Scaravelli Inspired Yoga Events in May
Treat yourself to yoga – you’re worth it!
This Scaravelli inspired yoga approach is gentle, yet demanding. We work deeply, but with intelligence, so that the practice raises our awareness, helping us to make sustainable, healthy and nourishing choices, which will affect us and those closest to us, at all levels – physical, psychological and emotional.
Scaravelli inspired yoga, is particularly helpful for those who are working with postural issues, lower back pain, stiff necks and shoulders and for those who are stressed, and need some space to learn how to deeply relax.
Scaravelli Inspired Yoga Classes
I’m now teaching most of my Scaravelli inspired yoga classes online via Zoom.
I am enormously grateful that wherever we are in the world, the internet enables us to maintain our connection and continue to breathe, move and practice together. I look forward to seeing you in class again soon.
Monday …. 9:30 – 10:30 am …. (Yoga)
Monday …. 6:30 – 7:30 pm …. (Yoga)
Wednesday …. 9:30 – 10:30 am …. (Yoga)
Wednesday …. 6:00 – 7:15 pm …. (Yoga : Minehead, Somerset)
Friday …. 9:30 – 10:30 am …. (Strength & Resistance)
Sunday …. 9:00 – 9:45 am …. (Breathing & Pranayama)
Sunday …. 10:00 – 11:00 am …. (Yoga)
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Breathing and Pranayama
Would you like to explore your breathing in more depth?
We all know that breathing is a central element of yoga practice, but did you also know it’s key to regulation of your nervous system? Following Covid, there’s more scientific research than ever showing how regular breathing practices can help lower resting blood pressure, reduce stress and anxiety.
In this weekly Breathing and Pranayama class, we’ll spend 30 mins exploring our breathing and how it affects us. We’ll look at simple breath awareness, as well as more structured forms of pranayama and introduce contemporary approaches to supporting those working with Chronic Fatigue, Long Covid and other conditions.
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Regular breathing practice improves our relaxation response leading to:
• lowered blood pressure and heart rate
• reduced levels of stress hormones in the blood
• reduced lactic acid build-up in muscle tissue
• balanced levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood
• improved immune system functioning
• increased physical energy
• increased feelings of calm and wellbeing
Breathing & Pranayama
Sunday Monring
9:00 – 9:45 am
£6
Breathing and Pranayama + Yoga Class
2 Class Pack
Sunday Mornings
9:15 – 11:00
£15
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Strength and Resistance
This weekly class draws on the latest sports science to build strength and stamina and improve joint health. We’ll explore the use of resistance and weights to help increase bone density and improve our mental health, sleep, confidence and resilience. Especially important as we age, it’s recommended you bring some resistance bands and small hand weights (if you have them).
Why Strength Resistance?
Is it for YOU?
There are so many reasons why it’s beneficial to work more strongly, including:
• Maintain muscle mass and bone density
• Maintain and improve cardiovascular health
• Develop more joint support
• Maintain flexibility and balance
• Help improve strength and stamina
• Improved posture
• Improved sense of wellbeing
• Improved sleep and avoidance of insomnia
• Increased self-esteem
• Get up and down from the floor safely and with ease
• Balance the effects of fluctuating hormones during menopause / andropause
• Fulfil your physical potential and maintain your strength, stability and resilience for the long term
Do you need any equipment?
We will use the following equipment:
• A pack of 5 ‘resistance loop bands’
• A 7″ Pilates ball
• Hand weights 1kg or 2kg (can substitute cans of veg in bags)
Friday Morning
9:30 – 10:30 am
£12
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BWY Yoga Workshop
Shoulders, Upper Back & Neck
May 4
Saturday
10:00 – 12:30 pm
from £20
bookings via BWY
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The shoulders are often a source of discomfort, tightness and misunderstanding. Modern office jobs mean we’re sitting, working at keyboards and holding our arms in fixed positions for long periods of the day. All this creates unnecessary tension potentially leading to long term tightness and dysfunctional movement patterns that affect our ability to move easily.
Join Catherine Annis for this practical BWY workshop, to learn more about the anatomy of this area, particularly the complex structure and function of the shoulder joint.
Explore the intimate relationship between the upper spine, shoulders and breath and give your shoulders and upper back a sensory treat. Learn to let go of long held tensions and discover some gentle, deliberate and focused techniques to help you change movement habits and release unnecessary tension.
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Aims of this BWY Workshop:
• To understand the complex structure and function of the shoulder joint
• To incorporate learning and knowledge into yoga practice, exploring simple and more complex postures
• Discover the intimate relationship between the upper spine, shoulders and the breath
• Learn more about the rotator cuff
• To understand personal habitual movement patterns and consider ways of changing this to bring more ease and simplicity to movement
• Practice some gentle, deliberate and focused techniques to help you change movement habits and release tensions which may restrict you in everyday life
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Learning Outcomes:
Together, we’ll learn:
• Understand the anatomy of the shoulders, upper back and ribs
• The role of the shoulder girdle in supporting the arm and connecting the ribs to the trunk
• Learn how conscious awareness of our anatomy benefits our approach to all movement
• Discover new approaches to working with this area to help you move with more ease and grace
• Discover ways of moving that are inspired by the shape and form of your own bones
• Give your shoulders a sensory treat, let go of long held tensions and discover techniques to support you in developing more efficient movement pattern
Yoga Videos
Yoga Video Classes
Yoga Video Courses
Yoga Video Nidras
Yoga Video Workshops
Over the last few years, we’ve been busy recording and editing all my yoga workshops and courses to make them available in digital form, so you can download and keep them forever.
