For all your equipment needs and a great range of Ashtanga and related books look no further than Yoga in Oxford and a prompt friendly service from Ian Macdonald.

Further Reading. These books will encourage your independence and understanding.

Yoga Classes with Hugh Poulton

phone:01869 340335
email: hugh@yogaunlimited.co.uk

Ashtanga Yoga Classes in North / West Oxfordshire for all levels. Private tuition from £50p.h. also available, please phone for details.

If you are in business and thinking of introducing yoga at work, bring your business card along to one of the classes marked listed here and experience a complimentary taster session.

Complimentary first yoga class to new participants.

Any class except Chipping Norton (class is run by the sports centre).

Mon

9.45 - 11.30am

Ashtanga Yoga with Mindfulness
Woodstock Town Hall (parking near by) map

£45 for 5 sessions, £11.50 drop in (Business taster session available)

7.00 - 8.30pm

Ashtanga Yoga with Mindfulness

Islip Village Hall: map

A dynamic sequence that thoroughly exercises both your body and mind. Made up of a balance of moves that build strength, fitness and flexibility along with breath work and meditation to help develop body awareness, increase stamina and reduce stess and anxiety.

Call or email Hugh for further details.

£42.50 for 5 sessions, £10.50 drop in.

Tues

11.45am - 1.45pm

Salford Village Hall (nr Chipping Norton)

Meditation for Daily Life: A Mindfulness and MBCT course over 8 weeks.

Course starts Tues 9th February 2010

To book contact Hugh direct (01869 340335 or hugh@yogaunlimited.co.uk) or
Catherine on 07813 182 651 or catherine@village-barn.com

Click here for map and directions.

Cost £185 (£25 discount if you download handouts and MP3 files rather than receive printouts and CD's) Concessions available and bursaries for those in need. 10% discount for all bookings and payments received before 20th Jan 2010. Please see application form.

An introductory leaflet to Mindfulness may be downloaded here (requires Adobe acrobat). Call or email Hugh for further details.

7.30 - 9.00pm

Ashtanga Yoga with Mindfulness
Bicester Glory Farm Primary School, Hendon Place, Sunderland Drive

OX26 4YJ map

(Course of 5 sessions, £ 40, start any week, drop in £10 please book in advance on 01869 340335. An energetic and dynamic sequence of yoga postures to boost your energy levels, tone your whole body and generally develop your stamina and flexibility. Build self confidence in your body's abilities. All sessions finish with a period of relaxation)

Weds

09.30 - 11.00am

Ashtanga Yoga with Mindfulness
Chipping Norton Leisure Centre, a maximum of 17 places, please phone 01608 645154 map

Suitable for beginners and improvers. An energetic and dynamic sequence of yoga postures to boost your energy levels, tone your whole body and generally develop your stamina and flexibility. Build self confidence in your body's abilities. All sessions finish with a period of relaxation.

7.30 - 9.30pm

Ashtanga Yoga with Mindfulness

Middle Barton Alice Marshall Village Hall, North Street. Middle Barton OX7 7BJ. map £42.50 for 5. £11.50 drop in. (Business Taster session available) a maximum of 15 places.

A full first / second series suitable for beginners/level1/level2

Thurs

10.30am - 12.30pm

Meditation for Daily Life: A Mindfulness and MBCT course over 8 weeks.

Future course dates starts 4th Feb 2010 Advanced bookings accepted now. New Location:

The Banbury Counselling Centre

69 Oxford Road

Banbury

OX16 9AJ

To book contact Hugh direct (01869 340335 or hugh@yogaunlimited.co.uk) or

tel Wendie on 01295 231320

Includes a whole day one weekend.

An introductory leaflet to Mindfulness may be downloaded here (requires Adobe acrobat). Call or email Hugh for further details.

3.40 - 4.45pm

A class to build fitness and de-stress.

Bicester

Coopers School Bicester (Drama Studio). Open to all staff in the Bicester partnership.

