Yoga with Manjunaga

26/08/2025

⭐ Relaxing into Autumn : Restorative Yoga Workshop ⭐

A time to turn inwards and allow ourselves to give our body to the earth.

Join me for an afternoon of the deeply relaxing practice of Restorative yoga, focusing on stilling meditative practices. An opportunity to turn inward, slow down, soften more deeply.

Exploring a series of Restorative poses supported by props such as bolsters and blankets, allowing release of our muscles, deep nourishment, rest, and relaxation.

The practice of Restorative yoga can have a deeply relaxing effect and leave us feeling more calm and ready for a good night’s sleep.

My workshops are kept small and intimate to allow for greater personal attention.

Open to all levels of experience.

⭐ Relaxing into Autumn : Restorative Yoga Workshop ⭐
Saturday 27th Septembe 2pm – 5pm

The Didsbury Parsonage, Stenner Lane, Didsbury, M20 2RQ
The Parsonage, a beautiful Grade II listed building set in a magical garden.

Full workshop price is £40 / £35 non-refundable, non-transferable.(Concessions apply to students, the unemployed, OAP’s)
You can book a place via the link below.
www.manjunaga.com/yoga-workshop

Warm wishes x
Manjunaga

23/08/2025

Poem for the week Mary Oliver 'The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac'

Part 3.

I know, you never intended to be in this world.
But you’re in it all the same.

so why not get started immediately.
I mean, belonging to it.

There is so much to admire, to weep over.
And to write music or poems about.

Bless the feet that take you to and fro.
Bless the eyes and the listening ears.
Bless the tongue, the marvel of taste.
Bless touching.

You could live a hundred years, it’s happened.
Or not.

I am speaking from the fortunate platform
of many years,
none of which, I think, I ever wasted.
Do you need a prod?
Do you need a little darkness to get you going?
Let me be urgent as a knife, then,
and remind you of Keats,
so single of purpose and thinking, for a while,
he had a lifetime.

Image by Molly Malone Cook

12/08/2025

Dear Yoga Friends,

⭐️ Autumn Yoga Classes starting next Week ⭐️

Within our busy lives we often need a breathing space.
Time to pause, reflect and recalibrate. Time to ‘be’.

For many people their regular yoga class offer that calm, safe space. A place to replenish physically, emotionally and spiritually.

I am pleased to share that I have new autumn yoga courses starting in September.

There are some places left on this new block of Yoga Classes.

MONDAY
Mixed Level 9 Week Yoga Course
6.00-7.00pm Starting 8th September ( 4 Places left )
£99/£93 concessions

MONDAY
Beginners Yoga 9 Week Course
7.30-8.30pm Starting 8th September ( Fully booked )
£99/£93 concessions

TUESDAY
Morning Daytime 9 week Course
9.30am -10.30am Starting 9th September ( Places left )
£99/£93 concessions

TUESDAY
Restorative & Yin Yoga 9 Week Course
6.00-7.00pm Starting 9th September ( 4 Places left )
£99/£93 concessions

THURSDAY
Beginners Yoga 9 Week Course
7.30-8.30pm Starting 11th September ( Places left )
£99/£93 concessions

All courses are held at the Didsbury Parsonage, a beautiful Grade II listed building set in a magical secret garden.

Breathe slowly and relax into a deep state of calm and relaxation.
Explore classical yoga postures in a safe and supportive environment where students are encouraged to listen to their own body and go at a pace that is comfortable to them.

The courses will focus on building safe alignment infused by clear anatomical understanding. exploring a mixture of flowing sequences and static poses.

This will enable you to build more strength, flexibility and resilience. We will also learn how to relax into a deepening awareness of our body, breath and heart.

These classes will be run in pre-booked courses of 9 weeks and available to 12 students to allow for intimacy and focused attention.

Everyone is welcome: If you would like to join me you can book a place via the link below. https://www.manjunaga.com/classes

Warm wishes x
Manjunaga

10/08/2025

Poem for the week is 'Enough' by the poet David Whyte.

01/08/2025

Dear Yoga Friends,

⭐️ Summer Yoga Classes starting next Week ⭐️

Within our busy lives we often need a breathing space.
Time to pause, reflect and recalibrate. Time to ‘be’.

For many people their regular yoga class offer that calm, safe space. A place to replenish physically, emotionally and spiritually.

I am pleased to share that I have new summer yoga courses starting in next week. These courses are shorter, due to the holidays.

There are some places left on this new block of Yoga Classes.

