The Inner Trust Newsletter telephone 01730 261001 or visit www.inneryoga.org.uk The Inner Yoga Trust, 17 Tilmore Road, Peters eld, Hampshire, GU32 2HJ February 2011

Jenny Beeken writes: Inside this Issue How amazing Spring is each time it comes, after such dark cloudy days that can be a struggle when there is no sun to be seen all day. 2011 AGM date set Although the moon when visible is high in the sky and has a long Two new sets of Inner Yoga Trust Teacher moon day/night and at present has Jupiter - a silvery bright planet Graduates and Saturn a golden bright planet nearby when in the moon’s new phase. Having just felt the stirring of the Earth at Imbolc now everything is Updates on the Yoga Therapy Course beginning to gradually open up. Imbolc is the cross quarter day between the Teaching Yoga to Pregnant women Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox, it falls in the first week of February, this year it was 4th February. Imbolc comes from Old Irish I mbolg meaning in the CPD and courses update belly referring to lambs on their way we think. I find it reassuring and am always thankful to get to this stage in the New Year. Next Issue I went to Stonehenge for sunrise on the Winter Solstice - along with many Next issue in July 2011. Contributions by mid different interesting groups of modern “ancients” with their drums and music June 2011, please, to Sue Peggs, 11 Briavels Grove, and invocations for peace in the New Year. We stood on the edge of the Stones Bristol, BS6 5JJ or email to [email protected]. in the freezing Snow at the moment of Sunrise facing East to chant the Gayatri or call me on (0117) 230 0809 mantra that honours and acknowledges the Sun-traditionally chanted for the length of time from the first glimpse to when it is fully up-though it was not visible, it felt a Editorial shift in the journey of the Sun as viewed from Earth to its return on its upward journey in A belated happy the Northern Hemisphere that was wonderful to be with. I find Standing Stones and Long new year to Barrow sites cleansing and renewing of energy somehow, and often want to go to a site after everyone. I have teaching. I am excited about the possibility of a Winter Solstice retreat to take us into 2012. been kept busy with all the routine Pauline and I have the great opportunity of going to Rome to work with Diane Long in March work involved in the Inner so hopefully that will refresh and stimulate ourselves and our teaching after the winter. Yoga Trust, not to mention the The Yoga Therapy Course course has made an excellent start - there is a report on the first surprises that are sometimes weekend later in the newsletter - and the weekends where teachers bring their students thrown in. As Jenny mentions have been a privilege to teach for Pauline and myself - the students brought are so brave and we have two new Programmes trusting and we are getting great reports of the effect of the yoga on them. There are 2 more starting. They are the lifeblood of this year in Bristol and Winchester. It is possible to join any weekend or the whole course at the organisation and as these are any time - we are looking forward to working with Erica Rasmussen on breathing. Looking at tough times for many people and what Patanjali says about the obstacles to Yoga gives us a lot to work on organisations so we feel blessed that we have enough people ‘These obstacles are illness, fatigue, doubt, carelessness, laziness, attachment, delusion, the failure to able and willing to commit to achieve samadhi and the failure to maintain samadhi. They are distractions from the path of Yoga. our courses. We have to look Such distractions make the body restless, the breathing coarse, and the mind agitated. They result in at broadening our sources of suffering’ v 1.30,1.31 Trans: Alistair Shearer income and would welcome any The pregnancy module is wonderful to teach with Fiona Bruce coming all the way from Lewis fundraising ideas that you have. in Scotland to do the midwifery. There are plenty of babies and relationships to celebrate. Our 2010 AGM seems a long Also the sad loss of a dear friend and Yoga colleague, Pauline Jackson, is marked in this issue. time ago, and the 2011 one For this New Year of 2011 we have two new Teacher’s Awareness Programmes starting, one seems a long way away but I in Southwest England with Sue and Sarah and the other Northwest England with Pauline. It know how it creeps up on us always feels an enormous achievement for teachers, administrators and students to embark which is why I am looking for on this challenging and wonderful 2 year journey together after much preparation and a volunteer to help with the contemplation. organisation of the next one. See the back page for my ad and get We are opening up more possibilities of classes for CPD to make this easier and cheaper for in touch if you think you can help. people in Bristol, Scotland, Hampshire and Farnham. So hope to catch up with many of you Sue Peggs – IYT School Manager in the course of 2011. Jenny and Newsletter Editor

The Inner Yoga Trust is a registered charity. no 1068221 Trustees – Colum Hayward, Lorraine Grocott, Natanje Holt, Laura Malcom and Steve Jamison Director – Jenny Beeken. Assistant Director – Pauline Sawyer Council – Colum Hayward, , Victor Van Kooten 1 People

During the two years of the Teachers awareness progrmme and beyond people make or are given great changes in their lives and this pages reflects some of the more public aspects of those changes.

Lorna Livock and Ida May Livock Dylan Patrick Newsome Lorna and Rich were married in May 2009 and Ida May Just after summer was born at 4.12pm school for the Kent on Saturday 11th TT course Dylan December 2010. Patrick Newsome Lorna wrote was born to Clem ‘ It was all very Newsome and her sudden and we husband Richard on were blessed with 14th August 2010 and weighed 7lb 2oz. amazing hospital He is quite a little staff who delivered character now and is our little girl safely. even practising yoga My placenta had already, opening his become detached hip joints and eating so she was not his toes!! getting enough oxygen inside me - I delivered within 2 hours of arrival at hospital so it was all a bit of a shock. I had quite a lot of stitches and a ventouse delivery because Jake Robert Webster of the urgency. I was thankful that I could move around was born to Maria Webster on 18th and do more than I if I had had a C section. ‘ ( A ventouse May 2010 weighing 7lb 14oz. The delivery uses a vacuum device to assist delivery) picture was taken 25 July 2010 with Jake at nearly 10 weeks old. Dani Hopkin (nee Timney) Gemma Muckle completed her Teachers Awareness completed her Teachers Awareness Programme shortly before marrying Programme shortly after marrying Mike on 9 October 2010. It was an Francis on 21 August 2010. Sarah amazing day, 23 degrees and so many Waterfield and Sue Peggs attended friends and family to share the day with the beautiful handmade outdoor us. It was really relaxed and everyone wedding in the peak district in had a lot of fun! We went off to Bali on Derbyshire. Gemma and Francis honeymoon and it was so relaxing, it are expecting a child in July 2011. was really perfect, even went to a yoga class! - but it wasn’t quite IYT yoga so I didn’t do a second class!

