Two’s Company – Exploring a Partner Practice

When:  Saturday 19th February 2022, 1-4pm

Where: Yonder Studio, 4-6 Hookers Road, London, E17 6DP 

Costs: 

The first of a three-part Spring offering at Yonder. 

It’s time to reconnect with friends, family and loved ones, join our Two’s Company workshop.

A partner practice involves the qualities of being present, listening, honest communication and the ability to collaborate in both giving and receiving.

This workshop will cover: –  

  • yoga asana,
  • asana assists, 
  • collaborative stretches, 
  • balances, counterbalances and 
  • Thai massage.  

Open to all, bodywork students, teachers and trainers are welcome,  Anyone with an interest in physical movement and the human potential in partner collaboration, will get something from this offering. 

No partner necessary.  Join in an afternoon of creative connection and joyful company.

 

Covid Safety Protocol

We will be encouraging group mixing and contact and as such, every participant is required to conduct a lateral flow test and present a -ve test result on the morning of or before the workshop.

We are transitioning wearily out of this Covid pandemic but we still want to be cautious.  There will be spare test kits should you forget to test.

 

Cancellation Policy

You are advised that there is a 48 hours notice via email to hello@jaquiwan.com should you wish to cancel and claim your full refund. Failure to provide sufficient notice will result in a £10 admin fee deducted from your refund for each workshop and or each person.

There are exceptions to this if you have been told to isolate and or have had a recent positive covid test result.  A full refund will be issued upon submission of evidence to confirm your circumstance.

AcroYoga – Lunar Therapeutics @ London Bridge

AcroYoga: Lunar Therapeutics @ London Bridge

When:

  • 6th November 2021, 4.30 – 7.30pm

Where: Tokei / Hidden Gym Lion Court, 28 Magdalen Street, London SE1 2EN

Cost:

As we are all heading back into acro land, consider balancing out your solar fire practice of acrobatics with the restorative chill of lunar therapeutics.

This workshop is aimed at holding space to encourage empathetic connections, exploring therapeutic touch and the Buddhist understanding of loving-kindness “Metta Bhavana”.
 
This workshop is for: –
  • people who are new to flying therapeutics;
  • those who have not done a restorative partner practice in a while; and
  • those are feeling rusty and would like a steer back into the lunar practice of AcroYoga.
We will touch on the different aspects of this lunar practice, ranging from partner yoga, assisted stretches, Thai massage and flying therapeutics.
You can come on your own, bring a friend or partner.

 

COVID Safety Protocol

Safety is still a priority and despite the encouraging signs of decreasing Covid cases and hospitalisations, the pandemic is still morphing and around us.  For this reason, we are requesting that EVERY PARTICIPANT be required to conduct a lateral flow test and present a -ve test result within 24 hours of attending our workshop.

We are aware that the science and guidance on this is constantly changing as we transition to a new normal with Covid. But at this stage, we still feel it’s important to know that you are safe and keeping others safe too. 

Failure to conduct a Covid test of any kind will mean you will not be able to participate in this workshop. 

We will be encouraging group mixing and contact.  You are welcome to participate with your mask on or off and we will be encouraging judicious use of hand sanitiser and maybe being a hand towel in case you get hot and sweaty. 

 

COVID Safety Protocol

Safety is still a priority and despite the encouraging signs of decreasing Covid cases and hospitalisations, the pandemic is still morphing around us.  For this reason, we are requesting that EVERY PARTICIPANT be required to conduct a lateral flow test and present a -ve test result within 24 hours of attending our workshop.

We are aware that the science and guidance on this is constantly changing as we transition to a new normal with Covid. But at this stage, we still feel it’s important to know that you are safe and keeping others safe too. 

Failure to conduct a Covid test of any kind will mean you will not be able to participate in this workshop. 

We will be encouraging group mixing and contact.  You are welcome to participate with your mask on or off and we will be encouraging judicious use of hand sanitiser and maybe being a hand towel in case you get hot and sweaty. 