MONDAY
Mixed Level Yoga 3 Week Course
6.00-7.00pm Starting 4th August ( 5 Places left )
£33/£31 Concessions

MONDAY
Beginners Yoga 3 Week Course
7.30-8.30pm Starting 4th August ( 4 Places left )
£33/£31 Concessions

TUESDAY
Morning Daytime 4 week Course
9.30am -10.30am Starting 5th August ( Places left )
£44/£42 Concessions

TUESDAY
Restorative & Yin Yoga 4 Week Course
6.00-7.00pm Starting 5th August ( 5 Places left )
£44/£42 Concessions

THURSDAY
Beginners Yoga 4 Week Course
7.30-8.30pm Starting 7th August ( Places left )
£44/£42 Concessions

All courses are held at the Didsbury Parsonage, a beautiful Grade II listed building set in a magical secret garden.

Breathe slowly and relax into a deep state of calm and relaxation.
Explore classical yoga postures in a safe and supportive environment where students are encouraged to listen to their own body and go at a pace that is comfortable to them.

The courses will focus on building safe alignment infused by clear anatomical understanding. exploring a mixture of flowing sequences and static poses.

This will enable you to build more strength, flexibility and resilience. We will also learn how to relax into a deepening awareness of our body, breath and heart.

These classes will be run in pre-booked courses of 3 & 4 weeks and available to 12 students to allow for intimacy and focused attention.

Everyone is welcome: If you would like to join me you can book a place via the link below. https://www.manjunaga.com/classes

Warm wishes x
Manjunaga

01/08/2025

Poem for the week is by the great Irish poet W B Yeats

'The Song of Wandering Aengus'

I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;

And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.

When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire a-flame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And someone called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.

Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands,
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done,
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.

Image Mishka Jaeger

18/07/2025

Poem for the week is 'The Laughing Heart' by Charles Bukowski.

14/07/2025

We may have felt like this with our recent heat wave in the Uk. 😊

14/07/2025

Dear Yoga Friends,

⭐️ New Yoga Classes Announcement ⭐️

Within our busy lives we often need a breathing space.
Time to pause, reflect and recalibrate. Time to ‘be’.

For many people their regular yoga class offer that calm, safe space. A place to replenish physically, emotionally and spiritually.

I am pleased to share that I have new yoga courses starting in August. These courses are shorter, due to the holidays.

There are some places left on this new block of Yoga Classes.

MONDAY
Mixed Level Yoga 3 Week Course
6.00-7.00pm Starting 4th August ( 4 Places left )
£33/£31 Concessions

MONDAY
Beginners Yoga 3 Week Course
7.30-8.30pm Starting 4th August ( 4 Places left )
£33/£31 Concessions

TUESDAY
Morning Daytime 4 week Course
9.30am -10.30am Starting 5th August ( Places left )
£44/£42 Concessions

TUESDAY
Restorative & Yin Yoga 4 Week Course
6.00-7.00pm Starting 5th August ( 5 Places left )
£44/£42 Concessions

THURSDAY
Beginners Yoga 4 Week Course
7.30-8.30pm Starting 7th August ( Places left )
£44/£42 Concessions

All courses are held at the Didsbury Parsonage, a beautiful Grade II listed building set in a magical secret garden.

Breathe slowly and relax into a deep state of calm and relaxation.
Explore classical yoga postures in a safe and supportive environment where students are encouraged to listen to their own body and go at a pace that is comfortable to them.

The courses will focus on building safe alignment infused by clear anatomical understanding. exploring a mixture of flowing sequences and static poses.

This will enable you to build more strength, flexibility and resilience. We will also learn how to relax into a deepening awareness of our body, breath and heart.

These classes will be run in pre-booked courses of 8 weeks and available to 12 students to allow for intimacy and focused attention.

Everyone is welcome: If you would like to join me you can book a place via the link below. https://www.manjunaga.com/classes

Warm wishes x
Manjunaga

11/07/2025

The older I get the more these words resonate with me. Poem for the week is one of my favourite's by the mystic Sufi poet Jelaluddin Rumi.

" Your task is not to seek for love, but mererly to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. "

Image Rumiquotesofficial

09/07/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k5uTySJO4w

I really love this old British Pathe Newsreel of a yoga class for ladies in Tunbridge Wells, Kent in 1956. You can expect something similar on my yoga retreat at Rivendell retreat centre this month.

Legat School of Ballet, Tunbridge Wells, Kent.C/U shot of face of a girl performing headstand. Cut to L/S of two lines of girls standing on their heads. An e...

04/07/2025

Poem for the week is by the poet and singer songwriter Leonard Cohen.

“We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.”

Leonard Cohen, “Boogie Street”

Image Quozio.com