CONGRESS Andrea Kwiatkowski is a BWY Diploma Course Tutor, Advanced Certified Jivamukti teacher, Yin and Restorative teacher. She lives and teaches in 2016Cambridge, runs various IST days for the BWY and is a lead tutor for Congress and Teacher training week. Andrea trained as a dancer and became a yoga teacher in her 20’s . She is studying Sanskrit with the London school of economics and continues to be inspired by her teachers and students. Andrea is very pleased to be involved as part of the celebrations of the BWY 50th anniversary and looks forward to meeting as many students past and present in her15th classes this year.-17th April 2016 “Happy anniversary BWY! So happy to be involved and be part of the celebrationsBWY . CongressOm namah shivaya!” at Warwick University

Twist and Shout! Stand and Deliver! Session A - Friday 15.00 - 16.30 Session D - Saturday • Practice with the country’s best DP, A 11.15 - 12.45 known tutors from the leading A twisting class which will include a variety of sequences, DP, A, Ch, M, R hands on adjustments, meditation, chanting , scripture study and relaxation. The A Jivamukti standing Yoga organisations in the UK class will be accompanied by a 60’s musical soundtrack to complement goingChoose fromand balancing class through the ages of yoga for the 50th anniversary. over 60 sessionswhich will include asana • Visit the market place in sequencing, hands on Satsang - good company, good vibrations! of yogaadjustments, chanting, The Butterworth Hall in the Session C - Saturday 09.00 - 10.30 meditation, scripture Arts Centre DP, A, Ch, M, R study and relaxation. Satsang means keeping good company , when we associate with others who The class will include a are focused on enlightenment. In the Jivamukti yoga method we come together musical soundtrack from • Join the Annual General Meeting to inspire and connect . The session will include asana sequencing, hands on the 80’s to complement on Saturday afternoon at 16.30 adjustments, chanting, meditation, scripture study and relaxation. The class will the going through the be accompanied by a musical soundtrack from the 70’s to complement going ages of yoga for the through the ages of yoga for the 50th anniversary. 50th anniversary • Complete your application online at www.bwy.org.uk before 21st March 2016 1

The British Wheel of Yoga was founded by Wilfred Clark in 1965

It has been over 50 years since Wilfred Clark Key to Congress session types founded The British Wheel of Yoga (BWY). In that time the BWY has grown to become A Asana Ph Philosophy the largest yoga membership organisation A&P Anatomy and Physiology Pr in the country and a member of the Ay Ayurveda Q&A Questions and Answer BA Breath Awareness R Relaxation European Union of Yoga. We continue Ch Chanting S Sound to be committed to promoting a greater DP Deeper practice T Theory understanding of yoga and its safe practice D Discussion W Workshop through experience, education, discussion, Le Lecture YN study and training. We are proud of our M Meditation national network with over 7,000 members including 3,500 qualified teachers. Wilfred Clark Wilfred

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Congress is the most important event in the BWY calendar

Congress is a celebration and this year the theme is Now in its 49th year, Congress has grown around the BWY community, this is an opportunity for many of us to come Annual General Meeting. It is an opportunity to meet the together, practice with some of the world’s leading teachers, National Executive Committee (NEC) at the AGM and meet like-minded colleagues and immerse ourselves into a throughout the weekend to raise any matters you feel are weekend of yoga related activity. The NEC look forward to important or simply say ‘hello’ welcoming you to this years’ event. We will continue to listen and just as we have listened and Join the Annual With numerous different sessions of yoga to choose from we made improvements to Congress we hope to continue to General Meeting aim to offer something for everyone as well as the chance to create a BWY that you, our members want and expect. on Saturday experience new and/or different styles of yoga. afternoon Yours in yoga. at 16.30 One of the many reasons our members come to Congress each year is the social aspect and to meet colleagues and friends.

Our plenary speaker will be Akhandadhi Das. Akhandadhi Das is an adherent of Vaishnava Vedanta philosophy - one of the main strands of the Hindu wisdom tradition. Chrissie Harrison Welcome 3 Plenary speaker

A Vaishnava, Hindu teacher & theologian

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland Akhandadhi Das was raised Presbyterian. As a teenager he read and learned about Eastern philosophies and has been committed to Vaishnava Hinduism since 1973. He ministered to the Hindu community in London from 1976 founding a series of youth clubs and study groups before becoming the Principal of Bhaktivedanta Manor in 1982 leading the campaign to protect the UK’s largest temple from government closure. He was a founding committee member of Inter-faith Network and worked as a Member of BBC’s Central Religious Advisory Committee. Akhandadhi is currently a Trustee of I-Foundation Faith Authority for UK Hindu Schools and continues to regularly contribute to Radio 4’s “Thought for the Day”.

