Beyond Asana
The Yoga Process provides yoga therapy, yoga classes and pranayama workshops, in Greystones and Bray, Co Wicklow.
Our yoga therapy, classes and pranayama tuition are based on a traditional approach which, when practised regularly, allows us to cultivate calm energy.
Four Asana and Pranayama Classes
November 6th until December 4th (break 20th Nov) on Thursday evening at 7.30pm
Yoga and Pranayama Half Day Workshop – Saturday February 21st from 10am to 1pm
Weekly Pranayama and Asana Class
In middle life ( 25 to 70 years) pranayama takes over from asana as the main yoga tool. This is recommended as this stage of life comes with many responsibilites and physical, mental and emotional stability are key.
Asana is now done to maintain physicality (about thirty minutes) and prepare for pranayama practice. Pranyama can be learnt like asana in a safe developmental way.
The yoga sutras advises beginning by establishing a firm and safe foundation. Two practices are essential for this. Firstly gaining familiarity and control over the physical breathing apparatus and secondly to the breath itself. Once these foundations are established then further more specific practices can be learnt.
Pranayama is not the same as asana done with breathing where the breath is a support for the body, rather it is done seated to allow the body to become a support for the breath.
The next series of four classes will begin on Thursday evening November 6th until December 4th (break on November 20th) They will take place in St Patricks Church Hall in Greystones from 7.30pm until 8.30pm.
Yoga and Pranayama Workshop
The next half day yoga and pranayama workshop will be posted presently. I offer regular, half-day and one day workshops.
They begin with simple asana to prepare the breath and the spine. Then it goes on to explore the origins of pranayama in the yoga sutras with breath exercises to help realise these concepts.
The experience of space, length and quality of the phases of breathing, exhale, inhale and stillness form a foundation on which to develop a safe and developmental pranayama practice.
This workshop is suitable for those who already know how to do simple asanas with breath coordination.
There will be a relaxation exercise of around fifteen minutes towards the end of the workshop so please bring a warm blanket.
Read more…Yoga Pranayama Workshop
Individual and Yoga Therapy
The process of moving along towards a state of yoga happens in stages. This is why yoga was traditionally taught to individuals according to their unique set of circumstances. Everyone’s physical capabilities, energy levels, age, life circumstances and what they would like to achieve from their yoga practice is different. The process begins from where you find yourself. Yoga can also be used therapeutically alongside conventional treatment, whatever your level of health, to help you manage a broad range of chronic and challenging health conditions, at any level.
To see if individual yoga tuition designed for your unique circumstances will help you can email me at [email protected] for a complementary half hour consultation.
Practices begin at fifteen minutes per day, to be done a minimum of five days per week to be effective.
About Ann-Marie
Ann-Marie has completed over seven years of yoga training, two with Yoga Therapy Ireland and five in the tradition of TKV Desikachar. My training in this approach was with Hanne Gillespie in Dublin, and with Ranju Roy and Dave Charlton, authors of ‘Embodying the Yoga Sutras’, in the UK and Dublin.
These seven years culminated in certification from the Yoga Alliance, the Association of Yoga Studies, the British Wheel of Yoga, Sadhana Mala and finally, the British Council for Yoga Therapy.
