Workshops and Events

To celebrate the opening of our brand new full time venue in Earlsfield, MA&Y is proud to offer monthly workshops and events.

These will be held in the evenings during the weekend and will cover a wide range of topics including movement based practices such as yoga asana, Krav Maga, martial arts, and self defence, as well as philosophy, meditation, gong baths, kirtan and exclusive talks with specialists in their field, to name just a few.

This page will be constantly updated, so make sure to check it regularly and sign up for our mailing list, or if you have a specific request, please feel free to get in touch!

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

9:00 - 15:00 each day

£220

Rev Fr Joseph H Pereira is the founder of the Kripa Foundation ( www.kripafoundation.org), the largest NGO in India devoted to the care, support and rehabilitation of those affected by chemical dependency and HIV & AIDS.

Over a fifty-year period, Father Joe was deeply involved with B.K.S. Iyengar as a student, certified trainer and friend. ‘Guruji’ Iyengar and Father Joe developed practices and protocols specifically for Kripa’s rehabilitation programme with alcoholics and chemically-dependent addicts.

Father Joe teaches Kripa Foundation Iyengar Yoga worldwide – in Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland and USA.

He believes that such commitment can only be through the blessings of spiritual giants like Mother Teresa, B.K.S. Iyengar and Rev Anthony de Mello.

We are very blessed to be able to facilitate him joining us for this workshop in the UK.

His many years working alongside Mother Theresa in Calcutta imbue his teaching with compassion, acceptance and understanding of the physical, emotional and spiritual challenges we all, as human beings, face.

Although a Jesuit, Father Joe believes there is little place for religion in Yoga. He considers it to be a spiritual pursuit and a whole person practice, where Iyengar’s teachings can lead us to know ourselves spiritually as well as physically

Firmly rooted within the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar, Father Joe’s workshops extend one’s understanding of the spiritual dimension as he takes us on a journey from the outer body, in physiology and neurology, through to the subtle consciousness and towards what he refers to as the third dimension of the Antaratma or the soul consciousness. Such teachings are rarely shared and very often lost in translation in the West. His work is profound but completely accessible to all, from whatever worldview or spiritual orientation, whether a yoga practitioner or not

If you would like to join us for this incredible workshop, please get in touch by emailinginfo@ma-y.co.uk.

18:30 - 21:00

£75

This one-of-a-kind workshop designed exclusively for women will introduce participants to the innate power of their own creative essence. Through theory, application, and practice, participants will come to understand the effects of conditioning, which disrupts our creative power, and why uncovering that power is vital to our well-being, healing, and growth. Understanding this potent creative expansion in our own lives will open us up to beauty, harmony, and the goddess Herself.

Join us to:

• Learn what accessing creative energy entails
• Discover what lifestyle, discipline, and self-inquiry have to do with living a life of power, beauty, harmony, and growth

Dr Kavitha Chinnaiyan is a Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine and is the author of The Heart of Wellness, Shakti Rising, Glorious Alchemy: Living the Lalitā Sahasranā ma, and Fractals of Reality: Living the Śrīcakra.

Prerequisites: While there are no specific prerequisites for this introductory workshop, participants may appreciate having a familiarity with the work of Kavitha Chinnaiyan, specifically the principles laid out in the book The Heart of Wellness.

Book Your Spot

Yin Yoga & Gong Bath Workshop with Charlie Merton

Sunday 11th June

18:00-19:30

£25 for Members and £35 for non-members

Join Charlie for an evening of yin yoga and sonic tonic gong bath meditation, a symphony of sacred sounds during a time halfway between the full moon and the new moon, on the approach to the summer solstice. The waning phase of the lunar cycle is the optimal time to observe where you find yourself at the midpoint of the year. Charlie will guide you through a short yet nourishing yin practice to prepare your body and mind for receiving deep healing and relaxation through the power of the sound bath.