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3-Day Residential Yoga Retreat with Karen

Uncategorized Feb 04, 2024
August Residential
 
A weekend to destress and reconnect to what brings you joy. Book HERE.
 

Three days of yoga & walking in Nature, with swimming & spa available at your leisure, all in the nourishing backdrop of the Peebles Hydro and woodland surroundings.  


Friday 9th August
  • Arrive at Peebles Hydro anytime and enjoy the facilities (Hotel guests access pool & spa gratis)
  • Check-in from 3pm
  • 3:30 - 5pm Invigorating Spiral Ashtanga Vinyasa practice with Chanting & Pranayama
  • 5:30pm Nourishing 2-course plant-based dinner with fermented options in The Grill Room
  • 7pm Head outside into the surrounding woodland for an Evening walk

Saturday 10th August
  • 7:30 - 10am: Morning Ashtanga-based Yoga practice, focus on modified backbends and inversions - focus on hydration for health
  • 10:30am: Brunch in The Grill Room
  • 12pm: Woodland walk with movement in Nature (weather permitting)
  • 2pm: Granola compote fuel
  • 3:00 - 4:30: Chanting, Pranayama & Yoga...
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🦄 New: Kids Yoga Training

Join Sarah Brannen for this 45-hour training over two weekends to develop your kids yoga teaching.

Sarah offers a unique in-studio kids yoga training accredited with Yoga Alliance Professionals.
 

Learn to share yoga with children, with a focus on ages 3-9 years using imagination, stories, songs, and play.

This training is ideal for anyone who works with preschool and primary school-aged children, for parents who would like to share yoga with their children, or for yoga teachers who are interested in teaching this age group.

Embrace your inner child as we look at ways to explore yoga with young children. Expect to move, sing, laugh, and play.

11th & 12th May 2024

8th & 9th June 2024

(Days run 08:00-17:00)

Course Overview:
  • The principles and philosophy of yoga, how this applies to children and how to bring it into your classes
  • How to structure and plan practices or classes for children
  • Ways to open and close classes or practice
  • Appropriate poses and...
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Mysore Christmas Schedule at Meadowlark Yoga

Christmas schedule 2023

 

Sunday 24th Dec:

IN-STUDIO Mysore 08:00-10:00 (doors open 06:30).

ONLINE Mysore 08:30-10:15

 

Monday 25th:

Online only Free community practice 06:30-09:30

 

Tuesday 26th:

HYBRID 08:00-10:00 Led Primary Boxing day special w/Emma

 

Wednesday 27th:

Moon Day: 07:45-08:45 ONLINE Yin w/Vanessa.

PM Mysore IN-STUDIO 17:30-19:00 (doors open 17:15 - 19:15)

 

Thursday 28th:

IN-STUDIO 07:00-10:00 (doors open 06:00). Online 08:30-10:15

 

Friday 29th:

HYBRID 07:00-08:30 Led Primary only.

PM Mysore IN-STUDIO 17:30-19:00 (doors 17:15 - 19:15)

 

Sunday 31st:

IN-STUDIO 08:00-10:00 (doors  07:45).

ONLINE Mysore 08:30-10:15

 

Monday 1st Jan:

HYBRID Full Vinyasa Led Class 09:30-11:30 w/ Jenn. (This is full power Primary series with more vinyasas and coming back Samasthiti- to stand).

(No PM Mysore).

 

Tuesday 2nd Jan:

IN-STUDIO 07:00-10:00 (no 09:30 slot). ONLINE Mysore 06:30-08:15

 

Wednesday 3rd Jan:

IN-STUDIO...

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Greg Nardi Ashtanga Immersion April 2023

 

Greg Nardi returns to Edinburgh to guest teach an Ashtanga Yoga Immersion on the 20-24th of April 2023

Greg's special approach to teaching both Mysore style Ashtanga Yoga, philosophy, non āsana elements is truly inclusive and accessible for all levels.  

His Mysore rooms are small- capped at 10 people, primed with an introduction about consent for feedback/support and hands on assists. His environment provides a collaborative nature where you will gain new insights about your practice. He invites you to attend with an established practice of any length or proficiency

Last year, Greg brought an in-detail conversation about post-lineage practice which was both engaging and relevant for the what we were working towards in our community. This year he will be offering a more historical engagement, as well as continuing conversations about lineage and tradition in a conference (q&a format) event on Sunday 24th...

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Introducing the Mysore teaching team

Our Mysore team at Meadowlark is made up of 5+ teachers and team and several assistants that support our gloriously big program that runs up to 5hrs a morning- 6 days a week, evening program and dedicated online community also. 

Despite Emma Isokivi being our Mysore director, the program is most definitely a collaborative effort, which brings the joyful bonus of bringing a bigger spectrum of diversity, knowledge and skills to the wider community. 

