JANUARY Revelations that come from beginning again… |
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Hello loves, I can't believe it's the first time I'm checking in with you this year and we're already half-way through January! It's only been a week since I got back from my winter break in Thailand and it's been a full week of diving back into work - regular classes, somatic therapy clients, winter wellbeing sessions for the students at NUA, and a beginner's workshop yesterday at Yantra. And while I had the most incredible month-long break, I am reminded of how grateful I am for the work that I do and I am filled with the immense amount of love, care & devotion I have for it. I also reflected, as I was immersed in my own practice this morning, how special it is (to me, at least) that the work I share is woven into every fabric of my life; meaning that I get to live what I teach and teach what I live. I believe this to be the embodiment of what it is to be human; to embrace & embody our human form, and to remember the wonderment of what we are beyond that (or 'beneath' it…) |
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‘Iccha Shakti’ ~ Go Beneath As one of the three shaktis (energies) that move us into being and action, iccha shakti is the initial impulse, the underlying urge or desire that arises from stillness; movement that arises from a deep listening and a spacious allowing - for it to become, to appear, to express. It is the desire to self-express, the will to appear & to become, the wisdom that speaks from within, with no specific end goal or direction. This is a theme we are working with this month in classes. |
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'Beginner's Mind' I had a really lovely time sharing yoga with beginners yesterday. I was so excited to share with people who are at the beginning of their journey, some of the reminders that perhaps we all need: - we are here to discover what is already alive within us - there is nowhere we need to strive to get that's beyond us - there is nothing we don't already ‘know’ when we are right here with what is now I feel very grateful that I got to share my (slightly less mainstream) approach, that a yoga practice (when we speak of the physical), can be an opportunity to enhance body literacy, regain agency, and become a means for expression. That asana (the poses) are for me a dynamic expression of life itself, our aliveness, our energy. And that the breath, is not something we do, but something we are - a rhythm rather than a technique, life moving through us. |
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I hope something resonated today. With much love, Marie x |
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Opportunities to begin again… |
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MYOFASCIAL RELEASE & RESTORE NEW WINTER SERIES STARTS NEXT SUNDAY |
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SOMATIC FLOW WEEKLY CLASSES |
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DEEP DIVES Are you ready for more? |
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If you fancy a longer spacious immersion with twice daily practice for four days in the quiet depths of the forest in the Scottish highlands - then this is the retreat for you. Think vast open landscapes, forest bathing, water dipping, and a cosy Scottish cottage home to retreat back to with a book by the fire if you need to warm your cockles. |
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3 SPACES AVAILABLE SINGLE OCCUPANCY OR TWIN SHARING ROOM |
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A long weekend to immerse yourself in the rituals of solstice, community and practice. Think yoga, somatic practices, dance, song, and circle. With a special solstice stone circle ceremony, held by guest practitioner Rachel Cross. |
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1 X SINGLE OCCUPANCY ROOM / 2 X TWIN SHARING ROOM EARLYBIRD DISCOUNT ENDS 15TH FEBRUARY |
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"Healing happens by being able to process, to digest, one moment at a time." |
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Interested in working together? Email me at mariewilliamsyoga@gmail.com |
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Norwich, Norfolk NR1 4BT, United Kingdom |
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