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Welcome to our November newsletter 🙂

These babies have certainly enjoyed being back in the studio, these four have just completed my first baby massage course back in the centre, and are showing off babies natural ability for yoga with their beautiful upper backbends.

The next course starts on Thursday November 5th.

Is it me or does each Autumn seem to get better and better?

I used to dread the colder weather, as I have always been a sun worshipper, but since I have had a dog I have realised that as long as I am wearing the right clothes, it is wonderful to be outside whatever the weather, and I feel so much better for it.

In Chinese medicine Autumn is associated with the lung, one of the best ways to strengthen the lungs is to breathe deeply.

It seems simple but most people don’t breathe deeply at all. When we breathe deeply and with intention it affects our memory, our energy levels and our immune system. We flood our brain and cells with much needed oxygen and the body takes energy (chi/qi) from that oxygen for vital processes within the body.

Taking a walk outside is one of the best ways to do that, and of course it is a vital part of our yoga practice. Our quote at the bottom of this page this month is Sutra 1.2 of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras: Yogah Citta Vrtti Nirodhah.

Just start to deepen and slow your breathing and your mind will begin to calm and be less easily distracted.

We have a great mix of workshops this month from those wanting to slow down and restore to those who have still have some energy left over from the Summer months, we hope you find something to suit you…..

Enjoy the outside whatever the weather,

As ever, the details are below and in the calendar – please check it!

With best wishes from Sharon and all the teachers and therapists at Dorchester Yoga and Therapy Centre

Looking Ahead

We are very excited to have the first Kinesiology Diploma being taught in Dorset next year. Jane Collison has taught two Kinesiology foundations in the past couple of years and for all those budding Kinesiologists she will now be offering the Diploma.

• Read more about Kinesiology Diploma Course

Monthly Classes and Workshops: November

Mindfulness drop-in with Jem Shackleford

• Monday 2nd 7:00 – 8:30pm
• More about Mindfulness drop-in

Breathing and Yoga Nidra with Sharon Cox-Button

• Friday 6th 6:30 – 7: 30pm
• More about Breathing and Yoga Nidra

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with Sarah Ryan

• Saturday 7th 10:45am – 12:15pm
• More about Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Shakti Dance  with Magdalena Atkinson

• Sunday 8th 11:00am – 1:00pm
• More about Shakti Dance

Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra with Sharon Cox-Button

• Sunday 8th 1:30 – 4:00pm
• More about Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra

Jivamukti XL with Leanne Jones

• Friday 20th 7:00 – 9:00pm
• More about Jivamukti Yoga

Autumn Yin Yoga with Chrissie Haskett

• Sunday 22nd 10:30am – 1:00pm
• More about Autumn Yin Yoga

Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra with Sharon Cox-Button

• Thursday 26th 7:00 – 9:30pm
• More about Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra

Lift Off- Arm Balancing Fundamentals with Victoria Boast

• Saturday 28th 10:00am – 12:00pm
• More about Lift Off- Arm Balancing Fundamentals

Courses: start dates:

6 Week Baby Massage Course

• Thursday 5th November 2020
• More about 6 Week Baby Massage Course

Kinesiology Diploma Course

• Saturday 27th February 2021
• More about Kinesiology Diploma

It feels so good to be open and busy.

It seems that everyone has missed their yoga, pilates and tai chi, as our classes are very full. We hope you are well.

Welcome to Pilates teacher Michelle Skelland who started with us in September. She has been teaching on Wednesdays 10:15 – 11:15am. From October she will also be teaching on Fridays at 4:00 – 5:00pm. This means we now have a Pilates class Monday to Friday for all of you Pilates fans out there.

Welcome to Yoga teacher Nancy Chantrell who has been teaching yoga in Dorchester for as long as I have – about 20 years!!! Nancy is offering a gentle Yoga Class. She teaches classical Hatha Yoga in the tradition of Advaita Vedanta on Tuesdays 1:00 – 2:30pm from October.

Have you had any trouble accessing a class?

As our class numbers are limited, if you are having trouble accessing a class please let us know and then we can put on more classes for you.

Enjoy the gorgeous Autumnal weather; be outside as much as you can in the fresh air and soak up the Vitamin D. And come and enjoy many of our relaxing and nurturing workshops we have on offer in October – good for the nervous and immune systems and wonderful for the soul!

We are offering classes face to face in the centre and online

• Online classes page
• Face to face classes in the centre page

And, as ever, the details are below and in the calendar – please check it!

