Yoga Sessions for beginners with Dhammacitta

These sessions will involve physical practices and postures (asana), pranayama (conscious breathing practice), and some meditation and/or yoga nidra. The focus is on mindful movement and bringing awareness into the body, creating an opportunity to find a more conscious and open-hearted embodiment.

Try out the course with a free taster on 8th January: https://www.cambridgebuddhistcentre.com/DhammacittaFree

This class is aimed at the beginner's level and is suitable for all ages, body types, and skill levels. If you have any concerns about whether the class would suit you then please get in touch with me via the Buddhist Centre team and I am happy to have a chat.

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Book ahead and save: pay for the block of five classes below for just £6 per class or attend as a drop-in for £8 per class (no need to book for drop-ins).

Dhammacitta - Trainee Yoga teacher

I have been drawn to meditation and spiritual practice since I was a teenager. I first discovered yoga in my 20s here at the Cambridge Buddhist Centre alongside a growing interest in Buddhist teachings. I practiced Iyengar yoga for many years with Shuddhasara as my teacher. In more recent years, my yoga interests have branched out into other styles of yoga and I am currently doing a 500hr two year yoga teacher training
with Chiraswa Darking at Satyam Yoga Reach in Cambridge. This training has its basis in the Bihar School of Yoga (Satyananda Yoga) and is a mindful, meditative style of yoga that embraces a systematic and comprehensive approach to yoga as a spiritual practice and includes traditional yoga asana (the physical postures and movements), pranayama (conscious breathing practice), meditation (working directly with the mind)
and yoga nidra (a guided deep conscious sleep meditation/relaxation practice).

My interest in yoga, both as a practitioner and as a teacher, lies in working to improve my physical health, fitness, and mobility while also increasing mindfulness and embodiment. I am also interested in the effect that yoga can have on the nervous system and the mind. I approach yoga as a movement meditation that is not about achieving particular physical forms but more about bringing a kindly nurturing awareness into the body to connect with what the body needs right now and through that finding a path to being more fully present and more deeply embodied.