In early April, 2006 Angela and Victor taught two workshops in England. The first one was at the TriYoga Studio in SOHO in London. The second was at Elsted Village in Petersfield. |
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A note from Angela on the TriYoga Workshop – Soho – London 2006: My early memories of SOHO, when I taught at schools in London during my 20’s and later during brief visits between our busy teaching tours, was a place to avoid if possible. It seemed dark, dirty and ‘sleezy’! It was the “Red Light” district off Piccadilly Circus. So it was quite a surprise to be invited to teach at a Yoga Studio in SOHO! Even more of
a surprise awaited us as we entered a bright and modern courtyard,
surrounded by cafés juice bars and small boutiques. We
climbed some stairs to the third floor. Each floor has its
own outside balcony walkway, so youcan look down on the chairs and
tables of the cafés and sample even more shoes and clothes
stores, a massage place, and at one end – TriYoga Studio,
which occupies the whole of one side of the third floor. It
is bright and colorful with books and products in the windows. Inside
you feel immediately at home – white washed, wood floors, friendly
staff and a beautiful teaching room – long, white with high
windows, some of which have coloured glass hat enable patches of
bright colours to spread across the floor when the sun shines. On
Saturday, with about 45 students mostly Londoners, but some from
other countries – Italy, Ireland, USA, we launched into our
approach to the inner body, with rooting and perineum work and of
course the breath. The group was enthusiastic and many came
up afterwards to ask questions and share their own yoga experiences
of how they had felt the need to move away from the rigidity of most
methods taught, to a more intuitive, creative and personal practice. Sunday
was a lively session with waking up the “Perineum Power” to
achieve lightness and clarity in ‘full arm-balance’ and
other inversions. There were lots of questions and interchange. In
the afternoon we explored alternate nostril breathing (without
using the control of the fingers on the nose), shoulder releasing,
front bending, and finished with a grand session of spontaneous
chanting. Angela |
A Note from Angela and Victor - Petersfield/Elsted – 4 Day Workshop
Our workshop in Petersfield was a perfect start to spring in the beautiful countryside of Hampshire.
Many new-born lambs were frisking around their big woolly mothers and the daffodils were dancing in the wind!
We taught separately on Thursday and Friday in two different, but nearby villages – lots of work on moving energy and breth to more weak or “stuck” parts of the body and of course “base chakra” work and “rooting” through the feet to build strength and “anchoring”. The classes were fun and intimate.
On
Saturday we joined together and taught the classes in the beautiful
village of Elsted. Old friends and new students came from various
parts of England, Ireland and France. We explored many asanas in
new ways, using the rooting with different directions, observing the
breath and seeing how channels open up through the body, as well as alternating
the nostril breathing.
We look forward to her five day retreat to be held by the sea in Cornwall this August. It seems to be a very lovely place, quiet and surrounded by nature. It will be limited to 26 students for a nice family atmosphere.
Love to you all,
Angela and Victor