With best wishes from Sharon and all the teachers and therapists at Dorchester Yoga and Therapy Centre

Workshops: October

Breathing and Yoga Nidra with Sharon Cox-Button

• Friday 2nd 6:30 – 7:30pm
• More about Breathing and Yoga Nidra

Returning To The Balance – Shakti Dance with Magdalena Atkinson

• Sunday 4th 11:00am – 1:00pm
• More about Shakti Dance

Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra

• Sunday 4th 1:30 – 4:00pm
• More about Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra

Mindfulness with Jem Shackleford

• Monday 5th 7:00 – 8:30pm
• More about Mindfulness

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali with Sarah Ryan

• Saturday 10th 10:45am – 12:15pm
• More about Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Saturday Soundbath with Bex Leonard

• Saturday 10th 2:30 – 3:45pm
• More about Saturday Soundbath

Jivamukti Yoga with Leanne Jones

• Friday 16th 7:00 – 9:00pm
• More about Jivamukti Yoga

Saturday Soundbath with Bex Leonard

• Saturday 24th 2:30 – 3:45pm
• More about Saturday Soundbath

Splits Workshop with Victoria Boast

• Saturday 31st 10:00 – 12:00pm
• More about Splits Workshop

Saturday Soundbath with Bex Leonard

• Saturday 31st 2:30 – 3:45pm
• More about Saturday Soundbath

Hello and welcome to our September newsletter.

I am so pleased that there is a September newsletter and that we have opened our doors again to our students and clients. Many of our teachers and therapists have been busy behind the scenes teaching online and I am sure many of you have enjoyed that lifeline of yoga in your own homes, or someone to help on a screen or phone.

Continue reading “September 2020 newsletter” →

Welcome to our March newsletter,

Our fabulous Kim Mackie has just come back from the first fortnight of her Holistic Yoga Therapy Training with the Krishnamacharya Healing & Yoga Foundation. Here she is receiving her introduction pack, with her class group, and showing off her wonderful henna-ed hands. What a journey Kim, we wish you well.

All our March courses, workshops and regular monthly classes are below, we look forward to seeing you at them.

As ever, the details are below and in the calendar – please check it!

With best wishes from Sharon and all the teachers and therapists at Dorchester Yoga and Therapy Centre

Continue reading “March 2020 newsletter” →

Welcome to our February newsletter.

February can be a difficult month for many people, with cold dull days and nothing to look forward to, and a seemingly long wait to brighter days. But for me the longer days, and lighter evenings and the appearance of the first Spring flowers reminds me that we are at the beginning of a new cycle of growth. The first snowdrops are up in my garden; such strength beneath that delicate appearance;

“She too pursues her ends,
Brutal as the stars of this month,
Her pale head heavy as metal”
(Ted Hughes).

There are lots of wonderful events to choose from this month. Magdalena Atkinson is offering Imbolc – an ancient Celtic celebration which marks the beginning of early Spring and the anticipation of the coming warmer seasons. Her Shakti Dance workshop is an afternoon of Yoga & Intuitive Dance, music & chanting.

If it’s the ‘strength’ side of things you need to work on to hold up that heavy head, try a full day of yoga with BWY tutor Zoe Knot’s Strength in Asana, or a morning of Iyengar yoga with Cheree Low, or Rocket Yoga with Jess Obermeier.

For those of you still hibernating and feeling the need to nurture yourself, we have our usual abundance of Yin and  Restorative Yoga and plenty of Sound Baths. The month ends with the rare  opportunity to work with Dr Kausthub Desikachar in his Sound Silence and Meditation Seminar, exploring the ancient art of mantra. Mantra is one of the main tools of traditional yoga, particularly in the areas of healing and spirituality. Mantras are very powerful, influencing change from within, taking us to the silence of our deepest self.

I am sure you will find something to get you through February!

As ever, the details are below and in the calendar – please check it!

With best wishes from Sharon and all the teachers and therapists at Dorchester Yoga and Therapy Centre

Continue reading “February 2020 newsletter” →

Welcome to a New Year, a New Decade, a New Beginning!

January is a great time to make a Sankalpa.

Sankalpa is a Sanscrit word. One of its meanings is an intention formed by the heart and mind – a solemn vow, determination, or positive will. In practical terms a Sankalpa means a one-pointed resolve to focus both psychologically and philosophically on a specific goal. It is a tool meant to refine the will, and to focus and harmonise mind and body.

We repeat a Sankalpa at the beginning and the end of yoga nidra practice, when the mind is quiet and in a perfect state to let the Sankalpa take root. Any time when the mind is in such a state can you repeat your Sankalpa, always using the same short precise sentence to make an impression on the mind for example when you are meditating, walking in nature, first thing in the morning, anytime when the mind is quiet and receptive.

The power of thought is amazing!

It  begins to activate new neural networks in your brain. These networks begin to fire, and re-wire and create new pictures. These pictures signal to the limbic brain to create neural peptides. These are chemical messengers that signal hormones, and with the hormones dock onto receptor sites of cell.

These cells get a new message, and signal new genes which makes new proteins. New proteins mean the expression of life, and the expression of life is a healthy body.

This all comes from just choosing a positive thought.

Whatever your age or ability, we have something for everyone, take a look at our new timetable.

As ever, the details are below and in the calendar – please check it!

Happy 2020 from Sharon and all the teachers and therapists at Dorchester Yoga and Therapy Centre

Continue reading “January 2020 newsletter” →