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A National Trust sculpture: 'Caring for our Countryside'. This sculpture named 'Entrust' is at Brandelhowe near Derwentwater, Keswick Thanks to Margaret Beck for providing the picture.

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Regional Treasurer David Stevenson Rivendell, Tyzack St. Durham, DH7 6DS 07712 185975 [email protected]

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Editor Jacqueline Stevenson 07976 274 794 [email protected]

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Festival Organiser Sue Harding-Smith 0191 240 3061 [email protected]

Cleveland County Rep Carol Alderton 149 Harrowgate Lane, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 8UT 07969 149 721 [email protected]

Deputy Rep Marianna Fisher

Cumbria North Rep Alison Hobson [email protected]

Cumbria South Rep Gill Green 8 Sedbergh Rd, Kendal, LA9 6AD 0159 725 347 [email protected]

Durham County Rep Jacqueline Stevenson Rivendell, Tyzack Street, Durham, DH7 6DS 07976 274 794 [email protected]

Deputy Rep Fiona Duke

Northumberland County Rep Dawn Goodwill Evans Old Vicarage, Morpeth, NE61 3AR [email protected]

Deputy Rep Pam Snowball

Tyne and Wear County Rep Sue Harding-Smith 58 Rokeby Terrace, Heaton Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6 5SU 0191 240 3061 [email protected]

Deputy Rep Robyn Creighton

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Wheel North January 2018

Hi everyone, We’re fully into the four-monthly editions of the magazine now. Hopefully, this edition will be delivered more expeditiously than the last. I can only apologise for the late delivery of the Autumn 2017 magazine. As a region, we are no longer in control of the printing, except to get the document to Head Office on time. Unfortunately, not all regions did that last time and there was a delay in delivering the documents to the printers so we missed our initial printing slot. We then had to wait at the printer’s pleasure until they could find a new slot to print them all. This time, if the newsletter does not reach HO on time, it will not be printed, which should mean you get your mag on time. In any case, you will have had the opportunity to see an electronic copy so you won’t miss any events. If you’re thinking of starting a new class, the region may be able to help with setup expenses. See page 17 for details. As always I am happy to receive articles and photos for the magazine. I can’t guarantee they’ll be used immediately but I’ll keep them for future issues. Hoping to hear from you,

Jacqueline Stevenson (Editor)

Contents

Contact information 2

Regional Officer’s report 4

Cleveland rep report 6

Cumbria rep report 7

Durham rep report 8

Northumberland rep report 9

Tyne and Wear rep report 10

In Memoriam 11

St. Oswald’s Hospice 12

Pumpkin pie 13

MailChimp 14

Local events 14

Events, IST days and CPD 17

Events Planner 18

Booking procedures and information 25

Local Yoga Groups 26

Advertisements 28

Advertising and publishing deadlines

Delivery Date Copy deadline (Ads and articles)

Copy deadline (pdf to HO)

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End May 2018 3rd

April 2018 3rd May 2018 8

th May 2018

End Sept 2018 6th

August 2018 6th September 2018 11

th September 2018

End January 2019 10th

December 2018 10th January 2019 15

th January 2019


Reports

REGIONAL OFFICER’S REPORT

Hello everyone

I hope that you have had a wonderful Christmas and are all looking forward

to 2018 and all that it holds for you. At this time of year we look back and

reflect on the good and bad that has happened to us over the past 12

months.

The BWY nationally has had some successes – new website, national

occupational standards for yoga, stable financial position and a good congress

to name but a few.

Alongside these there have been a number of issues that need to be resolved

– poor communication from central office to members, niggles with the

website, confusion over the production of the regional newsletters and the

new staffing structure in central office.

Regionally, we look back on: a fantastic Festival; the development of

MailChimp to better communicate with our members; and the continued

success of IST days and other events that are very well attended.

The AGM, which was held on 19 November, gave members a chance to have

their say on how the region and the BWY performs and how it should move

forward. It's a shame that it wasn't better attended - 24 members came –

nevertheless we had a lively debate on a number of issues all of which I have

referred to the Chair of the Regional Officer’s Committee as we are

considering the BWY strategy going forward.

The lack of first aid courses – this is a perennial problem as the

Regional Training Officer does not have any means of identifying when

teachers’ certificates are ready for renewal, so we cannot effectively

plan such courses

The quality and variety of IST days


Reports

Events to be better focused on non-teaching members

Refresher training on new trends in safety in asana and anatomy

Whether the BWY could build an online library of material for members

to access as part of self-study

The age profile of members and the need to attract a younger audience

The level of BWY reserves and how they could be used to further our

charitable aims.