7.30 - 9.00pm

Ashtanga Yoga with Mindfulness

Banbury The Mill Arts Centre, Spiceball Park, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 5QE map

An introductory leaflet may be downloaded here (requires Adobe acrobat). Call or email Hugh for further details.

£40 for 5 sessions, £9.50 drop in concessions £30 / £7

All day Meditation Course

with Hugh Poulton

Next all day session will be Saturday 20th March 2010

at Sandford St Martin Village Hall (map) (441999,227000)

from 10am - 4pm

6 hours of guided mindfulness meditation

Suitable for all those familiar with some form of meditation

Use the day to:

get back into a daily meditation routine,
deepen your daily practice,
explore the benefits of different mindfulness based activities,
experience the energy and support of group based meditation

Day will include:

Mindfulness Yoga exercises (suitable for all)

Sitting and walking meditation

Mindful Observation

Mindfulness in daily activity

Metta meditation

£40 per person

Bring vegetarian food to share

If you would like any further details or to discuss any aspect of this course please feel free to contact me either by phone (01869 340335) or

by email hugh@yogaunlimited.co.uk

Please see booking terms.

Working with Stress in Daily Life: a one day workshop

A one day course introducing effective approaches from the world of Indian Yoga and Buddhist mindfulness meditation. Click here for course summary.

Suitable for Corporates, Institutions and weekend workshops.

Call or email Hugh for further details and an introductory leaflet.

Private One to One Classes with Hugh from £50ph, £80 two hours, £100 three hours.

Individual attention at a time and duration to suit your lifestyle

Detailed adjustments to your personal practice. Your own Mysore style class.
Work with areas of difficulty or blockage

'...I feel that my practise has a new focus''

Alternatively;

A private class can deepen your practice through exploring:

Beginners introduction (giving you the confidence to get the most out of a regular class in a way best suited for you) 2 x 1hr sessions recommended.
Improvement of Practice

Adjusting / modifying for injuries
How to do specific asanas (postures) '...it is exciting when a posture finally feels different especially one you have been stuck with for a while'.
Questions on Yogic or Buddhist philosophy and how they relate to the practise.

phone:01869 340335
email: hugh@yogaunlimited.co.uk

Yoga Workshops with Hugh Poulton

"Highly satisfying, Hugh is a patient, enthusiastic and encouraging teacher" Michele Marietta

A course for teachers and experienced practitioners*

FREE MIND, FREE BODY:

INTEGRATING MINDFULNESS, UJJAYI AND BANDHA.

Bledington, Glos.

Hugh Poulton’s teachings are of great simplicity. This simplicity applies to the asanas as well as to all the other aspects of yoga, both on and off the mat.

His keys are bandhas and breath as a tool of self teaching, self correcting and self healing. It is hugely suitable for people working with injury or for those working with restrictions in the physical body.

* Experienced: someone who has as well as attending classes, an established self practice (without instruction) and has been practising for 2 years or more. The level of ‘difficulty’ of postures you can do is not relevant.

The workshops are held twice a month and will focus on a different aspect each session. Wednesdays from 12.30 pm till 3 pm on the following dates in 2010.

TBA

Price: 150 min. Yoga workshop £25.

Spaces are limited. Please see cancellation terms.

Location:

Village Barn
The Green
Bledington OX7 6XQ
07813 182 651

01608 658 957
catherine@village-barn.com

Click here for map and directions.

Build your own Workshop:

Suitable for Yoga teachers / groups who wish to complement their existing teaching / practise with insights from the Ashtanga and Buddhist traditions.

Each workshop can be either 2 hrs or 4 hrs (2 x 2hrs sessions). Mix and match for a half or whole day or a complete weekend. Call to discuss. For Registered Yoga Teachers (RYT) these courses can be part of your continuous professional development (CPD). Please let me know if you require a certificate of attendance..

Fee minimum £200 per 2 hr workshop, plus travel @ 40p per mile (First 30 miles free) and accomodation (if over a weekend).

Topics include:

Floating Yoga: Lightness through bandhas, balance and breath.

