Yoga with Rich

27/10/2023

27/10/2023

Peace is your true nature. You don't need to create it - it's already there within. Meditation lets you know it

Free Drop-in Online Peace Meditation ok Zoom

7.15-7.35 am Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays

☝️ Link in bio!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89326316006

Guided meditation for all for wellbeing to bring more sense of peace and positivity to ourselves - and into this volatile world.

Learn accessible meditation techniques (mindfulness and mantra).

Join for free when you can. Establish a regular practice. Sit comfortably, with camera off or on.

Sessions will be recorded if you want to practise later. No need to register or book. Please share with anyone who might benefit.

Led by various Yoga Bromley teachers.

Om shantih shantih shantih. Om peace peace peace

21/10/2023

Free Drop-in Online Meditation for Peace

7.15-7.35 am Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89326316006

Guided meditation for all for wellbeing to bring more peace and positivity to ourselves - and into this volatile world.

Learn accessible meditation techniques (mindfulness and mantra).

Join for free when you can. Establish a regular practice. Sit comfortably, with camera off or on.

Sessions will be recorded if you want to practise later. No need to register or book. Please share with anyone who might benefit.

Led by various Yoga Bromley teachers.

Om shantih. Om peace

03/02/2023

"During the time you are practicing mindfulness, you stop talking—not only the talking outside, but the talking inside. The talking inside is the thinking, the mental discourse that goes on and on and on inside. Real silence is the cessation of talking—of both the mouth and the mind. This is not the kind of silence that oppresses us. It is a very elegant kind of silence, a very powerful kind of silence. It is the silence that heals and nourishes us."
Guided meditation free online
Every Friday 730-8am
Open to all, including first timers
Link in bio

29/12/2022

💫21 Day Meditation Fundraising Challenge - Starts Monday 9th January 2023

💫Weekdays 730-8 am. Weekends 830-9am GMT

💫Learn simple, practical and effective mindfulness tools to promote mental calmness and get to know yourself better. No experience necessary

💫Establish a regular meditation practice in a supportive group

💫No need to "empty the mind" or stop thinking. No religious/ideological belief necessary.

💫Just commit to show up on Zoom and follow the instructions. No need to have your camera on or to contribute

💫With regular practice come results - which can include feeling more relaxed, present and content

💫Everyone can benefit - by regular repetition of these simple techniques

💫Your donation goes 100% to the refugee charity Care4Calais or Bromley Borough Food Bank - you choose

💫Led by Emma Brown of Yoga Bromley and a rota of volunteer teachers each day

💫Find out more https://www.yogabromley.co.uk/21-day-meditation-fundraising-challenge

💫Link in bio

💫Any questions, get in touch!

🕉️🙏🌱

21/12/2022

21 Day Meditation Fundraising Challenge Starting Monday 9th January 2023

Learn simple practical and effective tools to promote mental calmness and understand yourself better

Establish a regular meditation practice in a supportive group

No need to "empty the mind" or stop thinking. No religious/ideological belief necessary.

Just commit to show up on Zoom and follow the instructions. No need to have your camera on or to contribute

With regular practice come results - which can include feeling more relaxed, present and content

Everyone can benefit - by regular repetition of these simple techniques

Your donation goes 100% to the refugee charity Care4Calais or Bromley Borough Food Bank - you choose

730-8am weekdays and 830-9am weekends GMT

Led by Emma Brown of Yoga Bromley and a rota of volunteer teachers each day

Find out more https://www.yogabromley.co.uk/21-day-meditation-fundraising-challenge

Any questions, get in touch!

