Exploring the Wave
We embody a variety of internal rhythms – the heart beat, digestion, lymphatic flow – and dropping our focus inside will help us locate, understand and enhance wave-like spinal pulsation, one of the body’s most elusive rhythms, and one of the three foundational concepts in Vanda Scaravelli’s approach to Hatha yoga.
Saturday, May 15, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Circles, Spirals and Wheels
Curving, continuous movements, the hallmark of Qi Gong, are rare in yoga and introducing circles, figure 8s and spirals – mentally and literally – warms, lubricates, and rejuvenates all the systems of the body creating an overflow of pure enjoyment and assures us there’s always another chance, another beginning. We’ll circulate breath in pranayama practice, relaxation and meditation; wobble, slosh, swish and roll during floor work; and dig deeply into the earth to experience the wavelike rebound while standing, inverting and backbending. Discover yoga practice as a circle game of free movement, cumulative learning, awareness and revivifying delight.
Sunday, May 16, 10:00am – 4:00pm
We will gather at Abbot House Dunfermline, which has a nice room, beautiful gardens nearby and a gallery space next door. Our days will be paced to bring enlivenment and depth physically, and to enjoy times of stillness. Exploring our inner sensations and observing how the body responds and moves will be woven into the sessions.
£145 for both days. Register before November 1 for Early Bird pricing, £120. Registration includes Saturday night fire at Silversands, Aberdour Beach. £90 for one day (please specify which you are booking in your payment details)
For more information, please visit the website, www.theyoga.co.uk/monica/, or contact Susanna, yoga@theyoga.co.uk.
Monica Voss has been a student and practitioner of yoga for over 45 years. She studied with Esther Myers, Vanda Scaravelli and Mary Stewart. In addition to co-owning and directing Esther Myers Yoga Studio in Toronto, Canada, Monica conducts workshops, retreats and teacher training internationally. She has been offering annual sessions in the UK since 1989.
Image: Breaking Wave, Lyme Regis, Fred Cuming