Finding your foundations for the new year - An Ashtanga exploration,
17th January 26, Central Methodist Hall, Oldham st.
9:30am – 1pm £35
Start your new year from the ground up.
Join me for a powerful Foundations & Grounding Ashtanga Masterclass, designed to steady your body, focus your mind, and reconnect you with the essence of your practice.
We’ll begin the morning with a guided, counted Primary Series, but with a slight twist: we’ll weave in a selection of intermediate postures to help balance out all those deep forward folds and invite new strength and space into the body.
From there, we’ll shift into a deeper exploration of bandha.
We’ll look at what bandha truly is, how it was traditionally taught, and how its application is energetic, not muscular — and absolutely not something meant to be switched on in every posture. This is an invitation to understand bandha as a subtle, foundational tool rather than a physical “lock.”
We’ll then apply this understanding in a short pranayama practice, allowing breath and energy to settle into clarity.
We’ll close the morning with a grounding meditation, leaving you centred, steady, and ready to step into the new year with purpose.