Yoga as one of the limbs of the Vedic tradition; Its philosophy is derived from the Vedas, Upanishads and Vedanta Saturday 14.15-15.30 Le, Ph, Q&A How the philosophy of Vedanta which underpin the various yoga traditions offer a positive view of personal identify, social commonality and plurality within a comprehensive understanding of our part within universal existence. Akhandadhi Das 4 Adaptive Yoga - Frederique Sardais, Jo Duffin and Suzanne Galfredi

Frederique Sardais, Jo Duffin and Suzanne Galfredi, all classically trained Yoga teachers met in 2012 whilst attending workshops with Matthew Sanford, founder of Mind Body Solutions and pioneering the Adaptive Yoga approach worldwide.

Inner Awareness Know your own Practice Adaptive Yoga Demonstration Session A Friday 14.30 – 16.00 Session D Saturday 11.15 – 12.45 A D A classical Asana workshop where the principles of Adaptive Yoga are introduced Adaptive Yoga teachers are joined by a group of regular students living with through first and foremost the scope of our own personal practice: know the different mobility disabilities and conditions to demonstrate a Yoga class. Join us to sensations of the poses, as you practice them, in order to translate them into observe (& conditions permitting join in). classes suited to a variety of students living with illness, mobility impairments, age related conditions etc. Adaptive Yoga UK: When Yoga becomes a platform for Community Session F Sunday 10.00 – 11.30 Inner Awareness Know your own Practice D Session C Saturday 09.00 – 10.30 Adaptive Yoga UK is a small team of passionate teachers and students who dream A big. Their vision: to ensure that no one is ever left out of having access to Yoga A classical Asana workshop where the principles of Adaptive Yoga are introduced because of health, age or social circumstances. This discussion will be a chance through first and foremost the scope of our own personal practice: know the for us to present our work, our vision and to invite you into co-creating how as a sensations of the poses, as you practice them, in order to translate them into community of teachers we can best turn the dream into reality. classes suited to a variety of students living with illness, mobility impairments, age related conditions etc.

5 Andy Curtis-Payne

I initially qualified as a yoga teacher with BWY and Gill Lloyd became, and still is, my teacher. Through her I met Sri T.K.V.Desikachar and have followed his teachings to this day; it was his humility and compassion that inspired me and continues to do so. I soon realised that I wanted to teach in this tradition so took a four year practitioner program with Paul Harvey and graduated from that and began teaching yoga one to one and this remains a very significant part of my work. I also train new teachers and run workshops and courses all over the UK and have taught in India, Switzerland, Holland and Austria. I have a particular interest in the transformational qualities of the breath and chanting.

Yoga and the Community Yoga and the Community Le Le Session A Friday 14.30 – 16.00 Session D Saturday 11.15 – 12.45 How can yoga help us develop healthy, happy relationships and, therefore, How can yoga help us develop healthy, happy relationships and, therefore, healthy, healthy, happy communities? What do the yoga texts tell us about relationships? happy communities? What do the yoga texts tell us about relationships? This This session offers an opportunity to explore these ideas. session offers an opportunity to explore these ideas.

Yoga and the Community Le Session C Saturday 09.00 – 10.30 How can yoga help us develop healthy, happy relationships and, therefore, healthy, happy communities? What do the yoga texts tell us about relationships? This session offers an opportunity to explore these ideas.

6 Bhavana - Narayani and Mat Baker

Bhavana - Narayani and Mat Baker are a husband and wife team who share a love and passion for devotional music, kirtan and the power of sound.

Kirtan with Bhavana Yoga of the Voice Session A Friday 14.30 – 16.00 Session F Sunday 10.00 – 11.30 S S Take a journey through sound and mantra, Bhavana’s kirtans, like their own voices Voicework offers an experience of your voice, your unique expression. In and music, are dynamic and colourful, serving up a full range of chants, easy this workshop we will explore mantras and sounding as a way to deepen our to follow and join in, for a powerful experience that takes you to the essential relationship with our voice and use it as a tool for transformation and peace. stillness inside.

Kirtan & Bhakti Yoga – a journey of the heart Session E Saturday 20.15 – 21.45 S Deepen your understanding and discover the power of Kirtan and Bhakti Yoga. We will immerse ourselves in chanting and mantra and explore it as tool for transformation and peace.

7 Cara Bowen

Cara Bowen has been teaching yoga for The hands: relaxation and contemplation 15 years, and involved in training yoga Session C Saturday 09.00 – 10.30 teachers since 2010. A, M Paying attention to the hands in both asana and meditation practice encourages She trained as a BWY teacher with Peter Blackaby and the nervous system to settle and the mind to quieten. With their many nerve teaches a creative and non-dogmatic approach to yoga inspired by Vanda endings, the hands provide a point of sensory stimulus that helps support us Scaravelli and Mary Stewart. Her practice and teaching also draws on Insight in finding calm and developing our capacity for focused awareness. This Meditation, the Feldenkrais Method and a love of poetry. She is part of the class includes work with sound and draws inspiration from poetry and the London Group (LYTTG) founded by Chloe Fremantle, Feldenkrais method. and is a co-director of the 2015-17 London Yoga Teacher Training Course. She has taught on previous teacher training and introductory courses for the Sensing our Centre LYTTG, and at Congress 2015. Session D Saturday 11.15 – 12.45 M, Pr Yoga practice helps us to feel more centred, but where is the centre of ourselves? Is it the heart or mind, or somewhere else in the body? In this practical, experiential A body-centred practice: integrating asana and meditation class we will use movement and stillness, silence and sound to discover a felt sense Session A Friday 14.30 – 16.00 of our centre. Enjoy exploring asana, breathing and meditation with a focus on A, M releasing tension and developing inner awareness. Dissolving the boundaries between asana and meditation offers a fresh perspective on both practices. This class focuses on cultivating a felt sense of ourselves in movement and in stillness, moving seamlessly from walking meditation into standing postures, from hip-releasing sequences into quiet sitting. Experience an approach to practice that is firmly rooted in the moment to moment experience of inhabiting our bodies, encouraging qualities of fluidity and spaciousness.