"simply loved it" JM Yoga Teacher

"packed with important knowledge - very informative" Nikki Jackson Yoga Teacher

Overcoming obstructions: Working with the stiffest muscle in your body: the one between your ears. Getting your mind out of your way."You've changed my yoga. Explanations very easy to understand and were all very useful" Michi Naomoto Chinese Medicine Practitioner .

Inversions: working with fear to release your body and mind.

Backbends: allowing yourself to be flexible.

"Gain in flexibility of my back. A very good session" VF (65+)

Principles of Ashtanga: Integrating Bandhas, Ujjayi, Dristi, Nauli into your existing practise. Your method of teaching has opened up my practice so much. With its emphasis on bandhas, relaxation and balance I have found a gentleness of approach which has led me deeper than ever before into the spirit of each posture and into my own outlook on yoga and life. Juliette Glazebrook Yoga Teacher

Removing strength from the postures.

" I really enjoyed your class and felt that as a group, our practice and understanding would benefit from a session with you I was particulalry struck by the notion of bandhas and balance, and by how using the bandhas takes the need for 'strength' away from the postures". K.S.

Asanas as meditation: breath awareness in practise.

Mindfulness meditation through Metta (Loving Kindness) or Anapanasati (Breath awarenesss)

The Paticcasamupada: Let Buddhas teaching on conditionality transform your practise.

Exploring the Yamas and Niyamas in Asana practise.

Being Authentic; allowing yourself to express your fullest potential in your practise each time, everytime.

Vanishing Yogi; How working with just the essential brings release in the body and mind. "the best lesson / practise I had ever had in all my years of practising yoga. It almost felt like a completely new yoga. " Catherine.Chichester. Yoga Teacher.

phone:01869 340335
email: hugh@yogaunlimited.co.uk

Yoga Courses and workshop terms and conditions:

Cancellations: if made more than 10 days before the class 10% of fee is forfeited; 7-10 days before 50% forfeited; no refund if cancelled less than 7 days before the class.

Mariella de Martini

phone: 01865 245893
email: mariella@yogaunlimited.co.uk

Ashtanga Yoga Classes in Oxford for all levels. Always phone Mariella for latest details and times as these may change.

Sun	10.00 - 12.00 am East Oxford Community Centre, Corner of Cowley Road and Princes Street OX4 1DD £10/ £6
Mon	6.30 - 8.00pm Yogagarden Summertown Oxford OX2 7JL £6/£8
Tues	5.15 - 6.30pm Resusitation Centre, Churchill Hospital, Churchill Drive. Greate for beginners £7 or £24 x 4. Call Mariella first.
Thurs	5.30 - 7.00 pm East Oxford Community Centre, Corner of Cowley Road and Princes Street OX4 1DD £8/£6

Private classes with Mariella.

Please contact Mariella directly for details of private classes.

phone: 01865 245893
email: mariella@yogaunlimited.co.uk

Mysore classes with Mariella.

Early morning Mysore-style assisted self-practice weeks. Please email to Mariella if you wish to be put on a mailing list.

phone: 01865 245893
email: mariella@yogaunlimited.co.uk

Nicky Boult

phone: 01296 738214
email: nicky@yogaunlimited.co.uk

Ashtanga Yoga Classes in Marsh Gibbon / Twyford (near Bicester)

Weds

10.00am - 11.00 am

The Village Hall, Portway Road, Twyford, MK18 4EP

To book either call Nicky on 01296 738214

or email nicky@yogaunlimited.co.uk

Weds

8.00pm - 09.00 pm

Marsh Gibbon Chapel Hall, Bicester Road, Marsh Gibbon.

To book either call Nicky on 01296 738214

or email nicky@yogaunlimited.co.uk

Last Friday evening of every month for more than 18 years Next session last Friday March 2010).

“99% practice, 1% theory” Sri K Pattabhi Jois.

"It was a very inspiring atmosphere this evening and I'll certainly come again"

Robert Spencer

You’ve been to the workshops,
You attend regular classes and get fantastic adjustments, encouragement and motivation,
NOW you need to develop a self practice,

Perhaps the hardest part of Yoga is learning to be alone, standing on your yoga mat on your own, just your body and mind.

