Yoga Workshops
Visiting Yoga Teachers: 2018
15th-17th June 2018: Baptiste Marceau
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Baptiste has an extraordinary story to tell, unorthodox, intrepid and original. He has a background in kinetic body movement; his father was the legendary french mime artist Marcel Marceau. He spent 7 years in Asia studying ancient cultures and oriental philosophy, travelling as a renounced sadhu. 35 years ago, Baptiste learnt ashtanga in Maui with yoga luminaries David Williams and Danny Paradise and went on to study the advanced series with Patthabi Jois in India. He currently lives in Mexico and formerly in Brazil and explores indigenous south american shamanic traditions.
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After practicing the traditional ashtanga series for 25 years, Baptiste developed a new sequence of postures, which incorporates the dynamic flow of ashtanga yoga with playful and accessible posture variations inspired by egyptian yoga and martial arts. The themes of Baptiste's workshops explore yoga as an alchemical science of transformation, the art of living, and a deep connection with shamanism and nature. He is a natural storyteller and recounts the myths associated with asanas; he introduces pranayama as a path to meditation; he teaches without dogma and emphasises the potential of yoga to find balance and inner peace.
Friday 15th June 6-8pm: in this workshop, Baptiste introduces his theme of yoga as an alchemy of self transformation and an art form; he discusses asanas and their deep connection with nature and the animal realm, and explores various myths in Hinduism and other ancient cultures from around the world; and he considers the ashtanga yoga system in this context.
Saturday 16th June 10am-1pm: the study of the kriya Nauli; an introduction to pranayama with a focus on prana and the three bandhas; asana practice based on the ashtanga yoga primary sequence (yoga chikitsa) with accessible and unusual posture variations reflecting the aims and abilities of the group.
Sunday 17th June 10am-1pm: pranayama including nadi shodhana; a discussion about nadis and their effect on physiological and emotional systems; an exploration of locks (bandhas), breath and alignment; asana practice building on yesterday's class.
Saturday 16th June 10am-1pm: the study of the kriya Nauli; an introduction to pranayama with a focus on prana and the three bandhas; asana practice based on the ashtanga yoga primary sequence (yoga chikitsa) with accessible and unusual posture variations reflecting the aims and abilities of the group.
Sunday 17th June 10am-1pm: pranayama including nadi shodhana; a discussion about nadis and their effect on physiological and emotional systems; an exploration of locks (bandhas), breath and alignment; asana practice building on yesterday's class.
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15th-17th June 2018:
Baptiste Marceau at YogaPod UK, Wiltshire BA12 8AY Friday 15th June 6-8pm £30 Saturday 16th June 10am-1pm £40 Sunday 16th June 10am-1pm £40 OR all classes £100 Submit this booking form to reserve a place in Baptiste Marceau's yoga workshop. You will receive a confirmation email with payment details....
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Every year, we host yoga workshops with visiting teachers from around the world. Since 2001 we have been delighted to welcome an abundance of inspiring teachers to our yoga studio including:
Danny Paradise, Dr. Matthew Clark, Anastasis Koutsogiannis, Baptiste Marceau, Nancy Gilgoff, Leela Miller, Andrew Eppler, Matthew & Carla Vollmer, Raphael Dabora, Stephen Harding, Grace Benson, Phillip Xerri, Nick Porucznik, Lama Zangmo, Reema Datta, Ron Reid & Marla Meenakshi, Andrea Durant, Jane Sleven, Helen McNair. |
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visit www.oxfordyoga.co.uk to see the 2018 calendar of workshops organised by Ian Macdonald, with world renowned visiting teachers. Contact oxfordyoga@gmail.com.
Glastonbury:
visit www.ashtangayogaglastonbury.com to see workshops organised by Jane Piddington,
Oxford:
visit www.oxfordyoga.co.uk to see the 2018 calendar of workshops organised by Ian Macdonald, with world renowned visiting teachers. Contact oxfordyoga@gmail.com.
Glastonbury:
visit www.ashtangayogaglastonbury.com to see workshops organised by Jane Piddington,
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