Weekend Workshop:
Classes and Lectures with Eddie Stern
Friday 24th – Sunday 26th May 2024
The Anatomy Rooms,Shoe Lane AB10 1AP & Breathing Space,Gaelic Lane AB10 1JF Aberdeen Eddie Stern, MSc, yoga teacher, lecturer, science researcher and author from New York City, has spent over three decades studying, practising, and thinking about yoga. Whether in conversation, class or lecture, Eddie makes learning yoga and yogic traditions accessible to all and easily understandable with an approach that is intentionally uncomplicated.
The founder of Broome Street Ganesha Temple in Manhattan, author of One Simple Thing : A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How it can Transform Your Life and co-creator of The Breathing App, Eddie also collaborates on scientific research projects, cooperates with public institutions on health and wellness programs and contributes to initiatives to promote peacefulness in NYC.
Eddie’s new offerings include ‘ Healing through Breathing’ an Audible Original and The Breathing App for Diabetes, both released in January 2024.
A wonderful opportunity to take classes and learn with Eddie, most engaging of teachers, on what will be his 4th visit to Aberdeen since 2017.
Experience of yoga practices is not essential to come to the workshop. All the classes and talks are open level and for practitioners of any type of yoga. Age 12 and up most welcome.
Please do email with any questions. Students, school age, unable to work, retired or just financially stretched, please email and we can work something out with a discounted rate. Don’t miss Eddie!
Friday
7am - 7.45am Pranayama class
8am - 9.30am Ashtanga Yoga for a Healthy Back & Better Digestion
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6pm - 8pm Overview of the History and Paths of Yoga, and Chanting/Meditation
Saturday
9am - 10.30am Yoga Asana Sangraha class
11.15am - 12.45pm Mind, Thoughts, and Stillness, Chapter One of Yoga Sutra
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2.30pm - 3.30pm Pathways of Samadhi: Chapter One of Yoga Sutra
3.45pm - 4.30pm Pranayama class
Sunday
8am - 8.45am Pranayama class
9am - 10.30 Yoga Asana Sangraha class
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11.15 am - 12.30pm Actions of Yoga: Chapter Two of Yoga Sutra
Pranayama Level 1 and Level 2
This is an introductory pranayama practice where you will learn how to slow the breath down to bring a deep calm to the nervous system. It is an accessible, gentle, but highly effective practice, suitable for all levels. We will do eight different breathing patterns over the course of 40 minutes, followed by a short relaxation practice. Pranayama is essentially the science of quietening the mind and nervous system through various breathing practices. Sunday class can also be level 1 or level 2.
Ashtanga Yoga for a Healthy Back and Better Digestion
This class will guide you through a sequence of strengthening and stabilizing postures for your back and a modified Ashtanga Yoga practice with modified sun salutations, standing postures and up to the first seated asanas. There will be no upward-facing dogs in this class, only small backbends such as bhujangasana, the cobra pose. This is a great class for teachers who are looking for ways to help their students with back pain as well as those who currently suffer from back pain. This practice has also been used in research on irritable bowel syndrome.
Yoga Asana Sangraha:
Sangraha means “a collection” or “compendium.” These classes are grounding and calming sequences of postures which move from lying down, to standing, seated, inversions, backbends, stabilizing postures, twists, and pratyahara, in order to have an intentional effect on the signaling of the nervous system. The postures come from the larger Hatha Yoga tradition, but not from any one lineage. I have put these sequences together over the past couple of years of experimentation and exploration of Hatha Yoga practices and texts, and this class is reflective of how I currently practice asanas – after 5 years of practicing and teaching Sivananda Yoga (1987-1992), and then 30 years of Ashtanga Yoga (starting from 1992 till 2021).
Lectures:
The Yoga Sutras describe a journey through consciousness, giving guidance for how to manage our thoughts, stress, the problems that occur in our body, and how to develop positive relationships and interactions with the world we live in. Throughout this weekend, we will take time to travel through many of the important sutras of this text and discuss the subtleties of meaning and application to our lives. A big question that many of us ask when it comes to yoga is, how do I integrate these teachings into my day-to-day life? Over these three days, we will look very specifically into this question, and see what answers the sutras have for us. In our past workshops, we have delved a lot into scientific topics, and although our focus will be on Yoga Sutras this weekend, we will still be seeing how science and scientific findings support Yoga Sutra's suggestions for integrated living.
Pricing & Timetable
All classes & lectures £150
Early bird until end of Feb £130
Please email if you would like to attend with a concession price or to request a funded spot. Perhaps you are a student, unable to work or your income makes attending difficult. We hope to make the classes and talks accessible for everyone who would like to participate.
Booking is on the links or email mostill@me.com and make a bank transfer. International details also below :
Bank details :
Name : Morag Still
Account : 29008732 Sort : 608371
IBAN : GB49SRLG60837129008732
SWIFT : SRLGGB2L
Friday morning - £35
7am - 7.45am Practice : Pranayama Level 1
8am - 9.30am Practice : Ashtanga Yoga for a Healthy Back & Better Digestion
Friday evening - £25
6pm - 8pm Lecture : Overview of the History and Paths of Yoga, and Chanting/Meditation
Saturday morning - £40
9am - 10.30am Practice : Yoga Sangraha Level 1
11.15am - 12.45pm Lecture : Mind, Thoughts, and Stillness, Chapter One of Yoga Sutra
Saturday afternoon - £30
2.30pm - 3.30pm Lecture : Pathways of Samadhi: Chapter One of Yoga Sutra
3.45pm - 4.30pm Practice: Pranayama Level 1 and a little of level 2
Sunday morning - £35
8am - 8.45am Practice : Pranayama Level 2
9am - 10.30 Practice : Yoga Sangraha Level 2
Sunday late morning - £25
11.15 am - 12.30pm Lecture : Actions of Yoga: Chapter Two of Yoga Sutra
Single options:
Friday
7am - 7.45am - £15
8am - 9.30am - £25
6pm - 8pm - £25
Saturday
9am - 10.30am - £25
11.15am - 12.45pm - £25
2.30pm - 4.30pm - £30
Sunday
8am - 8.45am - £15
9am - 10.30am - £25
11.15am - 12.30 - £25
A morning and afternoon of :
Classes with Sarah Hatcher
Saturday 17th February 2024
At Mo's, South Fornet, Aberdeenshire AB32 7BXDuring the time Sarah, dear friend, exceptional yoga teacher and wholesome student of yogic traditions, lived in Aberdeen from 2012 to 2014, she founded the daily Mysore program in the city , taught the first of many chanting classes at my space and found a place in the hearts of the local yogis. Sarah exudes warmth, enthusiasm and much knowledge from her decades of study, practice and teaching.
Do join Sarah for these classes :
Morning
8am - 8.45am Pranayama
9am - 10.30am Led Class
Afternoon
2pm - 3.30pm Mantra/Sutra Chanting
Morning £30 / Afternoon £20
A little experience with yoga is always helpful but not essential to come to the classes, with all levels of experience and practitioners of any type of yoga really welcome. Please do email Mo with any questions.
£150 All the classes, practices, talks and lectures with Eddie. Includes a voucher for a coffee/tea at Mount Cafe
Early bird price £130 until 28.02.24