Rose Thorn and Marie Rose met Marie during her two year training and has moved from Bristol to West Wales to share a committed new life together at Over the Rainbow. (Which by the way is a brilliant residential venue for a small group)

2 People

Pauline Jackson Klein 19 July 1951 - 16 August 2010

Pauline practiced yoga for over 20 years first with Helen Evans and then for the last 16 years with me first in the Hayloft in Emsworth, and then she completed the Teachers In this body, in this town of Awareness Programme in 2003. She was such Spirit, there is a little house fun to have in a class, and as a teacher shaped like a lotus and in that and so compassionate and caring of house there is a little space. others. Ylva remembers her for her One should know what is there. encouragement to her when she was down. What is there? Why is it so important? I remember her at her dear friend’s, Alice Snel de Gras’, there is as much in that little house where we held the space within the heart, as there teacher training weekends. is in the whole world outside. She was so helpful to Heaven, earth, wind, sun, moon, Sylvie Lloyd, her friend lightning, stars; whatever is and of 30 years, and Alice whatever is not, everything is in their organisation of there. the weekends and so delighted to be there If everything in a woman’s body, in it all with everyone, every being, every desire, what jollying them along. remains when old age comes, when decay begins, when the She was in Turkey body falls? the year of Pauline Sawyer’s 60th birthday What lies in that space, does and together with not decay when the body Rebecca organised decays, nor does it fall when a big party for her, the body falls. That space is the even bringing Pauline’s home of Spirit. Every desire is favourite champagne all there, beyond decay and death; the way from England. sin and sorrow; hunger and thirst... In a get together and meditation we had A wise woman sees in Self, recently at Alice’s house in those that are alive , those that honour of Pauline, Sylvie was are dead; and gets what this remembering the outrageous world cannot give...... things she would do, such as Self stays in the heart; ‘heart’ a pretend they were both gardeners word that seems to say ‘here brandishing trowels at the Chichester it is’. Who knows this, daily Cathedral flower festival, because she enjoys the Kingdom of Heaven. thought the entrance fee too expensive. A wise woman, leaving her body, She came in to help in the IYT office in 2006 when we had joins the flame; is one with Her a crisis and was a great support to me at that time. own nature. That nature is Self, Her death has taught me that friendship is so precious and Fearless immortal Spirit. we need to give it time and space in our busy lives - there Whatever binds mortal and were times she wanted me to do “fun things” and I didn’t immortal they call truth. make time. Who knows this, daily enjoys We had some lovely meditations together in the last the Kingdom of Heaven year of her life - I will always remember her enthusiasm, trust and joy. She is buried in the natural burial ground at Warblington Church - a lovely place to visit right by the sea. Opposite is the Upanishad that I read at her funeral. Thank you Pauline for your joy for life and the enormous support you gave to others. Jenny Beeken

3 AGM Report

The AGM for 2010 was held on 27 November at Elsted Village Hall. In a break Words always matter from the format of the last couple of years we did not have an Awards Ceremony Every August in Huntingdon town in the county for our new graduates as they came from opposite ends of the UK and many places in between. However, their presence was very much felt as the BWY of Cambridgeshire the local education authority Verification visit to their courses had precipitated the examination of our organises an annual summer school. The diverse relationship with the BWY. The special topic for discussion at the AGM was syllabi cover over twenty indoor and outdoor this relationship and as well as a number of Trustees and officers, twenty two courses. One year they offered a sport I’d members attended. wanted to try for years, archery. Because my The day started with a class on movement, breath and sound from Sarah husband had been detached to the Falkland Waterfield. Jenny had wanted us to learn a particular mantra in Sanskrit to Isles I enrolled our two daughters onto the put us in the right frame of mind for the AGM. (See below) Sadly Jenny missed same course. (I did try to persuade them to the lesson as she was not well enough to attend the day. As one member take different ones). On the first day each of us commented ‘it was as if the trunk of the tree was missing’. However ‘the branches’ received a three page form and questionnaire. managed and a good session from Sarah meant that within two hours we were Eleven year old Tracey had difficulty trying chanting the mantra. After an amazing ‘bring and share’ lunch, Colum Hayward to understand the LEA gobbledygook and our Chairman, who was also rather unwell, convened the AGM and then had spent a deal of time scrutinising their ‘mission to leave early. We appointed two new Trustees, Laura Malcolm ‘all the way from statement’. Penny, three years her junior had no Scotland’ took on the role of Treasurer as Lorraine Grocott stepped down. problem and her completed form read: Steve Jamison ‘all the way from Cornwall’ was also appointed as a Trustee. Many, many thanks to Lorraine Grocott for all her work and support to the Trust Q. What are your aims in this course? over the last three years. Lorraine is staying on as a trustee. Pauline Sawyer and A. To hit the target. Lorraine Grocott then ran the rest of the meeting and the discussion about our relationship with the BWY. Q. What do you feel you need to achieve this? We had had an amazing response from members to a pre-meeting consultation A. A bow and arrows. document we had prepared. Jenny, Pauline Sarah and Sue would like to thank those who responded from the bottom of our hearts. We felt really supported ‘The little boy who had not been told what he by the responses and they are truly shaping our current approach to the BWY. was supposed to see pointed and shouted “look There is a full analysis of the results of the consultation in a document on the the king is naked”. members area of the IYT website. Broadly speaking we feel that you trust us to We can joke about this whilst tending to forget make the right decision about whether to stay with accreditation by the BWY or that those who are dumbed down to have no take another path. Many excellent points were made about the benefits of being choice but to take the educational menu offered part of something larger but only if we are able to protect the teaching delivered through our course. Like us, you do not want the teaching to change. Because to them. The grip of bureaucracy is such that of your strong support we are still liaising with the BWY, we want to be sure their impenetrable cliché ridden language is that we can retain the integrity of our teaching if we stay with them. We are also spreading into areas thought to be immune. looking at other routes should we need to select one. The intention is that if any Yoga. changes are necessary they will be properly planned and managed. English is a word rich language. Add the Sanskrit At the end of the AGM day, the team of Trustees and tutors at the meeting felt and we have wealth on our tongues to use as that it had been a positive and productive meeting. Thanks to all who took part in we please. Each word having meaning and place. the meeting and the consultation about the BWY. The AGM for 2011 is planned Words like objectives; targets and outcomes, to take place on Saturday 26 November 2011. Note the date for your diary. It is are military terms. They do not invite questions. a great chance to meet friends old and new. No military leader wants fighting troops to think about their objective; who the target is and what May we be protected together (may nothing distract our might happen to them personally. War could be attention) halted, then where would they be? May we be nourished together (may the teachings be Teaching stimulates ideas or stagnates progress our nourishment) and it is all in the language we use. Limit the words; stint the growth. May we create strength among one another (may we work with full spiritual determination) Remember George Orwells’ ‘1984’? His warning of this encroaching problem with his invention May there be no enmity between us (may no falseness Newspeak. arise in our relationship to create hatred) Ask. Do we use our wonderful language to Translator unknown. enrich our lives or dumb down to words prescribed by organisations with their own One translation of the invocation that we learned to chant in sanskrit at the agenda? AGM is shown above It is traditionally chanted at the beginning of any session Or. Anyone for inventing YogaSpeak? between teachers and students of Yoga. Shirley Ottewell. Student Wordsmith. Manchester 4 New Policy