The National Executive Committee has asked the regions to consider the

following and get feedback from their members. If you have any comments

at all I would love to hear them – good or bad, please email me.

“The key purpose of the Regions is to engage with the membership and

provide events and activities to ensure they consider their membership

delivers value for money”

How do we successfully deliver this: is there anything stopping us from

doing this better?

Is there anything we don’t currently do that we should?

What are the key things that we do well that we need to continue

doing?

Looking forward – nationally, the Yoga Fest (previously Congress) will take

place at Warwick University on the weekend of 23 March and our local

Festival, headlined by Jane Farrimond, in early July at St Hild and St Bede

College Durham. Keep checking the website for all the events both local and

national.

Yours in yoga

Gill Gittins


Reports

CLEVELAND REP REPORT

Hello yoga friends Looking back at 2017 I’d like to applaud the continued support of yoga lovers who come along to our Saturday sessions and the teachers who present their excellent lessons. Since moving to The Wilson Centre back in July 2015 we had had ‘money in the pot’ and the price of sessions remained the same even though the hire of the hall was more than treble what the community centre used to charge us. The Wilson Centre have once again increased their hire prices and so reluctantly our sessions in the new year will now be £6 for BWY members and £7.50 for non-members. Tea and coffee will still be included. Our free day for members was Saturday 2

nd December with Lynn and Roy Moor.

Lynn demonstrated the wonderful Dru Dance with a detailed explanation. After the warm up with Roy, Lynn broke the movements down until the full Dance was completed. The feedback was so good I have booked Lynn and Roy to repeat the session for December 2018. We had a wonderful shared lunch break and everyone had a great time meeting new friends and catching up with established ones. (Picture in Local Events, Ed.) Looking ahead to 2018 all the Saturday dates and teachers are now booked for The Wilson Centre (apart from an administration error for September as I completely missed it off the list). You can see the list in ‘Local Groups

1. Cleveland

IST day is booked with Sarah Lionheart with her Meditation, Mindfulness and Loving Kindness Part 1 (more information on page 23). Please make sure you understand that Cleveland (Sunday 13

th May) Part 1 and Durham (Saturday 13

th

October) Part 2 IST days are relevant to each other and should be booked together. Priority will be given to those booking both IST days. There will also be a self-compassion workshop on the day before the IST day. May the new year bring you health, wealth and happiness.

Make every day special, Carol

1 ‘Local groups’ contains details of the beginning of the year. For full details, see the events

spreadsheet which will be made available to you online. Editor.


Reports

CUMBRIA REP REPORT

North Cumbria –

South Cumbria –

Hello All We have had a wet, grey winter, interspersed with some cold, sunny and snowy days. Now that we move into Spring and the days lengthen, may you all enjoy the feeling of new life as plants and flowers emerge. I hope you enjoy forthcoming yoga events, including the IST day at Brigsteer on March 10 when Anna Semlyen is addressing yoga and mental health. There are still some places available on this day at the moment. (For details see page 22 and for information about booking see page 20. Ed). Alison would like to draw your attention to a proposed yoga day, which will hopefully occur in March this year. She will be working with her fellow student teacher, Catriona Orr, under the banner of Yoga collaboration, to work on aspects that can't be covered in a 90 minute class. The day, which will include a vegetarian/vegan lunch and refreshments, will be in the Carlisle area. If you would like to be added to the mailing list for this event, please contact: Alison on e: [email protected] t: 07944 837596 or

Catriona on e: [email protected] t: 07496 257093

It is my intention to step down from being the South Cumbria rep after the AGM in November. If you would like to take on this role please contact me by email at [email protected].

Om shanti Gill and Alison





Reports

DURHAM REP REPORT

Hello my Yogic friends

One more magazine and as ever I’m writing my report at the last minute – there again there have to be some advantages to being the editor! It’s been a lovely bright day here today, just the kind of day to watch some birds and potter around in the garden before settling down for a cosy evening. A day of rest before the new term starts. Here we are again with a new year and no doubt many a New Year resolution has already bitten the dust. I’ve been looking at ways to establish true habits, things that you miss when you don’t do them. Depending on the change, they can take anything from 21 to 254 days to establish, but nil desperandum, one day at a time. We can use Yoga to help with this, Yoga Nidra especially, when we can set a positive intention (Sankalpa) to support our efforts. I’m looking forward to Yoga Nidra every day! Our IST day and workshop last October were both well attended and generally well received. The IST day was looking at why we do what we do in the way we do, and was largely done by way of discussion. A lot of feedback was ‘more movement would have been useful’ and I have passed this on to the Education Officer. The Workshop was more active, practicing different ways to think when doing Yoga to see the effects – e.g. just thinking about having a ‘central line’ from base to apex and through the spine created more space and length in the spine without effort it seemed. Next year we are having as our IST day the second part of Sarah Lionheart’s Mindfulness course. The first day will be in Cleveland in May. At the moment we are prioritising bookings for both days. There will also be a workshop next year on the theme of self-compassion and mindfulness. For details, see pages 25 and 26. I hope all those who came to the Durham Yoga Group free day and lunch in December enjoyed the day as much as I did. Thanks must go especially to Noel who stepped in at the last minute to take the session for us. We’re all ready for this year, as are the other two groups in the Country – Teesdale and Darlington.

