The Yoga teacher Carly Taylor, invites you to join a mini break in a beautiful setting in the Algarve of Portugal. Take some time to revitalize the body, calm the mind and lift up the spirit.

The weekend will include morning and evening gentle Yoga classes, yummy & nutritious food, free time to relax in one of Quinta da Calma’s many chill out areas. Maybe snoozing in a hammock! Or head out to one of the stunning beaches close by. The weekend is suitable for those who are new to Yoga as well as those who have been enjoying Yoga for a long time. We aim to create a relaxed, fun and informal weekend welcoming new and old faces to spend some special time together.

About Carly

Carly Taylor is a qualified Yoga Teacher (Integral Yoga Institute Gibraltar/ recognized by The Yoga Alliance. Hatha & Raja Yoga – The Science of the Mind). Carly’s teaching style is gentle & fun, she works in a relaxed and intuitive way. She specializes, in working with people who have ME/Chronic Fatigue (Trained with Fiona Agombar) and has trained as a LifeForce Yoga practitioner with Amy Weintraub to use Yoga to treat depression and anxiety. Drawing on a combination of skills and knowledge Carly founded Ginger Pai, which integrates Yoga and creative arts to promote good mental health and happiness. The Ginger Pai team hosts various holistic events throughout the year. Further info about Carly

About Quinta da Calma

Quinta da Calma offers a “‘School of Life”’ in an oasis of peace, beauty and tranquility in the heart of the Algarve. Quinta da Calma Holistic Healing Retreat Centre was founded with the vision of a deep love for nature and natural foods, and a firm belief that it is the birthright of each individual to be healthy, joyful and peaceful. Quinta da Calma is the European Centre for Integral Yoga® Teacher Training, from the Yogaville Centre of Swami Satchidananda.

Quinta da Calma has a welcoming and calming atmosphere which touches you as soon as you enter the grounds. The accommodation is simplistic, clean and cozy set amongst beautiful trees and flowers.

Quinta da Calma is located in the heart of Portugal’s Algarve with its long hot summers, mild and gentle winters. We are just 15 minutes from Faro International Airport and conveniently close to the IP1 Motorway and the National EN125. Quinta da Calma is just outside Almancil, 10 minutes from the Ria Formosa Natural Park and the soft sandy beaches of Quinta do Lago and Vale do Lobo. Vilamoura is less than a 15 minute drive away. Via the IP1 Motorway, we are less than a half hour away from the Spanish Border and via the new highway, approximately 2.5 hours drive from Portugal’s capital, Lisbon.

Date: Friday 1st October – Monday 4th October, 3 nights
Location: Quinta da Calma – Almancil – Algarve
Value: £245/€ 280 (based on 2 sharing a room), £275/€ 305 for single occupancy. Private: Rondete cabin £325/€ 345 – Concessions available in some situations/2 night option possible Fri/Sat for local people in Portugal ONLY (Price includes: 3 nights cosy accommodation, 3 brunches, 3 dinners, 5/6 yoga classes).


More information:
Email: events@gingerpai.com – T: +351 913 283 295 (Portugal) – +44 (0) 7866 178 652) (UK) – Web: www.quinta-da-calma.com


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The Independent Yoga Network is hosting its second Yoga Festival, which is taking place over the weekend of June 18th – 20th. Once again, there will be a wide selection of workshops, offering a balanced programme from the meditative to the very active, embracing different aspects of Yoga and its philosophy, and given by some of the most experienced teachers in the UK. We want this Festival to be an opportunity for the Yoga Community to debate and share, to practise and relax, and above all else enjoy !!!!

We are a child-friendly festival, offering Suryah Childrens Club, run by experienced volunteers; a place for children to be cared for and nurtured with a range of stimulating activities. This gives parents the opportunity to enjoy their workshops, knowing that their children are having a good time too !!

