Workshops & events


Post-graduate study - The Katha Upanisad
Sept
29

Post-graduate study - The Katha Upanisad

This astonishing text from the Black Yajur Veda is a beautiful dialogue between a precocious young man called Naciketas and Yama, the god of death.

Valerie Fimat-Faneco will extract some of the most well-known and important verses illustrating the ideas found within the Kaṭha Upaniṣad.

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Meditation
June
20

Meditation

It has been said, it takes 3 weeks to break a habit. Explore the concept of vairagyam (detachment), make a vow, and make a change.

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Inversions and arm balances
Nov
18
to 9 Dec

Inversions and arm balances

Ever wanted to learn some yoga arm balances or inversions outside of those done in your regular practice? Come to our 5 week series which will include a 30 minute vinyasa to warm your body, followed by some skills and technique to prepare for inversions and arm balances.

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iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation Workshop
Feb
25

iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation Workshop

Are you curious about learning Meditation as a form of self-inquiry?

iRest is a modern day adaption of the ancient practice of Yoga Nidra. It’s goal is to reconnect us with our deepest, most intuitive and spontaneous intelligence - our Essential Nature. To welcome life on its terms and to meet each moment without agenda or expectation.

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Vedic chanting classes
Feb
4
to 18 Feb

Vedic chanting classes

Join Fiona Hardie, AYC’s vedic chanting teacher and learn the mahanarayana upanisat -sometimes known as prane nivisto - and is the chant from which one of mantras Barb uses regularly is drawn - 'pranaya svaha'.

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City retreat
Dec
27
to 31 Dec

City retreat

We end our year with our traditional 5 day ‘city retreat’. Balance the overstimulation of Christmas, gently letting go of 2022, holding the treasures to inspire us into 2023. We offer 2 hours a day with an option of 1 hour.

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