I hope to see you soon at one of the many events available to you

Om Shanti, Jacqueline


Reports NORTHUMBERLAND REP REPORT

Hello again everyone,

Happy 2018 to everyone from Northumberland. “Is this now the right time to use our positive power? Make a Sankalpa: a positive intention.” (Yoga Journal.) Our Saturday morning sessions seem to be going really well with good steady attendance figures. We are attracting quite a few non-members to the sessions. August workshop: Margaret Davidson gave an amazing session on: ‘Using the Breath, Ground, the Body and the Attention’, looking at the diaphragm as a postural muscle, combined with the Psoas engaging as the primary leg muscle in order to allow a flow of movement into posture. September workshop: Vicky Batsioudi gave a fabulous session on: ‘New beginnings’. In this session we used the meditation, breathing practices, movement and relaxation as tools to help us identify where we are now and where we envision ourselves being in the future. Great preparation for 2018! October workshop: Linda Irving gave a wonderful session on: ‘Our Inner Light’ inspired by Diwali. This started with loosening postures to get in touch with our physical body and moved towards deeper stretches, followed by a candle meditation and relaxation. November workshop: Roy Moor gave us an engaging and invigorating Kosha Yoga

Practice. Pam has been very busy making sure we have an exciting calendar of interesting tutors for the coming year. Our first workshop of the New Year is (was Ed.!) with Steve Sanders

which we are really looking forward to. Our IST day is Sunday July 15

th with Wendy Teasdil. Further details will be loaded to the

BWY website and our yoga Northumberland facebook page. Wishing you peace, love and light.

Best Oms,

Dawn & Pam


Reports

TYNE AND WEAR REP REPORT

Hi Yogis,

As I’m writing it’s more than a little chilly outside. Christmas is coming and I’m looking both forward and back. The Tyne and Wear Yoga Group have two enthusiastic new helpers, both newly qualified teachers - Alex Kean and Sandra Corlett. We’re fully booked for the whole year – see later in the magazine for details. Since my last report, we have had some great sessions from Carol Watson, Alan Ross and Beverley Prevatt-Goldstein who did a session based on mudras. We had our free session on 9 December followed by a shared lunch/Christmas Party. Chris Evans led us in a Yoga 12 days of Christmas and Alex did a lovely meditation and relaxation. We asked for donations for St Oswald’s Hospice in honour of Emma Evans who was looked after by them. We raised £110. Festival arrangements are moving along nicely, with Jane Farrimond and most of the local teachers booked – see later in the magazine for more details The IST day with Marye Wyvill entitled ‘Bones for Life’ was booked up very quickly and we now have a waiting list. Many people booked in and paid on-line making things very much easier all round. You can book the Festival in the same way. Don’t worry however, if you’re a bit of a technophobe, there’ll also be the more traditional ways of booking available. I’ve had a few people asking me if there are any First Aid training sessions running. I am building up a list so if your First Aid certificate is due to be renewed let me know and once we have about 10 or 12 people I’ll get something organised. Here’s to a great 2018 Om Shanti,

Sue


In Memoriam

IN MEMORIAM

MARGARET TAYLOR

5th September 2017, aged 84

I t is with deep sadness that I write this, informing all who knew

M argaret T aylor of her passing after a brave battle with lung

cancer. We met in 1995 when we became students at the late

Donald Butler's class, she being the oldest student at 62.

After we gained our diplomas we stayed fr iends along with

Christine Elliott (now Cowling). We met often to share our yoga

practice & experiences along with a homemade shared lunch. T hose were happy days.

She then specialised in pregnancy yoga (or as she called it "Yoga for preggy mums").

T hen in the last few years there was more lunching than yoga where we all had a ball. She

did enjoy trying out different restaurants.

M argaret was a true lady, very dignified right until the end & I never ever saw her

anything other than patient, positive & cheerful.

Carol Watson

PETER BARKER

Peacefully at home after a short illness on 8th

October 2017, aged 75

Peter attended Pat Small's yoga class before he trained to be a BWY teacher. H is final

teaching practice for his diploma was attended by Donald Butler who happily told him that

he had passed and everyone was so pleased for him.