The Festival will be held at the Leela Centre in the gorgeous Dorset countryside. With 15 acres of grounds to explore, the venue offers beautiful group rooms, a range of comfortable accommodation, delicious vegetarian food and a warm and friendly atmosphere. The Leela Centre is located within 2 hours of London and with easy travel connections by road and rail.

To make a booking, and for further information please visit www.namaskaram.co.uk or contact Ellen Lee, Festival Co-ordinator, through the contacts below.

The Independent Yoga Network is a not-for-profit organisation of Yoga Teachers and Teacher Training Schools committed to maintaining and promoting the freedom, independence and integrity of Yoga. By Yogis, for Yoga !!

Programme

The IYN Festival promises to be a fascinating weekend with a very diverse range of workshops to choose from. The presenters and workshops booked are:

• Gordon Smith: Direct experience of the koshas using the hand as gnomonic followed by relaxation
• Cathy Stanton: Being Here! – a practical workshop based on Scaravelli’s teachings
• Virginia Compton: Heart centred Kriyá, ásana, pránáyáma and meditation
• Mike Gould: Dynamic Meditation and Gentle Awakening
• Duncan Hulin: Holistic Yoga practices, from and returning to, Silence and Stillness
• Pam Smith: Kundaliní Yoga
• Godfrey Deveureux and Olivia Crooks: Accessing the Guru Within
• Christopher Gladwell: Evolutionary Yoga of Radical Freedom
• Matt Gluck: A workshop to inspire practitioners to enjoy the simple nature of breath and to appreciate its role in vitality
• Swami Saradananda: The Power of Breath – This workshop aims to remind you of the powerful revitalizing and regenerating effects that breathing exercises can have on your body and mind. Swami Saradananda teaches worldwide and is the author of Yoga Mind and Body, Teach Yourself Yoga, Chakra Meditation, and the newly released The Power of Breath.
• Ellen Lee: Boys and Girls come out to Play – encourage the inner child to emerge through games and practices designed to reconnect with our natural, playful energy
• Sama Fabian: Riding the winds, standing balances and a comprehensive inversion practice using breath intelligence
• Gerry Russell: Tantric Yoga and Sound Meditation
• Suzy Daw: Freedom From the Known, Yoga inspired by Vanda Scaravelli
• Charlie Taylor-Rugman: An introduction to the philosophy and practice of Ashtánga Yoga
• Jim Gough: This a slow ásana / meditation class that is quite intense
• Stefan Cartwright: Nada Yoga — The Yoga of subtle sound
• Steve Brandon: A Taste of Freedom – The Four Noble Truths of Patanjali
• Pete Yates: Íshvara Pranidhána: Patanjali’s devotion to life – talk and practice
• David Sye: The Intelligence and Mechanisms of Love – creating an environment about a Yogabeats practice
• Satyananda: ‘Primal Yoga’ has come into being through Satsangas with Satyananda
• Simon Hunt: ‘Yoga in Mental Health And Substance Addiction’ A description of teaching Yoga in a psychiatric hospital and the wider community setting
• Jude Murray: Celtic Yoga; working with ásana, breath, chant, gentle energy work and ritual
• Dr. Lea Brindle: ‘Round Table’: an opportunity for yogins and yoginís to come together and share in their curiosity and experience of Yoga

The full programme is available at:  www.namaskaram.co.uk


Date: June 18th – 20^th, 2010
Location: Leela Centre, Thorngrove House, Common Mead Lane, SP8 4RE – Gillingham, Dorset
Hours: Friday 18^th, 17h30 to  Sunday 20^th,15h30


More information:
Email: festival@namaskaram.co.uk – T: 0208 950 8622 (Ellen Lee – Festival Co-ordinator) – 0845 6125511 (Leela Centre) – Web: www.namaskaram.co.uk – www.osholeela.co.uk


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Heather Mason, assisted by Carly Taylor, are conducting the workshop “Healing from and Depression Through Yoga & Mindfulness” where they will explore the curative role that yoga therapy and mindfulness can have on emotional healing.

