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Yoga Courses
At Evolution Brighton we teach
various styles of Yoga. If you want to find out more
about the courses available and the various styles, click on the links
below:
To find out about the yoga teachers, read their own accounts here.
with Ady Griffiths
This course will include simple and effective
yoga postures, including classical forms and contemporary explorations.
It will be suitable both for beginners and people with a few years’
experience, and helpful for those starting a yoga practice, or for inspiring
an existing one!
We will be moving fluidly and easily through postures, improving flexibility
and freedom of movement, whilst creating a deep sense of stillness,
sensitivity and strength. Stimulating standing and seated postures will
all be explored alongside relaxing and restorative postures. We will
encourage an intuitive, caring awareness of body and mind, enhanced
by breath awareness and the use of imagination through meditation and
visualization practices – creating a sense of peace and release.
Ady Griffiths is a qualified Unity Hatha Yoga teacher, Shiatsu practitioner
and Artist/Performer. He has practised Yoga and Meditation for 17 years.
Inspired by Unity, Iyengar and Scaravelli Yoga, he creates a safe, fresh,
fun, accessible and explorative approach.
Eight Mondays starting 27th July 2009
7.30 – 8.45 pm at Evolution
Cost: £64 (£54 concessions and busy bee) for April course
£51 (£43 concessions and busy bee) for July course
Yoga - all levels
with Kevin Donovan 
Kevin communicates a thorough approach to yoga in a friendly atmosphere.
In his classes you will
learn the key foundation postures and the value of breathing well. These
classes are suitable both for
complete beginners and for those with some experience.
Kevin came to yoga with an established background in martial arts and
meditation practice. He was fortunate enough to be trained in yoga by
very senior and distinguished teachers: Mira and Silva Mehyta in the
Iyengar system and John Scott in Astanga Vinyasa. Apart from his regular
Brighton-based classes, he also teaches and mentors on the Life Centre’s
teacher training programme accredited by both the British Wheel of Yoga
and Yoga Alliance. His classes have a meditative, still quality, with
a dry, ironic humour.
Ten Mondays starting 13th July
2009
6.00 – 7.15 pm at Evolution
Cost: £64 (£54 concessions and busy bee) per course
Comments about Moksaraja's Astanga Yoga Courses
"Teaching was very good and relaxed"
L.Humin
"Kevin's teaching was very clear. Excellent"
"Lots of individual attention - thanks"
"Very good, the course was varied and built
up steadily"
Amy Sparles
'"I think the breathing techniques were especially
helpful in this course. I can even do them at work"
Katherine Laux
"I’ve really enjoyed the course. I
was nervous as a beginner (and inflexible) but look forward to the next
course"
Lara Browning
"I’ve really enjoyed the course. The detailed instructions
were perfect for beginners"
Liz Ihringer
Hatha Yoga – Scaravelli Inspired
with Jane Manze, Annie Ferguson
and Jeanette Karlsson
Inspired by the teachings of Vanda Scaravelli, these
courses will encourage students to find freedom and flexibility in their
bodies by taking time in each posture
and being attentive to the breath. Suitable for complete beginners and
for those with some experience.
Jane and Annie trained as yoga teachers at Natural Bodies in Brighton,
a centre dedicated to the work and approach of Vanda Scaravelli. Jeanette
trained at
Morley College in London.
Jane has a background in martial arts and has been
teaching dance, yoga and bodywork for many years. She continues to enrich
her knowledge and deepen her yoga practice in UK and India.
Annie has been practising Vanda Scaravelli-inspired yoga for the last 11 years and teaching it for the last five. She is passionate about helping people release deeply held tensions and limiting ways of being and freeing themselves from the postural habits they have learnt along the years.
Photo: Sam Bland
With roots in karate training, Jeanette has been practising yoga, Buddhist
meditation and Buddhist teachings for many years. Her focus in yoga
is on developing awareness of our moment-by-moment experience and clarity.
By applying creative yoga movements we also learn how to find deeper
freedom from within. She
teaches yoga at UK festivals and is a practicing Thai Massage therapist.
Nine Tuesdays starting 16th June 2009
6.15 – 7.30 pm with Jane at Evolution
Ten Tuesdays starting 14th
July 2009
10.30 – 11.45 am with Jeanette at Evolution
Cost: £64 (£54 concessions and busy bee) per ten-week
course
£58 (£49 concessions and busy bee) per nine-week course
£51 (£43 concessions and busy bee) per eight-week course
Hatha Yoga is also taught in drop-in classes
Comments on Hatha Yoga with Jane Manze
"Attention paid to each student was very
good! Jane is very patient and helpful, she helped us all work at our
own level!