Peter was a quiet man but incredibly fit and strong and enthusiastic about yoga. He taught

for many years at Stockton Sports Centre in T ilery and will be sadly missed by his past

students.

Ruth Nichol

MARIE MAUGHAN

Peacefully in hospital on 19th

December 2017, aged 86

We have no details about M arie except that she was a yoga teacher in the T eesside area. I f

you knew her and would like to write about her for the next issue, please do.


Charity

ST. OSWALD’S HOSPICE

One Friday in late October a group of ladies gathered to celebrate a life. Emma

Evans was well known in Northumberland. Some of us knew her mainly through

her role as yoga teacher and County Rep. She also worked for the County Council

and was instrumental in the creation of beautiful parks for residents to enjoy.

We mourned her passing but she would not have wanted sadness and the idea of

celebrating her life with a morning of fun seemed more appropriate.

Betty Websell, retired yoga teacher of long standing (you may well remember her

from the occasions when she would lead circle dances at the Festival weekends),

felt that a good way to celebrate Emma’s memory would be to have a morning of

circle dancing. The session was open to anyone who wished to come along and

included seasoned dancers from the group Betty attends as well as a good

number of stumblers and beginners from the yoga groups in the area.

Betty cleverly mingled the circle dancers among the rest of us so that not too

many mistakes were made. With a lot of laughter, we set about enjoying the

morning. If you have ever taken part in a circle dance you will realise that they

are a very meditative experience. You need to keep your focus because it is easy

to forget the next step just when you think you have got the sequence into your

head. At the same time, it is good to laugh at your mistakes.

The morning went with a swing Betty and her henchman Pat (Potts) kept the

momentum up. Others of Betty’s friends provided a lavish tea/coffee break with

beautiful cakes and scones which left us groaning through the second half.

It was a lovely way to celebrate Emma and the generosity of the dancers and

other friends who were not able to come on the day raised £370 for St Oswalds

Hospice, her chosen charity. Pat Rathbone

Money was also raised for St. Oswald’s at the AGM, where we had a raffle and at

the Durham Yoga Group December session, where people paid to wear their

Christmas Jumpers (or not to wear one in fact!). Between the two days, we raised

£160. Thanks to all who contributed in any way. Jacqueline Stevenson


Recipe

PUMPKIN PIE


Local Events

MAILCHIMP

“KEEPING IN TOUCH " Contr ibu tor : Jean Sul l i van

We now have a Northern region email newsletter (MailChimp) set up to send out regular information on events etc. around the region. Members should already have received a couple of mailings in the latter months of 2017. If you haven’t received anything at all into your Inbox it might have been directed to your junk mail automatically. It is a good idea to add the email address, [email protected], to your address book; that way future mailings should come straight into your Inbox. There is no-reply to these mailings but you can ‘Click to Book’ on events, where appropriate, directly from the content. Also, they may have links in them to take you to documents of interest, e.g. the Festival Newsletter. Anyone without an email address, or with an out of date or incorrect email address on their BWY member details will not receive the mailings - please login to the new national website - www.bwy.org.uk - to check and if necessary change this information on your Member page. If you are making any changes it would be useful if you could also drop me an email and I will ensure the change is applied to the newsletter database - please send to [email protected]. If any non-BWY members would like to be added to the Mailing List please contact your County Rep with your details - or email me as above. Many thanks and Happy 2018!!

LOCAL EVENTS

DURHAM YOGA GROUP - "KUNDALINI YOGA"

“A SHARED MORNING WITH MICK BRENNAN " Contr ibu tor : Wil l i e Gi l es

Some serpents awaken a primeval fear in mankind: they are a dangerous unseen foe that can kill and in the Christian tradition are also deceivers and only fit to ‘eat of the dust of the earth’. In Mayan tradition however, the feathered serpent is seen as a dualistic god, part bird and part snake, and the creator of the Universe. The snake has another dualism, seen as either good or evil, and in the Hindu tradition is associated with desire. In Kundalini Yoga, the coiled serpent represents the spiritual energy located at the base of the spine, that, when aroused, escapes from the seventh chakra or crown, perhaps as the crowned aura representing sainthood. And so we tried to rouse the sleeping serpent with the combined use of the breath of fire (kapalabhati) and exercises designed to release the hips and the spine from the unwanted lassitude of a body area that deserves and needs constant attention. The practice was combined with meditation and as the energy climbed up the spine we recited the mantra:

Ad guray nameh, Juguad guray nameh

Sut gyray nameh, siree guroo clayv-ah nameh

To have achieved Kundalini would have been unlikely, but what a fantastic introduction to this form of Yoga that tries to experience, rather than worship, God, in recognition of wisdom that is primal, everlasting and true.





