SCARAVELLI YOGA-MOVEMENT AND MEDITATION
My next courses of on-the-ground and online Scaravelli Yoga-Movement classes with meditation will be starting on the brink of November.
The late Vanda Scaravelli, could be seen as the artist of the yoga world. My classes are about discovering a practical yet refined relationship with our body. Through postures that awaken our awareness of the spine, how we connect to the ground, breath, space and other, we begin to move to naturally. We learn to enter this physical container through a connection to our weight in gravity. Stillness and meditation enables us to explore how this relates to language, the poetic imagination, the contemplative mind. 'When we touch our deepest image of self, of reality, or a new truth... we're touching something that opens us to the sacred.'
On the ground sessions:
Seven weekly in-person Scaravelli Yoga-Movement Classes
Time: Tuesday evenings 6:15pm-8pm
Dates: 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th November & 3rd, 10th, 17th December
Venue: Frome Art School, Silk Mill West, Merchants Barton, Frome BA11 1PT
Cost: £125.00 full price / £115.00 concessions
Please book by 1st November
Online sessions:
Seven weekly Scaravelli Yoga-Movement Classes (Online)
Time: Monday evenings 6:30pm-8:15pm
Dates: 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th November & 2nd, 9th, 16th December
Cost: £100.00
Please book by 1st November
Phone: 07896 936 625
Phone: 07896 936 625
Email: life@handtoearth.net /
Testimony from Beatrix Bliss
"I’m a long term devotee of Rebecca’s yoga classes. Following in the footsteps of Yoga inspired by Vanda Scaravelli’s work, it has felt like learning a language that has given voice to parts of my body that have previously not spoken (or perhaps not been heard).
She weaves poetry into the classes and indeed it feels like poetry for the body, we’re writing poems drawn from our lived, felt experience, sense-making whilst distilling down into the layers of the fascia. Over the years these ‘language I’ classes have given way to a whole new vocabulary when it comes to moving. This was one of the entry points to exploring more - for example studying craniosacral therapy - which feels like a kindred approach, and now I’m learning anatomy & physiology a whole other layer of connection to the internal world of bones and muscle has opened up.
"I’m a long term devotee of Rebecca’s yoga classes. Following in the footsteps of Yoga inspired by Vanda Scaravelli’s work, it has felt like learning a language that has given voice to parts of my body that have previously not spoken (or perhaps not been heard).
She weaves poetry into the classes and indeed it feels like poetry for the body, we’re writing poems drawn from our lived, felt experience, sense-making whilst distilling down into the layers of the fascia. Over the years these ‘language I’ classes have given way to a whole new vocabulary when it comes to moving. This was one of the entry points to exploring more - for example studying craniosacral therapy - which feels like a kindred approach, and now I’m learning anatomy & physiology a whole other layer of connection to the internal world of bones and muscle has opened up.
A key thing I would say is it’s not about imitating postures (I’m pretty sure I have coordination issues and this has never worked for me) but about feeling your way into postures, and the postures aren’t hard and rigid, but flexible, subtle and strong. It’s a workout for the brain as well as the rest of the body. It’s deep, intelligent, diligent work and for whatever reason it’s my cup of tea. If this chimes with you please join our class."
As Daylight Comes, by Scottish artist Claire Harkess, 2024
This image made me think of a network of arteries and veins in the body; the way it captures the transition of darkness into daylight seems so attentive, as though we can actually see the turning of light, time and colour. And so we begin to migrate into winter and notice how we adapt, inwardly and outwardly, to the change around us. Transition highlights the importance of movement practice and the perspective it brings; learning to cultivate space to stay anchored in our body... Especially in times of collective and systemic change. Please contact me if you're interested to join this term, either online or in person.
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