Padmavasini

 I realise now that my first retreat in the Triratna community in 1974, gave me the experience of a good meditation after the afternoon yoga session,  and that set up the pattern of practice for me ever since.

I did a course in Pune with Mr Iyengar in 1980, and trained as an Iyengar yoga teacher with teachers in London.  I was part of the Bodywise team at the London Buddhist Centre from 1986 to 1997 and was ordained in 1992

Experience of yoga asanas becomes an interesting dialogue between mind and body.   The body is experienced as an amazing place to be, to enjoy what it can do in balance, strength and stretch, and the emotional responses to being a tree or a bird, a lotus or a plank.  And as the mind is drawn into the present, and into this dialogue with the body, it becomes more refined in terms of curiosity, care, compassion and courage.

This sets up better conditions to meditate, as the mind has moved away from conceptualising and controlling and the listening aspect of dialogue can develop into spaciousness and silence.

yoga and meditation

Friday, 3 October 2014 to Friday, 10 October 2014 2014

This retreat combines introductory meditation teaching with yoga. The supportive atmosphere of the retreat allows us to develop and deepen both practices, and understand how the two augment each other.

Both meditation and yoga teaching will be from first principles and will be suitable for complete beginners.

 

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Booking Fee: 
£75.00