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For over 25 years the Sanctuary has shared practices & wisdom of an unbroken lineage of Yoga & Meditation.

Hosting a community of spiritual aspirants on an ashram in Hampshire, offering a full schedule to get involved in Living Yoga and ashram life. The LYM is a complete toolkit for YOUR self-transformation! Using simple, direct and effective practices that allow you to reclaim YOUR body, breath and mind for a healthy, happy and empowered life.

01/06/2025

✨There is something so beautiful happening at The Sanctuary right now, it’s difficult to put into words…

A flow of grace is pouring through the Ashram - subtle but powerful, earthed but enlightening, kind yet transformational, and everyone is being blessed by it.  I pray that those who are meant to come and be a part of this, will come. I just want you to know that you are welcome, whether you are here now, have been here in the past or are about to discover it for the first time, you are welcome - Come!  The teachings are so precious - they offer us a way back to the heart, and the goodness, beauty and love that we are at our core. We have a community here that I am proud to be a part of, it is grounded but aspiring, sincere but playful, solid but loving, and this is so rare in the world.

🧡In the words of Rumi:
“Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come!” 🙏

21/05/2025

Earlier this month, we hosted the final residential retreat for our Meditation Teacher Training Programme - a deeply nourishing and powerful five day immersion marking the end of a transformational nine month journey for this group of yogis.

Over the last 25 years we have guided 20 amazing Teacher Programmes at the Sanctuary and they have all been uniquely enriching spiritual journeys, for which we will always be grateful.

However now we feel it is time to bring this era of Teacher Trainings to a close and move forward in a new direction that we feel is more closely akin to our ancient yogic lineage.

The way forward?… ‘Students of the Lineage’….

04/05/2025

🌷The Sanctuary is in breathtaking full bloom and we are excited to open the Ashram doors to you for the new summer season… starting with tomorrow morning’s live stream!

This season is an important one for our whole sangha, whether you are just beginning your Living Yoga journey or are well established on the path; whether you are practicing online or in-person.

Over the nine weeks of the summer term (within the container of our established practice) we will be taking a deep dive into three specific aspects of our living yoga sadhana:

🔸How to deeply relax the body?
🔸How to move energy at will?
🔸And how to make the living yoga philosophy a liberating force in your life?

INVITATION: Come to the sessions, join us for our special events and courses, book some retreat time with us, join us online, come and do some seva… come get involved and be a part of this incredible community of inspiring souls!🧡

23/04/2025

✨Today we celebrate Paramahamsa Yogeshwarananda’s (Guruji’s) Mahasamadhi.

Mahasamadhi is the state an accomplished yogi enters into when consciously choosing to leave the body and merge the soul with the totality of life. It is a beautiful death at the culmination of a beautiful life and is made possible through the practice of yogic meditation.

This evening the Sanctuary Sangha gather in honour and celebration of Guruji’s life, death and everything that has come after.

Stories will be told, special pujas will be performed, devotional songs will be sung and grace will doubtless descend on everyone present.

This is a truly special day for anyone in the sangha who has been touched by the teachings and wishes to say ‘Thank You’ to the Lineage of our tradition.

🙏Om Sri Guruve Namah

06/04/2025

🙏 We now bring this incredible season of Living Yoga to a close - THANK YOU for choosing to make the Sanctuary a part of your life and for daring to live your life in accordance with what you have discovered to be true within yourself.

We have sown a lot of seeds into our souls this term and now we have a spring break in which to tend and water them. When we come back together at the beginning of May, our inner gardens will be ready for new plantings.

In the meantime I wish you a happy springtime - I wish that you are often distracted by the beauty around yourself and that from time to time you take a deep breath, say 'thank you', and drop into your heart. Remember that at the core of you, there is nothing but goodness, beauty and light! Forget to pretend otherwise and live as the love that you are.

I look forward to continuing our journey together in the new season.

~ Steve X

29/03/2025

✨ INDIA RETREAT 2026:
The response from the sangha for the Sanctuary India Retreat has been immense. It’s open to all active members of the Sanctuary (online or in person).

If you are thinking about joining us - or if you're already an enthusiastic YES - you are warmly invited to attend the Retreat Information Meeting on zoom THIS SUNDAY 30th March 5pm-6pm.

We'll go over practical information, such as travel plans and accommodation, and there will be space for any initial questions you may have.

👉 To request a zoom link for the meeting, visit the retreat webpage, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the button 'Request Zoom Link'.

Om Guru Om

04/03/2025

⚡️We are in the midst of what Sarah likes to call a 'quickening'! She's been around the Sanctuary a long time, and so she's seen a few of these and knows what they look like.

