Courses & workshops

Spring 2025

June News

Reiki Share with Ellen Wells Friday 27th June 6.30-8.00pm

Self Growth, Healing and Activation Workshop with Rachel Tapping and Lucy Bowtell Sunday 29th June 1.00-4.00pm

Sharon Morgan is running a taster session for an early morning pilates class on 8-9am on Wednesday 16th July, please contact Sharon sharon@westdorsetpilates.com if you are interested?

Please contact the workshop teacher for bookings and further information – their details are listed in the course information:

 

Ashtanga Vinyasa Workshop

Back to the Heart: Counted Practice – Half Primary, Half Second

We’re diving back in — breath by breath. This session brings the same steady rhythm and clarity of the counted method, this time blending Half Primary with elements of Second Series. It’s all about staying grounded in the Tristana method — breath, bandha, drishti — while gently expanding into new terrain. Despite the name, the Intermediate Series isn’t reserved for the advanced. It’s a space for exploration — open to all. Modifications will be offered, pathways given. The first half of Second Series is a beautiful preparation for backbending — opening the front body, the heart, and the breath. We’ll move with intention, not intensity. Postures will be grouped to keep flow, focus, and form. Whether you’re new to Second or simply refining your Primary, this space is here to support your practice — not perfect it. Expect: A counted Half Primary + intro to Second Series Clear structure with grouped postures Anchored awareness: breath, bandha, drishti A heart-opening journey without pressure Collective rhythm, shared presence Come explore. Come play. You don’t need to be ready — just willing. Let’s move, breathe, and grow — together.

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Breathing and Yoga Nidra

Suitable for beginners

This class begins with simple breathing practices to relax and prepare for Yoga Nidra. The Yoga Nidra practised is a simple technique adapted by Swami Satyananda Saraswati. It is a systematic method of inducing complete mental, emotional and physical relaxation which is suitable for all, with breath awareness, body scan, sankalpa and visualisation. This class is suitable for beginners.

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Conversations with Chris

Religions were brought, each by their own divine Messenger, from the Infinite Origin to the most limited point on the periphery where a culture, history and geography called in pain, joy and suffering for Divine Power, Love and Light to show the Way, the Word, the Light. Each religion brings its own language, words, culture and history and the Messenger spreads the Message using appropriate forms and words for the people she or he are sent to.

Behind and through each Message from each Messenger is the reality of the way humankind is structured in and as a Form, while the Messenger is an Infinite being located in but not limited by, Form. The Messenger, while outside and unlimited by Form, and sharing the same Form as the student, nevertheless can share in, see, experience and point to Form, its limitations and the opportunities all humans come here to experience so as to understand the Infinity each one of us also contains.

These Conversations are designed to allow students to look at the shared ideas at the root of all religions and of the non-religious approach to spirituality which is common today. Students will be shown how the inner energy has its own anatomy and physiology. Each student will also be shown how to map their own interiority using a shared technology and approach. Each student will be offered a path to eventually map their own spiritual life and growth as a tool for actualising their divinely intended purpose. Mankind has not yet done the work on Earth it was sent to do. Personal enlightenment is a necessary but insufficient step for realising and actualising the illumination and enlightenment of the Earthly Kingdoms and Earth itself. Students who are interested in this work will also be offered a possible pathway involving shared interaction.

  • Teacher: Christopher Matthews
  • Dates: Wednesday 7th May
  • Time: 5.00-6.00pm 
  • Cost: donations 
  • Email: christopherpmathews@yahoo.co.uk

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Energy Mapping Workshop

A Path To Clarity

A simple but profound process that creates deep shifts within. I guide you on a journey to connect with your inner wisdom, through meditation, systemic constellations and journaling, supported by the soothing sounds of the Himalayan bowls. Even though the group will journey alongside each other, your privacy is respected and there is no expectation to share content with the group.

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Iyengar Yoga Workshop

Cheree is a certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor who holds a Level 3 certificate. She began practising and later teaching yoga in the greater Dallas area , USA before relocating to Bournemouth, UK. Cheree’s  teaching is characterised by her enthusiasm and humour, encouraging students to refine their practice to develop awareness and intelligence in the mind and body. Her classes are dynamic and precise, while sensitive to the needs of all students.

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Kundalini Activation

Kundalini Activation with Glow With Rachel

Kundalini Activation energy transmission for healing and spiritual awaking. Be held in a sacred ceremony through a journey of deep reflection, renewal and pure love.  KundalinI activation is a interpersonal journey to connect with your true essence and align with your souls purpose. It’s an honour to hold space for you to shift your frequency and open the gateway to higher consciousness and self-realisation with the heart consciousness of the Devine Feminine energy.  If you’re drawn to kundalini activation it is your soul nudging you towards transformation. 