Modern science and psychology are now beginning to appreciate the importance of body-mind approaches in the treatment of depression, anxiety and stress. This workshop will offer an opportunity for experiential learning, combined with insight into groundbreaking theory around how both yoga and mindfulness influence the brain and nervous system. Using a combination of yoga therapy, break-work, mindfulness and psychotherapeutic support, Heather and Carly will guide you through practices specifically designed to work with both the mental and physiological aspects of anxiety and depression.

Appropriate for all levels: this includes both students and clinicians


What to Expect:

• A wonderful, gentle supportive day by two of the UKs leading teachers in Yoga and Mental Health
• Skills you can take home and practice to cultivate well-being
• Insight into how to work with depression and anxiety over the long term
• A CD to aid you in home practice
• An opportunity to ask personal questions and how yoga and mindfulness can influence them.

About Heather Mason

Heather Mason offers Yoga Therapy for the mind and the body based on her extensive training in psychotherapy, yoga therapy, and mindfulness-based practice. Having suffered from both depression and anxiety Heather offers an approach that is both experientially and scientifically based. This prompted her to found a company called Yoga for the Mind where she integrates the benefits of yoga postures, breath practices, mindfulness techniques, and psychotherapeutic principles to help people alleviate stress, anxiety, and depression. Through this combined approach Heather is able to work with both the mind and body meeting both the psychological and physiological aspects of mental-health through a process of mutual cure. Heather holds an MA in Buddhist Studies from SOAS University London, and completing a three year MA in Clinical Buddhist-Based Psychotherapy. This educational journey is an accompaniment to a three year meditative and yogic journey in South East Asia where she resided in Buddhist monasteries and learned how to transcend her own emotional suffering. Heather has been teaching yoga since 2001 and is also a qualified yoga therapist. Heather is the only person in the UK to have trained extensively with the Boston Trauma Center, Massachusetts on how to use yoga as a complementary treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD and is now enrolled in an MSc in Neuroscience, Roehampton University to conduct research on how Yoga can positively influence the brain. More info: www.yogaforthemind.info

About Carly Taylor

Carly Taylor is a qualified yoga teacher (Integral Yoga Institute Gibraltar/ recognized by The Yoga Alliance) and founder of Ginger Pai – www.gingerpai.com. Carly’s teaching style is gentle & fun, she works in a relaxed and intuitive way. She specializes, in working with people who have ME/Chronic Fatigue (Trained with Fiona Agombar) and has trained as a LifeForce Yoga practitioner with Amy Weintraub to use yoga to treat depression and anxiety. Additionally, Carly completed the Integral Yoga / Raja Yoga “The Science of the Mind” Teacher training in Portugal with Nalanie Chellaram & Hersha Chellaram and has been influenced by many other inspiring teachers, including: Heather Mason -“Yoga for the Mind”, Bridget Woods Kramer- Anusara Yoga, DR Ruth Gilmore/Paul Fox Yoga Anatomy, David Sye Yoga Beats being just a few. Drawing on a combination of skills and knowledge Carly founded Ginger Pai, which integrates yoga and creative arts to promote good mental health and happiness. Ginger Pai also organizes various events throughout the year for inspiring teachers. Most recently Amy Weintraub – Life Force Yoga to Balance the Mood in Surrey, Fiona Agombar – Teaching yoga to people with ME/CFS in Brighton and Russell Stone “Sounding from the Heart” in Kent. More info: www.gingerpai.com


Date: March 21, 2010
Hours: 10h30 – 5 pm
Location: Yoga Ananda Holistic Centre, 46 Albert Road North, RH2 9EL – Reigate, Surrey
Value: £60.00 – Booking essential


More information:
Email: events@gingerpai.com – T: 07886 178 652 – 07804 613 132 – Web: www.yogaananda.co.uk – www.gingerpai.com – www.yogaforthemind.info

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Ginger Pai offers a workshop with Heather Mason & assisted by Carly Taylor. The workshop will take place at The Light Centre Belgravia – Close to London Victoria station. Space is limited so early booking is essential.

