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Offering traditional Ashtanga Yoga with authorised Level 2 KPJAYI SYC Ashtanga Teacher Kalyan Kaur x

23/02/2023

Triyangamukhaikapada paschimattanasana x

Committing to a regular yoga practice by carving out the time and space to be with the body, mind and breath is one of the most beautiful gifts we can give ourselves and those around us. It is an act of loving kindness, which permeates the rest of our lives. How different the world would be if everyone practised, truly practised yoga, on and off the mat....

Sometimes it is really hard to come to class, to roll out our mat and synchronise movement and breath. Sometimes it may seem easier to press the snooze button or just say we will do our practice tomorrow. But, always remember your practice matters. It is important and is never wasted. In still showing up for ourselves, irrespective of how against the grain it feels, whatever resistance or obstacles surface, we generate tapas. Tapas is one of the five niyamas of yoga, sometimes translated as self-discipline, austerity or friction.....And, this friction generates heat: the heat of purification, of transformation, of self-mastery:

“The mind is a beautiful servant but a dangerous master” - Buddha

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I have just added a few more classes (*) to my teaching schedule so feel free to come along on:

Sunday 07:00 – 11:00 Ashtanga Yoga: Mysore in Shala (online 07:00-09:00)

Monday 08:00 – 11:00 Ashtanga Yoga: Mysore in Shala

*Monday 19:00-20:00 Yin Yoga: in Shala and online

Tuesday 08:00 – 11:00 Ashtanga Yoga: Mysore in Shala

*Tuesday 18:00 – 20:00 Ashtanga Yoga: Mysore in Shala

Wednesday 08:00 – 11:00 Ashtanga Yoga: Mysore in Shala and *online

Thursday 08:00 – 11:00 Ashtanga Yoga: Mysore in Shala

Friday 09:00 – 10:30 Ashtanga: Traditional Sanskrit Counted Led Primary in Shala and online

Saturday & Moon Days: Do take rest x

Plus, the next gong bath is on Friday 3rd of March 19:00-20:00.....It would be beautiful to share the practice with you 😊x

02/10/2022

New Class Schedule starting tomorrow with pictures of the goddess Saraswati statue we just gave Guruji and Friday’s online led primary x

I have just returned from studying with Paramguru Sharath Jois at the source of Ashtanga Yoga in Mysore, India. This was my sixth trip and third time assisting Guruji. I miss being there already but I have also missed being with my students, teacher, friends and family here in the UK whilst I was away....

At the end of this season at Sharath Yoga Centre, 22 of us joined together to gift a Saraswati statue to Sharathji, potentially for the shala altar. Just as Saraswati is the Goddess of knowledge, education, arts, literature and learning, I feel so grateful to Guruji and all my teachers for sharing the art of yoga with me. I hope you all like the statue.

"Goddess Saraswati is the light of knowledge, hope and peace. May your life be filled with the eternal light of knowledge and wisdom. May the divine grace of Goddess be with you today and always"

As one door closes, another opens....I am looking forward to sharing more of what I have learnt this season, and my yogic journey thus far....and getting off the plane to a stream of golden sunshine was a beautiful welcome back.

Here is the new shala schedule, with the online options in brackets, UK timings:

Sunday 07:00-11:00am Mysore in the shala (option to attend online 07:00-09:00am)

Monday 08:00-11:00am Mysore in the shala

Tuesday 06:00-11:00am Mysore in the shala (option to attend online 06:00-08:00am)

Wednesday 08:00-11:00am Mysore in the shala

Thursday 06:00-11:00am Mysore in the shala (option to attend online 06:00-08:00am)

Friday 06:00-07:30am and 09:00-10:30am Traditional Sanskrit Led Primary Class in the shala (option to attend online)

No ashtanga classes on Saturdays and moon days. Do take rest...

Do come along....All welcome...if you can breathe you can do yoga. Be beautiful to share the practice with you 💜🙏🕉️x

29/09/2022

Happy birthday dear Guruji with a few photos from Monday's live streamed led intermediate class in Mysore x

It was beautiful to attend the last Mysore class of this July-September 2022 season with Sharathji this morning. And, to sing happy birthday to Guruji after samasthiti before the opening chant 🎶....There is something so powerful and special about chanting and practising together, especially under the guidance of the Paramguru of Ashtanga Yoga. I will definitely miss doing so when I return to the UK on Sunday but will carry you all in my heart 💜

you give so much to each and everyone of us. Your dedication, devotion, discipline and determination is awe inspiring and a shining example of a true teacher and Guru.....I would love to wish you to receive today, on your birth day, and always, all the many blessings you have made available to us through this practice...May you be happy and well, peaceful and free. May you touch the essence of your true unbounded nature, more and more. May your life be filled with divinity, clarity, serenity, love, acceptance, grace, calm, true happiness, joy, community, insight, wisdom, connection, and liberation. May you always know how much we love and appreciate you and the practice. And, once this season closes tomorrow may you be blessed with an abundance of sleep after so many 1am starts to teach us 😴💤 x

Happy birthday Sharathji 🎉🎂💜🙏

Thank you to whose friend captured these moments in led class x

24/09/2022

Congratulations on receiving Guruji's blessing to teach full intermediate series ashtanga. Such an amazing inspirational achievement 💜 This is part 2 of 2 (April's perspective) x