Local Events

DIPLOMA DAYS

Every other month I find myself in the company of fabulous people in the beautiful surroundings of Ovingham. These are my Diploma Days. Diploma days filled with hard work, support and dedication from all involved. Diploma days filled with laughter and joy. Diploma days that have led to lasting and precious friendships. Lesson planning and teaching practice; Assignments and Quizzes; Living and breathing Hatha Yoga Pradipika and Patanjali! Getting our heads around Anatomy, Physiology and Kinesiology, A continuous challenge but ultimately enjoyable with every ‘light bulb’ moment! Shared experiences, shared knowledge, shared everlasting love of all things yoga and not to mention sumptuous shared lunches. We all have our tasks to ensure the smooth running of each weekend. We all have our favorite yoga mat spot in the lovely Ovingham Reading Rooms. We all are very fortunate to have the skills and experience of our Diploma Tutor, Alison Hogy to support us through each fun filled but industrious weekend, alongside the unrivaled yoga style of Wendy Teasdill as a guest tutor. Positive, freethinking and continued support for each other is embraced by Nikki Bruce, Dawn Goodwill-Evans, Jodie Freestone, Rachel Noble, Sarah Givens, Susan Davies and Zoe Wigham (and Pam Snowball! Ed). These are my cherished Diploma Yogis who with me, are at the moment, (December 2017) submerged in Patanjali, but I can safely assume that we all have our heads and our smiles very much bobbing above the surface! Om Shanti Pam Snowball aka Piriformis Pam �


Local Events

CLEVELAND YOGA GROUP – DRU DANCE

DURHAM YOGA GROUP - "CHRISTMAS YOGA"

Another lovely day with the Durham Yoga group, three hours of wonderful teaching by Noel and a tasty lunch and chat after.


PPD

EVENTS, IST DAYS AND CPD

Personal and Professional Development

NEW - Teaching Bursaries

Training Bursaries

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

British Wheel of Yoga Teaching (BWYT) modules

BWYT offers modules in Ayurveda, Yoga for people living with cancer, Meditation, Yoga Philosophy, Pranayama, Yoga for Pregnancy, Post-Natal Yoga, Baby Yoga, Yoga for Children, Yoga Sutra, Vedic Chanting, Anatomy & Physiology, Yoga & Sport and Yoga for the gentle years. Personal Development modules are open to all members of BWY and Teacher Training modules to any yoga teacher with an approved teaching qualification. For more info, contact the Modular Course Officer - [email protected] or see currently scheduled modules at: http://www.bwy.org.uk/bwyt-modules

http://www.bwy.org.uk/bwyt-modules


Events

BWY Northern Region

EVENTS PLANNER

2018

Mar 4 Marye Wyvill

Bones for Life St. Cuthbert’s Hall, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, NE21 5AE

IST 18/25 Sue Harding-Smith colblackdoor@blueyonder .co.uk

Mar 10 Anna Semlyen

Towards Peace of Mind – the 3 gunas and mental harmony

Brigsteer Village Hall Kendal Cumbria LA8 8AL

IST 18/26 Gill Green 0159 725 347 [email protected]

May 12 Sarah Lionheart

Self-compassion

Long Newton, Cleveland/ Witton Gilbert, Co. Durham

Workshop 18/27 WS

Carol Alderton [email protected]

May 13 Sarah Lionheart

Meditation, Mindfulness and Loving Kindness 1

The Wilson Centre, Long Newton, Cleveland, TS21 1DD

IST 18/27 Carol Alderton [email protected]

July 7th/8

th

Jane Farrimond

Peace Hild and Bede College, Durham, DH1 1SZ

Festival 18/30 F and 18/31F

Sue Harding-Smith colblackdoor@blueyonder .co.uk

July 15th

Wendy Teasdil

TBC Stannington Village Hall, Stannington, Northumberland NE61 6AL

IST 18/28 Dawn Goodwill-Evans [email protected]

Oct 13 Sarah Lionheart

Meditation, Mindfulness and Loving Kindness 2

Cooper Hall, Witton Gilbert, County Durham, DH7 6TF

IST 18/29 Jacqueline Stevenson [email protected]

Oct 14 Sarah Lionheart

Mindfulness and Self-Compassion

Parish Hall, Edmondsley, Durham, DH7 6DW

Workshop 18/29 WS

Jacqueline Stevenson [email protected]








