are aware of any heart conditions or brain conditions (ie. Epilepsy, PTSD) you may experience or could be/are pregnant please let Sally or Pablo know on the day.