Feet: a focus for practice Session B Friday 20.15 – 21.45 A, M Focusing our practice on releasing tension from the feet can enhance our general sense of wellbeing, as well as helping to improve balance and stability both on and off the mat. More flexible, responsive feet increase awareness of the ground beneath us, creating a deeper sense of support and connectedness. This class includes asana, foot and toe exercises, walking meditation and self-massage - give your feet a treat!

8 Chalisa Yoga - Karen Jones, Siward and George Walker

My Yoga path as a practitioner and teacher has been inspired by a wide gamut of styles including Sivananda, Scaraveli, Qigong and . Teaching yoga since 2005(BWY DIP), my classes are a mindful synthesis of both static and flowing postures and sequences that ultimately cultivate healing and deep body/breath awareness.

Yin yoga Session B Friday 20.15 – 21.45 S Yin poses infused with sound, beautiful melodies, and heart melting mantra and bhajans to enhance the yoga practice and open the body to deep healing.

Bhakti yoga Session E Saturday 20.15 – 21.45 S Bhakti yoga – the Yoga of devotion, using music and song to access the heart space with live music, Mantra, Kirtan (call and response) and Bhajans with Karen, Siward and George. Simple,beautifully engaging and uplifting.

9 Elena Voyce

Therapeutic Yoga Teacher, Elena Voyce, has been inspiring people to reach their full potential for over 20 Years. She is the founder of Teacher Training School: ‘Teach Yoga’ and ‘Inspirer’, a revolutionary mind-body system for teenagers living in the digital age.

Healthy Feet for Confident Steps to Support Yourself and Others Hands, Wrists and Arms as Pathways to the Heart Session A Friday 14.30 – 16.00 Session C Saturday 09.00 – 10.30 A&P A&P Join Elena Voyce for an exploration of the holistic anatomy of the feet and Pathways through the fascia of the hands and arms lead us to the physical, discover how to cultivate stability and strength from your foundations. Five emotional and spiritual centre of the heart. Join this practice to reconnect to the dimensions of posture and movement will be covered that include standing, purity of your centre and cultivate ease in movement and life. inversions, prone and supine poses and movement. A Happy Core The Sacrum Session D Saturday 11.15 – 12.45 Session B Friday 20.15 – 21.45 A A, A&P Come and discover how freedom radiates from a healthy and happy core. The The sacrum and the heart centre connect through the vertical forces of gravity core provides support for the trunk naturally when it is stable and in harmonious and levity. When we move with ease and stability from the hips and pelvis, we connection to the breath. When you can feel and connect to your core properly, enjoy increased contentment, organic vitality in life and harmonious connection you don’t have to struggle or work hard to find or activate it. Explore the core in to those around us without fear. the five dimensions of standing, inversions, prone and supine poses.

10 Heather Mason

Heather Mason is a leader in the field of mind- body therapy and the founder of Yoga Therapy for the Mind. Heather develops innovative methods for mental health treatment drawing on her robust educational background including an MA in Psychotherapy, an MA in Buddhist Studies and an ongoing MSc in Neuroscience. She is also a 500 RYT, a yoga therapist and an MBCT facilitator. Heather develops protocols for different client populations by translating cutting edge research from the psycho-biology and neuro-biology of stress into yoga practices, breathwork, mindfulness interventions and therapeutic holding.

She regularly writes and lectures on mind body therapy. When she isn’t teaching and writing she loves to dance and sing!

How yoga changes the brain Session B Friday 20.15 – 21.45 Le A lecture on how yoga can shape the brain.

11 James Boag

James is known for his storytelling, his rich kirtans, deep meditations, principle-based approach to asana and for bringing the timeless wisdom of the traditional scriptural teachings vividly into the context of our lives today.

He has been teaching for over twenty years, teaching yoga since 2004 and leading integrated programs on applied yoga philosophy around the world since 2009. He regularly returns to Mysore, South India where he completed his MA in Sanskrit and where he regularly leads courses on The Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutras and Indian Mythology.

