Categories: yoga

NO CLASS ON 1ST JULY

This class is suitable for all levels.
Drop-ins and pre-bookings are welcome.

Hatha Flow is designed to bring awareness into the mind and body by focusing on breath and posture alignment. The Sanskrit word “hatha” can be translated in English in two different ways: as “willful” or “forceful,” or as “sun” (ha) and “moon” (tha). Together, hatha yoga can be described as a set of active practices that aim to achieve harmony and balance in the mind, body, and spirit. Hatha yoga is a great way to build a foundation for your yoga practice.

Each class has a focus on breath and posture, inviting greater openness in the body. Movement can be slower than in a vinyasa class, yet stillness in each asana (pose) requires mental and physical strength.  A balance between effort and surrender.  Classes may vary to incorporate elements of restorative, yin poses and mindful breathwork all accompanied by a relaxing soundtrack.

Please go to the homepage to find the link to the up-to-date Students’ Guidelines.

FURTHER INFO

PRICES AND BOOKINGS

£13 per studio class or visit the website to see what class passes are available.

To book a class, please go to https://www.larissayoga.com/classes

Instagram: @larissayoga

More about Larissa on www.larissayoga.com

Any questions please email larissaabl@gmail.com

About Larissa

Larissa is a London-based yoga teacher who has been teaching regular classes since 2019. She experienced her first yoga class fifteen years ago at the Sivananda Yoga Centre. Her style of yoga combines elements of her favourite practices: hatha, yin, restorative, and qigong.

Having felt the huge benefits of regular practice, mentally and physically, she completed a 200hr Anusara training with Bridget Woods Kramer. The word Anusara means “flow with grace,” and is a form of Hatha yoga with a strong focus on alignment.

Since then, Larissa has studied with various teachers such as Sarah Lo, Mimi Kuo-Deemer and Anna Ashby.

Larissa is a sensitive, down-to-earth teacher, and strives to make her classes inclusive and welcoming to everyone.

PLEASE NOTE, no classes on April 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd.

Drop-ins are welcome, yet pre-bookings are recommended.

The class is relaxing, nourishing body and mind with your breath. It emphasises combining awareness, correct physical alignment and the energy (ki)system.

Zen Yoga is based on Zen Master Daizan Skinner’s many years of living studying in Zen temples.  The sequences of movements are adjusted through seasonal energy systems.

All levels are welcome, including complete beginners.

Further Info

Drop in for £14 or a 5-class pass for £60 (To be used in 10 weeks)  The pass applies to both Noriko’s classes on Mondays 6.30-7.30pm and Wednesdays 9.30-10.30am.

For more information and to book, please email: noriko@pianopianolife.com

About Noriko

Noriko grew up in Kyushu, Southern Japan, surrounded by mindful movements and exposed to Zen practice from childhood. She trained classical Ballet and Buyō, the traditional Japanese dance. Through these practices, she has deeply observed the eastern and western body movements.

Noriko was introduced to Yoga by Billy Doyle, a specialist in Non-Duality.

She has been trained Yoga and Zen meditation by Zen master Julian Daizan Skinner and continues her zen practice at Zenways.

Noriko, also, teaches Zen Brushwork at Zenways London Dojo.

Daizan’s classes are currently based on donations. You will find the link just after the “Attendance online” paragraph.

Zen Yoga, in particular, emphasizes three intertwined areas – physical alignment, the flow of energy in the body and awareness (or mindfulness). Mindfulness of the body is one of the four practices taught by the Buddha that lead directly to enlightenment.

Each pose taught in this class brings new parts of the body into focus so that we can become aware of any tightness or restriction. As we bring our awareness to these areas of tension, they immediately start to shift and release.

Zen yoga practice melts away the tightnesses and resistances that prevent us from enjoying the flow of life.

This class is suitable for all levels.

Booking and Further Information

Attendance in person (currently not available)

Please book and pay for your class online via PayPal by selecting use the relevant option in the drop-down below. Then bring your booking receipt with you to the class.

Please note that the annual pass is available anytime over the year and it will be valid for 12 months.

Attendance online

If you would like to join via online video link, please select the concessions/online option. After successful purchase you will be redirected to a page that will give you a link to register on Zoom.us for the class you wish to join. Zoom is the platform we use for our online classes and it works like Skype. Please make sure you only register for as many classes as you have paid for.

All sessions are based on donations. Please support our work by clicking the link below:

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO BOOK

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DONATE

In-person classes are not allowed at present, so please ignore the below option.

Class Teacher – Daizan Skinner

Daizan is the founder and director of ZenYoga.

Having studied in Zen monasteries over many years, Daizan is a Zen master in the Rinzai tradition. He has been teaching meditation and yoga in London since he returned from Japan in 2007.

His teachings emphasise the transformative power of mindfulness, melting away blocks and resistances so that we can enter life more fully and fearlessly.

Daizan’s classes are currently based on donations. You will find the link after the “Attendance online” paragraph.