Join like-minded souls committed to taking their experience of yoga further by developing a strong self-practice.

Start and finish when you want between 6.15 and 8.15pm Fridays
No teaching
No instruction
Plenty of enthusiasm and assistance if you want it
Warm light room with wood floor and dimmers
No booking necessary

More than 100 years of yoga experience between us

Supi (01865 776759) Lissa (07808-726957)

Ian (01865 421234) Hugh (01869-340335)

£5 per session to cover costs (no profit made), with your first Session FREE. Pay one of the above, preferably with a cheque made out to The Asian Cultural Centre. It’s at the end of Manzil Way, Oxford 100yds past the Cowley Rd Tesco, opp Aziz’s.

The Oxford Self Practice Group has run since 1991 and offers a supportive environment for those who wish to continue their personal practice outside a formal class in the company of other enthusiastic practitioners.

* Last Fri every month 6.15 - 8.15pm
Asian Cultural Centre
Manzil Way (off Cowley Road)
OX4 1GH
phone 01865 425000
(OSPG only), £5
(not suitable for total beginners)
contact hugh@yogaunlimited.co.uk

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Learn a little more about Ashtanga Yoga

ASHTANGA YOGA

Ashtanga (pronounced ash-tanga) Yoga is an ancient system of therapeutic yoga postures - asanas and is a classical form of hatha yoga.

Each posture is linked to the next through a series of flowing movements called vinyasa.

Postures and vinyasas are woven together by breath - ujjayi pranayama.

In order to protect the centre of the body from possible strain and injury, to enable the correct movement and proper alignment, a number of locks or bandhas are applied throughout the practice.

These four elements are the core of the system, rapidly producing deep inner heat, opening and purifying the body from a cellular level. Every muscle is systematically toned and in combination with the breath every cell refreshed. With regular practice flexibility, strength and stamina are achieved. At the same time, fluid, smooth breathing develops which co-ordinates the flow of movements. This leaves the nervous system calm, with a concentrated and vibrant mind. The practice is dynamic, breath-focused and rewarding.

The whole of the first series has some 70+ postures which will take from 6 to 10 weeks to learn at a weekly 2 hour class. The sequence does not vary (though postures can be modified to suit personal requirements) and is quickly memorised.

All movements into and within a posture are intimately associated either with an in or out breath. The core of the practice is to remain focused on the breath and the locks throughout.

The practice is non competitive and at no time should it be painful. If you experience discomfort, back out of the posture and adopt a modified posture where there is no pain (please ask in class for advice). If at any point you wish to rest, miss out the next posture but maintain the muscular locks and breathing until you rejoin the group. This will maintain the heat and flexibility in your body.

All classes end with a period of relaxation which helps to seal the practice.

Ashtanga Vinyasa Workshops in Oxford

Oxford is one of the centres of Ashtanga, pioneering its introduction to the UK more than 16 years ago. There are specialist monthly workshops for experienced practitioners (run since 1989 by Yoga in Oxford) where those who wish can study with a wide variety of teachers, with international reputations. For a list of workshops see www.oxfordyoga.co.uk

Yoga in Oxford also supply a wide range of Yoga publications and equipment including a wide range of mats. For a personalised service and prompt mail delivery please see www.oxfordyoga.co.uk/Merchandise

For a copy of the latest calendar of events and to be placed on a mailing list contact:

Ian Macdonald
14 Chalfont Road
Oxford OX2 6TH
Tel: 01865 421234
macdonaldreynell@ntlworld.com

Further Reading

	Ashtanga Yoga Fabulous guide to the first and second series of Ashtanga Yoga. Spiral bound to sit flat on the floor without the pages closing.

	Ashtanga Yoga Authoritative, clear and inspiring description of the first series and background to Ashtanga.

	Ashtanga Yoga for Women: Invigorating... Highly recommended by some of our female students

	Ashtanga Yoga: The Definitive...
	The Key muscles of Hatha Yoga... Highly recommended as an accessible reference to aspects of the Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga. Reading this will help you understand your yoga and how to work in your personal practice.
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