No experience is required. I’m a fully qualified Kundalini Activation Facilitator, Reiki Practitioner and Sound Healer who will guide and support you during and after your session.

What is Kundalini Activation?

  • Activation of your life energy, Prana, Qi which lays dormant
  • Activation of your own healing energy
  • Natural activation through energy transmission
  • Releases what is no longer serving you
  • Profound healing on a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual level
  • Connection to higher consciousness
  • Deeper understanding of yourself
  • Teacher: Rachel Tapping
  • Dates: coming soon

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NCT

We run regular NCT Birth Preparation classes with local teachers throughout the year. Please contact the National Organisation to book onto  a course

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Meditation – Sound healing – Coaching – Energy Blessing

This workshop is centred around conscious cultivation of our experiences. We will guide you to comfortably tap into your inner consciousness to create and activate your next desired experiences. 

Whether your focus is on deepening your inner connection, your health, wealth, love or sense of purpose; this workshop will take you through meaningful steps to new beginnings. 

You will be wrapped up in comfort and care through meditation and sound healing, inspired with the unique impactful tools we share with you and receive an exquisite activating full body energy blessing as you relax in cosy blankets.

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Pilates – Sunday Shorts

We know it’s not easy to commit to regular weekly classes and so Sunday shorts   fit easily into busy lives and make a perfect treat for yourself and/or those you care about. Stand-alone sessions take place on a Sunday, usually monthly, and are a great chance to try something new or to dive that bit deeper into a specific area of focus.

 Strength, balance, playing with planks, functional mobility, don’t miss our final ‘May Madness’ session before Sunday Shorts take their summer break!!

  • Teacher: Sharon Morgan
  • Dates:
    • Resuming in the Autumn
  • Cost: Early bird booking £10 | booking within 10 days of session or drop-in £15.00
  • Contact:

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Qi Gong Workshop

Yi Jin Jing coming soon!

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Reiki Share

The Japanese word ‘Reiki’ literally translates as universal life force energy. This system of healing was developed by Mikao Usui the early 20th century. It is a non-invasive complementary therapy that has been taught and used in the UK since the late 1900s, but Eastern medicine has for thousands of years worked with this energy, recognising its flow through all living things. Reiki supports orthodox medicine or can be used alone but is not a replacement for traditional medication or treatments. It is not based on any belief, faith or suggestion, yet, scientific research using quantum physics is starting to help us to understand how Reiki healing may work to benefit the individual. It has been suggested that in years to come it may be known as energy medicine based on scientifically measurable energy emitted from the practitioner’s hands.

A reiki share is a gathering to give and receive Reiki in a casual atmosphere of friendship, honour, positive energy and devotion.If you are new to Reiki and interested in joining please contact either Reiki Masters: Peter Griffiths or Saira Francis who will both be offering Reiki Shares throughout the year,The following dates are planned: 

Dates:

  • Friday 27th June 6.30-8.00pm Ellen Wells £5.00
  • Friday 25th July 6.30-8.30pm Saira Francis £10.00
  • Friday 29th August 6.30-8.30pm Saira Francis £10.00
  • Saturday 27th September 2.00-3.30pm Peter Griffiths £5.00
  • Saturday 25th October 2.00-3.30pm Peter Griffiths £5.00
  • Saturday 22nd November 2.00-3.30pm Peter Griffiths £5.00

You can contact Peter, Saira and Ellen via:

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Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra

Nurture yourself using Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra. Through passive and supported stretching using bolsters, blocks, chairs and blankets the body is given time to unwind, the breath to slow and the mind to become present. This will be followed by the practice of yoga nidra, a systematic method of inducing complete mental, emotional and physical relaxation with body scan and breath awareness. Suitable for all and particular if you are very tired, stressed or recovering from illness. This extended class will finish with tea and delicious, healthy cake from Feed the Soul.

  • Teacher: Sharon Cox-Button
  • Dates:
    • These workshops are back again in the Autumn
  • Cost: £30.00 
  • Email Sharon
  • Mobile: 07742 821 937

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Saturday Sound Bath

Information coming soon! It might be easier to contact Bex as she hasn’t given me any information! See her details below:

  • Teacher: Bex Leonard
  • Dates: 28th June
    • 7.00-8.30pmpm
  • Cost: £
  • Mobile:  07341 828482
  • Email: a_leonard01@hotmail.com

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Sound Healing With Crystal Bowls

Sound healing/journey/therapy is an ancient practice for wellness, self care and meditation. A sound journey involves getting comfortable and cosy and relaxing into the sounds and vibrations made by the Quartz Crystal Sound bowls. These vibrations can help bring us back into balance and alignment. The intention is that the sessions are deeply relaxing, as the vibrations help us to achieve a different level of brain waves, which allows our subconscious mind the space to explore what is needed for clarity. Having said that, if you just need the space to be and relax, it can be that too. I encourage you to bring a journal and pen to these sessions to capture any thoughts when you return from the deep relaxation. I end my sessions with a sweet treat and the offer of an oracle card. The sweet treat helps to ground us back into the hear and now. The oracle card can offer further guidance if needed.