We wanted to share a little information about who all these lovely faces (and beyond) are in the photo above.

There is a historical lineage to many of our teachers here that you should know about, starting with the formidable Karen Kirkness- Meadowlark's founder who begun the Mysore program over 13 years ago.  All of our Mysore teachers are, first and foremost, students of at least 10+ years of daily practice and assistants all of at least 3+ years or more. To join our teaching team there is waiting list, with...

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Mysore program Autumn updates

Our Mysore program director Emma Isokivi is about to go on mat leave, so writing some exciting updates and plans for what the next few months will look like for our Mysore program at Meadowlark. You can stay very up-to-date with information via our Mysore monthly newsletter sign up here and Facebook private group

Hi folks! 

2022 has been a wonderful so far and not boring specifically for me and my family and now imminently expecting baby no.2. 

Our Mysore community goes from strength to strength and it's been a joy to grow the program again post-pandemic into a full and fruitful community again with the support of our Mysore teachers/assistants.

 

As expected lots of you have been asking, who's teaching when I'm away. Good question!  Here are the plans below...

  • My plan is to return in February 2023 and also be at the shala for Friday pranayama/chanting and monthly community conference before then.  During the next few months, we...
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2023 Mysore program Moon days

In our Ashtanga Vinyasa Mysore program here at Meadowlark we observe the “moon days”.  This means on the full and new moons we invite our community to take rest from our more regular practice of Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga. 

There are a variety of reasons for observing the rest days, and for many who practice daily (6 days per week) the extra rest and observation of fluctuations in one’s energy over periods of time is welcomed. 

During these days we invite our community to focus on other areas of practice, including and not limited to prāṇāyāma, meditation, chanting, gentler āsana practice like yin yoga which we offer.  It also invites you to observe the attachment you may have to your ‘normal’ practice.

 

After advice from Hamish Hendry of Ashtanga Yoga London (who follows the Panchang Hindu Calendar for their Moon day scheduling) and carefully observing our sunrise times here in Edinburgh, Scotland we have chosen to closely follow...

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Mysore Intensive and Workshop with Sarah Hatcher 2021

Uncategorized Sep 08, 2021

Sarah Durney Hatcher is our former Mysore director, teacher of many of our Mysore team, beacon of light and inspiration to us will be joining us in-person in November for a 4-day Mysore intensive and workshop.  We can't wait! 

17th - 21st November 2021

Students can choose to join: 

06:00-08:00 Mysore slot + Saturday workshop

08:00-10:00 Mysore slot + Saturday workshop

Saturday only workshop (09:00-17:00 at Beetroot Sauvage).  

BOOKING HERE

  • Each Mysore session will give you an opportunity to dive into your practice by starting with breathing and bandha work followed by Mysore practice and chanting. All levels are welcome from Primary to 4th series students. 
  • Saturday's workshop will investigate the classic ashtanga yoga themes of vinyasa, drishti, bandha, breath and concentration. It is a whole day workshop with a lunch break at Beetroot Sauvage (amazing food can be bought at the cafe downstairs also). 

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Online Mysore 2021 and beyond

One of the remarkable things we have learnt this past years, is how success practicing and teaching online Mysore style Ashtanga Vinyasa is.  The ingenuity of how practitioners adapt to practicing at home has been truly a marvel to observe and support and we are excited to continue this part of the community long term. 

Our online Mysore program is largely taught by the *incredible* senior Mysore teacher Amy Hughes. With the rest of the Mysore team supporting and covering her at times. 

Before I dive any further, in the times were we do not have a quiet, dedicated online only time-slot, you'll see this phrase *Mysore connected.  This means that while our in-person Mysore room is open there will be an online connection streaming from the room.  The teacher running the physical room will also provide some small instructions and guidance for those online via this stream.  It still keeps us all *connected* as we navigate this next part of the covid...

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Covid safety for your in-studio Mysore class

We want everyone to feel as safe and as comfortable as possible to be able to attend our in-studio Mysore classes, alongside our extensive online offering. 

See below some finer details and points around a Covid “walk through”; entering and exiting your in-studio Mysore class so you can prepare in advance before arriving for the first time: 

  • As per all the general advice NHS/ Scottish Government, please stay at home if you are unwell or presenting any Covid-like symptoms. 
  • Please wear a face mask before entering the building. We will be asking all of our community to wear a mask in the communal spaces, until they reach their mat. 
  • There is a hand sanitising station before the internal glass door, please sanitise before using the keypad (code is as before, do ask the Mysore teachers/ knock on external windows if you can’t remember it). This keypad will be cleaned before, during and after each mysore session. 
  • There will be no sign in...
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