A quickening is a mysterious period of accelerated spiritual unfolding, duration unknown. During a quickening, a sangha starts to feel a new urgency to wake up and get down to what's really important in life. A powerful longing to live a life in alignment with what we know to be true in our souls starts to demand our attention. Our satsangs intensify, our meditations deepen and staying up all night on Shivratri starts to weirdly make sense.

Long may this quickening continue! We are loving our sadhana sessions, the satsangs we are sharing, the truth we are living, the faith and courage we are discovering and the love that we are deepening into together. Thank you sangha for being a part of this! 🙏

26/02/2025

Tonight we celebrate Maha Shivaratri… all night….

🔱 What is Maha Shivaratri?

Shivaratri occurs once a month, on the darkest night of the month - the day before every new moon or Amavasya. The night of ‘Maha Shivaratri’ happens once a year before Amavasya between February and March.

On this night, the northern hemisphere of the planet is positioned in such a way that there is a natural upsurge of energy in all of nature, including of course, us human beings. Harnessing and flowing with the cycles of nature is inherent to a life lived in union; it is tradition to make use of this night by remaining awake with your spine vertical throughout so the energy can rise.

“On the dark night of Shivaratri all of natures’ forces are working towards your evolution. All you have to do is show up, keep your spine straight and the mantra on your lips. For millennia yogis have maximised the spiritual opportunity of Shivaratri by gathering with their sangha and remaining awake throughout the night. You have this opportunity too - in part or in full.” - Steve.

The evening begins with a special Shiva Sadhana Session that includes Fire & Ice, Asana, Breathwork & Meditation, followed by an hour of Kirtan devoted to the energy of Shiva.

And then for those who can stay, from 9pm we begin the first of 3 x 3 hour cycles that will take us through the dark night of Shivaratri.

🔱Om Namah Shivaya

21/02/2025

It’s been a powerful and inspiring start to a new season at the Sanctuary. It seems that after a two month winter break our sangha has come back with renewed spiritual hunger and a deepened appreciation for what we have together here at the Sanctuary. It’s really special to be a part of it!

This season is all about acknowledging and fully embodying four fundamental yogic truths:

🟠 ⁠We are SPIRITUALLY IGNITED beings
🟠 At the core of us, there is beauty, goodness and light.
🟠 ⁠What we are seeking is not outside of us, it is WITHIN us.
🟠 How we think is a CHOICE.

Through our sadhana and satsang this season we are going to take these truths deeper and deeper inside our hearts and let them work a transformation….

01/02/2025

🌱Imbolc Greetings Yogis!🌱
There's a fresh buzz on the ashram today as we prepare for our Return Gathering tomorrow!

We have timed our Return Gathering and the start of our new term, to coincide with 'Imbolc' and the first stirring of Spring. A perfect time for our sangha to re-emerge, re-unite and re-inspire each other for another year of inner evolution in 2025.

SCHEDULE:
🔸 Arrive anytime from 3pm for optional Fire & Ice.
🔸 We start at 4pm in the cabin for Flow & Breathwork, Satsang, Tea & Kirtan, and we’ll complete by 7pm.

So looking forward to seeing the sangha again after the long Winter Break!🧡

27/01/2025

The Earths’ energies are rising, our souls are stirring and the ashram doors are reopening!

New term begins on Sunday 2nd Feb with our Return Gathering (timed with ‘Imbolc’) ~ always a powerful way for our sangha to collectively clarify our intentions & focus our energies for the term ahead. We’re looking forward to welcoming you back yogis. 🙏

28/08/2024

We're taking a whole new approach with how we introduce aspirants to the practice and to the Ashram here in Hamble...

✨New STARTER SESSIONS, running every Monday evening.

�Here's how it'll work...

🔸 Sign up for a minimum of 4 Monday evening Starter Sessions and from here graduate to the general sessions as you feel ready;
🔸 More Flexibility! Get your 'Starter Package' and decide your session dates as you go along!
🔸 Receive your 'Starter Manual' on your first session containing all the main practices & techniques explored.

🔸 Starter Sessions begin 9th September but you can join anytime!

⚡️Go to 'GET STARTED' to find out more... https://www.yogasanctuary.co.uk/participate -started

Address

Hamble
Southampton

Opening Hours

Monday	6am - 10pm
Tuesday	6am - 10pm
Wednesday	6am - 10pm
Thursday	6am - 10pm
Friday	6am - 9pm
Saturday	8am - 6pm
Sunday	1pm - 6pm

Telephone

+447920296809

Website

https://www.yogasanctuary.co.uk/

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