Drawing on my western Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) learnings and experience, and Eastern Wisdom, gained through my yoga therapy practice, yoga teaching, and over thirty five years of personal yoga practice. Each week, we will explore an uncomfortable emotion, what it means to us, and how we can learn not only to live with it, but to use it to our best advantage in navigating the bumpy path of life.  We shall create a safe and nurturing environment, where we can build mutual trust and understanding, and students will be encouraged to positively support each other off their mats as well as on them. Rediscover Peace of Mind.

Re-discover Peace of Mind

Mondays: 

9:15am-10:30am: The Curlew Centre, Bridge Road, Sutton Bridge 

May:             15^th, 22^nd

June:                5^th, 12^th, 19^th, 26^th (restorative)

Please note:  No class on 29^th May (Kings Coronation Bank Holiday)

Tuesdays:  

7:00pm-8:15pm :   The Elizabethan Centre, Parsons Lane, Whaplode Drove

May:             16^th, 23^rd, 30^th (yin)

June:                6^th, 1^3th, 20^th, 27^th (restorative)

Thursdays: 

9:30am-10:45am:     Wake House, North Street, Bourne 

May:              18^th, 25^th (yin)

June:                1^st, 8^th, 15^th, 21^st (restorative)

Fees for classes this term will be £42.00 for Mondays, and £49.00 for Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Classes cost  £7.00, and new students are invited to come along on a ‘pay as you go’ basis for their first two classes, before deciding to enrol for the rest of the term.

I am excited to announce that I will be running a new six week course, Yoga for Emotional Intelligence, throughout March and April at Wake House in Bourne, on Tuesday afternoons, from 12:00-1:30pm, starting on Tuesday, 3rd March.

According to a Dictionary of Pyschology: “Emotional intelligence is the capability of individuals to recognise their own emotions and those of others, discern between different feelings, and label them appropriately, use emotional information to guide thinking and behaviour, and manage and/or adjust emotions to adapt to environments or achieve one’s goal(s).” ~ Colman, Andrew (2008).  A Dictionary of Psychology (3 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199534067.

Yoga for Emotional Intelligence will focus on some of the emotions that we tend to regard as negative.  Even though they are rarely comfortable, these emotions are a part of human life.  They all contain lessons that, if recognised, enable us to grow and flourish.  We shall examine why trying to escape these emotions only encourages them. Participants will have the opportunity to discover how yoga can us manage our emotional Self.  Some of the emotions and conditions that we shall focus on will be anger, anxiety, guilt, shame and sadness/grief. 

The course will weave together many aspects and practices of yogic wisdom.  Through yang, yin and restorative asana (posture work), meditations, visualisations, pranayamas (breath practices), mudras (hand and body energy gestures), bandhas (energy locks and seals), relaxations and nidras we will discover the many benefits of yoga.  There will also be a blending of Western Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Intelligence with Eastern yoga wisdom, as we explore what works for us as individuals.

There will opportunities for discussion and reflection, and journaling will also be encouraged.  Each week, participants will be given a Home Practice relating to a particular emotion.  This can be practiced throughout the intervening week(s), stored in your Emotional Intelligence toolbox, and brought out as required whenever you hit a bump in the road of life.

You do not need any prior knowledge or experience of yoga to attend and benefit from this course, just a natural curiosity and desire to grow and evolve emotionally.

The cost of the course is £60.00, which is payable at the time of booking.  The course cost includes all six 90 minute practice sessions, and a weekly Home Practice to take away with you. There will only be ten places available, and they will be allocated on a first come first serve basis.

If you choose to attend this course, I shall look forward to sharing your journey of emotional discovery with you.

You can email me: [email protected] or telephone/text me on: 07817623330 to book your place.