Introduction to the practice of Shadow Yoga.
In this workshop we will focus on learning ‘Bala krama’ the first prelude in the Shadow school of Yoga.
This workshop will introduce the movements to those who have not experienced this type of Yoga and will allow a more refined and detailed experience to those who have started this unique practice.
This workshop will combine practice with time for questions and personal adjustments.
Shadow Yoga is a school of Hatha Yoga founded by Zhander Remete. The practice of Shadow Yoga begins with the practice of fixed forms or ‘preludes’. The preludes serve to undo habitual patterns of tension which obstruct the movement of the vital breath and the life force.
Meni was first introduced to Shadow Yoga in 1999 and has started teaching it in 2006. He has attended workshops with Zhander as well as special teacher courses with John Evans and Karen Watson of Islington Yoga.
Feedback From Previous Shadow Yoga Workshops:
“I went to Meni’s shadow yoga workshop in Totnes at the end of last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. Shadow yoga aids flexibility, strength and balance in a beautiful flowing sequence. Meni’s own practice is wonderful so if some of that experience can be passed on to the rest of us we will all be very lucky.” P.Somerville. Totnes
“This is a fantastic workshop. If you’ve not done shadow Yoga or even if you have, you need to go along to this. I went to one last week with Meni and it was brilliant and I’ve been doing yoga for a long time. It was very different from anything I’d done before and I learnt a great deal to add to my practice.” B.Morgan.
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Growing up as a young person I was always interested and drawn to Eastern philosophy. My journey first began into exploring Kung Fu which gave me a deep grounding in my body and opened up the awareness, within me, that there is a connection between the body and the mind.
It was after many years of practising Kung Fu that I started to get drawn to Indian philosophy and after a bad back injury discovered the practice of Hatha Yoga. After trying different styles I settled into the path of Iyengar Yoga which I followed for 3 years. As my back injury disappeared and my own sense of peace grew I knew that Yoga was going to become a part of my daily life and that it was something I wanted to teach and share with others.
However I knew that there was something else out there for me to find, a practice that would somehow put together all the things that were important for me. All the teachings that I had discovered in both Kung Fu and Yoga. It was then that I discovered a new teacher with a different style of Yoga and I began a new practice, known as Shadow Yoga.Yoga Classes West Wales Yoga Workshops West Wales Yoga Retreats West Wales
Shadow Yoga was created by Zhandor Remete and when I first witnessed the practice of Shadow Yoga I knew that I had found the practice that I had been seeking. The Shadow Yoga practice is based upon the Ayurvedic marma system (vital junctions). It’s purpose is to remove all stiffness and obstacles from those marmas through the correct application of movement and rhythmic breath. Since then Shadow Yoga has continued to inspire and direct my own personal Yoga journey and has inspired me in my self study of the Ayurvedic system and gain some understanding as to how to use it to aid the Yoga practice.
I became a qualified Yoga teacher in 2006 with the Life centre in London with a diploma course accredited by the British Wheel of Yoga and have been teaching in West Wales ever since. I continue to attend workshops and courses, both in the UK and overseas with great teacher from all different Yoga traditions( Richard Freeman from the Ashtanga Vinyasa and Aadil Palkavalya from Purna Yoga to name a few), on aspects of Yoga that I wish to deepen both for my own practice and for my classes.
In 2014 I started a 250 hour Yoga Therapy course with the Devon School of Yoga. This course provided me with various ways to use Yoga as a therapy practice. I also learned many other therapy based practices that I now introduce in my weekly classes.
My Yoga practice is one that will never end……
