Moments in Ashtanga Yoga
A Healing & Mindful Approach to Practice
A one-day journey into the heart of Ashtanga yoga, where posture, breath, philosophy, and subtle movement become a healing and mindful experience.
Scott Johnson
How do we individually approach yoga in relationship to our own lives? Can we see deeper into how our yoga practice helps us nurture breath and movement awareness? How does philosophy integrate with how we see and act in the world?
What you will gain
This workshop is more than a set of techniques, it’s an invitation to step deeper into your own practice. By the end of the day, you will leave with:
A Deeper Connection to Practice
You’ll experience Ashtanga as the integration of psychology, movement and breath. One that lets go of it being a rigid sequence, and reveals it as a practice that develops presence, intimacy, and healing.
Practical Tools for Mindful Living
From posture and transition awareness to pranayama, subtle movement and philosophy, you’ll leave with tangible ways to bring steadiness, clarity, and compassion into both practice and life.
Inspiration & Community
Rooted in the historic home of Ashtanga in the UK, this day offers the chance to learn, listen, and share in a supportive space with like minded people, leaving you inspired and connected.
The Moments In Ashtanga Yoga one day workshop includes:
Together we’ll explore the roots of Ashtanga yoga and how its wisdom applies to our lives today, while learning mindful principles of movement that bring safety, clarity, and awareness.
Blending philosophy with modern movement insight, Scott will show how practice becomes more sustainable and nourishing when approached with tenderness rather than force.
This one-day workshop is a space for dialogue, discovery, and inspiration, offering tools you can carry back into your daily life and practice.
Location
Address:
St Margaret's Institute, 30 Polstead Rd, Oxford OX2 6TN
Train: Oxford Station
Contact: Ian Macdonald from Oxford Yoga (below)
Schedule
Saturday 5th December
Morning Session
9.30am - 12.30pm
| Stillness & Movement |
Ashtanga Yoga , Mindfulness & Pranayama
A guided journey through the primary and intermediate series as a living symphony of breath and movement that can inspire us all. We’ll explore how transitions, rhythm and pranayama bring both steadiness and freedom.
Afternoon Session
1.15pm - 2.15pm
| Philosophy |
Patanjali on Asana
How Do We Find Space In The Body
This session will look at Patanjali's yoga sutra and it's relationship to asana. We will see that the way Patanjali asks us to notice the body is with a steady, spacious awareness
2.15pm - 4pm
| Movement & Technique |
Finding a Strong & Spacious Spine
The second half of the Primary Series offer us a profound opportunity to explore the subtleties of spinal movement. With sensitivity, insight, and awareness, we can observe how the energy of the spine evolves as we fluidly move.
This session will focus on cultivating a deeper awareness of the spine's role in the second part of the primary series. Beginning with a short mindfulness and breathing practice we will explore how spinal movement develops in relation to the breath, connecting postures from the first and second half of the Primary Series. We will reveal the continuity and intelligence of the practice.
This workshop is open to all yoga practitioners curious about deepening their understanding of the Ashtanga Vinyasa system.
Join us in Oxford!
Full Day: £80
Morning Session: £45 | Afternoon Session: £35
Cancellation Policy & FAQs
Please get in touch with the host, Ian Macdonald, through the form above.
Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat and something to write on.