Yoga & Meditation

Meditation at Awakening Rose is having a place that you can come purely to relax, switch off, be yourself in a welcoming warm space. Meditation is a wonderful practice & can be highly beneficial to your physical, mental & emotional self as a consistent practice for how you feel, to maintain balanced mental health and well-being.  

Sessions are seasonally based, moving through the cycle of the year, we follow a gentle theme around mindfulness, breathwork, restorative yoga practice & lifestyle. Each session varies depending but with a focus on slowing down, rest & finding peace. We close with a seasonal tea and sweet treat to gently ease back into the day.  

No previous experience is needed – all are welcome. It is a simple practice to bring enquiry, awareness & space. Would love to welcome you. 

Friday 20th March 
4pm Spring Equinox  

Friday 1st May 
4pm Beltane  

Friday 19th June 
4pm Summer Solstice  

Tuesday 4th August 
4pm Lammas  

Wednesday 23rd September 
2pm Autumn Equinox  

Friday 30th October 
2pm Samhain  

Friday 18th December 
2pm Winter Solstice  

Summer ones held outside in garden when the weather is delightful.  

Classes £17 per session 

Booking is required.

Weekly Meditation – drop in £6.50 

Regular Meditation from Tuesday October 6th   

Tuesdays 9am (8am in summer months) 

45 minutes to sit, lie & be still, to take time to pause. Soften the breath. This is something I have wanted to nurture & offer for a while. For myself & to share, A small reading, text or script to bring a sense of thread, a little settling into breath, comfort & then quiet time for meditation. At Daya yurt with time for a cuppa afterwards, or join the 10am class, or scoot off & head into the rest of your day.

No experience or great gift needed we will hollow it into a peaceful weekly consistent practice. 

I have enjoyed many styles of yoga & retreats over the years, hatha, kundalini and Iyengar, Yin, Nidra all are wonderful and beneficial in so many ways it’s difficult to list, we all experience the time on the mat differently always depending on what we need at the time. My teaching is Scaravelli based with a meditative background and some restorative, yin & Nidra. Yoga sneaks up on you and suddenly it’s in your life bringing a new sense of being, calm or discipline, so it’s difficult to define what it will be for the individual, which is where the magic lies, best to come along try a class & see if my style is for you. Seasonally it will change slightly, if any injuries, ailments or problems poses can always be adjusted and we move at a steady slow pace to really feel into the body, with breathwork, mindfulness and enquiry. There is focus on the spine, release around holding and movement to wake up the body. We may look at philosophy, we might have a focus on a pose, the development is always evolving as are we.    

Classes, workshops & retreats, where to find me.  

Chailey village hall –  A275, Lewes BN8 4BE 

Wednesdays during term time  

5pm to 6pm Yoga Class  

Gentle flow & movement to work with your body, easy instruction of poses, enquiry to develop a practice with time to relax physically & unravel any tensions. Breathwork to bring awareness, meditations, mudras and mindfulness to encourage the release of stress or tensions, build strength and bring in flexibility.   

Term prices vary depending on the number of weeks but work out at around £9 per session when committing to the whole term.    

Payment for half a term works out at £10 per week.   

5 class pass £55  

Drop-in class £12  

Soulful Saturdays 9 to 10.15 £12 – Daya Yurt 
Welcome in the day with a sense of luxury, gentle focused movement, mostly floor based practice with meditations, mudras, slow somatic flow to fully relax into Saturday morning finishing with a deep rest of Nidra or long savasana. A wonderful sense of ritual to begin the weekend.  First Saturday of every month.  

Oct 3rd, Nov 7th, Dec 5th 

5 -week Yoga course – Tuesday morning 10 to 11 – Daya Yurt 

Suitable for all, a nice gentle class moving through a regular yoga practice to ease tensions, relax the body & help with tired bodies or bones as we move into the late Autumn months. Grounding & good for mobility.  

Starting 6th October to 3rd November full course £50 or £12 drop in.  

Message me 07788150831 to book your space for classes or if you would like to discuss any concerns you may have if not done before. Any illnesses, current issues or injuries.    

If you haven’t been to yoga before or feel a little nervous of groups, I offer a 121 session at my studio where we can go over some poses, chat about what you looking for & see if it works for you.  

Retreats & workshops at Awakening Rose   

Daya the Mongolian yurt is set up to hold up to 10 people practicing yoga, meditation or Nidra and all the mats, bolsters, blankets & eye pillows are set up for. 

We named her Daya – in Sanskrit one of the Yamas in some yogic traditions & is a name gifted to me by another with the energy of bringing in gentleness, kindness & compassion but also inner strength. A space to evolve into reverence for Yoga practice, meditation, living consciously & shared time with warmth through the changing of the seasons. Somewhere to relax, soften round the edges, lighten the heart and feel more in spirit.

Each month there is offerings combining Yoga, foodie enjoyment, Ayurvedic learnings, seasonal living & time to relax. Where we can we rest into time outside, a bonfire in the lovely garden space or cosy time in the yurt warming from the log burner. As well as regular yoga sessions.  

Saturday 26th September – Autumn Yoga retreat with Ayurvedic seasonal lunch. Spaces booking up  
10am to 3pm Slowing down the pace
A deeply nourishing day to delve into an extended yoga practice, enjoy seasonal therapeutic teas, sweet treats & wholesome vegetarian lunch, restorative/ meditative session.
 

A gentle outline
10 am – meet & greet
10.15am to 11.45am – Scaravelli style yoga practice in the yurt to move the body, bring in the breath, steady the mind & notice how we are feeling. Slow, steady & strong.
11.45am – 12.15pm – sweet treat & seasonal tea/ water, journal prompts, time to wander. 
12.15pm – 1.15pm – restorative gentle yoga outside on deck if weather delights.
1.30pm – seasonal organic vegetarian lunch with Ayurvedic principles. Main course & dessert.
Digest & linger, pdf on wellbeing & digestion.
2.45pm to 3 pm – closing circle – gratitude tones – quietly heading home. 

£85 – Book with me 07788150831    

Friday 6th November Heading into Winter, slowing down the tempo.  

11am to 1.30pm slow yoga session & yoga Nidra followed by wholesome seasonal soup lunch & small dessert. Warmth in the yurt, time to rest & relax and enjoy hearty warming food. £45 

 Monday 7th December Winter warming, moving into yuletide. 

3pm to 5.30pm extended yoga practice, poems & mudras, restorative yoga followed by warming vegetarian stew/soup, seasonal tea & sweet treat.