Midsummer Yoga Festival 2010- Celebrating Diversity in Yoga

18th-20th June

Leela Centre

Dorset

The Independent Yoga Network Midsummer Festival again promises to be a fascinating weekend with a very diverse range of workshops to choose from.

Steve is among the presenters, and here’s a brief taste of the workshops offered :

Gordon Smith: Direct experience of the koshas using the hand as gnomonic followed by relaxation

Cathy Stanton: Being Here! – a practical workshop based on Scaravellis teachings

Virginia Compton:  Heart centred Kriya, Asana, Pranayama and meditation

Mike Gould: Dynamic Meditation and Gentle Awakening

Duncan Hulin: Holistic Yoga practices, from and returning to, Silence and Stillness

Pam Smith: Kundalini Yoga

Godfrey Deveureux and Olivia Crooks: Accessing the Guru Within

Christopher Gladwell: Evolutionary Yoga of Radikal Freedom

Matt Gluck: A workshop to inspire practitioners to enjoy the simple nature of breath and to appreciate its role in vitality

Swami Saradananda: The Power of Breath

Ellen Lee: Boys and Girls come out to Play – encourage the inner child to emerge through games and practises designed to reconnectwith our natural, playful energy

Sama Fabian: Riding the winds, standing balances and a comprehensive inversion practice  using breath intelligence

Gerry Russell: Tantric Yoga and Sound Meditation

Suzy Daw: Freedom From the Known, Yoga inspired by Vanda Scaravelli

Charlie Taylor-Rugman: An introduction to the philosophy and practice of Ashtanga Yoga

Jim Gough: This a slow asana / meditation class that is quite intense

Stefan Cartwright: Nada Yoga — The Yoga of subtle sound

Steve Brandon: A Taste of Freedom – The Four Noble Truths of Patanjali

Pete Yates: Ishvarapranidhana: Patanjali’s devotion to life – talk and practice

David Sye: The Intelligence and Mechanisms of Love – creating an environment about a Yogabeats  practice

Satyananda: ‘Primal Yoga’ has come into being through Satsangs with Satyananda

Simon Hunt: ‘Yoga in Mental Health And Substance Addiction’  A description of teaching Yoga in a psychiatric hospital and the wider community setting

Jude Murray: Celtic Yoga; working with asana, breath, chant, gentle energy work and ritual

Dr. Lea Brindle: ‘Round Table’: an opportunity for yogis and yoginis to come together and share in their curiosity and experience of Yoga

The festival is family-friendly and the full programme, booking details and directions can be found on the Namaskaram website