Yoga Studio Bromley Care4Calais Bromley Borough Foodbank

02/12/2022

🌞Classical Surya Namaskar (Sun Salutation)
💥A warm up flow of repeated forward and back bends - synchronised with the breath
💪Prepares the body for deeper asana practice
🕉️Here's half a cycle
1. Mountain pose
2. Upward salute
3. Forward fold
4. Low lunge
5. Plank
6. 8 Point Prostration
7. Cobra
8. Downward Dog
9. Low lunge
10. Forward fold
11. Upward salute
12. Mountain
🌱🙏💫

22/11/2022

New favourite place... Thenga at YMCA Kings Cross 😍

22/11/2022

💥Sirsasana - headstand - supposed king of asanas!
🤸🏽‍♀️Develops upper body strength, proprioception - and confidence!
💪Some body weight is transferred through the more delicate vertebrae of the cervical spine; but much is also borne by arms and shoulders. Headstand is an arm balance!
🐬I never used to practise headstand - I was happy in class to stick with preparatory exercises like Dolphin, and shoulderstand for inversion
📅Then in the pandemic lockdown of 2020 it became my daily challenge
🌱It's about regular practice, incrementally building the strength and muscle memory needed to come into (and out of) the pose safely with full control. Never jump into a headstand!
🐌It took almost 20 years of intermittent yoga practice to get here. My challenge now is Scorpion, with back arched and head lifted! Maybe it'll take another 20 years - or more - and that's all fine!
Thanks to for the awesome pic, from a yoga day with yesterday

20/11/2022

🎈Our amazing breath!
🌍There's a simple way to hack the parasympathetic nervous system - any time, anywhere
🌱This can put your body in a relaxed "rest and digest" state whenever you need a boost of calm
💫Try it next time you feel stressed - or if you can't sleep. Use it in your yoga practice to relax deeper into the asana
1️⃣Be still
2️⃣Gently close your eyes
3️⃣Inhale for a count of 4
4️⃣Exhale for a count of 8
5️⃣Repeat for minute or two - or longer
6️⃣If that's too slow try 3-6
👉🏾Take it further...
🌳Let your belly and ribs expand and contract fully with each breath

🌲Work towards slower breathing, 5-10 or 6-12

🪴Introduce brief pauses or longer holds between in and out breaths
🕉️Breath awareness and control (pranayama) is an intrinsic part of hatha yoga practice - come to my weekly class in Clapton E5 or live online to find out more! Link in bio...

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18/11/2022

💗We closed our online morning meditation today with gratitude for the breath
💥With us from the moment we're born to the moment we die
🫁Every day we take as many as 30000 breaths - a billion in a lifetime
🍉Each breath nourishes every cell of our body
⚓And it's always there as an anchor to the present moment, to focus on to quieten a chattering mind
🌞What a gift!
🏵️We meditate on Zoom every Friday at 730am. All welcome, including beginners
💫In January we'll be leading a daily morning practice that will help you embed regular meditation in your life!
☝🏽Link in bio

17/11/2022

❓What is the Rishikesh series?
🌱Come and find out at my Thursday 745-845 pm classical hatha yoga class in Clapton E5 and Live online!
🌚After warming up we explore variations on 12 key asana (yoga poses) - a good mix of forward, back and side bends, balances and inversions
💫These stretch and strengthen the whole body, move the spine in every possible direction and develop physical resilience and balance
🏵️ In turn this leads to mental strength, resilience and balance - and feelings of peace
☸️This series is said to activate sequentially each of 7 chakras (mystic energy centres), unblocking the flow of prana (life force) and ultimately bringing us to a superconscious state
💫Here's the series!
1. Sirsasana - headstand
2. Sarvangasana - shoulderstand
3. Halasana - plough
4. Matsyasana - fish
5. Paschimotahanasa - seated forward fold
6. Bhujangasana - cobra
7. Salabhasana - locust
8. Dhanurasana - bow
9. Ardha matsyendrasana - half spinal twist
10. Kakasana or mayurasana - crow or peacock
11. Pada hastasana - standing forward fold
12. Trikonasana - triangle
👉🏾All asana can be modified for beginners, improvers and every body's unique capabilities regardless of experience, age or health and injury
🌞This series was popularised in the West by disciples of Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh
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