Sound healing has a couple of contraindications – those who are in the first trimester of pregnancy; those with any internal metal work; or those active mental health issues, are all advised to seek medical guidance before attending a sound healing session. If you are unsure please contact me to discuss in confidence.

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The Wonder of Consciousness

You are invited to attend a morning of Advaita Vedanta teaching with Derek
Thorne, who is the Director of Vedantarama. His teaching of this wisdom and practice has clarity and depth of understanding. It is simple to follow and engages the intellect as well as the spirit. The morning will consist of teaching, meditation and the opportunity for questions and discussion.
The thrilling title for the morning is “The Wonder or Consciousness”. There will be a tea break mid morning.

You can book via the link below, if you have any questions about the event please contact Nancy Chantrell nchantrell@uwclub.net or Marj Snape 07747 429559.

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Tuning Fork Stress Release

Chakra Clear Cleanse and Rebalance

Relax and let your worries slip away. A wonderfully healing session to rebalance emotional and physical health. 

Just lay back and enjoy the soothing sounds of the tuning forks. This is a fabulous way to leave the world behind and discover a place of peace and calm. Enjoy a unique blend of the Om, heart and Solfeggio forks to bathe your body, mind and soul with the optimum frequencies for wellbeing. Nicki works psychic-intuitively with angel harmonies to ensure you receive the healing sounds you need to release.

Dress in comfortable clothes so you can add or remove layers as necessary. Yoga mats, blankets and cushions are provided and you are also welcome to bring your own pillow/ cushions to lay on to make sure you’re comfy.

This is an allergy-friendly event so no perfumes or fragrances. Please leave mobile phones outside7

About Nicki:

Nicki Greenham is a spiritual life coach, accredited sound healer, artist and one of the UK’s leading experts in Low-Tox Living. Through a unique combination of intuitive healing conversations, sound therapy and grounded, practical action plans she is passionate about helping people to release their creative and emotional blocks, so they can empower themselves to be who they truly are.

For more information about Tuning Fork Sound Therapy see: www.GetYourLifeBack.today/sounds

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Vedanta Group

 A unique opportunity to deepen into authentic spiritual practice in the tradition of Advaita Vedanta and to integrate it fully into daily living. Are you curious about your own true nature and the reality of this experience? A 3 year course of Spiritual Awakening focusing on Meditation and  the progressive teachings  (prakriya) of Vedanta . We will meet 4 times a year (with monthly catch up meetings) for meditation, discourse and discussion on themes such as the nature of creation, the nature of consciousness, the nature of love. Suitable for students new to meditation and spiritual enquiry.

  • Teacher: Marj Snape
  • Sunday
    • 6th July
    • 19th October
  • Time: 10.00-1.00pm
  • For more information or to book a place please contact Marj –
  • Email: marjsnape@gmail.com 
  • Mobile: 07747429559

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Vedic Chanting

Vedic chanting is a wonderful thing to do, and complements yoga practice beautifully: it helps to deepen our experience. The Veda-s are the amazing ancient teachings of India, in which you can see the beginnings of yoga. They are in Sanskrit, the language of yoga and of mantra, and go back thousands of years. (Passed on orally for a very long time, they were only written down about three thousand years ago). Chanting them helps with self-expression, and gives us joy…. and you don’t have to be able to sing! There are only 3 notes!

I have been fortunate enough to be learning this practice for over 30 years, and still have lessons with my teacher.

If you decide to continue, you will need to buy the book that has the chants we shall be using, but you wont need this to begin with.

Sarah  teaches the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali from 10.30-11.45am before this class, and the two are wonderful together as both are written in the ancient text of Sanskrit and complement each other.  Both are also the beginnings to our modern yoga practice. This class is a donations based class and all proceeds will go to the charity:

Practical Action 

Your gift will support people around the world in tackling their toughest challenges. Adapting to and withstanding the worst affects of climate change. Harnessing the transformational power of clean energy. Improving sanitation and living conditions in overcrowded cities. Recovering from the long term impact of the pandemic. 

