Joy, Wonder and Awe: how to access a yoga practice that inspires and sustains
Please join us as we study the richness and ‘wonder of the working body’, as Thich Nhat Hanh exclaims, with joy and optimism. Using breath awareness, pranayama, free movement, yoga poses, relaxation and meditation, we’ll explore the superficial body, internal expansion, our life-giving functions, and inner world of thought, feeling, sensation and memory. Everyone welcome!
Sunday, December 1, Jasmine Trust, Retford, Notts, 10:00am-1:30pm GMT, on Zoom, £42
For information, contact Carolyn Clarke: info.jasminetrust@gmail.com, 01777 711770, https://jasminetrust.co.uk/events
Monica Voss has been a student and practitioner of yoga for over 45 years. She studied with Esther Myers, Vanda Scaravelli and Mary Stewart. In addition to co-owning and directing Esther Myers Yoga Studio in Toronto, Canada, Monica conducts workshops, retreats and teacher training internationally. She has been offering sessions in the UK since 1989.
Image: The Cloud, Red Mountain, Frederick Varley, 1927
Hearts and Hands
Our hands are extensions of the heart expressed daily with friends and family – holding, soothing, caring and cooking – and in our work, if we’re lucky enough to love it, too. Our hearts expand as the arms stretch wide, and hands spread even wider when greeting loved ones, the earth, the sky and all beings.
In yoga, we use hands to understand the ‘wonders of the living body’, as Thich Nhat Hanh exclaims, for self-support, grounding, energy stimulation, release and circulation. Join this session focused on the hands and reclaim a vibrant and sensitive part of the body, sometimes overworked, sometimes neglected, sometimes in discomfort, but always beautiful, strong, clever and curious.
Sunday, January 19, 2025, Yoga for Harmony, Windsor, Berks, 11:00am-1:00pm GMT, on Zoom, £22
For information, contact Julie Potter: info@yogaforharmony.co.uk, 07828 132 091, https://yogaforharmony.co.uk/events-and-workshops
Monica Voss has been a student and practitioner of yoga for over 45 years. She studied with Esther Myers, Vanda Scaravelli and Mary Stewart. In addition to co-owning and directing Esther Myers Yoga Studio in Toronto, Canada, Monica conducts workshops, retreats and teacher training internationally. She has been offering sessions in the UK since 1989.
Yoga and Meditation coastal retreat: St Davids, West Wales
Tuesday, May 13 – Sunday, May 18, 2025, with Monica Voss
This retreat will offer yoga practice, relaxation, meditation and pranayama in a beautiful purpose-built roundhouse with underfloor heating. As well as the yoga, there will be plenty of space and time for personal reflection, writing, walking, socializing, resting and enjoying the peace and tranquility of both the estate and local area. You may participate in every session or take time out to relax or explore the beautiful countryside. Everyone, at any level of yoga, is welcome.
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Evening programme: Writer and curator, Frances Lord, will facilitate three (optional) spoken and written word sessions to complement Monica’s teaching. Participants will be invited to contribute an inspirational text or image to share with the group – for example a favourite poem, prose extract, song lyric or indeed, a sample of their own writing or visual work (painting, photography, drawing etc.). Frances will propose some broad themes in advance of the retreat to stimulate the imagination.
For more information and to register, contact Di O’Reilly, d-or@hotmail.co.uk or Jo Bogacz, jo_bogacz@hotmail.com. Alternatively, feel free to call Di at 07772593256, or Jo at 07966050826.
MONICA VOSS has been a student and practitioner of yoga for over 45 years. She learned from Esther Myers, Vanda Scaravelli and Mary Stewart. In addition to co-owning and directing at Esther Myers Yoga Studio in Toronto, Canada, Monica conducts workshops, retreats and teacher training internationally.