It’s now possible to book online:

Sat 23rd Feb

Presence and Transformation.

A day of gentle Yoga and Tara practices with Bram Williams and Anna Howard. In the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, White Tara is associated with good health, long life and wisdom.  Through awakening to our innate wisdom,  we become free of the ordinary experience of suffering and the practice of White Tara in particular can bring us healing and long life.

In this workshop Bram Williams will lead us through some yoga practices from the Tibetan Tradition of Kum Nye. Anna Howard will then introduce us to White Tara – known as the Wish-fulfilling Jewel - drawing on the sacred teachings and practices passed onto her through this ancient mystical tradition.  There will then be an opportunity to practice a short visualisation and mantra recitation, inviting the direct experience of White Tara’s blessing.

Anna has been a student of Tibetan Buddhism for 15 years, training with some of the most respected teachers of the Kagyu lineage.  She has a special interest in Tara, founding Tara Wisdom in 2004 to offer guidance and teaching in meditation and mindfulness, healing and life coaching.

Ealing 10am - 4pm  Suggested donation £45

Email for information on the next date, probably April or May.

MARCH

Sat March 16th

Kum Nye 

Meditation & Yoga Movement practices from the Tibetan Tradition.

Includes some visualisation techniques for health and wellbeing.

Details & booking

City Literary Institute 

Holborn

10.15 - 17.15

MAY

Sat May 25th, Yoga Point, Brixton

Asana as a Bridge to Pranayama and Beyond 

So we've achieved steadiness and ease in asana, now what?

One way of measuring our progress in our yoga practice is the awareness we increasingly experience. We know in theory that Body, Breath and Mind are inseparable, but how does this work on an experiential level?

If we can become more sensitive in our yoga practice, then with skill we can relax, both generally and within asana, allowing a greater awareness of our breathing to take place. Then, using yoga movement and posture gently and sensitively we can discover that each asana has a very different effect on our breathing. Instead of seeing asana as a means to stretch, we can learn to use it as an aid to opening up to, and increasing awareness of, our breathing.

Working like this we can develop our understanding of asana as a way of leading us into experiencing the subtleties of the breath; this in turn leads the way into pranayama. It is the subtlety and nuance of pranayama, which then paves the way to deep relaxation and ultimately to meditation.

We will explore this using Patanjali Sutras 2:49 to 2:53 as a starting point.

A workshop for BWY members - book through www.bwylondon.org.uk/events