Newsletter

Aesculus hippocastanum Our March newsletter is a celebration of the two wonderful Horse Chestnut trees that have graced Dorchester town centre for many years, companions outside the Yoga Centre since it opened. They have guided us and our practice through the seasons for nearly 8 years.

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We have had another snap of very cold weather but I have been amazed at the dedication of our students who have turned up on the coldest, frostiest days and nights with such enthusiasm. Thank you. It seems that we are desperate for our sangha, our yoga community, especially after…

Welcome to 2023!

We welcome you back to our centre, after the break. We encourage you to come back mindfully. It is so normal for us to hit the ground running in January, stop for a Summer break and then on until Xmas, where inevitably many…

At our last teachers meeting in September we grouped for a photo. There are 24 of us in total; there are 13 in the photo as 11 teachers couldn’t be there.We have been operating throughout this year offering a wide range of classes. We would like to thank you all…

Halloween, Costumes, Bonfire Night, the time of year is awash with lights and fire and spooky excitement. As our  skies darken and our clocks change I will be celebrating the older festival of Samhain. The 31st October is the night when the worlds of the living and the dead were…

We have just celebrated the Autumn equinox. The autumnal equinox as defined by astronomers usually occurs between September 22nd and 24th, the time when the sun is directly over Earth’s equator. This means everyone across the globe gets a day and night lasting approximately 12 hours each. For the Northern…

We hope you have had a wonderful Summer and maybe like us, enjoyed yoga, tai chi or pilates in some different or unusual locations. We would like to share some of our photos with you:

Phew! Yoga never stops! As we settle down to our Autumn routines,…

June has been a busy month at the yoga centre! We had an amazing three day seminar with Dr Kausthub Desikachar on cakras.

  It was very powerful and a deeply insightful way of looking at health from a non Western medical point of view. Those…

Happy June We have a busy June at The Dorchester Yoga and Therapy centre, but then it is a busy time of year as we fill all these long light days with activity! Make sure you get the right balance of yin and yang. Chrissie Haskett’s Yin workshop will do…

Welcome to our May newsletter. To lighter days, more sunshine, blooming gardens,  and bank holidays! Our horse chestnut tree outside the window is at its most glorious!

As ever, the details are below and in the calendar – please check it! With best wishes from Sharon and all the…

Despite unknown origins, Yoga was documented for the first time in the form of the Yogasutra, authored by the great Yogi Patanjali (we study this text once a month with Sarah Ryan). This text documents the entire philosophical system of yoga, exploring our deep psyche, and helps to facilitate personal…

Happy March. We have a wonderful Yoga Sangha at the yoga centre. Sangha is a Sanskrit  word that means company, or community or association. The shared sense of community amongst yoga practitioners has grown worldwide in recent years. This has helped novice yoga practitioners to assimilate more easily into the…