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NAMASTE News South East ‘Mind’ 2019 NAMASTE News South East Events and news from across the region www.bwy.org.uk/southeast Facebook: @bwysoutheastregion www.bwy.org.uk/southeast Facebook: @bwysoutheastregion Regional Officer Surrey County Rep Sarah Ann Hallett, 07949 483166 Sarah Ann Hallett, 07949 483166 [email protected] [email protected] Regional Treasurer West Surrey Deputy Rep Helen Saaler, 01737 772456 Fiona Garrod, 07832 262338 [email protected] [email protected] Regional Training Officer Sussex County Rep Jan Palmer, 01622 755206 Rachel Claridge, 01273 386121 [email protected] [email protected] Regional Secretary East Sussex Deputy Rep Gill Carter, 01483 797722 Melanie Johnson, 01825 732748 [email protected] [email protected] NamaStE Editor West Sussex Deputy Rep Michelle Renno, 07981 003116 Maureen Atkins, 07770 387274 [email protected] [email protected] Kent County Rep Safeguarding and Diversity and Jan Palmer, 01622 755206 Child Protection Officer [email protected] Rebecca Morris , 07738 946320 [email protected] North Kent Deputy Rep Sabine Smith, 07900 915134 BWY Central Office, General [email protected] enquiries: [email protected] East Kent Deputy Rep 01529 306851 Nina Dhiman, 07971 090927 [email protected] CPD enquiries: [email protected] [email protected] NamaStE – ‘Mind’ 2019 2 NamaStE ‘Mind’ 2019 (October 2019 – January 2029) Contents As BWY members we appreciate the myriad of 2 Contact information benefits that yoga practice and a yogic lifestyle 4 Notice Board brings us and this issue features how different 5 Teaching yoga to athletes individuals are using their knowledge to spread 6 The Ayurvedic body that message to the wider world. 8 An experience of Congress 10 International Yoga Day Hopefully there are some hints and tips for you 12 Connecting your practice as well as inspiration in that sharing of their 13 Yoga and chronic health experiences. conditions Crystal, the new editor, has had to step down 14 General/IST days from the post for personal reasons and so I am 18 Diary of Events 2019 acting as guest editor for this edition. A new 20 General/IST days 22 BWY courses editor will be in place for next time. 29 Advertisements Namaste, Michelle Publishing policy Please email adverts to the editor. Acceptable file formats: print-quality pdfs, high-resolution jpegs and Word documents. Please note that advertisers are promoted both in print and online. BWY and Advertising rates (incl. VAT) Accredited Price Full Price Half page £15 £30 Full page £25 £35 Back cover £40 £75 Issue Date sent out Ad deadline ‘Body’ 2020 February 2020 December 31 2019 ‘Breath’ 2020 June 2020 April 30 2020 ‘Mind’ 2020 October 2020 August 31 2020 Payment Payment is by PayPal or bank transfer. All advertisers will receive an invoice prior to payment request. If you wish to take advantage of membership rates, the editor will need your BWY number. Please note: goods or services advertised are not necessarily BWY accredited. Any views expressed are not necessarily those of the editor or the committee. Advertisements are accepted at the discretion of the committee, and are included on a first-come, first-served basis as space allows. NamaStE – ‘Mind’ 2019 3 NOTICE BOARD Note about Congress Updating contact details The 2020 Congress is being held If you change your email address over two days rather than three. or any contact details please The dates are Saturday 4th April remember to update your and Sunday 5th April profile on the BWY website or contact Central Office who will do this on your behalf. Congratulations to the following yoga teachers who either passed a module or completed a Used yoga equipment course: Do you have any ideas or Catherine Crossland, Geraldine contacts for how members can Harmsworth, Christina recycle mats or other yoga equipment? All suggestions Lamprecht, Kate Leonard, Jane are welcome so please email McCallum, Cornelia Rhodes, Jill them to the editor. Tonks, Kremena Velinova, Jitka Zenatova, Jo Briody, Florentia We are sad to Buckingham, Lorna Earl, Jo James, announce the death Michelle Johnson, Sonia Livesey, of Jill Jones, a long- Lisa Mcauliffe, Victor Mellors, term yogi with the BWY. She passed Deidre Opp, Sarah Pailthorpe, Jo Palmer, Emma Palmer, Pauline her Diploma in 1979 and was an Assessor (an Sampson, Sarah Walker, important part of the BWY teacher Anne Wild training courses) until 2011. Jill had been with the Wheel for over 40 years. She was a warm The Om Yoga Show London is hearted, generous lady who taking place at Alexandra always contributed positively to Palace on 18th, 19th and 20th discussions at training days. She October 2019. The BWY has a was keen to learn more yet was stand so do drop by to say hello also happy sharing her deep if you are going to the show. knowledge, understanding and practical experience of yoga. ArticlesArticles Teaching yoga to athletes Anthea Sweet gives a taster of her up-coming CPD day hy could gentle back With their natural bending be an essential competitiveness, athletes sometimes W part of a cyclist's toolkit? Or present a challenge to a yoga Nadi Shodhana the go-to breath for teacher, and there will be tips on an archer on the shooting line?