Zen Yoga, in particular, emphasizes three intertwined areas – physical alignment, the flow of energy in the body and awareness (or mindfulness). Mindfulness of the body is one of the four practices taught by the Buddha that lead directly to enlightenment.

Each pose taught in this class brings new parts of the body into focus so that we can become aware of any tightness or restriction. As we bring our awareness to these areas of tension, they immediately start to shift and release.

Zen yoga practice melts away the tightnesses and resistances that prevent us from enjoying the flow of life.

This class is suitable for all levels.

Booking and Further Information

Attendance in person (currently not available)

Please book and pay for your class online via PayPal by selecting using the relevant option in the drop-down below. Then bring your booking receipt with you to the class.

Please note that the annual pass is available anytime over the year and it will be valid for 12 months.

Attendance online

If you would like to join via online video link, please select the concessions/online option. After successful purchase you will be redirected to a page that will give you a link to register on Zoom.us for the class you wish to join. Zoom is the platform we use for our online classes and it works like Skype. Please make sure you only register for as many classes as you have paid for.

All sessions are based on donations. Please support our work by clicking the link below:

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO BOOK

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO DONATE

Class Teacher – Daizan Skinner

Daizan is the founder and director of ZenYoga.

Having studied in Zen monasteries over many years, Daizan is a Zen master in the Rinzai tradition. He has been teaching meditation and yoga in London since he returned from Japan in 2007.

His teachings emphasise the transformative power of mindfulness, melting away blocks and resistances so that we can enter life more fully and fearlessly.

Zen Yoga, in particular, emphasizes three intertwined areas – physical alignment, the flow of energy in the body and awareness (or mindfulness). Mindfulness of the body is one of the four practices taught by the Buddha that lead directly to enlightenment.

Each pose taught in this class brings new parts of the body into focus so that we can become aware of any tightness or restriction. As we bring our awareness to these areas of tension, they immediately start to shift and release.

Zen yoga practice melts away the tightnesses and resistances that prevent us from enjoying the flow of life.

This class is suitable for all levels.

Booking and Further Information

Attendance in person (currently not available)

Please book and pay for your class online via PayPal by selecting use the relevant option in the drop-down below. Then bring your booking receipt with you to the class.

Please note that the annual pass is available anytime over the year and it will be valid for 12 months.

Attendance online

If you would like to join via online video link, please select the concessions/online option. After successful purchase you will be redirected to a page that will give you a link to register on Zoom.us for the class you wish to join. Zoom is the platform we use for our online classes and it works like Skype. Please make sure you only register for as many classes as you have paid for.

Class Teacher – Daizan Skinner

Daizan is the founder and director of ZenYoga.

Having studied in Zen monasteries over many years, Daizan is a Zen master in the Rinzai tradition. He has been teaching meditation and yoga in London since he returned from Japan in 2007.

His teachings emphasise the transformative power of mindfulness, melting away blocks and resistances so that we can enter life more fully and fearlessly.

Janea covers this class on 31st March and April 7th, 14th, 28th – No class on 21st – For booking please email Janea at yogabyjanea@gmail.com

Noriko will be back on 5th May.

Drop-ins are welcome, yet Pre-bookings are recommended.

The class is relaxing, nourishing body and mind with your breath. It emphasises combining awareness, correct physical alignment and the energy (ki)system.

Zen Yoga is based on Zen Master Daizan Skinner’s many years of living and studying in Zen temples.  The sequences of movements are adjusted through seasonal energy systems.

All levels are welcome, including complete beginners.

Please go to the homepage to find the link to the up-to-date Students’ Guidelines.

Further Info

Drop in for £14 or a 5-class pass for £60 (To be used in 10 weeks). The pass applies to both Noriko’s classes on Mondays 6.30-7.30pm and Wednesdays 9.30-10.30am.

For further information and to book, please email: noriko@pianopianolife.com

About Noriko

Noriko grew up in Kyushu, Southern Japan, surrounded by mindful movements and exposed to Zen practice from childhood. She trained in classical Ballet and Buyō, the traditional Japanese dance. Through these practices, she has deeply observed the eastern and western body movements.

Noriko was introduced to Yoga by Billy Doyle, a specialist in Non-Duality.

She has been trained Yoga and Zen meditation by Zen master Julian Daizan Skinner and continues her zen practice at Zenways.

Noriko, also, teaches Zen Brushwork at Zenways London Dojo.

“Yoga is the rule book for changing the game of life, but in this game, no one needs to lose. It is tough, and you need to train hard. It requires the willingness to think for yourself, to observe and correct and surmount occasional setbacks. It demands honesty, sustained application and above all love in your heart. If you are interested in understanding what it means to be a human being, placed between the earth and the sky, if you are interested in where you come from and where you will be able to go, if you want happiness and long for freedom, then you have already begun to take the journey toward the journey inward. ”

BKS Iyengar

This is an intermediate class, yet beginners are welcome.

Single class £15 – Concessions available.

Find more info and how to book by emailing at celiahenebury@hotmail.com

www.celiahenebury.com

Please go to the homepage to find the link to the up-to-date Students’ Guidelines.

