Sundays 11/18/25 June (3-5pm)

We know that yoga is different from other fitness modalities. Even if the only thing you do is make shapes on a mat or do a bit of breathing practice, there’s an effect that is deeper than going for a run or playing football.

There’s more to it because in the tradition, yoga isn’t understood as something that you ‘do’ for two hours in the day - you’re striving to be a yogi - which means that your whole life is your practice. 

When you start to look into the tradition you can see that the practices we have now - making shapes, moving, breathing, concentrating -  they come from a tradition which is a lot broader and is actually underpinned by ethics and ethical principles.

These ethical principles are the Yama and Niyama - and according to Patañjali in his Yoga Sūtras, that’s where our practice should begin. More than that - they inform the rest of our practice and actually advise how we should undertake the other branches of the 8-limbed path. The Yama - Niyama not only tell us how to practise, they are tools to live better here and now!

Join Ema on this 3-part course unpacking the Yama-Niyama and how they fit into our lives and our practice.

This course, like all Ema’s philosophy explorations, will be lively and community-driven, a space for discussion and sharing. You will understand the traditional origins of the yamas and niyamas but also, and more importantly, how they apply to a modern way of living. These in-person sessions will be deepened and supported by take-away practice for personal inquiry and practical exercises for daily life.

Course Cost £79
(Drop In £29 - please note there’s no clear split in the material between each session)

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