Sabine
"Jane is great!"
V.Waley
"This is the first time I had ever tried
yoga and now I can’t wait to do more. I’ve found it has
helped in many ways. Jane is a fantastic teacher too"
"The teacher paid attention to each student. Very good!"
"Jane is very patient and helpful"
Pam Hall
Hatha Yoga and Meditation
with Cara Bowen and Taravajra
These ten-week courses will focus on developing calm
and clarity from the practice of yoga and meditation. We will practise
asana (yoga postures) with an awareness of the breath and our connection
to the ground to enable us to release tension and move more freely.
This will enable us to practise meditation more effectively and with
greater ease. Cara’s classes will also include pranayama (breathing
exercises), mudra (hand gestures) and mantra (sound) to help bring steadiness
and quiet to the mind. Taravajra will draw on his long-term interest
in mindfulness practice as a basis for both yoga and meditation.
Cara has been teaching yoga in Brighton since 2000 and has completed
the British Wheel of Yoga teacher’s diploma with Peter Blackaby.
Over the years, her interest in the more meditative aspects of yoga
has increased, and she has recently completed the British Wheel’s
meditation module with Sarah Ryan and Gill Lloyd.
Taravajra also completed the British Wheel of Yoga teacher’s diploma
with Peter Blackaby. He has been teaching meditation in various settings
since 1994. Taravajra teaches MBCT at Evolution and elsewhere in Sussex:
www.mindfulyoga.co.uk
Ten Sundays starting 19th July 2009
7.00 – 8.30 pm with Cara Bowen at Evolution
Cost: £64 (£54 concessions and busy bee) per course
with Jenny Deadman
Iyengar Yoga works with precision, favouring
safe practice and progression from simpler to more demanding poses.
The practice draws the focus inwards and promotes concentration, well-being,
physical and mental health, and helps improve posture, flexibility and
stamina.
Jenny has been practising Iyengar Yoga since 1972, and became a qualified
teacher in 1977. She has made a number of visits to Pune in India to
train with Mr Iyengar, and is part of the Iyengar Institute for Yoga
in Sussex.
Ten Thursdays starting
23rd July 2009
7.45 – 9.00 pm at Evolution
Cost: £64 (£54 concessions and busy bee) per course
Comments on Jenny Deadman's Beginners Yoga
"I have been practising yoga
for a few years now but I learnt the fundamentals of yoga in this course
which was very helpful."
Anonymous
"Jenny is a great, patient teacher"
Catherine Deheer
"An extremely good teacher"
"The teacher had a very clear easy manner, yet stretching us to
another level"
with Sarita
This therapeutic form of yoga uses a combination of asana (postures)
to balance the physical body, pranayama (breathing practices)
to work on the energy body and meditation to calm and focus the mind.
Classes are open to all, including those with disabilities and pregnant
women.
Sarita has been practising Satyananda Yoga for 12 years and qualified to teach in 2000. She introduces some of the less widely known practices and concepts from this tradition into her classes. By working with body, breath, mind, heart and spirit students develop deeper self-knowledge and openness to change.
Ten Thursdays starting l6th
July 2009
6.15 – 7.30 pm at Evolution
Ten Fridays starting 17th July 2009
10.30 – 11.45 am at Evolution
Cost: £64 (£54 concessions and busy bee) per course
Comments on Sarita's course
'I have a much more positive outlook than previously! Thank you very much'
A wonderfully gentle and healing experience. I am looking forward to Sarita's next course.
'Extremely clear and professional - even better
than I expected!'
- Laura Cameron
Tao
Yin Yoga
with Paz Perlman
Tao Yin, also known as ‘Chinese yoga’,
is an ancient form of exercise, practiced in Taoist monasteries since
500 BC. It is the foundation of martial arts like Tai Chi and Chi Gung
and is designed to loosen up the body and stretch the joints, tendons
and muscles in a careful and gentle way. It is meditative and relaxing,
yet gives tremendous strength and flexibility. The postures are mostly
performed in a sitting or lying position.
The name Tao Yin literally means ‘sending energy’ and combines
mind, breathing and body work which is designed to clear blockages in
the different meridians, causing the energy to flow in a healing way
and boosting the immune system.
Paz Perlman is an experienced and established teacher, having started
her career as a dance instructor. Besides Tao Yin, she has also been
teaching Tai Chi and Chi Gung for the past 16 years in Holland, Germany
and now the UK.
Six Wednesdays starting
2nd September 2009
6.00 – 7.15 pm at Evolution
Cost: £64 (£54 concessions and busy bee) for April course
£38 (£32 concessions and busy bee) for September course
Photo: Julian Ward