Mandala Vinyasa - Earth Element with Saori Funawatari
Sun Date: 24/09/2017 From: 14:30 - 17:30
Hamstring flexibility & fore bend / Rooting with inner security.
Mandala Vinyasa is demanding and challenging dynamic flow that incorporates fun inversions. You can expect to strengthen muscles you have never known existed and leave feeling like you’ve really worked your body. As well as helping to release toxins this style of yoga can help to increase flexibility and improve the circulation of blood, water and energy.
Earth element Mandala practice is associated with Autumn/Winter. This is the time of the year we feel rather sluggish, stiff and low energy, day light is getting shorter and chilly air hitting the skin. To follow the nature and it is ok to slow down and grounding more to harvest our energy in body and mind in this season, however modern yang life style, it is not easy to slow down and business carry on as usual. Need more energy and lightness?
This workshop can help is focused on helping to increase inner strength, security and peace and to energise. This workshop is perfect if you are working to increase flexibility on your hamstring, back of your body.
Mandala Vinaysa yoga is demanding and challenging Asana practice and Earth element will focus on the 1st and 2nd Chakras. There will be lots of work on Hamstring & Groin flexibility and strength. The Practice will take around 2 hours starting and ending with Yin Asana (hold the pose for 5-20 minutes with stillness). We will break down at some complicated poses and explore recommended techniques.
The three hours of Yoga afternoon will cover, Asana (poses), Pranayama (breath technique & cleansing), Yoga Philosophy and theory, and it is an opportunity to learn some Sanskrit (Yoga language) to get familiar with numbers and Asana names in Sanskrit.
About Muladhara and Svadisthana Chakra
Muladhara chakra (Root chakra) - Represents our foundation and feeling of being grounded. Ability to stand up for oneself and security issue. When imbalance, Anemia, fatigue, lower back pain, sciatica, depression, frequent colds or cold hand and cold feet.
Svadhishthana (Sacral chakra) - Our connection and ability to accept others and new experiences. Ability to social and intimacy issues. When imbalance, eating disorder, alcohol and drug abuse, depression, lower back pain, asthma or allergies, candida & yeast infections, urinary problems, sensuality issues as well as impotency and frigidity.
£30
Rocket Yoga, Yin Yoga, Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Through yoga, Saori aims to teach an appreciation of our present state of being, a mindfulness to help counteract the stresses of daily life. Her approach is rooted in the balance of Yin and Yang. Her Yin and Restorative classes encourage inner awareness and self acceptance, while her Yang practices are strong, dynamic and challenging. Students are consistently encouraged to challenge their own physical and emotional boundaries, within a nurturing and non-competitive environment.
Each class is guided with breathing techniques (pranayama), physical (asana) practice and deep relaxation through Savasana. Inviting purity into the body and mind, Saori shares her knowledge to remove attachments (thoughts and fears that may bring negative energy) and instead encourages positive vision, kindness and love, by understanding and accepting the true self.
Saori began practicing yoga in 2002 when she first moved from Japan to London and since then she has had a committed practice and studied widely. Her trainings include a 200-hour with Yoga London, a 500-hour with Yoga People (Rocket and Mandala Vinyasa Yoga) and further advanced trainings with Maty Ezraty, Edward Clark (Tripsichore), Uma Dinsmore-Tuli (Pregnancy Yoga), Murielle Burellier & Sebastian Puchelle & Bernie Clark (Yin Yoga), Anna Ashby (Restorative Yoga), David Swenson (Ashtanga).
Through her studies, she has developed a deep understanding of yoga history, philosophy, theory, chakras and CTM, in relation to the body and mind and wellbeing. She is also a certified Ayurveda Yoga Massage therapist.