Inner Yoga Trust Policy for the Protection of Stop Press Children and Vulnerable Adults On 5 Feb 2011 it was reported in the I was asked by Sue Peggs to help out with developing a policy for protecting Telegraph and on the BBC news radio children and working with vulnerable adults. I trained as a disability nurse in and website that the current scheme 1998 and have worked with adults with disabilities for most of my working for vetting people is to be scrapped. career and then more recently I have had experience of developing policies and The current scheme was introduced so this seemed like a combination of both those skills. It is however a different in 2009 as a response to the Soham kettle of fish developing policies for a yoga organisation and trying to tie in the murders of 2002 and brought 9 million policy with yoga philosophy! adults who came into contact with After initial research into the types of policies used by other organisations, children once a week or more into including yoga organisations, it was decided to combine the policy and have one the Vetting and Barring Scheme. The that covered the Protection of Children and Vulnerable Adults in order to keep current government regard the scheme things plain and simple. This became my main aim in fact as I looked through as ‘draconian’ and the plans are to scale policies that were very long and long winded. I wanted to have a clear and it back so that only half this number of simple policy that was practical and easy to use and remember. people are affected. So the policy began to take form and is primarily used for classes with children At the time of writing the details of the under the age of 18 years and/or vulnerable adults, whose definition in this new scheme have not been announced, case has been broadened to include adults we might work with on a one:one but it is likely that the changes will basis in a therapeutic manner. So in each of these cases an enhanced Criminal affect the detail of our policy and Records Bureau check is required. It is also important to keep up to date with procedures. regards to Child Protection Training and to notify the Inner Yoga Trust if any allegation or investigation with regards to abuse is being carried out on you on any of your working roles. Current BWY Guidance Pages 3 and 4 of the policy are designed for you to take with you when (Janauary11) from Helen teaching so you always have a copy of ‘What to do” with you close at hand Smith is should you need it. ‘ What is of the utmost importance is Also included are national helpline numbers that you can call if you have any that any teacher who teaches dedicated queries and there is space here for you to fill in the necessary local numbers classes to children applies to me to and again keep this close to hand. undergo the child protection vetting check I think one of the most important aspects to remember is that it is not our - which consists of filling in two forms, job as yoga teachers to decide if an incident is counted as abuse but it is our providing two referees and undergoing responsibility to act on any concerns we have by recording and passing on any the CRB check. On the application information that is relevant to the organisations concerned. form is a section where teachers state I hope you find this policy easy to read, understand and follow. Please get in their qualifications and experience. And touch if you have any queries on [email protected] currently there is no rule about which is acceptable and which is not. What Thanks Claire-Louise Symonds - Bristol concerns me is that there are teachers out there who have not undergone the Some extra information BWY vetting check and it is that which The policy was formally adopted by the Trustees at their meeting in Novemebr would make them vulnerable, not what 2010. Lorraine Grocott is the named trustee responsible for this policy and qualification they have.’ its implementation in the Trust. The Trust need to have such a policy to be compliant with UK law. Copies of the policy are available from the members’ area of the website or by contacting Ginny Tinkler [email protected] or tel 01730 261001 If you work for another organisation providing classes to children or vulnerable adults they will usually ask you to get a CRB check within their system. You should only need to get an independent CRB check for any work that you are doing independently. If you are a BWY member we are currently recommending that you obtain it through the BWY who have a system in place. The system is accessed via the BWY website. Jenny Beeken has just gone through the process and has found it reasonably easy to do. If you need a CRB check and you are not a BWY teacher please get in touch with us.

5 New teachers graduate

We are proud to announce the graduation last September of new teachers from two courses. Jenny Beeken spent two years working with a group in Kent, with the untiring assistance of Hatty Munro and Karen Standish as administrators. Sarah Waterfield and Sue Peggs worked mostly in the Gloucestershire area with a group drawn from Bristol and as far afield as Manchester and West Wales. The ‘Bristol’ course also marks the first graduation of students trained by Sarah Waterfield since becoming a Core Tutor in 2008. Congratulations to all involved from the Trustees and team. We look forward to your continued support and involvement. Kent 2008 - 10 Left to right back row; Jill Pantony, Jayne Challinor, Jenny Beeken, Charlie Hartley, Hatty Munro, Angela Baverstock, Karen Standish, Dani Hopkin Front row; Sam Sheppard, Jill Woodland, Kristy Perez, Clem Newsome, Isabel Carballal, Mary Cairns

The Kent group was, like most groups I suspect, a collection of people from different walks of life, with individual experiences, beliefs, values, qualities and quirks. We were all bought together by our common interest in yoga and our desire to share this interest with others through teaching. We meet for the first time at Capstone Youth Hostel, near Chatham, in Kent along with Hatty and Karen (our administrators) and Jenny (our teacher) and spent the next two years sharing experiences, growing as people and becoming friends. The course was into two distinct years; the first spent developing our personal practice. This involved some challenges . . . physical bewilderment as we learnt postures we had never tried or attempted to undo bad habits; abstract thinking (what exactly is a samskara?) and the biggest challenge of all, silence between the end of evening meditation and next day’s early morning practice! We also delved into the world of yoga philosophy and literature trying to understand the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Bhagavad Gita, whilst trying to let go of the need to understand them. This year culminated in a big shock for me as I realised that in order to complete the course I would actually have to teach! Summer school at Earth Spirit with the Bristol group was spent teaching postures to our peers (very scary) and giving nightly performances from the Bhagavad Gita. These performances were diverse, inspirational, moving and hysterical. I have never laughed so much within such a short space of time. The second year was focused on deepening our understanding of the postures within our own bodies, building our confidence through teaching our peers and students, and understanding the effects that yoga can have on our physical and psychological selves. Although the word ‘journey’ is banded around a lot, the two year course truly is a journey. It is about learning, growing, sharing, crying and laughing (lots of crying . . . more laughing) until we finish in a different place to the place we started. And although technically the Kent group did finish in the same place we started (at Capstone youth hostel with a graduation ceremony attended by family and friends) I believe our experiences on the course changed each of us as individuals and created friendships that will last for years to come. Sam Sheppard, Kent 6 New teachers graduate