Yoga, Community and the Power of Inclusivity; Gaṇeśa and the Wheel of Yoga and the Whole of Our Lives: The Bhagavad Gita and the Field of Yoga Practice Practice Session D Saturday 11.15 – 12.45 Session B Friday 20.15 – 21.45 Ph Le If yoga’s all about cultivating peace and harmony, why is the most treasured text of the How can we work with the practical gifts of yoga to cultivate harmony and yoga tradition set on the battlefield? community in our world of wondrous diversity and constant change? Using storytelling and interpretation, we will consider the archetypal symbol of Gaṇeśa: Kirtan, Yoga and the Power of Sound including how he got his name and what it means for us; and of the wheel of yoga Session E Saturday 20.15 – 21.45 practice: exploring how we can harness yoga principles to come out of revolving S limiting patterns and attune more subtly to our deeper, evolutionary. Call and response kirtan (singing and chanting) working with simple, accessible yet powerful chants. Practical Patanjali Session C Saturday 09.00 – 10.30 Jai Jai Hanuman: Leaping over the Ocean of Samsara Ph Session F Sunday 10.00 – 11.30 Weaving Greater Harmony into the fabric of our daily lives with practical Le teachings from the Yoga Sūtra. How can we harness the gifts of yoga to embody all we really are and share our unique gifts as part of a harmonising community? Live storytelling and interpretation from Ramayana, considering in particular symbolic teachings around the hero Hanuman and his defining exploit of leaping over the ocean.

12 Jenny Beeken

Jenny Beeken studied with BKS Iyengar whose teaching is still a great source of inspiration, knowledge and understanding. Subsequent study with Victor Van Kooten and has given her a deep understanding of the inner body, inner awareness and movement.

More recently she has worked with Sophy Hoare and Diane Long to access the teaching of . This has further developed her understanding of the importance of waking the spine in yoga postures and in life. The emphasis in her teaching is on balance of the inner energies and healing oneself and others through yoga. Jenny is also the author of several books which set out the ideas and principles behind the teaching of the Inner Yoga Trust.

Standing Sitting Walking Running:Yoga Awareness in Everyday Life Session D Saturday 11.15 – 12.45 A Standing Sitting Walking Running:Yoga Awareness in Everyday Life

13 Kanga Yoga – Emma Bonnici & Davin Jones

Emma Bonnici, is the founder of Kanga Yoga, an international Yoga teacher and Ayurveda Therapist. She has been studying Yoga and Ayurveda for over 10 years. Davin Jones teaches with confidence using anatomical terms and clear instruction to describe the correct alignment through the yogasana practice. He has achieved flexibility, strength and mental clarity through his personal practice and is able to teach yoga to practitioners ranging from beginners to advanced levels.

Kanga Yoga Kanga Yoga Session C Saturday 09.00 – 10.30 Session E Saturday 20.15 – 21.45 A A Kanga Yoga is an energetic, alignment based flow yoga practice inspired by the Kanga Yoga is an energetic, alignment based flow yoga practice inspired by the teachings of Swami Sivananda, Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar and Sri Krishna Pattabhi teachings of Swami Sivananda, Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar and Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois. Kanga Yoga adapts yoga to the individual rather than the individual to yoga; Jois. Kanga Yoga adapts yoga to the individual rather than the individual to yoga; integrating sound, asana and mudra to bring the body and mind into balance integrating sound, asana and mudra to bring the body and mind into balance and and harmony. harmony.

Kanga Yoga Kanga Yoga Session D Saturday 11.15 – 12.45 Session F Sunday 10.00 – 11.30 A A Kanga Yoga is an energetic, alignment based flow yoga practice inspired by the Kanga Yoga is an energetic, alignment based flow yoga practice inspired by the teachings of Swami Sivananda, Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar and Sri Krishna Pattabhi teachings of Swami Sivananda, Yogacharya B.K.S. Iyengar and Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois. Kanga Yoga adapts yoga to the individual rather than the individual to yoga; Jois. Kanga Yoga adapts yoga to the individual rather than the individual to yoga; integrating sound, asana and mudra to bring the body and mind into balance integrating sound, asana and mudra to bring the body and mind into balance and harmony. and harmony.

14 Lisa Lister

Crowned ‘the defender of female awesomeness’ by Cooler magazine, Lisa Lister is a certified Hatha Vinyasa Yoga, Curvy Yoga and Womb Yoga teacher who loves yoga, but found that it didn’t always suit her experience as a woman, so combined her study of Ayurveda, Yoga, Womb Wellness and Tantra to create SHE Flow Yoga; a moon and menstrual cycle-led practice that invites women to reconnect with their body wisdom and pleasure through fierce and feminine movement.

SHE flow yoga SHE flow yoga Session C Saturday 09.00 – 10.30 Session D Saturday 11.15 – 12.45 A A A fierce and feminine dance-like style of asana practice (which means we don’t A fierce and feminine dance-like style of asana practice (which means we don’t hold positions for long periods of time) that is moon and menstrual cycle-led hold positions for long periods of time) that is moon and menstrual cycle-led and and takes into account that women have boobs, bums, hips and bellies. It allows takes into account that women have boobs, bums, hips and bellies. It allows you you to connect fully with your body wisdom and to trust that it will let you know to connect fully with your body wisdom and to trust that it will let you know exactly exactly what movement it wants and needs. what movement it wants and needs.

