Yoga Like Water

29/09/2024

Sunday 13th October, 10-12, Online by donation

Whether we have been practising for weeks or years it is very common to find that we have fallen into a habit of using meditation to avoid our problems or whatever we don't want to be with. In fact, a lot of people think that the very purpose of mindfulness is to 'zone out' - oddly they think this is weird but they don't think its weird when they do the same thing via netflix or social scrolling?

Anyway, its not about zoning out at all, in fact we might not even feel especially calm or peaceful at times, so what should we be doing - if indeed we are doing anything at all?

If I said that maybe we should be passively learning you might wonder what that is and how we go about it.

In this two hour practise and chat session we will dive in deep and whether your practice is new or old, hopefully establish greater clarity about how to move it forward. Im looking forward to this one :)


https://www.yogalikewater.com/deepdives.html

06/09/2024

It can often feel like we are trying really hard to 'do mindfulness'. If it feels like that then inevitably .... you're trying too hard to do something or make something happen.

Thought Id share this mornings session with the BB4breakfast group as we go through this in a bit more detail.
Anyone is welcome to join, any donation from 1p is fine (basically so I know who to send the meeting link to).

Either way, I hope this is useful to some of you

https://www.yogalikewater.com/meditationclub.html

Mindfulness is not a doing, ironically it is also not relaxation - although we may feel relaxed when we are mindful, this is a pleasant side effect - not the intention.…

21/08/2024

Its coming up to Deep Dive #3 on 8th September and I think this one will be popular, the topic?

'Why Am I Such a Control Freak and What Can I Do about it?!'

Controlling is such a normalised part of most peoples lives that we simply assume it is the logical way to go about life. Yet it takes up so much of our energy and when we see that our efforts to steer life have failed we end up suffering as a result.

But have you ever actually stopped to wonder why you are so controlling? Does it really make you feel better or simply more anxious?

What is the worst that could happen if you just let go of the reins for a moment and where can we find the courage to do that?

All of these questions and more form the topic for this months Deeper Dives - a bit of chat, some open discussion with questions and some useful practices to try out all add up to a pretty fun two hours on a Sunday morning.

Donations are pay what you can afford from just £3 - less than a cup of coffee - or choose your own amount

Live online, 9:30-11:30 Sunday 8th September - or watch it back afterwards

https://www.yogalikewater.com/deepdives.html

24/07/2024

Its always a good sign when you haven't publicised an event outside of your website yet and you still have half a dozen people signing up .... which makes me think that maybe this is relevant to a fair few people :)

Many of us feel that we have to control everything in our lives or at least try to! But why is that and how can we find the wisdom to break that cycle and find some freedom and enjoyment in simply allowing the unknown to unfold?

In this two hour session we explore a couple of meditation practices and a discussion with time for questions around the topic of control and why one of our greatest mistakes is to actually believe that we have any control over things at all :)

Thats the topic of our third Meditation Deep Dive, Sunday September 8th 9:30-11:30. The sessions are suitable for absolutely anyone and you can choose a donation that fits you from just a pound an hour :)



https://www.yogalikewater.com/deepdives.html

08/07/2024

Yoga Like Water 200hour Teacher Training in a max group size of 8 people - starting October - three spaces still available Earlybird discount til end of July.

We have been running these special courses for nearly ten years and have helped hundreds of teachers to find the way that they want to share yoga, not the way we think that they should do it.

Its also a hybrid course which means we gather together online over winter for live weekends once a month and then in Cornwall in Spring Summer 2025 to put everything we have learnt into practice in person.

Full details on yogalikewater.com

04/07/2024

Only one more in person mindfulness and meditation intensive this year - 15-18 August. Whether you'd like to dive deeper into your practice or share with others.

21/06/2024

There is only one retreat planned this year (even after being voted in the Times top 15 UK retreats!) and it has just two spots left. If you fancy four days of away from it all in a small group, some meditation, gentle breathwork, tea drinking, walks to the beach and chats around the fire then look no further :)
July 18-21, near St Agnes, Cornwall

19/06/2024

It has been and odd few weeks over at our neck of the woods, all leaving me with an interesting opportunity to put all of the mindful practices and teachings that I do and share with others.....into actual practice in the field of life 🤣

I hope it might be a useful read for anyone else that has obstacles to navigate (well that's basically all of us) however large or small

https://www.yogalikewater.com/blog/putting-practice-into-action

How My Practice Has Swung into Action Lately :) I recently shared this email with my lovely meditation crew, I wasn't going to share it publicly but received so many replies saying how useful it had...

28/05/2024

If like me and everyone else I know, you have struggled with meditation; don't know if you're doing it 'right' and it feels like an awful lot of effort for results that arent easy to see....then maybe this session will help :)

We start at the beginning by questioning if we can really 'do' meditation in the way we imagine and if maybe it isnt more a learning to not do.

That might all seem a bit odd but ill do my best to explain it with a couple of practices and plenty of time for questions too,

Online this Sunday 9:30-11:30 , donations from £1 for two hours

https://www.yogalikewater.com/deepdives.html

21/05/2024

When nothing is done, nothing is left undone - Tao Te Ching

After the success of our last Sunday Deep Dive session - what a lovely 2 hours of chat, practice and discussion it was - I've scheduled the next one in for Sunday 2nd June at the slightly earlier, but still civilised time of 9:30-11AM

This one will explore the paradox of trying to meditate. Is there anything that we can actually 'do' in order to somehow progress down this path or can it really only be about no doing and simply letting go of any imagined control?

We will explore some practices to see if we cant touch on some clues directly and of course there will be some chat and plenty of time for discussion and any questions.

Donation as ever from just one pound!!! Its for everyone not just for those that can afford it.

You also get access to the recording of the last session 'What is Happiness and Can i get More of it?'

https://www.yogalikewater.com/deepdives.html

14/05/2024

It all started with our Yoga Like Water teacher training almost ten years ago. From around 40 students across two trainings each year in central London and North Devon we now run one very small and intimate immersion for less than ten people but with exactly the same incredible tutors that have been with us all along like LoLo Lam, and Paula Harrison

What makes us different to other trainings? I guess you just become one of the family! We certainly don't want you to agree with anything we say - just chew it over.

From supporting hundreds of yoga teachers start their journey what we can say is that absolutely everyone already has a special superpower as a teacher - all that we do is support you for a bit whilst you play around and find out what that is :)

Next course starts in October, Super Earlybird til end of July.
Our 2024 -25 course is hybrid learning - through winter we cover weekends online and then come spring and summer we have two long weekends here in Cornwall to play and get plenty of in person teaching practice.

https://www.yogalikewater.com/cornwall-yoga-teacher-training.html

28/04/2024

Still time to jump onboard with us if its grey and wet where you are and you'd like a bit of meditation practise and some interesting chat about happiness this morning! You can also watch it back afterwards if you cant make the session live. Nuff said :)
https://www.yogalikewater.com/deepdives.html