Bristol, Wales and Manchester 2008 - 10 Left to right back row Rose Thorn, Susannah Johnston, Lorraine Hudson, Gemma Muckle, Lisa Taylor, Sue Peggs Front row - Sia Hong, Helen Iles, Sarah Waterfield, Trish Kennedy, Lorna Livock

Sunday, 26th September 2010 was the last day of our two year Yoga teacher awareness programme. The last thing we did as a group that weekend still stays vividly in my mind – we stood in a circle. Sarah and Sue would call each of us forward in random order and present to us the much longed for certificates. While the person’s name was called, the group would sing to her `Soham (I am that) Soham you and I are one, Soham Soham you and I are one’ while she would hold her hands to her heart. She would then walk, or skip, or run round the whole circle before going to Sarah and Sue to receive her certificate. The whole atmosphere was a mixture of solemnity, happiness, relief and a bit of light-hearted fun. There is also a feeling of sadness as this would be the last day we were as a group under training. We would be released into the `big, wild’ world, teaching Yoga, and on our own. I felt both apprehensive and excited at the same time, apprehensive at the prospect of being on my own without Sarah and Sue’s guidance. Like a young bird, not sure of itself before being pushed to fly. I also felt excited for the next chapter in my life. With two years’ training under my belt, I can now explore further the wonderland of the Yoga, and to my heart’s content. How exciting is that! Two years had gone so quickly. Looking back, it was one of the best things I have done for myself. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. The 10 residential weekends and the two summer schools were like a holiday to me. The food was delicious and the places tranquil. But the most important thing to me is the people I met – wonderful teachers and fellow participants, and the love and care we shared with each other. It was hard work, of course. But Sarah and Sue took us through this journey with such skill which was delivered with a lot of love. The combination of / teaching and lectures, discussions was a good balance for me. Group discussions were opportunities to open ourselves with questions. We benefited a lot from each other’s diverse background and rich life experiences as a group. In a sense, we were also teachers to each other. I felt nourished in body, mind and spirit every time I came back from a residential training. And I was always looking forward to the next one. Homework was hard at the beginning. But as time went by, I came to enjoy it and felt every piece of homework was an opportunity to review what I had learned and to delve more deeply into myself. Two years isn’t long for the transformation we all have achieved in one way or another. For me, I am certainly a better person now – calmer, happier, and much more confident. Sia Hong, Manchester, 30 January 2011 7 Yoga Therapy

Brazier`s Park October 2010 Yoga for people with Multiple 1st Weekend Yoga Therapy Course Sclerosis Creating Space in the Spine During the IYT conference in June 2009 one of the ideas that came out of it was to try and set up yoga sessions Arrival at this Gothic mini-edifice in the Oxfordshire for people with Multiple Sclerosis. I have had a couple countryside was heralded by a red kite, flying, I`m sure, off of people in my classes over the past two years with this the chimney overhead. condition and I felt that there was a need for a specialist class. We were guests in the home of a community, linked to and supported by the outside world, a facility for people I know that Health and Wellbeing grants were available to integrate learning and teaching, and reach their full through the District Council. Their funding for this came potential. through the Healthier Chichester Partnership, made up of West Sussex County Council, Chichester District Council We shared organic home-grown food, and the and NHS West Sussex. I applied for a grant under the idiosyncrasies of a new wood-chip powered heating name of the IYT Charity as I felt it was important for system! the Charity to be linked with this kind of work and my From the outset we were taught not to ever again just application was successful. sit, lift chest and straighten up, but to ease into and feel I didn’t ask for a large sum just enough to cover promotion, the floor, friendly wooden, and use the feet to grow from administration, hall hire and payment for myself £500. It the base up through the spine to the light, with a sense of took a certain amount of liaison with the MS Nurse and openness and connection, so energy may move through. (A contact with her client base to develop a 10 week course. hand mudra helped lift, extend and open the space in the I also did an Intensive MS course up in London and visited heart, from where we aid humanity). the local MS Society social group sessions to help me This became key for me throughout the weekend. My back, become a little more aware of the different ways MS affects with which normally I have no problem, excepting of late, people and also what the limitations can be for them. stooping over a table for glasswork, seemed to produce I finally got the course up and running in the autumn of strain, on cue, while a crucial extract from `How Yoga 2010 with just 5 people. Five people is just enough for Works` was read to us. Intensely interesting and beneficial one person to teach, adjust and handle as most of them for freeing up the spine! have a problem with balance. One of the people dropped Jenny and Pauline`s sparkling teaching helped us to wake up out because their doctor offered them a gym pass! I was the spine. All things, we learned, stem from it. Moving the fortunate in that Eleanor O’Brien, who had also done the spine connects to all. course up in London with me, offered to help with the sessions. The sessions have gone well and I do believe We were assisted and encouraged to explore individual yoga can play a very useful role in keeping MS sufferers difficulties, often starting by grounding and coming up mobile and supple but you do need to have a helper at the and under the apparent place of the problem. Our bodies sessions to give them support. moved and changed, guided here and there, by a gentle touch. If first we can heal our own, then we may help I applied again for another grant this year but was others heal themselves, teaching from the experience of unsuccessful as the fund was oversubscribed. I am now in moving our own body. discussions with the MS Nurse at the Primary Care Trust to see if they can help with funding. I do ask the students Much followed on from the remedial teaching in the New to make a contribution of £5 to each class and this has Forest but as ever, became evolving and new. helped to fund Eleanor’s support. There are a lot of cuts With the growing awareness of the backbone, individual in grants from local government and other agencies but if bones interlinking, connecting to limbs, brain, channelling you are keen I think that with this new system of people nerves, making space for flow and integration of our whole being offered money to access individual support you may being, I get an inkling after years of this Yoga, the sense of be able to find some funding that will help develop these support and connection to each other, and to the outer sessions. world. It forms the backbone of a way of being, and its gifts I hope this makes a contribution to the work of the Inner can be felt by all. Yoga Trust as it shows it is As we left a kite was winging over the distant treeline! “relieving sickness in particular by teaching Yoga postures, Eleanor O`Brien. breathing, relaxation, meditation and other body work and advancing public education”. The Yoga Therapy Course is always open for enrollment as it is a flexible study programme. Contact the office for If anyone wants to discuss this further do email me on details. [email protected]. Lorraine Grocott, Hampshire 8 Yoga Teaching