15 Lisa Sanfilippo

Lisa Sanfilippo, BSc, MSc, RYT, is the UK’s leading teacher of yoga for insomnia, with more than 15 years of experience and action research, 10 of which teaching yoga in the UK and internationally.

Lisa has developed a range of workshops, classes and courses focused on insomnia, which have been offered at London’s top yoga studios for nearly a decade. Her approach is uniquely holistic, moving from the most physical and bio-mechanic to the deepest understanding, on a mental, emotional and soul- level, why it is that we don’t sleep and what we can do about it. Lisa’s background includes intensive training in Anusara Yoga, including yoga therapeutics and extensive studies in Tantrick yoga philosophy. She has also studied the body- mind energetic systems with Anodea Judith, the world’s foremost scholar and practitioner in yoga and the chakra system.

Lisa Sanfilippo (remotely) assisted by Shivanthi Sathanandan

Super Sleep Yoga - Yoga for Insomnia and Better Rest Session E Saturday 20.15 – 21.45 T The science of how sleep works: how much you need, why you wake up at night or find rest elusive.

The class will be accompanied by a musical soundtrack to inspire the practice.

16 Mark Walsh - Integration Training

Mark has been a practitioner of movements arts for twenty years, including several years as a full-time aikido student.

His main yoga influences are Scaravelli, Yin and Buddhist inspired teachers. He has an honours degree in psychology. He founded and runs several organisations which bring embodiment into business, to aid workers and peace activists in war zones, and trains facilitators in around twenty countries annually. He has worked with everyone from the House of Lords, to Unilever, to the Sierra Leonian Army to Occupy; and yoga teachers of all major styles. His YouTube channel has over 8 Million hits and he’s now getting self conscious boasting about himself in the third person so will leave it there.

Introduction to Embodied Yoga Principles Yoga is a capitalist plot Session A Friday 14.30 – 16.00 Session D Saturday 11.15 – 12.45 A Le Yoga for deep personal insights and pragmatic application to life. A new An experiential exploration of the politics of , including some not approach to add a layer to any style of asana practice. Physically gentle, so obvious ways yoga can be both a tool for oppression and for radical activism. emotionally potentially intense. Includes Embodied Yoga Principles.

Yoga Olympics! Taking Yoga Off the Mat Session C Saturday 09.00 – 10.30 Session F Sunday 10.00 – 11.30 DP W How gentle partner yoga can reveal personal patterns and a light-hearted look at How to make a yoga practice useful for all of your life and impact what matters to how competition can be used for insight too. You won’t find this anywhere else. you - from work, to relationships to children. A unique workshop using Embodied Includes Embodied Yoga Principles. Yoga Principles. Physically gentle, emotionally potentially intense.

17 Nick Edge

As a born seeker the yoga I teach has a very meditative and reflective approach. This approach has been fundamentally inspired by my time at Mandala Yoga Ashram, where I completed my yoga teacher training, under the direction of Swami Nishchalananda.

I have found the use of sound plays an important part in what I hope to share with others – it can deepen our experience and open us up to the possibility of perceiving hidden aspects of our Being. And it is this inner voyage of discovery that is the very essence of Yoga.

Yoga Nidra and the Sound of the Gong Pranayama – The science of Energy Session B Friday 20.15 – 21.45 Session E Saturday 20.15 – 21.45 YN Pr Yoga Nidra is a powerful and proven method designed to induce deep relaxation Whilst obviously being centered around working with the breath, the aim of on the physical, mental and emotional levels of our being. The sound of the gong pranayama is to harmonize and liberate energy within the system. In doing so we can add a whole new dimension to our practice of Yoga Nidra. With sound no can we feel more vital and balanced physically and mentally. At least as importantly effort is required – the sound happens and we are simply aware of its effects as pranayama can be a gateway to meditative states where we are more receptive to they arise. This is a session to come along and just enjoy – a bit of self- nurturing. insight – where the unknown can become known. Like all yoga practice, pranayama does not have to be complicated to be effective and we will work with a variety of Gyana Yoga – The Essence of Enquiry practices including vitalizing, calming and balancing. Session C Saturday 09.00 – 10.30 M Yoga Nidra and the Sound of the Gong Gyana Yoga is the yoga of Insight and realisation. It can be mistaken for a path of Session F Sunday 10.00 – 11.30 thinking and the intellect – this is not the case. It is a path of enquiry, of seeking YN knowledge and experience that is currently hidden from view. The session Yoga Nidra is a powerful and proven method designed to induce deep relaxation involves meditation, reflection and discussion using passages and quotes from on the physical, mental and emotional levels of our being. The sound of the gong various texts (yogic and non-yogic). Far from being a “dry” practice, Gyana yoga can add a whole new dimension to our practice of Yoga Nidra. With sound no effort can be one of the most adventurous and exhilarating aspects of yoga. is required – the sound happens and we are simply aware of its effects as they arise. This is a session to come along and just enjoy – a bit of self- nurturing.