"When the lockdown hit in 2020, I was lucky to be able to seamlessly meander from my Shala practice in Berlin to practicing remotely with Kalyan from the UK. I had met her in a previous season in Mysore and the way she carried herself through her practice had impressed me a lot. Stumbling into a time of greatest uncertainty with the challenging global situation, the daily practice with Kalyan became a lighthouse and a safe haven for my mental, emotional, and physical health. I had been practicing yoga at that point for 11 years, ashtanga yoga for 3 years. With Kalyan I decided to go back in my ashtanga asana practice quite a bit, and over 1 1/2 years rebuilt my primary and my intermediate series step by step, refining many small details I had previously brushed over, not cared about, or never noticed.

I remember how Kalyan said to me one day through the screen: “I want you to immediately get Level 2 authorized by Guruji.” I was surprised, as the thought of authorization barely existed as a hibernating seed in my mind back then. Kalyan gave it the impulse to grow, and with it my practice and my perspective on it changed massively. I suddenly understood her repeatedly encouraging me to work on a cleaner and at the same
time simpler practice, learning to leave that chatter of my mind behind. She invited me to find ways to explore myself thoroughly through the practice, and gently but relentlessly pushed me to scrutinize and face my fears.

Through working with Kalyan my asana practice reached a standard that enabled me to receive the blessings of Sharathji this season for the full intermediate series. However, what I learned from the time with Kalyan goes beyond mere physical standards. She firmly held the frame for me to make small and big steps in my personal development, enabling me to discover unknown territory within me, & experiencing myself on a different level with all the good, the bad and the ugly that comes with it......

Continued in comments x

06/09/2022

Ashtanga Workshop with authorised teacher Tom Norrington-Bass 04.09.2022 x

A heart felt thank you for coming to to share the practice and your delicious food.....I wish I could have been with you physically but I was definitely with you in spirit :)

Some feedback about the workshop:

“We had a brilliant time at Tom's workshop”

“Tom was so lovely and his food was incredible”

“Thank you for organising the workshop. It was amazing”

“Could listen to Tom all day”

Here are a few of my favourite inspirational quotes from Tom's talk. I will share some more in my newsletter and website so do PM me to sign up for the former if it is of interest:

“Asana is often translated directly as seat, but it can also mean a state or a place.....First and foremost this space must be a safe space...It is a small space with infinite possibilities because when you are practising asana...we shift our focus internally. Off the mat we constantly have to navigate the needs and desires of other people. On the mat we do not have to do this, especially if we practice tristhana.....”

“Relearn your practice breath by breath”

“Swadhya, Self-study is one of the niyamas....explicitly it referred to the learning of sacred texts...my understanding is that swadhya is about studying something in its most unsullied form and drawing your own conclusions from it. Your experience and your understanding of something is extremely valid, as long as it doesn't become dogma. Ones own understanding of something only becomes a problem if you start thinking that everyone else's is wrong.”

“I have this little moto I always say to myself every morning:

May today be my greatest teacher.
May I be today's most willing student.
May I hold what I learn without grasping.
May I share what I learn without preaching...
Because knowledge, when shared without ownership or dogma is always light in the dark and is always a path in the forest”

Yes! Love love love Tomb 🙏💜....So inspiring....A heart-felt thank you. Do come back to again soon x

28/07/2022

Ben doing paschimottanasana being assisted by his daughter Robyn x

When the teacher's away in India studying with Guruji...

"I had a little helper for today's practice...Honestly, it was the most amazing experience…I taught Robyn and assisted her from start to finish and she helped me too... It was so lovely...She said “Daddy, yoga is really fun”....I didn’t know she was doing this pose on me until Lucy came in and started taking pics 😂

Usually it’s Pearl that shows the interest in yoga but when I told Robyn yoga is also about strength her eyes lit up....I wish you could have heard her chanting…it was hilarious....it turns out that the opening and closing chants actually go: "Ommmmmmm cucumberrrr and chandelierssssss"....

I honestly had the most overwhelming sense of love practicing with Robyn though. My ego originally wanted to tell her to go away so I could practice in peace but, I realised this could be a really special moment to share something that’s really important to me. She worked so hard. Robyn loved the jump backs and couldn’t wait to get to them each time (defo doesn’t take after me haha). I even got her into some of the Mari poses (just) haha!

Over the last few weeks I really feel like I’ve turned a corner with my own practice.... I’m not fighting my body.... My hips, back and hamstrings have softened a lot and I’m not beating myself up if it’s not the perfect practice anymore. I’m just taking what comes…even if that thing is my lovely little helper, Robyn 😍"

Thank you Ben for letting me share your 7th series practice and true yoga. Beautiful, heart warming and so inspiring. And thank you Lucy .lrd for the photographs 💜🙏x

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35 Turpins
Basildon
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Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 11am
Tuesday	8am - 11am
Wednesday	7:30am - 11am
	5pm - 7pm
Thursday	7:30am - 11am
Friday	7am - 8:30am
	9am - 10:30am
Sunday	7:30am - 11am

Website

https://www.kalyankauryoga.com/

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