* guiding them to overcome their Yoga is steadily gaining in natural competitiveness and turn it to popularity amongst athletes of all advantage in their yoga practice. levels, and yoga teachers often ask In advance of the day, you will how they can best help their athletic have access to an online area with students. In this CPD day, we set pre-course material to download and yoga in sport into context, explore absorb, so you’ll be ready to apply what is different about teaching your knowledge straight away. The athletes and develop approaches day itself is very practical - you'll which take into account the needs of experience a session for athletes for various sports. yourself, experiment with applying the same asana to different sports and link asanas into sequences for classes and for your students’ home practice. Your lesson planning will focus on sports chosen by the group, so find out your students’ sports beforehand and bring your questions along! * Clue: think counterposing and steadying the nerves! We also know that yoga is not just about stretching, and in sport yoga offers unique benefits for Anthea Sweet is power, strength, movement Director of Academic efficiency, recovery, helping prevent Faculty for the Institute of Yoga injury and controlling nerves. ® Breathing is a key component – Sports Science , a you’ll explore the relevancy of breath BWY teacher and a work to different sports and practice sports massage therapist. She is running a CPD day on this subject on some simple breathing strategies to th improve athletic performance and March 15 2020. Details can be found recovery. on page 20. NamaStE – ‘Mind’ 2019 5 Articles The Ayurvedic body Tarik Dervish explains the basics behind Ayurveda ahead of his workshop on the subject e are all unique. No two When fire and water combine, people are identical yet, we their joint force is known as Pitta W are all the same. We have dosha. Pitta means ‘that which the same body parts, needs and cooks’ and controls all major emotions. Somewhere in-between transformative functions in the body everyone being different and all the especially digestion and chemical same, one can identify general reactions in the body. Pitta people patterns of behaviour, body types have medium athletic builds. Pitta is and personalities. metabolic as it controls the body’s The foundations of Ayurveda drive to maintain metabolic revolve around three functional homeostasis during adulthood. forces that express the five elements When air and space combine in the body. When earth and water forces, the powerful force that arises work together, their combined force from this is called Vata dosha is known as Kapha dosha, (that meaning Wind. It represents which sticks) representing a number everything to do with movement and of functions in the body including communication. It controls the growth (the anabolic function) and transportation of food and gas into lubrication. Kapha rules during and around the body and the childhood. Kapha people have a elimination of waste. It also controls larger heavier body frame. communication between the brain and the cells and intravenous- cellular communication. Vata is also associated with the five senses and the mind which collects information from the environment and carries it to the brain. Vata people are tall or short with a slim body frames. Vata controls the nervous system and the bones. It is catabolic because Vata is said to rule old age and the general breakdown of the body in old age towards death. Ayurveda seamlessly blends symbols, qualities, body types, metabolic and physiological NamaStE – ‘Mind’ 2019 6 Articles functions into a congruent whole. Rasayana – ageing gracefully This holistic approach helps to Ayurveda provides a toolkit of create a general picture of how we fit suggestions to slow down the into the patterns of nature. catabolic process as much as The Ayurvedic paradigm is based possible so that we can age on the principle of the five elements gracefully. This is known as (earth, water, fire, air and space). Rasayana. Rasa is the primary The five elements represent an tissue created by our food and experiential interpretation of life lifestyle that goes on to feed the rest based on what is observed through of our body. If this tissue is well the senses. We feel the earth under looked after, then we can continue to our feet, water all around us, light properly nourish ourselves into old and heat from the sun.
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