Janis Binnie, Glasgow, has been teaching Yoga to a child with Aspergers syndrome and his mother. Here the mother of the child writes about this. The article was originally published in another magazine. The image representing Yoga was made by the boy. Yoga - bending over backwards to help my boy So, yoga for kids.. a bit Birkenstock and Boden? Only for children who eat olives and read Swallows and Amazons - not really for nugget eating, DSi tapping, I’ll-wait-for-the-movie youngsters? Then there I am on a mat in a front room curled into a ball while my 10-year-old son drapes himself over my back. We hold hands. During the following relaxation bit I wrap his long limbs in a blanket and cuddle him. He accepts the embrace in a way he hasn’t done since he was small. It’s very hard to write about doing yoga with my Boy One without sounding like the kind of parent I usually avoid like the proverbial on the basis that they are smug and they make me feel inadequate. Years ago, once I got over giggling that people actually sit in dusty village halls going ‘om’, I began to love yoga. It makes me better, stronger and less stressed. I’ve tried various versions from full- speed sweat-making ashtanga to intense sessions with a serious Sri Lankan chap in authentic yogic PJs. So when Boy One - who tends to tense stressiness - showed an interest in my yoga (ok the little bit of fauxga you get with a WII Fit) I grasped the opportunity. Boy One is not naturally physical, he hates team games and can’t see the point of sports. Karate, beloved of many Aspies, left him bewildered. Swimming is a lark, but more an exercise in drifting then focusing effort. I found the lovely Janis who specialises in teaching yoga to children and was delighted to meet Boy One and agreed to take him on. At first he grumbled and groaned, but then he always does when he’s obliged to do, largely, anything about which he doesn’t have an obsession. Then the complaints stopped and he began to come away fractionally less brittle and twitchy. One rare day when the heavens allowed, I brought him to yoga alone. Normally I juggle the noisy brothers while Boy One does his oms. Janis invited me to join her and Ally. It was a proper pleasure to see him showing off what he’d learned - a bridge, sun salutation, candle and mountain pose - and for him to help me through my paces. We worked together, comfortably in contact while he grinned and grinned. A real treat, thank you Janis.

Yoga for pregnancy and beyond: a week’s teaching Marielle Churaqui completed the first IYT Pregnancy module with Jenny and Sally. A new module started recently and we asked Marielle to write about her experiences of teaching as an inspiration to those considering the module.

In 2007 I completed the Inner Yoga Trust Pregnancy Module. baby colic and how to use singing to accompany movements. Three years on, I now teach three Pregnancy yoga classes a week Teaching these classes is great fun. I especially love seeing the plus a Mother and Baby yoga class where I live in North London. mothers’ confidence grow in the way they handle their baby as I thought I would share with you a typical week of teaching these they learn various techniques that stimulate their baby’s physical classes, showing you what completing the Pregnancy module can development. lead to. . . On Tuesday evening Jo pops in at the beginning of the class It is Monday lunchtime and seven mums arrive for the Mother and with her new baby girl. She recounts her water birth after a Baby yoga class, five of whom used to come to pregnancy yoga. fairly quick seven hour labour. She proudly tells how she used The Inner Yoga Trust module had a day devoted to postnatal yoga. the techniques learned in the class and found them extremely So I combined what I learned then with ideas as to how to involve useful to handle the pain, especially the leaning against the wall the babies by attending one of my friend Anna’s classes. I also swinging the hips whilst visualising the breath as a golden thread, studied two DVDs on Baby yoga produced by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli a technique described by Uma Dinsmore-Tuli in her wonderful and Francoise Freedman and from these I learned how to soothe book Mother’s Breath. 9 Inspired by Jo’s visit, I base the class on reviewing the postures heart. Someone else suffers from bad heartburn. As taught that can most help during labour. We practice the Charlie Chaplin by Jenny and using a chair for support, I take the class through and Camel walks which I picked up from a friend who attended various standing poses which help make space in the whole of Francoise Freedman’s pregnancy yoga course. To help us lose any the front of the body. We finish with supported Supta . inhibition about using our voices, we make sounds whilst on all Since one of the pregnant women mentions how frightened fours as Jenny taught us during the pregnancy module. We also she is of labour, we finish the class with a visualisation of pair up and I teach them how massage can help during labour as the unbroken lineage from mother to daughter through the described by Janet Balaska in her books about Active Birth. centuries and which helps to put our position as a mother in Straight after the pregnancy class I run a gentle yoga class. Out perspective. of the ten in the class, four used to come to pregnancy yoga. The Saturday morning session is a drop in class and is held in Currently one father- to-be is also attending. His wife who comes a larger, less intimate venue. At times it is very busy, at others to the Thursday class is due today and everyone is interested to less so. At 10 o’clock in the morning, the women have more find out how she is. energy and the classes tend to be more dynamic. So I almost Fleur, who is fifteen weeks’ pregnant, is new to the Thursday always include a gentle sun salutation with movements suitable evening class and arrives five minutes early to fill in a health for pregnant women which I have adapted from the classical questionnaire. Like most of my pregnant students, she has never version. The students really like it and often request it. practiced yoga before and is a bit apprehensive. I reassure her At the end of the class, I remind them that I am going to be and give her a starter pack which includes suggestions for home on holiday for the next two weeks. Rachel is now 41 weeks practice. Fleur replaces Nicola who gave birth last week-end. I pregnant and this is therefore her last class. She tells me how find teaching pregnancy yoga very rewarding but it involves a lot much she enjoyed the classes throughout her pregnancy and of administrative work. Above all, as these classes by their very felt that they really helped her stay fit and healthy. She will miss nature have a fast turnover, I have to make sure I market them them. She enquires about the Mother and Baby class she is effectively and consequently I have to handle a lot of enquiries. hoping to join after the birth. The classes have a maximum of 12 students and are usually full. Keeping a tight register showing who is due when is therefore I am so glad I completed the pregnancy module. Each time I essential so that I know when I am likely to have a space for a receive a text from one of my students letting me know they new student. have now given birth, I feel very privileged to be part of such an important stage in a woman’s life; the bringing into the world of Sarah is expecting twins and, whilst she is now 28 weeks pregnant, a new human being. she feels sick most of the time. She finds that the classes help but I have to make sure she always keeps her head higher than her Marielle Churaqui, London