18 Norman Blair

Norman began practicing yoga in the early 1990s and he has been teaching since 2001. His practice and teaching embrace both ashtanga yoga and yin yoga as well as mindfulness meditation. Through significant periods of training with teachers such as Hamish Hendry, Judith Lasater, Richard Freeman, Alaric Newcombe and , he has gained the 500 hour accreditation. He believes that yoga is accessible to all of us and through regular practice we can experience profound changes in our mind and body.

His own experience has taught him that yoga is an enjoyable way to release and make available energetic potential to enhance our lives. Yoga can help us to become more flexible, physically stronger and improve our stamina, focus and awareness.

Yin Yoga Session F Sunday 10.00 – 11.30 A Space to soften and room to relax: make space to soften and room to relax. This practice will be a gentle rebalancing of body and mind through the forms of Yin yoga (where the postures, all seated, are held for several minutes), pranayama and sitting meditation. We are continually given the choice between contraction and expansion, between closing and opening, between fear and love. Come along to this practice to expand, to open, to love.

19 Pauline Sawyer

Pauline Sawyer Course Teacher Pauline Sawyer is one of the founders of the Inner Yoga Trust. She has practiced and taught yoga on an inner level since 1979 and took her Iyengar Elementary Certificate in May 1987. Her deep insight and understanding of the body and its link to the mind and spirit comes through her personal practice and extensive study of other disciplines. Pauline obtained a teaching certificate in May 1983 in Applied Kinesiology, and has attended mindfulness courses.

Working with trauma survivors Session E Saturday 20.15 – 21.45 D How can yoga help trauma survivors? Come to this small, intimate session to learn how.

20 Philip Xerri

Philip studied yoga and pranayama with Dr. Swami Gitananda in India 1980/1981, graduated with an Honours degree in Comparative Religion 1984 and a Post Graduate Certficate of Education in Religious Studies 1985. Philip Xerri has experienced many different schools of yoga, qualified in Remedial Massage, Reflexology and Touch for Health. Philip Xerri has run Yoga Quests for the last 25 years.

Pranayama and the Chakras Yoga tales Session A Friday 14.30 – 16.00 Session E Saturday 20.15 – 21.45 Pr S Pranayama and the Chakras. Prose, Poetry and Stories - with a Yogic twist.

Pranayama Nadi Shodanah Session D Saturday 11.15 – 12.45 Session F Sunday 10.00 – 11.30 Pr Pr We have ways of making you breathe! Unlocking the gates at the entrance to Shushmna.

21 Richard Lister

Rich Lister is a trained nurse (DipN) with over 10 years experience within the NHS, and most recently within a busy Major Trauma centre. A Yoga teacher trained and experienced in Hatha Vinyasa and RadicalRest: Yoga Nidra, both of these tools are great at healing, but to bring it all together he is also an Ayurvedic Therapist.

Mukti Flow Yoga Session D Saturday 11.15 – 12.45 M An exercise in moving meditation. Sync your breath to your movement to produce a meditate movement practice as your body follows its spanda to find your edges and push into them.

RadicalRest: Yoga Nidra Session E Saturday 20.15 – 21.45 A, YN, Ay Delve deep into your meditative practice with this unique blend of Asana, Ayurvedic massage and deep yoga nidra. You will experience connective pranayama practice, a short movement practice, followed by guided Ayurvedic massage, and then a deeply nidra.

22 Richard Kravetz and Ingrid Stone - Yoga for Alzheimers

Richard Kravetz, BWY teacher of many years standing and member of the Dementia Friends focus group will teach a session on yoga for alzheimers with a short talk by the founder of Yoga for Alzheimers, Ingrid Stone.

Making the BWY the most dementia friendly organisation Session A Friday 14.30 – 16.00 D How to make a yoga class dementia friendly for student and carer alike. How to get involved with this summer’s Yogathons either as a teacher or student.

Yoga for Alzheimers Session E Saturday 20.15 – 21.45 D How to make a yoga class dementia friendly for student and carer alike. How to get involved with this summer’s Yogathons either as a teacher or student.

23 Sarah Lionheart

I am a reluctant yogi in that I did not choose yoga, it was taught to me to help me through the severe trauma of three months of captivity, rape and torture in an ashram in India back in the mid 80’s when I was 26.

I went on to train and then teach at the request of my own teacher. I now teach mindfulness and compassion without religious dogma but I don’t teach very much these days as I am busy singing, sailing the seas and having enormous amounts of fun. I have experience of PTSD and ME/CFS which impacts on how I teach and how I see the world. I tend to avoid being involved in organisations and religions - I have experienced the down sides of both.

Mindfulness and Self Compassion Tools to teach students and use yourself Session C Saturday 09.00 – 10.30 D, M Teaching some specific tools to pass on to students including the Three Minute Breathing Space, The Raisin Exercise, Mindful awareness, Nurturing Self Compassion. Time for questions about meditation.