Modern science and psychology are now beginning to appreciate the importance of body-

mind approaches in the treatment of depression, anxiety and stress. In Healing from and

Depression through Yoga Mindfulness Heather Mason assisted by Carly Taylor will explore the curative role that yoga therapy and mindfulness can have on emotional healing. This workshop will offer an opportunity for experiential learning combined, with insight into groundbreaking theory around how both yoga and mindfulness influence the brain and nervous system. Using a combination of yoga therapy, break-work, mindfulness and psychotherapeutic support, Heather and Carly will guide you through practices specifically designed to work with both the mental and physiological aspects of anxiety and depression.

Appropriate for all levels: this includes both students and clinicians.


What to Expect:

1) A wonderful, gentle supportive day by two of the UKs leading teachers in Yoga and Mental Health

2) Skills you can take home and practice to cultivate well-being

3) Insight into how to work with depression and anxiety over the long term

4) A CD to aid you in home practice

5) An opportunity to ask personal questions and how yoga and mindfulness can influence them

About Heather Mason

Heather Mason offers Yoga Therapy for the mind and the body based on her extensive training in psychotherapy, yoga therapy, and mindfulness-based practice. Having suffered from both depression and anxiety Heather offers an approach that is both experientially and scientifically based. This prompted her to found a company called Yoga for the Mind where she integrates the benefits of yoga postures, breath practices, mindfulness techniques, and psychotherapeutic principles to help people alleviate stress, anxiety, and depression. Through this combined approach Heather is able to work with both the mind and body meeting both the psychological and physiological aspects of mental-health through a process of mutual cure. Heather holds an M.A. in Buddhist Studies from SOAS University London, and completing a three year M.A. in Clinical Buddhist-Based Psychotherapy.

This educational journey is an accompaniment to a three year meditative and yogic journey in South East Asia where she resided in Buddhist monasteries and learned how to transcend her own emotional suffering. Heather has been teaching yoga since 2001 and is also a qualified yoga therapist. Heather is the only person in the UK to have trained extensively with the Boston Trauma Center Massachusetts on how to use yoga as a complementary treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD and is now enrolled in an MSc. in Neuroscience, Roehampton University to conduct research on how Yoga can positively influence the brain. More at: www.yogaforthemind.info

About Carly Taylor

Carly Taylor is a qualified yoga teacher (Integral Yoga Institute Gibraltar,  recognized by The Yoga Alliance) and founder of Ginger Pai – www.gingerpai.com. Carly’s teaching style is gentle & fun, she works in a relaxed and intuitive way. She specializes, in working with people who have ME/Chronic Fatigue (Trained with Fiona Agombar) and has trained as a LifeForce Yoga practitioner with Amy Weintraub to use yoga to treat depression and anxiety.

Additionally, Carly completed the Integral Yoga / Raja Yoga – ‘The Science of the Mind’ teacher training in Portugal with Nalanie Chellaram & Hersha Chellaram and has been influenced by many other inspiring teachers, including: Heather Mason – ‘yoga for the mind’, ‘Bridget Woods Kramer – Anusara yoga, DR Ruth Gilmore / Paul Fox Yoga Anatomy, David Sye Yoga Beats being just a few. Drawing on a combination of skills and knowledge Carly founded Ginger Pai, which integrates yoga and creative arts to promote good mental health and happiness. Ginger Pai also organizes various events throughout the year for inspiring teachers. Most recently Amy Weintraub – Life force yoga to balance the Mood in Surrey and Fiona Agombar – Teaching yoga to people with ME/CFS in Brighton. More at: www.gingerpai.com.


Event: Healing from Depression through Yoga and Mindfulness with Heather Mason assisted by Carly Taylor.

Venue: The Light Centre Belgravia London

Date: 13th December

Time: 10.30-5pm

Exchange: £75.00

Booking essential

Email: events@gingerpai.com – T: 07804 613 132