Yoga – one person’s story. ‘I feel as if I am no longer ageing’ What a fabulous thing to be able to say when you are over 60 years old. If this is what the practice of yoga can do for you, why would anyone not want to go to a yoga class? Study after study has linked yoga with helping to regulate blood pressure, stabilise diabetes, balance hormones, reduce stress, strengthen weak muscles, align twisted limbs, increase lung capacity and make you feel happy – the list is endless. Happily yoga can be practised alongside other forms of exercise. For instance, it is increasingly popular with professional footballers, dancers, athletes, skaters, swimmers and almost anyone who uses their body for a living. As it utilises breath awareness and breath control, it can even be practised as a powerful tool by those who cannot do any other form of movement at all. I was 50 when I went to my first proper yoga class. Stiff, grey-haired, just divorced, with no exercise in my daily routine at all. Could I sit crossed-legged? – No. Could I do a backbend? - No. How about standing on my head? – You must be joking!!! All common perceptions of what you do in yoga, but luckily I had found a wonderful and supportive teacher, so enjoyed a couple of years of steady progress. When that teacher emigrated I went from studio to studio, trying out different sorts of yoga and amassing all sorts of injuries in the process. Eventually I found another sympathetic teacher and began practising again in earnest. After recovering from a major operation, I began to think it would be good to pass on some of what I had learned so others could benefit too. Luckily I found the Inner Yoga Trust. Training with IYT reinforced (and also increased) all the good things I had thought about yoga and so I left full time work in order to concentrate on teaching. My life has just gone on improving day after day – it even helped me when my mother died. It was not that I wasn’t sad – it was that I could cope with being sad. And with the help of yoga I have been to the Himalayas, California, Arizona, Turkey, Italy and the top of the 4th Plinth in Trafalgar Square amongst other places!!! The quote at the top of the article could have been mine, but was actually said by one of my students. Cryn Horn, London

10 Practice Notes

Does it matter where Asana came from?

Mark Singleton’s Yoga book ‘: The Origins of Modern What about the oral tradition of Posture Practice’ has generated lots of discussion in the ‘yoga teaching? world’. My understanding is that the reason many ancient texts I have not read the book myself but from reading Mary did not give specific instructions about asana was because Reilly’s review (Spectrum, Winter 2010) it seems that his it was necessary to learn from a person, a teacher, not research concludes that much of ‘modern asana practice’ a book. In fact the whole oral tradition of teaching and originates only from the 20th century, and that particularly the importance of ‘transmission’ in yoga teaching (the standing poses and sun salutation sequences were invented learning through the student/teacher relationship) meant by Krishnamacharya and contemporaries under the less emphasis on written records or even their complete influence of ‘western’ gymnastics that was popular in India absence. What exactly did Krishnamacharya learn in the at that time. This has caused upset in yoga circles where it 7 years with his teacher in Tibet? Krishnamacharya said has been widely believed, assumed and promoted that the he learned three thousand of the seven thousand origins of yoga postures are much more ancient, particularly known by his guru, but even Krishnamacharya’s son TKV in Ashtanga yoga as there it has been taught that the asana Desikachar learned only five hundred or so of these. (3) sequences are ancient from the times of Patanjali or even the Vedas. For myself, up until now I have never thought too much How can we ever actually know what about the precise origins of the asanas we practise and postures were practised in years gone teach, but this controversy/discussion has made me think by? Does it matter? about that and has led to some wider questions too. This need to know and prove something by ‘objective’ What are the origins of asana? research seems in itself quite a ‘western’ notion. Does it What is asana? imply a lack of trust in the felt sense and the experience of ‘what is’? Vivekananda writes clearly that yoga is subjective, Why do we practise asana? it is something to be experienced. He says, ’Believe nothing What is authenticity? until you find it out for yourself - that is what teaches us. Truth requires no prop to make it stand.’ And, ‘all our knowledge is These are big questions and I have already written a based upon experience.’ (4) very long article exploring them - much too long for this newsletter (I might see if Spectrum will have it…) but in the mean time here are some thoughts: What is asana? Patanjali (about 200 BCE?) names Asana is one of the eight What is the ‘source’ of asana? limbs of Yoga (sutra 2:29). (5) I have limited knowledge of this! Subsequent to Patanjali’s About asana he says: (trans Sri Swami Satchidananda) time maybe many texts were written on and 2:46 Asana is a steady, comfortable posture. asana, many probably in languages of which I have no knowledge. T K V Desikachar mentions a text called Yoga 2:47 By lessening the natural tendency for restlessness and Rahasya (1) by the ninth century South Indian sage Nathamuni meditating on the infinite, posture is mastered. as being an important text for his father Krishnamacharya 2:48 Thereafter, one is undisturbed by the dualities. but I do not know this text. One text I have studied is the 2:49 That (firm posture) being acquired, the movements of Hatha Yoga Pradipika (2) (about 1300 CE?) which mentions inhalation and exhalation should be controlled. This many (mainly seated) postures with names and forms is pranayama. we recognise and practise today; , , , , , , Maybe this is all we need to know about asana? and others. The names of many postures Maybe that is enough? suggest that they came from observing and learning from the natural world. If we apply that principle with truth, does the form of the asana matter? Could asana be how you walk and stand and brush your teeth?

11 On ‘inventing’ asanas… There is no conclusion, but an onward journey… Haven’t teachers always invented postures? Jenny has said that Iyengar came up with the jumping into standing postures, and We can never know exactly what Krishnamacharya the regimented approach to asana, because he needed to make learned from his Guru. Why should we? That teaching the teaching of yoga suitable for the Indian Army, who he was was for Krishnamacharya. But we can see the results, teaching at that time. Jenny and Pauline have always taught and we can accept that Krishnamacharya took that us that the postures should respond to the current people’s teaching and distilled it, combined it with his own study needs and situations, e.g. there would be a need for more of ancient texts and his practice, and developed forms standing postures and active postures in a culture that is mainly of yoga appropriate to the time and people he was sedentary. teaching. Sophy Hoare has said that ‘invented’ her Isn’t that what we all try to do? approach in response to teaching Krishnamurthi, as previous Isn’t that what the Inner Yoga Trust course has taught us approaches were not working for his body. to do? Krishnamacharya’s great strength seems to be that he adapted So the practice of asana, and other aspects of yoga, to the individual, and thus spawned such diverse approaches to asana practise, experience, feel, find out, as Iyengar, Ashtanga and Viniyoga. practise and learn Anyone who has been to Angela Farmer and Victor Van Kooten teach and learn knows that their teaching is constantly evolving; they invent things all the time! stand in your own truth My understanding from all the teachings of the Inner Yoga Trust is that this evolution of asana is entirely natural and ‘right’. References 1 The Heart of Yoga T K V Desikachar pp xv, xxi ISBN Why do we practise asana? 0-89281-764-X Are the asanas an end in themselves? Is the point of asana to 2 Hatha Yoga Pradipika Swami Muktibodananda ISBN 81-85787-38-7 be ‘good at it’, to ‘achieve’ the posture or the shape? It would seem that this is the purpose for some people, and those who 3 Health, Healing and Beyond - Yoga and the Living are most attached to the ‘form’ of asana seem to be the ones Tradition of Krishnamacharya T K V Desikchar with R H Cravens p43 ISBN 0-89381-941-7 who are most upset by this discovery that the form may not be as ancient as they had been led to believe. 4 p15, p7 ISBN 0-911206- 23-X There are many reasons people practise asana but it remains 5 The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali translation and that asana is one limb of Yoga and ‘Yoga is the settling of the mind commentary bySri Swami Satchidananda pp152 - 158 into silence’. (6) So is asana practised in order to bring about this ISBN 0-932040-38-1 state? 6 The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Sutra 1:2 ISBN 0-7126- In IYT we are not taught a particular ‘form’ of asana, neither 5509-3 Alistair Shearer are we taught to be attached to the form of asana. Instead, we use asana as an exploration (svadhyaya), a way to find out about ourselves and our physical, mental, energetic and psychological patterns and a way then to work with and transform these patterns. The form of asana is there as a structure within which to explore and work with all of this, but the form is not the end in itself. The end is Yoga, and the journey is Yoga.

