Category: Yoga

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.

Online Fridays

Lunchtime Yoga Fix 

 

Updated 1/9/24

New to Online Fridays?  Please complete the questionnaire.

Where:  Online 

When: Weekly Fridays 12.15pm – 1.15pm 

Costs:

  • £10 – drop-in
  • (it will be assumed that bookings are for the nearest forthcoming Friday) 
  • £35 – monthly pass
  • (valid for one calendar monthly only) 
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This is your Friday lunchtime online Yoga Fix to recalibrate and align the body to help complete the working week and ready yourself for the weekend.

Each class slowly unfolds through a combination of simple yet focused movements to soften the outer layers of tension and activate stability from the core. The class can range from a continuous flow of asana postures synchronised to the breath to a more considered practice, focusing on bringing together a synthesis of body and mind.

Please be aware that with online streaming, I am limited in my ability to give individual and on-the-spot corrections. This will depend on the number of participants and what can be seen on the camera.  Also, individuals may decide to participate with their camera turned off, this is your choice.  Where possible I will give as many common corrections during the session as appropriate.  

There will be no class running on: – 

  • Friday 7th September 2024

 

 

 

 

 

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. 

Playful Inversions

Apologies, this workshop has been cancelled & will be rescheduled

for another time.

 

When:  Saturday 25th March 2023, 2-5pm

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

Costs: 

Exploring the joy of collaborative inversions.

This workshop is ideal for those who enjoy being upside down.  Where inversions spark joy in their yoga, movement or bodywork practice. 

We will begin with alignment techniques, strength training, the embodiment of inversions and how safely take weight on your arms and hands. Thereafter we will build up progressively working in pairs or in groups and play with collaborations and moving whilst upside down.   

Prerequisites: –

  • Should enjoy being upside down
  • Be comfortable with a headstand against a wall for at least 15 seconds

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 total refund. Failure to provide sufficient notice will result in a £10 admin fee deducted from your refund for each workshop or 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.

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