Events

Bones for Life

IST day Event no. 18/25

Tutor: Marye Wyvill Date: Sun 4th March 2018 Time: 10 am – 4 pm Venue: St. Cuthbert’s Hall, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear, NE21 5AE Cost: Members: £30 Non-members: £40 Event organiser Sue Harding-Smith colblackdoor@ blueyonder.co.uk @

CPD information: CPD points: 7.5

This event is now full. To be put onto the waiting list, please contact the organiser. About the Tutor Marye trained for five years at the Dharma Yoga Centre under the tutelage of Julie Friedeberger and Swami Dharmananda, and later spent four years at Mandala Yoga Ashram in Wales. She has also trained on Ruthy Alon's “Bones for Life”™ programme, designed to stimulate bone strength through natural movement and weight-bearing posture. Aims of the Day • To introduce the background and methodology

of Ruthy Alon’s Bones for Life programme • To demonstrate the two main options for the

response of the spine to pressure • To explore safe posture for sustaining the

dynamic movements that can build bone • To explore strategies for promoting uprightness

and the body-language of gentle assertion • To look at evolutionary patterns of self-

mobilisation Objectives of the Day Participants will: • learn practices which foster proportional

articulation in all major joints • learn to reorganise the most vulnerable areas of

the spine, i.e. cervical and lumbar, in a passive and organically acceptable way

• enrich their movement vocabulary by learning a variety of ways to promote uprightness

• experience how utilising evolutionary patterns of movement can enhance the efficiency and economy of our own movement

This course is aimed primarily at teachers who wish to integrate exercises designed to combat osteoporosis into their weekly classes.


Events

Towards Peace of Mind – the 3 gunas and mental harmony


Tutor: Anna Semlyen Date: Sat 10th March 2018 Time: 10 am – 4 pm Venue: Brigsteer Village Hall, Kendal, LA8 8AL Cost: Members: £30 Non-members: £40 Event organiser Gill Green [email protected]@

CPD information: CPD points: 7.5

About the Tutor

Anna Semlyen began teaching yoga in 1996. She is particularly interested in therapeutic yoga and has done a large Yoga research trial with the University of York's Health Sciences Department. She is the one author of the ‘Yoga for Healthy Lower Backs’ Book & Relaxations CD and is the BWY Specialist Advisor on Back Care & Therapeutic Research.

Course Description A practical day about the mental constitutions of sattva (harmony), rajas and tamas. Including a mental health questionnaire and three yoga plans with handouts. Yoga aims to reach. As the aim of yoga is to reach sattva, the day course shows practical ways to get there depending on the current state of mind. It's a problem-solving day with plenty of postures, breathing, meditation formats and relaxing to change the state of mind.

Aims of the Day

Present and discuss 3 translations of yoga sutra 2.18 (Patanjali)

Expand upon the gunas with the use of questionnaires and handouts.

For each of tamas, rajas and sattva discuss which yoga tools could help move towards sattva, or sustain a sattvic state.

Practice three lesson plans.

Objectives Participants will:

consider the balance of the gunas in their lives and which guna most often affects them

consider and practice hatha yoga practices to overcome tamas and rajas and move towards sattva.

consider the affects the practices have on them

apply knowledge of the gunas to teaching general yoga classes


Events

Self-Compassion workshop

Workshop – open to all

Event no. 18/27 WS

Tutor: Sarah Lionheart Date: Sat May 12th 2018 Time: 10 am – 4 pm Venue: The Wilson Centre, Long Newton, Cleveland, TS21 1DD Cost: Members: non-teachers £15 teachers £25 Non-members: £30 Event organiser Carol Alderton [email protected] CPD information: CPD points: up to 5 –according to how much the participant feels they have learnt.

About the Tutor Sarah has been teaching yoga, mindfulness and meditation since 1989. She has trained extensively in four major faith traditions: Christianity, Hinduism, Sufism and Buddhism, having been a novice nun in both Hinduism and Christianity. She is a fully trained self-compassion teacher by having trained in the USA with the best people in the field. Aims of the Day This one day workshop will include: understanding what self-compassion is

and is not the common misconceptions the experience of 'backdraft' (feelings of

shame, sadness and anxiety) when practising

We will perform various exercises including: affectionate breathing taking a pause- self-compassion break treating yourself as you would a friend soft landings recognising the inner critic soothing touch creating a compassionate figure


Events

Meditation, Mindfulness and Loving Kindness Part 1


PLEASE NOTE: This day must be booked with part 2 as the two days form a course.

