Workshops
Upcoming events
Setting Intentions
for 2025
December 8th, 1 – 4pm
(please stay for cake & beverages afterwards)
£45
Early Bird 20% discount £36 by 9th November
Please book directly with Vishuddha
This workshop is based on the practice of
Yoga Nidra.
Although no experience is required to attend this workshop it would be a benefit. Everyone is welcome. Please let me know if you have any health-related conditions that may affect your practice.
Outline for the Practice
Welcome & Introductions
A gentle limbering practice to prepare for Seated Gratitude Meditation
Theory and Discussion about setting a Sankalpa
Supine Meditation (Hybrid practice exploring the Pancha Maya Koshas (The 5 Layers of the Self) & the Chakras (7 energy centres))
Seated Pranayama & Bandha Practice. Using Core Strength and Breathwork to support, empower and embody your intention. Breathing out resistance and obstacles to your intention.
Main Movement Practice with Warrioresses, Goddesses & Witches (Warriors, Gods & Wizards)
Winding down with Mudra Sequences
Main Practice YOGA NIDRA
Mantra
Namaste
I will help you set up a comfortable position to sit and meditate in which is why the limbering practice at the beginning will be useful. Gratitude and Acceptance are the secrets to abundance. They help us to feel ready and able to receive our heart’s desire. The discussion will help you set up your Sankalpa which you will work with throughout the workshop. I have designed a meditation that combines the mental, physical & energetic layers of the body-mind complex to help us explore where we may feel blocked or tense and unable to open to manifesting our dreams. The breathwork will help you clear the blockages and feel more grounded and centred in your intention. The main movement part of the session will help you get a sense of embodying your intention. We will be witches, wizards, warriors, warrioresses, gods and goddesses. We will wind down with a gentle mudra sequence and this aims to strengthen your resolve. Towards the end of the workshop, there will be the full Yoga Nidra practice that we have worked towards to ensure you manifest your intention.
Rachel holds regular workshops at Vishuddha Yoga Centre.
Workshops allow us to delve into particular themes. Rachel is interested in anatomy, physiology, neurology, and how we function. She bases her workshops on the themes of Posture, Longevity, The Vagus Nerve, The Spine, and The Core and how our internal systems relate to the energy centres, The Chakras.
Workshops begin with a short, in-depth theory and followed by a long practice. They are about 3 hours long and include a long relaxation practice. You are welcome to stay for tea, coffee and cake after the workshops.
The intention for the Workshops is to give us time for a detailed exploration of familiar themes that people will have a new experience of and take the learning away with them.
Refreshments are available after the session in Vishuddha’s purpose-built Yoga Studio. It is a beautiful, modern, state-of-the-art space that is imbibed with the love and passion for Yoga.
Book Workshops directly with Vishuddha Yoga Centre
https://www.vishuddhayoga.org/workshops/sankalpa-intentions-workshop-with-rachel-james.