Mindfulness and Self Compassion Tools to teach students and use yourself. Session F Sunday 10.00 – 11.30 D, M Teaching some specific tools to pass on to students including the Three Minute Breathing Space, The Raisin Exercise, Mindful awareness, Nurturing Self Compassion. Time for questions about meditation.

24 Shivanthi Sathanandan

I discovered yoga in 2000 and hasn’t looked back, qualifying as a Vinyasa Flow teacher in 2013. My early experience included a practice of Mysore Asthanga Yoga but in recent years I’ve been influenced by a variety of different practices, in particular the joyfulness of Anusara Yoga and the precise alignment of . I am passionate about helping people become more present and connected to their bodies and has found this to be a fundamental part of her clinical practice as a psychiatrist.

Yoga in the World of Modern Psychiatry Session C Saturday 09.00 – 10.30 D An overview of the possibilities for yoga in the today’s NHS, especially in mental health services. Discussion and Exploration of the role of the yoga teacher and how to start working in the NHS. A look at practices that might be useful and tips on adapting our practices for this challenging student group.

25 Wendy Teasdill

Wendy began her yoga practice with pranayama in 1979 and went on to study Iyengar Yoga, the precision and attention to detail of which underpins her practice to this day. Working through her own pregnancy, and later with many pregnant and post- natal women, has led her to develop an asana practice which integrates pranic awareness and, often, sound and mantra. As well as training new yoga teachers, Wendy also teaches the post-diploma Pregnancy Yoga module for BWY teachers. She is based in Glastonbury.

Unlocking the hidden powers of the Rhinoceros Asana Session D Saturday 11.15 – 12.45 A The Pradipika tells us there are 84 passed on to us from Shiva; Goraksha says 840,000. But perhaps there are as many asanas as animals on the planet ... asanas being the result of direct observation of wildlife. Having spent time over the last few years intrigued by the rhinoceroses of Chitwan, Nepal, Wendy wonders: where did the Asian Rhinoceros Asana go?! In this session Wendy will be exploring the history, attributes and teachings of Rhinoceros Unicornis. A practical session working from the physical to the mystical in order to carefully uncover the secrets beneath the draped skin of this magnificent and maligned beast.

26 Yogachariya Jnandev Giri

Yogachariya Jnandev founder of Yoga Satsanga Ashram. Jnandev grew up in India and studied Yoga under several different Swamijis and particularly gravitated towards the teachings of Swami Gitananda Giri of Ananda Asham, Pondicherry, India.

Whist Jnandev was in India he studied Yoga both academically and in the traditional authentic setting of the Guru Kula. From Jain Vishnu Bharat University he acquired an Msc in Yoga and Preksha mediation gaining the top student Gold medal award. Jnandev came to the UK 7 years ago and has established Yoga Satsanga Ashram a Yoga Teacher training school with his wife and their 3 sons on the boarders of Pembrokeshire.

Raja yoga, Patanjali and their importance in today’s world Gitananda Hatha Yoga Session A Friday 14.30 – 16.00 Introduction into Dynamic, Authentic, Scientific and Spiritual Approach Le of Hatha Yoga in Rishiculture Gitananda Tradition or commonly known as ashtanga yoga of Patanjali is divided into Session C Saturday 09.00 – 10.30 eight steps or limbs. Raja means royal or king. Yoga is derived from root YUJ A, Pr, Ph means uniting. Yoga is uniting the soul with the supreme soul. There are many In this hatha class we will work on some general warm ups through the whole body, styles of paths yoga yoga like hatha-yoga, kundalini yoga, tantra yoga, mantra Kriyas- flow from pose to pose with deep breathing to release the blockages and yoga, bhakti yoga, nada yoga, etc. Raja-Yoga is highest among them for seekers enhance energy and blood circulation in muscles and joints. This will lead into aspiring for spiritual evolution. Raja Yoga is a path which includes tools on some postures to explore our energy and learning to channel from lower to higher physical, mental, emotional, social, material and spiritual level for cleansing, consciousness. And finally relaxation to refine our body, mind and senses and growing and maintaining harmony and balance. achieve a deep state of relaxation and allow our bodies to heal.

Dharna or Concentration to practice and Dhyana or Meditation to experience Session F Sunday 10.00 – 11.30 Le, DP, M, Ph This will be a part lecture or discussion and part practice. We will work on few very simple but intense dharanas from Vijnana Bhairava Tantra which help clearing whirlpools of mind and naturally leading to meditation.

27 Congress Market Place

This year the Market Place will be located in the Butterworth Hall in the Arts Centre, offering an opportunity for some retail therapy. Whether you simply browse, try or buy there will be a wide range of products and services on offer.