We’ve also recorded some of my regular yoga classes to offer you the convenience of practicing whenever and wherever you are.
If you need some extra rest, then maybe Yoga Nidra is more your thing. Make yourself comfy, wrap up in blankets and follow my voice as we travel through magical landscapes, dive deep into ourselves and explore the liminal space between waking and sleeping.
Whether you’d like to practice breathing, or learn more about anatomy and how our bodies are affected by our yoga practice, it’s all here for you. If you’d like to dive in deeper, you’ll find the workshops I taught with Gary Carter and if, like me, you are working with lower back issues, join me live, or connect with the recordings of my Yoga for Back Care Course.
I do hope you find something here that’s helpful and nourishing and look forward to hear about your experience. Oh, and if there’s something you’d like to hear more about, let me know – I’d love to hear from you.
All videos are recorded into the MP4 format, one of the most common file formats used on the internet today.
Intelligent Yoga Teacher Training
5 modules over 12 months
Fully accredited and certified
18 Sept, 2024 – 25 Aug, 2025
From £3,125
London & Online
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As our wonderful guest teacher Gary Carter often reminds us, we all owe our understanding to those who went before – we stand on their shoulders.
This is how yoga practice and teaching develops – each of us takes a deep dive down into the intricacies of whatever we find most absorbing and beneficial, unpicking the essence of that particular element of yoga.
Then we go through the process of translating it from felt sense into spoken language, so we can share it.
At Intelligent Yoga Teacher Training (IYTT) we’re inspired by all forms of movement – dance, Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, Somatic explorations and functional practices. Our yoga is filtered through these lenses and through the eyes of our teachers who led the way before.
Our guest teachers throw their own takes into the mix, so there’s always plenty of interesting and meaningful discussions!
If this course resonates with you, please get in touch – we are passionate about supporting yogis like you to develop into the next generation of curious, thoughtful and inspiring yoga teachers.
Yoga Graduates Have Their Say
“The IYTT programme has radically liberated my movement practice and expanded the way I hold space for others.
The programme encourages deep attention to the realities of our bodies – to better support our ability to find freedom and facilitate our students to do the same. The course offers a sophisticated approach to study, rooted in sensorial attunement, philosophical discourse and the most up to date research in anatomy.
It is a life changing experience, highly relevant for its insights into Yoga’s past and in its commitment to foster dynamic, curious teachers for the future.“
Ben Wright
“A brilliant course and outstanding teachers.
And yes, it has been really hard work – of the best kind. Luckily when I started I had little idea of how intense the work would be (and how joyful).”
Koy Thompson
“The IYTT offers a caring space for a thought provoking experience of self enquiry and discovery. The language and teaching is rich in anatomical learning and the teachers are extremely knowledgeable in their fields of study.
Highly recommended course.”
Caroline Wright
Why Intelligent Yoga Teacher Training
I wanted the best for IYTT, so I selected teachers for their experience and outstanding ability to share their passion with clarity.
Together, we have over 200 years yoga experience and each of us are committed to support you on this exciting journey.
The course is thorough and supportive, offering individual mentoring throughout. During our time together you will learn to:
• Hold space for your students with empathy, sensitivity and knowledge
• Understand how our human bodies work and what we’re asking them to do in yoga
• Research the science that underpins the yoga, including trauma, pain science and fascial connections
• Adapt postures for all kinds of different bodies and students
• Develop your own teaching voice which reflects your own unique personality and approach
• Teach on and offline and embrace the challenges of contemporary teaching
• Share your love and passion for yoga with clarity and confidence
• Fulfil your own needs by creating a yoga business that will nourish and sustain you
• Learn from elite senior teachers who are all at the top of their field, with decades of experience to share
IYTT is a life-changing process – are you ready join?
Course Content
The course content will be practical and skills-based, facilitating a personal journey of exploration and discovery. Material will be delivered in a variety of ways including formal lectures, guided practice and asana technique classes, group work, teaching practice and individual study and reading, both online and in-person. The course covers these key areas:
• asana, pranayama and meditation
• anatomy and physiology
• teaching skills
• philosophy
• mentoring and supervision
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As part of the course content we will explore the place of yoga in our modern lives and show how it remains current and relevant to practitioners in the Western world. The study of anatomy and physiology is highlighted on this course, and will be delivered by senior teachers with decades of experience in their fields:
Jody Barber a physiotherapist with 30 years’ experience in neurological practice and renowned teacher Gary Carter, providing one of the most comprehensive groundings in anatomy of any teacher training diploma in the UK.
Supportive Mentoring
We believe in supporting all trainees throughout their training and beyond.
At IYTT, you are never just a number, and we will stay in touch and continue to support you well beyond your time on the course. We have created a mentoring program for all trainees which includes structured 1:1 mentor meetings and group supervision meetings facilitated by the leading yoga teachers and there is an active Alumni programme.
Each module is supported by two teaching assistants who are both recent IYTT graduates. Our assistant teachers are available to offer advice and support throughout the course.
At the end of each yoga teacher training programme, there will be opportunities for two graduates to join the teaching team as teaching assistants. This is a valuable chance to review the training from the other side, and to work closely with the teaching team, learning how to hold space and deliver a teacher training programme first hand.
Have you ever thought about becoming a qualified yoga teacher?
Take a look at Catherine’s accredited Intelligent Yoga Teacher Training course with renowned yoga and anatomy teacher, Gary Carter.