Weekly Schedule

10.00 am:  Brunch

7.00 pm:  Dinner

CLASSES

Sunday to Thursday, 7.00 to 9.00 a.m:  Mysore Class

Adam teaches traditionally as he learned and experienced it in Mysore, defined by subtle, inner techniques. Following the sequences as they are in Mysore, adaptations will be given to keep you moving forward. Practitioners will be approached individually and offered a gentle and holistic approach to physical assistance (if you want that).  All are welcome to the Mysore class. Adam is happy if you need practice sheets, or he or Theresa will show you the postures.

Friday, 7.00 to 9.00 a.m:  Led Primary

This is a unique led class as it features both the vinyasa count as well as fundamental pointers for each posture. Everyone will be made to feel welcome and safe in participating in this class as options are given so everyone can do the whole series in a way that suits their bodies. Adam doesn’t believe in stopping people, the ‘perfect’ posture, or, dictating exactly how something should look.

AFTERNOON WORKSHOPS

Sunday, 4.30 to 6.00 pm: Fundamentals of An Effective Practice

The building blocks of the work in asana are deeper than just making shapes. Using asanas from the primary series Adam will show how you can move forward in the series effectively and safely. We will discuss using active as opposed to passive stretches and how to best work with them using right tension to set up with forces structured within the body.

Monday, 4.30 to 6.00 pm: Mobilizing The Shoulder Girdle And The Jump-Back/Thru

A second look at how we can generate more mobility in the scapula area. For, despite the claims that we need more core strength, or the (most unhelpful cliché) more bandha, it’s actually scapula mobility that results in how well we achieve this most elusive linking movement.  And everyone can get this movement in varying degrees according to our bodies’ capacity. We all have all the muscles we need; we simply must use them all more effectively in combination with each other. This is something that, whatever level we’re at, we all can work on more, so this workshop aims at giving some effective pointers to unlock our, often hidden, floating potential.

Tuesday, 4.30 to 6.00 pm: Hip Openers for all Levels

It’s often assumed that opening the hips simply means the ability to get the knees to the floor in baddha konasana or achieve mari D. However, this particular opening is only a small part of a much more complex process of hip opening; less to do with the inner thighs than opening the sacrum. It’s no exaggeration to say that the whole practice is based on sacral opening. So, to practice effectively we need to be aware of all that this entails, for it is much more than simple external rotation of the hips.

Thursday, 4.30 to 6.00 pm: The History of Modern Yoga Asana

There is certainly a history of bodily practices recorded in texts that date back well over 1000 years. However, these practices are very different to what we are doing today, leading to the question of the roots of modern asana.  In discussing yoga’s trajectory over the 20^th Century, we turn to a few trailblazing individuals; Sri Krishnamacharya, Sri Yogendra and Swami Kaivalyananda (all related to a mysterious, possibly, shared guru), to consider their influence on what we are doing today.  And, of course, where our tradition of Ashtanga and whether it did come from a Himalayan sage recorded in the equally mysterious Yoga Korunta.

Friday, 4.30 to 6.00 pm: Open Q and A

An open discussion on the workshops and anything else that’s on your mind.  A hugely enjoyable finale where Adam always talks honestly about his own background, experiences in practice, and what his practice has evolved to as well as giving his ideas (and often further resource tips), on all the questions you bring to the table.