Join the Dorchester Court Community in their New Years ‘Beat the January Blues’ raffle - great prizes and you get to support your fellow local residents
Not suitable for absolute beginners; you should have a reasonable level of fitness and regular asana practice. There is a link to book here. Nina will lead this fun workshop to introduce and develop basic skills to explore accessing arm balances and make your way upside down safely. Inversions help focus the mind, develop strength and build confidence - providing a space to calm the nervous system and reconnect with a sense of play and joy. Arm balances require the same focus and development of strength, body awareness and form the foundations to access inversions. If you are looking to extend your practice and start incorporating some of the more challenging asana, this is for you. Whether you are just beginning to attempt them, or wish to deepen your current practice, you will be shown the principles and foundations to help you from the ground up. Be prepared to sweat and practice some intermediate to advanced preparatory sequences and drills. We will use props and assists to help support everyone's different levels of strength, mobility and experience in a playful way. Covering four main postures: Bakasana/Parsva Bakasana - Crow/Side Crow Titibhasana - Firefly SIrsasana - Headstand (supported or tripod) Pincha...
This 5-week course runs from 26 February 2025 – 2 April 2025 on Wednesday evenings from 8pm-9pm. There is a link to booking here. This course is lead by Vaccasin and is for people who have never done yoga and would like to learn. Or for people who have done a little yoga/ did yoga some time ago and would like to start at the beginning. If you have any injuries or medical issues that you are working with and are unsure about whether yoga is appropriate please write in to info@yogapoint.co.uk Yoga can strengthen and stretch the body, improve balance and focus and help reduce stress and anxiety.
Saturday 28 February 10.30am to 1.30pm £70 per person www.brixtonwindmill.org BOOK HERE Celebrate Real Bread Week at Brixton Windmill! Join our hands-on baking class to learn how to make delicious artisan breads. It’s a chance to hone your home bread making skills using our unique stoneground flour from Brixton Windmill. The class is for a small group with a maximum of 10 participants so you’ll get lots of tips from our teacher Fabio Bettini. Plus there’s lots of time to ask questions. There’ll also be a chance to pop in to the windmill to see how our volunteer millers make our flour*. This class is suitable for anyone, regardless of age or baking experience (although a little home baking experience might be helpful). All the recipes will be fully explained step by step by our session leader. Refreshments are included during the class. You may want to bring an apron plus a container/bag to take away your bakes. *Milling does depend on a number of factors so we cannot absolutely guarantee you’ll see our millers at work but we’ll do our best to make this happen.
Not suitable for absolute beginners; you should have a reasonable level of fitness and regular asana practice. BOOK HERE. Nina Thomas will lead this workshop workshop at Yoga Point. Nina will lead this fun workshop to introduce and develop basic skills to explore handstands and make your way upside down safely. Handstands can help focus the mind, develop strength and build confidence – providing a space to calm the nervous system and reconnect with a sense of play and joy. If you are looking to extend your practice and start incorporating some of the more challenging asana, this is for you. Whether you are just beginning to attempt them, or wish to deepen your current practice, you will be shown the principles and foundations to help you from the ground up. Be prepared to sweat and practice some intermediate to advanced preparatory sequences and drills. We will use props and assists to help support everyone’s different levels of strength, mobility and experience in a playful way. The workshop includes: Warm Up – 30min Power Flow Preparation – Strength Drills Get on Up – Alignment and Body Awareness
Join Kanwal and San for a two hour yin yoga and gong bath healing workshop to harmonise the energies and elements within your body. The session beings with yin yoga poses typically held for several minutes, involving twists and hip/groin work to stimulate the Liver and Gallbladder energy channels. This will encourage the rehydration of the fascia, unblock stagnant energy and release tension held deep in the body. During this time, a 111hz tuning fork or a Tibetan singing bowl will be placed on your body to support deeper healing in targeted areas. Finally, you will lie back to surrender to the resonant vibrations of the ancient gong, to promote deep relaxation, stress reduction and a sense of peace. Fore more information and to book: Early Bird Tickets: £45 (available until 1 week prior to event); Standard: £50 Book via Book when (no fees) or Eventbrite
Introduction to Backbends – Overcoming fear and finding balance. There is a link to book this workshop here. Nina will lead this workshop to introduce and develop backbends. Not suitable for absolute beginners; you should have a reasonable level of fitness and regular asana practice. Our body’s natural response to danger is to curl in, protecting our most vulnerable part – our heart, both the physical heart and the energetic heart space (anahata). Backbends do the very opposite action opening us up to the world. We are exposing ourselves and that takes courage – but also builds more of it! Overcoming our fears on the mat can give us courage off the mat too. Anahata is the center of compassion, and a positive balance in the heart chakra cultivates sensitivity and unconditional love for self and others. Our spines are an incredible combination of strength and flexibility – of Sthira and Sukha. Practicing backbends can open up the front body, increase your hip flexibility, and improve the mobility of your lumbar and thoracic spine. Backbends are invigorating and strengthening. They stretch the quads and hip flexors and help open up the shoulders and chest, an area where lots of us hold...