What is authenticity of asana? Is authenticity doing the same thing as was done 2000 years ago in exactly the way it was done 2000 years ago. Or is authenticity about applying the most original principles you can or your understanding of them, to the ‘truth’, the experience, of the current situation; the teacher’s self and practice, where the students are ‘at’, the place and the time. What is. Learning from animals - the cat knows how to relax and As Krishnamacharya said, ‘Teach what is within you, not as it teaches by example and paws on adjustment! Savasana applies to you, but as it applies to the other.’

12 Practice Notes from Pauline Sawyer

Tadasana – As It Is

A tour from base-camp to the summit of Mt. Meru – en route we will be visiting sacred caves, experiencing the dance of the diaphragms and Oh… so, so much more…..

‘Among mountain peaks, God manifests Himself most majestically as the sacred Mt. Meru. Allegorically, Meru is the highest place of divine consciousness in the body, the top part of the cerebrum where God dwells as the soul. The spine with its spiritual centers of divine consciousness is often referred to as meru-danda, the staff or rod whose crest is Meru. It is the scepter of the soul’s sovereign power over the kingdom of the body.’ Bhagavad-Gita, Verse 24 chapter X - .

‘As it is’ - standing here where to begin? The toes – not weight bearing – they are the sensors liken to cats whiskers, spreading, feeling – is it safe to move? Dare I spread and move out from under the soft duvet of the mound of the foot? – Yes, what freedom, lightness, space. Wow, what’s happening, so easy now for the rooting of the big toe, the little toe, the inner and outer heel base camp is established – something is happening, quite magically between the big toe and little toe joint, its like a doming, yes - we have lift off or should I say lift up. The first stage is a sheer climb, as it should be if the tibia and fibula sit in their rightful place in the talus moving directly up and out of the talus giving such an immediate upper thrust, WOW like a rocket being launched. Watch out though, a major rock formation in sight (the knee joint) keep them soft and the energy will pass through and the lift continues to the femur where we pause and explore the space now created in the hip joint (the fulcrum of movement). Here we become aware of a cave, deep, wide, dark maybe time to connect again with base camp and the sensors…. What’s this? a movement deep in the base, breadth, energy, light…. WOW such a dome, expansion, freeing and connection to the spine. WOW here we go again up and broadening out exploring the back body, the spine, the nerve currents, like the gangs or the Nile, flooding and nourishing, and then, what’s this? the guy ropes of the diaphragm, so much going on inside and then outside the flight feathers of the fingers which move the arms to broaden and lift and expand the ribs and another cave, another movement of energy - the ribs, they go so high, so wide creating space for what is housed there. So light, like flying now - No need to grapple for the oxygen mask you are fine the air here is pure quite safe, stay a little. Maybe connect again with base camp.

The last peak in sight, the last 7 steps always seem so far away, but what’s this another cave, lets explore this perhaps rest awhile, OHHHH it’s getting bigger its moving the spine above getting longer and longer ….Here we go again up, up, up, up, up up up Words cannot describe what is here………

13 Information for Teachers

Continuing Professional 3. BWY Modules – 1 point per hour Development All the above can be advertised stating the number of points ‘Do your duty; learn and teach. Speak truth; learn and teach. participants get. Meditate; learn and teach. Control sense; learn and teach. 5. Directed Private Study – do a minimum of 7.5 hours Control mind; learn and teach. Kindle fire; learn and teach. Feed home study and accrue a maximum of 5 points from this. fire; learn and teach. Be hospitable; learn and teach. Be humane; learn and teach. Serve the family; learn and teach. Procreate; 6. Other Yoga Events or relevant training events – this learn and teach. Educate your children; learn and teach.’ would include half day, day or weekend workshops arranged by the Inner Yoga Trust (Seminars or workshops similar to Taittireeya Upanishad from the translation by class practice do not count) Shree Purohit Swami and WB Yeats These events should develop and improve your teaching Most people who have done the Inner Yoga Trust teachers and have the potential to count as 1 point per hour. The awareness programme will have a real desire to continue attendee needs to decide how many points an event can and develop their study and practice of yoga out of a accrue, not the organiser. Such events cannot be advertised commitment to themselves and to yoga itself, and will seek as CPD or state the number of CPD points. out good quality teaching and take responsibility for this. So unless our events are BWY approved we cannot state a At the IYT we hope that you will find that the events number of points, but IYT teachers should have confidence and courses we offer meet your needs and are happy to that the events that we arrange will provide input that consider any ideas you might have for our teaching or the meets the objectives of improving and developing your arrangement of visiting teachers. teaching. One of the things the IYT asks is that you refresh your Logging your CPD with the BWY Anatomy and Physiology studies every three years. This has been difficult for some people due to the limited choice of If you are a British Wheel of Yoga member you now have dates we have been able to offer so in order to increase to log your CPD online on their website. There does not your opportunities we are now opening any foundation seem to be an alternative. Visit the website and at the top course weekend to IYT qualified teachers as a way of of the left hand menu is a Members log-in where you have refreshing and learning more about anatomy. You will be to put in your membership number and postcode. The first aware that the Foundation Course weekends focus on a time you do this you will be encouraged to set up your different area of the body each weekend. The structure of own password to replace your postcode. Top of the left the weekend is to look at asana work as it relates to the hand menu you will see a link Your CPD. Click on this. If weekend focus, with an afternoon anatomy study session it is your first time you will not have any CPD logged. You on the bones and muscles and organs. There is also a should click on the ‘add new event’ link and then add details worksheet for home study and practice included at each of of workshops, courses and events you have attended. Be the weekends. If you would like to do your A&P refresher prepared - not only do you have to give the dates, titles, by this route, look at the website, choose a weekend and tutors and workshop content description but also reflect book with the course administrator whose details will be on-line as to how this CPD will take you forward in your on the leaflet, or call the office and ask for information. learning and teaching. You can also attend Foundation Course weekends for Logging your CPD with IYT general CPD if you live in an area where we are not able to hold lots of other training events. The charge for IYT If you attend our events for your CPD our database qualified teachers who wish to use the Foundation Course will automatically keep a record of your CPD. If you do weekends for CPD is £86. any CPD outside the IYT (in line with our minimum requirements above) you should drop us a line preferably How much CPD do I need to do and what by email to [email protected] to let her know about the BWY points system? what you did. The Inner Yoga Trust would like you to do the equivalent of one weekend a year with us, or a week every two years plus an anatomy and physiology refresh every three years. New CPD Opportunities This is not incompatible with the BWY of which you may At the bottom of page 15 is some information about also be a member – BWY requires you to obtain 15 points classes in Bristol and Edinburgh which you can count per year. towards your IYT CPD - watch out for others in the How to accrue BWY CPD Points Hampshire area. 1. IST Events (BWY Approved) 2. Distance Learning IST (BWY approved) These both accrue 7.5 points as they have approved schemes of work. 14 Courses Running Now and Planned Coming up this year If you have any students or know anyone who would be interested in this training please would you pass on the details. Angela Farmer and Victor Van Kooten For the two-year programmes we do accept suitable candidates Angela and Victor will be with us from 24 to 27 March 2011. who have done a foundation course other than our own. They will each teach workshops on Thursday and Friday 24/25 Planned Foundation Courses March and then work together on the weekend of 26/27 March. There are some spaces available on all these dates so do get in Bristol – New Course Autumn 2011 touch if you would like to experience their inspiring teaching. Teacher: Sarah Waterfield They have asked us to pass on to them the names of anyone Glasgow – New Course Autumn 2011 who has been to their workshops in the past. Unfortunately Teacher: Pauline Sawyer - Admin Janis Binnie we cannot legally do that. We promised that we would give members the chance to sign up for Angela and Victor’s own Edinburgh –New Course May 2011 mailing list. It is simple to sign up. Simply send an email to Teacher: Pauline Sawyer [email protected] Wales – New Course May 2011 Teacher: Bridget Whitehead stating your name and address and you will be added to Angela and Victor’s mailing list.

