Category: Workshops

Yonder Spring Series 2025: Yoga Asana, Alignment & Assists

Understanding Asana, Alignment & Yoga Assists

When: Saturday 17th May 2025, 2 – 4.30pm 

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

Costs: £35

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Discover the historical lineages of the physical practice of yoga often referred to as yoga asana.  We will cover the anatomical alignment of yoga poses and the potential of yoga assists. 

This workshop brings together my 22 years of experience in teaching yoga asana, seeing bodies in practice; applying my knowledge as a bodyworker and yoga practitioner.  For more info about me see the following link. 

This workshop is for inquisitive yoga practitioners who wants to:–

  • evolve and inform their yoga asana practice;
  • understand the balance between body anatomy and yoga alignment; and 
  • explore the nuances of yoga assists.

Open to anyone with an interest in yoga asana whether they be a beginner or with multiple years of experience.

We will cover: – 

  • the historical traditions and lineages of yoga asana;
  • the alignment principles of at least ten key yoga asanas/poses found in most yoga asana classes and how it applies to different bodies and flexibilities; and
  • the art of helpful adjustments, what is appropriate and what is not.

Come with your questions and thoughts about your own practice, there will be room for us all to share and learn together. 

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Jaqui Wan Bio

Jaqui is a supportive yet challenging teacher.  She has a yoga practice spanning 28 years and 18 years of teaching experience.  In 2006 she was one of the first acroyoga teachers in Europe and is a keen acrobat and Thai massage practitioner.  She is a creative teacher who is both inclusive and supportive; her ongoing ethos is to advocate for playful collaboration and connections.

 

Yonder Spring Series 2025: Partner Yoga & Thai Massage

Delving into Collaborations & Connections

When: Saturday 12th April 2025, 2 – 4.30pm 

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

Costs: £35

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Slowing down, allow yourself to cultivate connection and conscious listening.  This workshop will cover partner yoga, partner stretches and Thai massage techniques.

Partner yoga and stretches is: –

  • the physical concept of listening and collaboration;
  • an engagement in assisted and supported yoga stretches; and
  • the ability to connect with both breath and touch.

Thai massage is: – 

  • the physical embodiment of the Buddhist concept of loving-kindness ‘Metta Bhavana’;
  • a bodywork to address alignment & rebalance of energy in the body; and
  • referred to, by many, as the “lazy person’s yoga”.

‘Massage is not just a luxury it’s a way to a happier and healthier life.’ Anon

Open to all with an interest in massage techniques.  No partner is necessary.  Come with a willingness to learn something new.  

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Jaqui has a yoga practice spanning 28 years and 18 years of teaching experience.  She is both an AcroYoga teacher and Thai massage practitioner.

Yonder Spring Series 2025: Exploring Inversions & Arm Balances

Exploring the world of balancing on your hands.

When: Saturday 1st March 2025, 2- 4.30pm 

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

Costs: £35

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This workshop is ideal for anyone with a regular yoga or movement practice, essentially for those who are keen discover more about their inversions and arm-balancing potential.

We will cover the holy trinity of classic inversions: –

  • Sirsasana / headstands,
  • PIncha Maryasana / forearm balances and
  • Ardho Mukha Vrksasana / handstands.

We will there after explore a range of arm balances which may include: –

  • Tittibasana / firefly,
  • Bakasana / crow,
  • Parsva Bakasana / side crow,
  • Eka Pada Koudiyasana / split leg arm balance,
  • Eka Pada Galvanasana / one legged balance,
  • Eka Hasta Bhujasana / one leg over arm balance,
  • Astrabakrasana / figure of eight pose

We will cover alignment techniques, strength training, the embodiment of inversions and how safely take weight on your arms and hands.

We will build up progressively working on upper body stamina, core conditioning and wrist and finger power.

Prerequisites:-
Should be comfortable being upside down and be able to do a headstand against the wall.

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Jaqui has had a long-standing fascination with inversions and arm balances. Since certifying as an acroyoga teacher in 2006, she has been working on handstands and believes it’s a never-ending journey of ‘work in progress’.

AcroYoga Lunar Autumn Series at Yonder

AcroYoga Lunar Series at Yonder E17

 

When: 

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

Costs: £35 for each workshop 

 

AcroYoga Lunar Series

This is your opportunity to slow down, cultivate connection and conscious listening.  These two workshops offer an introduction to partner yoga, Thai massage and flying therapeutics.

These practices embody the restorative side of AcroYoga. It will enable you to explore methods of being present and the importance of shared physical well-being.

 

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AcroYoga Lunar: Partner Yoga & Thai Massage

Saturday 19th October 2024 2pm – 4.30pm

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Slowing down, allow yourself to cultivate connection and conscious listening.  This workshop will touch on partner yoga and thereafter introduce Thai massage techniques an act of conscious loving kindness.

Partner Yoga: –

  • introduces the physical concept of listening and collaboration;
  • is an engagement in assisted and supported yoga stretches; and
  • the ability to connect with both breath and touch.

Thai massage is: – 

  • the physical embodiment of the Buddhist concept of loving-kindness ‘Metta Bhavana’;
  • a bodywork to address alignment & rebalance of energy in the body; and
  • referred to, by many, as the “lazy person’s yoga”.

‘Massage is not just a luxury it’s a way to a happier and healthier life.’ Anon

Open to all with an interest in massage techniques.  No partner is necessary.  Come with a willingness to learn something new.  

 

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AcroYoga Lunar:  Flying Therapeutics

Saturday 16th November 2pm – 4.30pm

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Learning to fly, requires you to trust and let go.  This practice is both unique and stimulating, one is suspended in the air, allowing the practitioner to work with the weight-bearing gravity of the flyer. 

Flying therapeutics is: –

  • being suspended in the air on the base’s hands and feet;
  • being flown, often in an inverted position, where gravity aids length and space to the torso, shoulders and spine; and
  • through a sequence of assisted stretches, encourages the feeling of flight and lightness.   

We would recommend attending the Partner Yoga & Thai Massage workshop to attain the most out of our Flying Therapeutics workshop.  Open to all with an interest in massage techniques.  No partner is necessary. You will be working in pairs or in groups of three.  Come with a willingness to learn something new.  

Inversions and Balances at Yonder

A Yonder Collaboration 

When: Saturday 13th April 2024, 2-4.30pm  

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

Cost: £35 

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Ever thought about doing classic inversions, be it headstands, forearm-stand and handstands?  Here is your chance to turn your world upside down.

We spend an afternoon exploring the world of balancing on your hands. We will build it up progressively working on upper body stamina, core conditioning and wrist awareness. We will work in pairs presenting the art of spotting inversions to help with both alignment and ensuring safety in the room.

There will be an opportunity to get creative exploring: –

  • inversions with leg variations and different body shapes;
  • asymmetric inversions and balances and
  • partner inversions. 

This is ideal for the person who has a regular yoga practice and who is keen to discover more about their inversion potential. Open to all.

This workshop aims to challenge and inspire, you may not be able to do everything presented: but you will have the building blocks and tools to evolve. 

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