All of the Chakra Project team UK is delighted to Chakra design products created at The School be joining British Wheel of Yoga Congress 2016 to of Healing Arts will be available at this year’s present Chakra Project unique and colorful work. Congress 2016 Market Place with Special Discount offer 25% off for all BWY Yoga teachers and What is Chakra Project? Congress Participants on all Chakra Designs. Chakra Project is small social organization with Online and at the Congress Marketplace 2016. BWY Shop their main headquarters in North of India, where Enter this code BWY16 or just bring this code with they run a small self-help training school in you to this years Congress to get a huge discount The official online yoga shop of the British Wheel of hand stitch Chakra Art work, for the social and of 25% off. Yoga - Sport England’s Recognised National Governing economic empowerment of women in Kashmir. Body for Yoga. BWY Shop offers a comprehensive range • Chakra Aide- Memoire Wall hangings/Banners of yoga equipment including yoga mats, blocks, belts, Through the Chakra Project initiative, the women • Chakra Greeting Cards neti pots and a selection of books, CDs and yoga videos are encouraged to empower themselves by self- • Seven Chakra Design Bags to enhance your practice. The BWY-Shop also distributes love, education and training in new skills. ToeSox and keep your eyes peeled on the website for All of the Chakra products are 100% handmade some exciting new products coming soon! By setting up workshops in activities such as self- with hessian material and 3ply cotton threads from help, self-healing, chain stitch, tailoring, cutting our hand stitch training school of healing arts. The BWY-Shop donates a percentage of its sales and designing, the women learn new skills and proceeds to the British Wheel of Yoga to help in its begin to understand the art of creativity, which To view and buy the products and to know more efforts to promote yoga in the UK. in turn, boosts their confidence and morale, about the Chakra Project, please visit at :- and helps them to heal their past and create Exclusive offers for Congress delegates will be better future. www.chakraproject.co.uk offered nearer the time. But don’t miss out on our www.facebook.com/chakraprojectuk monthly emails which detail special offers and new www.twitter.com/chakraprojectuk products throughout the year. www.instagram.com/chakraprojectuk

28 Congress Market Place

This year the Market Place will be located in the Butterworth Hall in the Arts Centre, offering an opportunity for some retail therapy. Whether you simply browse, try or buy there will be a wide range of products and services on offer.

Saffron Alice Jewellery

Handcrafted jewellery, specialising in Om and Chakra jewellery, using silver, gold and semi precious stones.

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29 Congress Market Place

This year the Market Place will be located in the Butterworth Hall in the Arts Centre, offering an opportunity for some retail therapy. Whether you simply browse, try or buy there will be a wide range of products and services on offer.

Yogandha oils are a luxurious family of fragrant Yogamasti is an online Yoga shop selling It all started with our classic elephant mat bag, oils used to heighten wellbeing & self- beautiful and practical Yoga clothing for Men now we have loads of products available! connection, nourishing mind, body & spirit. and Women. Our collections include Hand painted machine washable looks, Organic lycra Working with families in India using fair trade The use of fragrance will enhance your state of clothing, life style looks in super sift viscose principles under the Yogamalai label, Yoga mind and body. These powerful oils will revive, lycra, Practice garments in moisture resistant United design and manufacture all sizes of invigorate and recreate that perfect harmony - fabric and of course lots of chakra products. yoga bags, props and gifts in vibrant Indian not just in your mind, but physiologically. We also do yoga equipment, and many other colours with luxurious details. accessories including yoga mat bags. Ask us about wholesale discounts for BWY teachers, and studios. Lots of new lines added since last year. Excellent congress discounts! If you’d love to take your students to India, Yoga United organize holidays in Kerala so you Look forward to seeing you all again - SHOP online can concentrate on teaching – come and talk for yogamasti products- www.yogamasti.com to Judy or email [email protected] LIKE us on www.facebook.com/yogaclothes Email- [email protected] Tel: 0044 2476 996218

30 What you need to know

Please remember... The Venue You will need to walk outdoors to The University of Warwick lies on the outskirts of Coventry, at the very heart of access the restaurant, England and is easily accessible by road, rail & air. Facilities at the University include accommodation & a bookshop, pharmacy, cinema, hairdresser, newsagent, Post Office, supermarket & practice rooms, so please laundrette. There are 3 major banks on campus with cash dispensers. bring a coat & umbrella. Accommodation

All bedrooms are en-suite and have clock radio, free internet access (need to bring The BWY is recognised by cable), tea & coffee making facilities, hairdryer and are fully equipped with towels Sport England and The Sport and toiletries. Iron and ironing boards are available in the kitchen / lounge areas. and Recreation Alliance There are no phones in the bedrooms. (formally the CCPR) as the National Governing Body for Wifi is available in all bedrooms, PCs with free internet Yoga in England. As the NGB access and email access are available for both for Yoga we also accredit day & residential delegates in the Conference Reception. other organisations teacher training programmes. Sports facilities

Sports facilities are available to delegates free of charge. You will need to take your room key in order to access the facilities. These include an indoor heated swimming pool, squash courts, equipped gymnasium and outside tennis courts. The general opening times are 7.15am - 9.30pm daily.

About the BWY

The BWY is recognised by Sport England and The Sport and Recreation Alliance (formally the CCPR) as the National Governing Body for Yoga in England. As the NGB for Yoga we also accredit other organisations teacher training programmes.

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