Foundation Courses Running Mira Mehta Mira will be teaching for the Inner Yoga Trust on the weekend of South Hants - Emsworth 3/4 September in Hampshire. The workshop topic is Yoga and Running - open to new students Ayurveda. Mira has a deep understanding of the topic and it will Teacher: Various Teachers with Lesley Charters be really interesting to look at theYoga alongside the Ayurvedic North Hants - Basingstoke model of health and the body. Mira’s asana teaching is firmly and strongly rooted in the Iyengar tradition but as Sarah has written Weekend 1 - Feb 2011 in her article (page 11), if we are not attached to form in Yoga Teacher: Jenny Beeken asana we wil be able to work with Mira in Yoga. Manchester – Running - open Teacher: Pauline Sawyer -Admin: Jane Stockton Jenny Beeken and Pauline Sawyer Jenny and Pauline are offering a variety of retreats and workshops over the coming year. See the listings on the back New Teacher Awareness Courses page for more information about these. Summer holiday in TT11 South -commences Nov 2011 France with Jenny Beeken available, Contact Chris Wyeth on 01962 868346 Teacher: Jenny Beeken Current Teacher Awareness Courses Sophy Hoare These courses are no longer open for new participants but Sophy will continue to help us refine our practice in Hampshire it may be helpful for you to know what is going on. and in Bristol. Sophy’s Hampshire dates tend to be arranged at short notice so keep an eye on your email if you are interested. Ireland 2009–11 Teacher: Pauline Sawyer Scotland 2010 -12 Teacher: Jenny Beeken Sarah Waterfield Administrator: Laura Malcolm Sarah is offering a series of classes in Bristol suitable for teachers TT11 South Dorset 2011/12 or those with a lot of practice and awareness. Teachers: Sarah Waterfield and Sue Peggs, Contact: [email protected] for information about the Administrator: Jenny Commerford dates. TT11 North (Manchester) 2011/12 Teachers: Pauline Sawyer with Bridget Whitehead Pauline Sawyer Administrator: Jane Stockton Pauline is offering a series of classes in Edinburgh suitable for teachers or those with a lot of practice and awareness. These are on the Friday evening before the Foundation Course weekends. You might like to come to a class and some or all of the Foundation course weekend. Contact: Kay Hush email: [email protected] for information about the dates and costs. 15 Inner Yoga Trust Dates and Events for 2011 Keep an eye on the website and your email for further events as they are added

25-27 February 2011 Remedial/Yoga Therapy - Weekend for teachers and their students Kent - Jenny Beeken and Pauline Sawyer 24 -27 March 2011 Angela Farmer and Victor Van Kooten - Hants 1 -3 April 2011 Jenny Beeken at Chalice Well - Somerset Contact Gay Kent - 01752 666670 8 - 10 April 2011 Sarah Waterfield at BWY Congress, Three workshops, see Congress programme Last week of June Sophy Hoare - two morning workshops 21-22 July 2011 Sarah Waterfield at BWY Teachers Week (Part of a longer week - see Spectrum) 26 - 31 July 2011 Jenny Beeken and Pauline Sawyer Teachers Week/ Yoga Therapy Residential Week - Looking at the Body 5-7 August 2011 Jenny Beeken and Pauline Sawyer - Retreat Weekend on the Holy Isle Contact - Debra Adams phone 01770 700 794 13 August 2011 Pauline Sawyer, Day Workshop, Scotland 3 - 4 September 2011 Mira Mehta - Yoga and Ayurveda Workshop 15 October 2011 Bridget Whitehead - Workshop Scotland 22 October 2011 Day on Ahimsa in the postures, breathing and meditation with Pauline and Jenny at The White Eagle Lodge, New Lands, Rake, Hampshire GU33 7HY Contact: [email protected], tel; 01730 893300 23 October 2011 Supervised teaching weekend as part of the Yoga Therapy Course at Twyford, Winchester 26/27 November 2011 Diane Long two morning workshops at Elsted 26 November 2011 Inner Yoga Trust Annual General Meeting, Elsted, Hants Approximately 19 - 23 December 2011 Solstice Retreat at Newgrange Ireland with Jenny Beeken and Pauline Sawyer First 3 weeks of March 2012 The next India Trip - still at the planning stage, contact Jenny or Pauline with your ideas

Foundation Courses - All courses are open for new participants 12/13 March 2011 Emsworth, Hants, Feet and Ankles Jenny Beeken 12/13 March 2011 Manchester, The Spine, Pauline Sawyer 9/10 April 2011 Edinburgh, The Wholeness of Yoga, Pauline Sawyer 7/8 May 2011 Swansea, The Wholeness of Yoga, Bridget Whitehead 7/8 May 2011 Basingstoke, North Hants, Jenny Beeken Notices

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