 

Cancellation Policy

There is no certainty as to how the Covid pandemic will evolve in the coming autumn and winter months.  For this reason, there may be the occasion to cancel the workshop due to Government guidance on social distancing. We will endeavour to inform you of any changes as soon as we are able to, this could be via a newsletter or on our social media platforms Facebook or Instagram.  Under these circumstances, full refunds will be given.

Otherwise, you are advised to give at least 48 hours notice via email to hello@jaquiwan.com should you wish to cancel and claim your full refund. Failure to provide sufficient notice will result in a £10 admin fee deducted from your refund for each workshop and or each person.

There are exceptions to this if you have been told to isolate and or have had a recent positive covid test result.  A full refund will be issued upon submission of evidence to confirm your circumstance.

 

Yoga and therapeutics for climbers at Yonder

Climbing maintenance 101 at Yonder Studio E17

 

When:  Saturday 21st March 2020, 3pm – 5.30pm 

Where:  Yonder Studio E17, 4-6a Hookers Road, London, E17 6DP

Cost: £25 per person per workshop for bookings you will need to download the MindBody App more information to follow 

Climbing maintenance 101 that brings together yoga, Thai massage and flying therapeutics.  The yoga will work on individual flexibility and getting to know your limitations;  the Thai massage allow partner work that uses gravity, body weight and harmonics to realign and release; whilst flying therapeutics involves suspended aerial inversion so that enables the base work with gravity on areas of the back and shoulders.


We will address areas specific to climbers: – 

• neck;
• shoulders flexibility and tightness;
• upper back and shoulders blades;
• mid back thoracic;
• arms, hands & fingers;
• hips flexibility and tightness and 
• lower back lumber


Open to all and especially those with want to maintain their climbing practice.  No prior experience necessary. You will be working in pairs and maybe groups of three.


 
 
 

Massage & Therapeutics for Climbers @ This is Yonder

A workshop specifically for the climbers @ This is Yonder with a focus on massage and therapeutics

 

When:

  • Saturday 28th September 2019, 2.30pm – 5pm 
  • Saturday 30th November 2019, 2.30pm – 5pm

Where: This is Yonder, 4-6a Hookers Road, London, E17 6DP

Cost: £25 per person per workshop for bookings you will need to download the MindBody App

This two and a half hour workshop will be held on held September and repeated in November.  Its aimed at climbers with the focus on the following areas: – 

  • neck;
  • shoulders flexibility and tightness;
  • upper back and shoulders blades;
  • mid back thoracic;
  • arms, hands & fingers;
  • hips flexibility and tightness and
  • lower back lumber

We will explore the healing art of Thai massage and flying therapeutics.  Thai massage uses gravity, body weight, healing touch and harmonics to realign and release.  Flying therapeutics involves a base and flyer.  The base acts as a solid structure that enables the flyer to be suspended in an aerial inversion so that they (the base) can work on the back and shoulders.

Open to all and especially those with want to maintain their climbing practice. 

No partner necessary. You will be working in pairs and maybe groups of three.

‘Massage is the only form of physical pleasure to which nature forgot to attach consequences.’ Robert Breault

The Art of Flying Therapeutics @ Yogarise Covent Garden

Discovering the world of Flying Therapeutics @ Yogarise Covent Garden

 

When: Sunday 1st December 2019, 2.30pm – 5.30pm  

Where: Yogarise Covent Garden, 13 Mercer Street London, WC2H 9QJ

Cost: £35 per person for bookings please click here 

 

Flying therapeutics involves a base and flyer. The flyer is passively suspended in the air on the base’s feet in an inversion. This allows for the yogic stretches of the upper limbs and trunk and the manipulation the body, particularly the spine; thereby actively encouraging the flow of energy upwards towards the crown of the head.
 
 
We will introduce the elementary suspended balances work through the basic moves and progress into more challenging flying sequences and transitions.

An opportunity to slow down and cultivate the art of deep listening, conscious touch and the capacity of giving and receiving.

“Massage is the only form of physical pleasure to which nature forgot to attach consequences.” Robert Breault

 

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