New! Pregnancy & Postpartum Yoga Teacher Training

1-Hour Anatomy for Yoga Webinars with Karen K

Stuck for inspiration or just curious about anatomy? Join Karen on selected Fridays at 4pm for one hour of enthusiastic, fascia-aware, yoga-centric exploration of the internal workings using the Visible Body 3D software plus functional demo and Q&A.

These webinars are all now listed on our Trainings page, you can register for them individually via Zoom through to the easy PayPal payment. Your confirmation email contains the link, so just turn up on the day! Blow your mind with the awesomeness of anatomy, all dates from 1st of May through the 12th of June before Karen's 15-Hour CPD weekend of Level II Anatomy for Yoga (the Five Flows) on the weekend of 13-14th June.

All Zoomed, all full of love and wonder as usual.

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Livestreamed Yoga Sessions: schedule expanding

You can view our Livestreaming in-studio Class schedule here. Once we are fully established in this reduced number of classes, Karen will be adding some of the following sessions to the schedule, which will streamed LIVE from the Kirkness home shala:

  • 90 Minute Low Flow (Monday mornings 10 - 11:30)
    • Join Karen for a powerful sequencing improv working around functional movement principles with variations of crouch, squat, lunge, and grounding postures that pair stability with fluidity. The sequencing is inspired by Karen's research around the axial matrix, opening and awakening movement through the myofascial slings. Not suitable for complete beginners.
  • 60 Minute Riff on Intermediate Ashtanga (1pm - 2pm Saturdays)
    • Join Karen for 60 minutes working around a section of postural yoga flow based on the Intermediate series of Ashtanga yoga. Suitable for those with Ashtanga experience.
  • 30 Minutes of Arm Balancing (5pm on Fridays)
    • Stop, drop, and balance on your...
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Going Viral: Unprecedented action in the face of uncertainty

This is Karen Kirkness, owner and founding teacher of Meadowlark. I want to take this opportunity to speak to our community about the evolving circumstances around COVID-19. This is a personal message, as I take stock of the situation. It seems things are escalating very quickly, from nonchalantly dropping "use the hand gel" signs around the studio to seriously considering business survival strategies. And, as of now, we can't even get hand gel of any kind at all and it is becoming a source of real angst for people.

Truly, these are mercurial times even by my own change-happy standards. I only just started spelling 'coronavirus' correctly on Monday, now I'm researching live streaming platforms for our class timetable?! Many of us are dealing with a collective freak-out as we face up to the immediate economic realities that threaten to derail small businesses like ours. Panic-demic.

Meadowlark Yoga is a not-for-profit business built around the core idea that...

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