Dearest yogis, 

We've nearly made it through the Winter: The last class of this block is Wednesday February 26

Moving through into Spring, the new block will continue straight on with no break, beginning on Saturday 1st March, ending on Wed 2nd April ( 5 weeks)

Dates for the upcoming 5 week block:

Saturday 9-10.15am:                                  March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Monday 6.00- 7.15pm:                                March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 
Monday 7.30- 8.45pm (men’s class)     March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 
Wednesday 9.15- 10.45am:                       March 5, 12,19, 26, April 2
Wednesday 1.30-2.45pm:                          March 5, 12,19, 26, April 2
Wednesday 6.00-7.15pm:                          March 5, 12,19, 26, April 2
Wednesday 7.30- 8.45pm:                         March 5, 12,19, 26, April 2

Prices within the 5 week block:
£60 for 1 class a week.
£110 for 2 classes a week.
£150 for 3 classes a week.
Drop ins are £13 a class and subject to availability. Please text me beforehand on 07910286028.

If you are unable to make a class and there is space in another class that week, you can make your class up that week, or even another week, provided you keep within the same yoga block.

Some classes were at full capacity last block.  I have always given students who are already in a class,  first refusal to continue into the next block, but it really helps if you let me know as soon as you can if you want to continue, so I know how many/ if any spaces are free to offer to others. Thank you!!

Please feel free to ask any questions and constructive feedback is welcomed!

With love,

Jane 

And 2 quotes you may have heard but worth another ponder:

"The real voyage of discovery
consists not in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes"
Marcel Proust

"What we are looking for is
 what is looking" 
St Francis of Assisiwishes and with gratitude for your wonderful practices,

 Jane

Making and taking time to practice regularly makes subtle but amazing shifts in your inner world that reap positive rewards to your life over time. Here is some ‘encouragement:

Set specific time in your day/ week to roll out your mat and make it a priority.
Set a timer for the time you want to spend on your mat. It can be as little as 5 minutes.
Put on some music if that helps motivate you. Or enjoy the quiet.
Start lying on your mat or seated with a tall spine, focus on your body, letting it settle and breathe for a bit.
Begin to move with awareness. You know so many poses but keep expectations on yourself low and you may surprise yourself.
Go with what feels good in your body without worrying whether its right or not, as long as you're moving and breathing with awareness.
Don't judge yourself, just step back from engaging too much with the thinking mind and watch yourself as you move and breathe.

Ideas: Maybe draw your knees into the chest, or use a belt for some ham string stretches lying on your back, do a supine twist. Roll over for cat/ cow and all it's variations and lie on your belly for sphinx. Push your sit bones back into child's pose. Finish there or maybe move up to standing. Stabilise your standing pose. Tadasana, standing steady like a mountain, feet grounded, energy of the Earth spreading beneath you but feeling your spine lift and stretch upwards. Maybe reach up to towards the sky and even move through a sun salutation. You know how it goes.
End lying down  or seated , allowing the body to relax, perhaps set an intention for your day or evening.

”Habits are human nature, why not create some that will mint gold?"
( A line from a poem by Hafiz, Persian poet 1310-1390)