ABOUT CELIA

Celia is an Iyengar teacher living in South London, Brixton. She’s been practising since the early 1990’s and is a fully qualified Intermediate level teacher. Passionate about the artistry of Iyengar yoga and trained and continue to be inspired by Senior teachers in this country (Alaric Newcombe) and regular visits to the Institute in Pune (RIMYI), India, having studied with BKS Iyengar, Geetaji, Prashant and Abhijata Iyengar.

Celia loves the creativity, dynamism, and stability of this holistic practice and aims to teach classes with care, a keen eye and a sense of fun. She has an interest in pranayama and has been working with her teacher for years developing her practice and knowledge. Celia also works as a professional actor on stage and screen.

Online-only open class suitable for all levels

You are invited to make a donation to Zenways – but are welcome whether or not this is possible.

Zen yoga is based on three intertwined principles: physical alignment, flow of energy in the mind-body and mindfulness.

The practice is seasonally relevant, and stimulates and nurtures the organs and their related energy channels – or meridians – associated with spring, summer, late summer/harvest, autumn and winter.

We have also focused on countering the effects of lockdown, by strengthening the back and core, opening through the front of the body – where we may have become closed by working from home – and developing resilience.

Samantha’s class is suitable for all ages and abilities, however, if you are new to yoga or to her classes, or have any medical or other issues, please do get in touch with her beforehand on 07801 697712.

HOW TO BOOK

To book you in, please click here to donate (if you can) and click on the timeslot to register yourself and receive the link for the online class.

ABOUT SAMANTHA

Drawn to awareness practices from an early age, Samantha Warrington has been practising Zen and yoga under the guidance of Daizan Roshi since 2014. She attended Zenways yoga teacher training in 2015, and Zenways meditation and mindfulness teacher training in 2017/18.

More recently Samantha has completed Ashtanga yoga teacher training with David Swenson.

Samantha has been involved in the editing and proofing of all the Zenways books, and is an active contributing blogger in the health, wellness and awareness fields.

Samantha combines a career in magazine journalism and online publishing, and her role as a mother with an active schedule of yoga teaching in north-west London.

She has been a yoga practitioner all her adult life, and has had the privilege to practise and train with a great many teachers, including Manju Jois, David Swenson, Frances D’Angelo, Yogi Ashokananda, Christopher Gladwell, Nadia Narain and Sue Chopping. She has achieved the grade of first kyu in the Zen martial art of kempo under the tutelage of Sensei Jee (sixth dan).

Please book your class at https://westmoquette.cademy.co.uk/

£13 in-person, £9 online.

Join Mark on Thursday mornings to move, explore, and wake up to your true nature.

Mark teaches Zen Yoga, a form of yoga based in Zen Buddhist philosophy. Zen Yoga emphasises a balance of the yin and yang aspects of practice, awareness/mindfulness, physical alignment, and the flow of energy in the body through the acupuncture meridian lines.

Mark’s classes are all about re-connecting the body and mind in order to find a sense of health, integration, freedom and kindness. Most of the time his classes are based around the seasons, since the Chinese energy system is very connected to the time of year and changing seasons.

This class is suitable for all levels – Beginners welcome.

Available to join in-person and online.

For queries about Mark’s classes, please email mark@markwestmoquette.co.uk.

About Mark

Mark has been practising yoga since he was 19. In 2009, he did his yoga teacher training with Zenways. Not long after, he spent a few years working intensively with yoga teacher Jonathan Monks. He has since taught extensively in London and worldwide. He’s also studied Zen meditation with Master Daizan Skinner since 2007, and became a dharma teacher in 2016. His yoga is deeply infused with the essence of Zen that he’s learnt over the years.

Recently he’s been practising more Qigong and Taiji Quan, and has been experimenting with incorporating some of the principles of these practices into his yoga classes.

A gentle yoga practice suitable for all levels.

Start your week with a mindful flow as we move through poses finding strength and space in our bodies as well as our minds.

This is a safe and non-judgmental space to connect through breath and movement.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Fee £10

Booking advisable :

Here is the booking link
https://sistrumyoga.as.me/
You are also welcome to email Sahra at sahra@sistrumsistrum.co.uk for booking if you prefer.

ABOUT SAHRA

Sahra is a Musician, Yoga Practitioner and Doula based in South East London.

Born in Berlin to German/Somali parents spirituality and religion have always played a part in her life. Sahra came to Yoga in 2015 after years of suffering from hip problems. She was studying Jazz Voice at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance when she began practising Asana regularly and was amazed at how her body began to repair itself.  Sahra’s journey with yoga began purely as a physical practice, as it does for many, but became so much more. She has seen how it has brought comfort, space and clarity to her life: mind body and soul.

After nearly 10 years of practice, Sahra completed her 200-hour teacher training in 2024.

Sahra teaches Jazz voice at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and performs regularly alongside teaching Yoga. She prides herself as an inclusive and understanding teacher who welcomes people from all backgrounds. Her classes are a meeting of movement, sound, and community, skills she has honed over many years.