Tutor: Sarah Lionheart Date: Sun May 13th 2018 Time: 10 am – 4 pm Venue: The Wilson Centre, Long Newton, Cleveland, TS21 1DD Cost: Members: £30 Non-members: £40 Event organiser Carol Alderton [email protected] CPD information: CPD points: 7.5

About the Tutor For tutor details see the preceding workshop. Aims of the Day In the morning: ‘What is mindfulness?’; Raisin Exercise; The Unsettled Mind and how to recognise and settle it; Walking Meditation; Posture; Grounding; Resting the Mind; Mindfulness Support; Support using sound. In the afternoon: Mindfulness support using breath; Mindfulness in everyday life; Three Minute Breathing Space; Underlying attitudes (non-judging, patience and trust, beginner's mind, non- striving, acceptance, letting go). Finishing the day with a loving kindness practice: tangled or metta bhavana. Objectives of the Day • To understand what mindfulness is and is

not • To know how to begin to be aware and

mindful • To understand how a variety of meditation

supports work . • To comprehend that thinking is okay and

why • To learn how to neither indulge nor push

away thinking • To experience resting the mind and how to

settle, ground and rest • To begin to understand how meditation

works on the deeper processes of the mind • To learn two mindfulness practices and

how to teach them (raisin and 3 min breathing

• To experience two practices for increasing compassion – metta and tonglen

• To be introduced to the importance of acceptance and of having a teacher


Events

Meditation, Mindfulness and Loving Kindness Level 2 IST day Event no. 18/29

PLEASE NOTE: This day must be booked with part 1 as the two days form a course. Tutor: Sarah Lionheart Date: Sat, 13th Oct 2018 Time: 10 am – 4 pm Venue: Cooper Hall Witton Gilbert Co. Durham DH7 6TF Cost: Members: £30 Non-members: £40 Event organiser Jacqueline Stevenson bwynorth.durham @gmail.com CPD information: CPD points: 7.5

About the Tutor For tutor details, see the following workshop. Aims of the Day Revision of Level One: Settling, grounding, resting and using the meditation support of sound; three-minute breathing space; Short befriending exercise (loving kindness) • Underlying attitudes and working with distraction • Body scan • Mindful movement (standing or lying down) • Introducing the undercurrent and observer • Attitudes, assumptions, expectations and goals • Identifying with thoughts, thoughts are not facts • Loving kindness, forgiveness and acceptance • Accepting a difficulty (seven steps) Objectives of the Day • Students are clear about the work covered in

Level One. • Students are clear about the attitudes of the

mind • in the body scan: develop body awareness to

recognise and distinguish physical sensations; learn to intentionally place the awareness;

learn to come back to the present moment; Treat all physical sensations with equanimity. • Learn how the mind distracts itself and become

aware of distraction • Understand backtracking and how to do it. • Appreciate being at ease with discomfort, • Begin to learn how to change the mind by

training the observer. • Begin to see how the observer has preferences

and expectations, learn to let go and accept • Learn how to see thoughts as just thoughts,

simply passing through the mind, influenced by mood and expectations, emotions and habitual thinking.

• Notice any lack of self-acceptance and unrealistic striving.


Events

Mindfulness and Self-compassion workshop Workshop – open to all

Event no. 18/29 WS

Tutor: Sarah Lionheart Date: Sunday 14th Oct 2018 Time: 10 am – 4 pm Venue: Edmondsley Parish Hall Edmondsley Durham DH7 6DW Cost: Members: non-teachers £15 teachers £25 Non-members: £30 Event organiser Jacqueline Stevenson bwynorth.durham @gmail.com CPD information: CPD points: up to 5 –according to how much the participant feels they have learnt.

About the Tutor Sarah has been teaching yoga, mindfulness and meditation since 1989. She has trained extensively in four major faith traditions: Christianity, Hinduism, Sufism and Buddhism, having been a novice nun in both Hinduism and Christianity. She is a fully trained self-compassion teacher by having trained in the USA with the best people in the field. Aims of the Day

An investigation of Mindfulness and Self Compassion including:

mindfulness in daily life self-compassion in daily life here and now stone

(please bring a small stone) letting go of resistance loving kindness cultivating the inner self compassionate

being Also including teachings about compassion and kindness.


Booking

BOOKING PROCEDURES AND INFORMATION

How to find a BWY event

Go to the website www.bwy.org.uk and logon. This will take you to your home page,

where you can see events on which you are already booked listed on the right-hand

side of the page. You will also see a calendar, ‘Your BWY Diary’ containing all events

around the country as registered on the website.

NB. If you are a teacher, there is also a box labelled ‘Events’ at the top of the page.

This is a count of the events you are registered to teach, so for most of us this is zero.

There are several ways to view events:

1. If you know the date and title of the event in which you are interested, go to

that date in the calendar and click directly onto the event.

