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March 2019
Support, Direction & Space – A CPD Weekend for Teachers and Keen Students
This is long weekend (Friday afternoon - Sunday) at the beautiful Elmslie House in Great Malvern with both Dave & Ranju. This workshop will explore the fundamental aspects of support, direction and space, as applicable to asana and pranayama practice. The weekend will be largely practical, with practice sessions and discussion of the practices in order to clarify some fundamental paradigms that can be applied to the participant's own practice and teaching. This workshop is aimed at CPD for AYS…
Find out more »Support Direction Space – Embodying The Yoga Sutra – A Sunday Workshop in London
This workshop will led by both Dave & Ranju. This workshop will explore the fundamental aspects of support, direction and space, as applicable to asana and pranayama practice. The day will be largely practical, with practice sessions and discussion of the practices in order to clarify some fundamental paradigms that can be applied to the participant's own practice and teaching. The workshop will also explore ideas from Ranju and Dave's forthcoming book Support, Direction & Space: Embodying the Yoga Sutra.…
Find out more »July 2019
St Nons Open Retreat with Ranju Roy
For the past 10 years Ranju has run an open residential weekend at the beautiful retreat centre at St Nons on the Pembrokeshire coast. Looking westwards out to sea, it's right on the coastal path and Saturday afternoon is free for walking and exploring the local area. Spaces are limited (3 twin rooms and 8 single rooms). The weekend will include and early morning practice on Saturday and Sunday, theory and practice sessions and an evening open session for discussion…
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A Retreat Combining Chanting & Meditative Practice Focusing on traditional vedic healing chants with Dave, Ranju, Ravi & Sheela Shankar This 4 day retreat at Holland House will consist of optional early morning practices, vedic chanting with Sheela Shankar and meditative yoga practice with Dave & Ranju. Approx half of each day will focus on the chanting with the remainder either free time or meditative practice. The meditative practice will include asana, pranayama and seated meditation sessions, accompanied by some…
Find out more »June 2020
Sādhana Mālā Yoga Sūtra Online Study Course: Introduction to The Yoga Sutra
We will now run the INTRODUCTION TO YOGA SŪTRA COURSE on Fri June 5th and Fri June 19th. Each session will run from 4-7PM BST This is an ideal way to begin your study of the Yoga Sutra and an important preliminary before taking one of our more detailed Yoga Sutra study courses, particularly if you are new to Sadhana Mala and are less familiar with the Yoga Sutra. This course will include AN HOUR LONG VIDEO TO WATCH before the first Zoom…
Find out more »July 2020
Sādhana Mālā Yoga Sūtra Online Study Course Chapter 1: Samādhi Pāda With Dave Charlton and Ranju Roy
We are delighted to announce that we are offering an online study course on Yoga Sūtra Chapter 1 (Sādhana Pāda) open to all with some experience of the Yoga Sūtra and an interest in working within the Desikachar/Krishnamacharya lineage. This is an exciting opportunity to work with the authors of the recently published Embodying the Yoga Sūtra: Support, Direction, Space. We will explore each sūtra in detail, offering word-by-word explanations and key ideas from Vyāsa’s commentary. We will expand on…
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