Abergavenny Yoga
Class Dates and Times
Venue
The Dance Studio, Pen y Pound, Abergavenny Yoga class takes place in a spacious, airy room that many years ago was the gym of the Boys Grammar School, Abergavenny. The building is behind the Drama Centre/Melville Theatre where Gwent Theatre was based until recently. Directions Go up Pen y Pound towards King Henry VIII Comprehensive away from the A40, (and the war memorial and Tesco at the end of Frogmore St.). The Drama Centre/Dance Studio is on the right just after the first church (the Presbyterian Church). The buildings are on the corner with Park Crescent and are set back from the road behind a low stone wall with railings. Drive into the yard and then round to the right behind the first building and the Dance Studio is straight ahead of you. There is usually ample parking.
Cost
Classes cost: £5/class when you pay for the whole term. £6/class to try out for one lesson then £6/class for the remainder of the term when you join the class part way through the term
Getting Started
My Background
My Background I attended yoga classes for many years with different teachers who taught different styles of yoga. I started to study yoga more deeply in 2002 and began teaching in 2003. Through 7 years of part time study with Paul Harvey I am a qualified yoga teacher registered with the British Wheel of Yoga (which is the Sports’ Council’s recognised national yoga body in Britain). Paul Harvey’s long course, has given me a basis on which to teach classes and to work therapeutically through yoga with individuals. I have recently registered with the newly set up Complementary u0026#038; Natural Health Care Council a Government recognised body which registers natural health care practitioners following the development of a set of guidelines for minimum levels of training etc. Yoga Therapy was one of the first therapies to be accepted. Since 2002, I have practised yoga regularly on my own under the guidance of an individual teacher. This self practice is central to the development of my own teaching and understanding of yoga. My aim is to teach for increased suppleness, strength and stamina of the body and to help calm and steady the mind. Working the body with the breath isu0026hellip;
About Yoga
About Yoga In yoga we work to get to a state of concentration through intense physical and mental effort. It can be seen as an art and a fascinating and helpful pursuit for many people. Yoga can also be used to help work with the effects of problems and illnesses. In this way it can be seen as therapy. Underlying everything is the idea of yoga as self-enquiry. Yoga can be used as a tool for understanding more of our deeper patterns by enquiring into and beyond the everyday self. This can allow our actions or especially re-actions to be less influenced by our more usual patterns and their history. These three aspects of Yoga are mutually supportive in helping to maintain vitality, health and purpose within the commitment and challenges of life today.
Links
Links Association for Yoga Studies u0026#8211; community of teachers and students who follow this tradition in various forms. Centre for Yoga Studies – website of Paul Harvey (my teacher) and his Bristol yoga centre. The Yoga Practice – grouping of teachers/therapists from the Welsh/English border who have studied with Paul Harvey. Dance Blast at the Dance Studio, Abergavenny u0026#8211; the venue for my yoga classes. Dance Blast provides a range of activities for the whole community from the young to the not so young Complementary u0026#038; Natural Health Care Council – Government sponsored body to regulate the complementary health sector in the UK. British Wheel of Yoga in Wales – the regional body for anyone and everyone studying or teaching yoga in Wales. Under the aegis of the British Wheel of Yoga organisation. Yoga Skies – Group Yoga Classes, Individual lessons, Yoga therapy and Jyotish based in Cardiff and Herefordshire with Mike Young.
Welcome
Yoga in Abergavenny
with Tessa Turner