2. Click on the Events and Training tab on your Home page where you will see

‘What’s on for your region’.

3. Scroll down the page and click on ‘What’s on in your region’ to see all the

events listed for your home region and select from the list.

4. Search by your postcode – this brings up events in a random date order and

is not recommended.

5. Scroll right to the bottom of the page, select ‘Regions’ and then the region in

which you are interested which will show you all events in that region.

If there is a place available on the event you want to attend, carry on to booking. If

not, contact the organiser to be put onto the waiting list.

Booking and Payment

In order to book a place on an event online, it is necessary to pay at the time of

booking using the PayZone system. Once you have booked you will receive an email

confirming your place and another confirming your payment.

If you are unable to pay online, you will not be able to book directly. Contact the

organiser to request a place and to arrange payment by bank transfer or cheque.

NB. This option should only be used in exceptional circumstances as it makes

administration of the event much more complex.

Refund policy

If you cancel a confirmed place on any event 2 weeks or less before the event, no

refund will be possible unless there is someone else to take your place. Before that

time, a refund or transfer to another event may be possible depending on the

circumstances.



Local groups

LOCAL YOGA GROUPS

Everybody welcome and no booking required unless specified.

Cleveland Cleveland Yoga Group Venue Wilson Centre, Darlington Road, Long Newton, TS21 1DD Time 10am - 12 noon Price BWY members £6, non-members £7.50 Contact Carol Alderton, e: [email protected] 3

rd Feb Ruth Nichol 3

rd Mar Jean Sullivan

7th Apr Stewart Jones 5

th May Noel Sharpe

2nd

June Gillian Howells 14th July Vicky Batsioudi

Cumbria North Lakes Yoga Group

Venue Newbiggin Village Hall, Nr. Stainton, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0HT This is the usual venue, check on-line for each event.

Contact Jackie Watts, e: [email protected], t: 01768 881678, w: www.northlakesyogagroup.org.uk

Four meetings a year – contact the organiser for details or check the website.

South Lakes Yoga Group

Venue Marchesi Centre, Windermere, LA23 2AF,

Contact Elaine Brown, e: [email protected], t: 01539447449

Four meetings a year – contact the organiser for details.

Durham Darlington Yoga Venue The Millennium Centre, All Saints Church, Ravensdale Road, Darlington, DL3 8DT Time 10am - 12.30 pm Price BWY members £7, non-members £8 Contact Tara Sellars e: [email protected], t: 07974677693,

w: www.dyg.org.uk

10

th Feb Jessica Weise 10

th Mar Steve Sanders

14th Apr Stephanie Powell 12

th May TBC

9th June Roy Moor 14

th July Ruth Nichol



http://www.northlakesyogagroup.org.uk/



http://www.dyg.org.uk/


Local groups

Durham Yoga Group Venue Cooper Hall, Witton Gilbert, DH7 6TF Time 10am - 12 noon Price BWY members £5, non-members £6 Contact Noel Sharpe, Jacqueline Stevenson and Yvonne Walker

e: [email protected]

17th Feb Pat Rathbone 17

th Mar Vicky Batsioudi

21st Apr Debbie Hannant 19

th May Jacqui Gunnion

16th June Laura Ridgeon 21

st July Terry Doyle

Teesdale Yoga Group Venue Eggleston Village Hall, DL12 0AH Time 10.30am - 12.30pm Price BWY members £5, non-members £6 Contact Jude Tayler, t: 01833 650760, Nic Worsnop, t: 01833 650249

24th Feb Sarah Giles 31st Mar Fiona Duke

28th Apr Susan Lodge 26

th May Samantha Lavery

30th June Marian Keay 28

th July Marion Thomas

Northumberland Stannington Yoga Saturdays Venue Village Hall, Church Road, Stannington, NE61 6E Time 10am - 12 noon Price BWY members £6, non-members £7 Contact Dawn Goodwill-Evans, Pam Snowball: e:[email protected]

24th Feb Sally Roach 31

st Mar Susan Sharpless

21st Apr Sarah Giles 2

nd June Daniel Lumley

23rd

June Melissa (laughter yoga) 28th July TBC

Tyne and Wear Tyne and Wear Yoga Group Venue Gosforth Parish Hall, Wardle Street (off Church Ave), NE3 1AN Time 10.15am - 12.15pm Price BWY members £5, non-members £6 Contact Sue, t: 0191 240 3061; Christine, t: 0191 488 8717;

10th Feb Alex Kean 10

th Mar Gillian Dodd

14th Apr Marian Keay 12

th May Spring Celebration

9th June Fiona Marshall 14

th July Susan Sharpless




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