Yoga with Diane Long and Sophy Hoare
8th -11th May 2010
A yoga workshop in the tradition of Vanda Scaravelli
Vanda Scaravelli, who died in Italy in l999 at the age of 9l, may be best known to many yoga students for her influential book Awakening the Spine with its striking photos of her in her 80s performing challenging poses with ease. Vanda’s knowledge developed from initial study with Iyengar and Desikachar. Her own distinctive approach to yoga evolved throughout the rest of her life.
“Diane Long and Sophy Hoare both worked closely with Vanda Scaravelli. Diane was her pupil for 23 years, and Sophy studied with Vanda regularly for 8 years. Sophy and Diane met through Vanda and continue to work and teach together to deepen their practice.
Since Vanda’s death in 1999 her legacy has continued through Diane and Sophy. What she gave carries on developing because it was not a set of instructions, but a feeling of curiosity for what the practice can show us.” Ed Fellows
About this approach to yoga:
The emphasis is not on achieving postures but using them to undo tension and find integration. The practice is an ongoing exploration of the relationship between the parts of the body and between our movements and the breath, the ground and the space around us. Gradually a new network of muscles is brought into use. Then our movements come from the spine and bring us back to the spine and the whole body pulls together. We train our attention so that we can feel more, impose less, and allow the intelligence of the body to reveal itself.
The workshop will run between 9am and approximately 1pm each day with a couple of optional afternoon discussions. Each morning participants will attend two, 1.5 hour classes – one taught by Diane and one taught by Sophy. The group will be divided into two halves to allow greater contact time with the teachers.
Cost: £200 for the four days.
Concessionary rates are not available for this workshop
Priority will be given to those booking for all four days, but some daily places may be available at £60 per day.
To book send a 25% deposit
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