  • Teacher: Sarah Ryan
  • Day: Saturday 12.00-1.00pm
  • Dates:
  • 7th June
  • Cost: Donations,  see above
  • Landline: 01258 839230
  • Email Sarah

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Viniyoga Therapy Training

Self-empowerment and healing through body, breath, mind and spirit

This course will offer in-depth training in applying the holistic principles of Yoga as a complementary healing system. It is most suited for those who want to become Yoga Therapists and those who wish to develop individualized complementary Yoga Therapy processes for students with different ailments or health concerns.

By undergoing this intense training, students learn about the therapeutic aspects of Yoga so that they may facilitate others in the journey towards self-empowerment, healing and personal transformation. It will also provide trainees an excellent opportunity to develop their unique strengths as healers.

The main faculty for this training program will be Dr Kausthub Desikachar. This is the first ever Viniyoga Therapy Training offered in the UK!

In the classical Viniyoga® tradition, Yoga Therapy is practised with the following orientation:

  • As a self-empowering process, where the Care Seeker is responsible for his/her healing process
  • In an individualized, one-to-one setting
  • As multi-dimensional in its approach, often utilizing many tools of Yoga
  • As a process focused on the individual, not just the illness
  • As a context-sensitive method, respecting the age, occupation, ability and other parameters of the individual
  • As an evolving process, not an instant solution
  • As a personal and spiritual development path, a process for developing one’s own unique potentials
  • As a collaborative and complementary system of self-health care

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Yin Yoga

Come and join me for an afternoon of relaxing and rejuvenating Yin Yoga and Myo Fascial Release. We will be focusing on supporting and balancing the energy of the Meridian system of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Workshops will start with some Myo Fascial Release techniques to encourage hydration, increase circulation and release knotty areas in our tissues. We will follow with gentle, floor based, long held Yin poses to open and stretch the body, allowing plenty of time for rest and stillness for the absorption of the work. The session will conclude with a long relaxation accompanied by the sound of crystal singing bowls.

  • Teacher: Chrissie Haskett
  • Date:
    • Saturday 21st June 10.00-12.30pm
  • Cost: £20.00
  • Email: chrissie.haskett@yahoo.com
  • Mobile: 07341820716

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Yin Yoga Monthly

Monthly Yin Yoga class, suitable for beginners and more experienced practitioners alike.

Yin Yoga is for you if you ~

  •  Would like to slow down and relax.
  •  Are recovering from illness and are looking for a gentle practice to restore health
  •  Are suffering from stress, depression, anxiety, the menopause or hormonal imbalance, insomnia or any chronic illness (fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, diabetes, lupus etc)
  •  Want a meditative practice that will help you gain greater understanding of your mind & emotions and how they relate to your body
  •  Want to maintain or restore your range of motion
  •  Find it difficult to switch off the chatter of your mind
  •  Need a balance to a busy life, a chance to rest & listen to your deeper self
  • Want to build your relaxation skills

Yin yoga is a slow-paced, passive type of yoga that incorporates long holds and deep breaths for a stretch that gets into the connective tissues and joints.  Designed to prepare the body for comfort in seated meditation, Yin yoga is the perfect complement to more vigorous Yang-based practices like Vinyasa, Ashtanga and Power Yoga.

These classes offer a space for serenity in stillness, an opportunity to experience a surrending sensory awakening that melts away residual stress, and allows for release of repressed or stored emotions, leaving the yogi feeling lighter, clearer and completely relaxed.

  • Teacher: Toni Franklin
  • Days: Last Friday of the month
    • Time: 6.00-7.30pm
  • Cost: £11.00
  • Mobile: 07570 345541
  • Email:  teeyoga@mail.com

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Iyengar Yoga With Rachel Lovegrove

With over 25 years of experience, Rachel Lovegrove is a Senior Level 3 Iyengar Yoga teacher and mentor based in Hampshire, UK. She founded Orange Tree Iyengar Yoga in 2002 and Iyengar Yoga Festival in 2020, and is renowned for her pragmatic, inclusive, and supportive teaching style, which encourages students from all backgrounds to realize their full potential through the transformative power of yoga. 

Rachel’s passion for Iyengar yoga stems from her deep commitment to helping people navigate mental and physical health challenges by integrating yoga into their everyday lives. She offers a variety of classes, including online and in-person tuition, monthly workshops, annual retreats, and mentorship programs for teacher training. Her dedication to the Iyengar method and its potential for healing makes her a passionate advocate for the practice. 

For more information, you can visit her website www.orangetreeyoga.com

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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, probably composed around 2,000 years ago, are universally recognised as the classic teaching and ultimate authority on yoga. Amazingly, they are still completely relevant to our life and times.

They consist of 195 short aphorisms, because they were designed to be learned by heart. They therefore have to be explained and discussed with a teacher who has learned them with a teacher. Sarah Ryan has been studying the sutras for many years and has a wealth of information.Each session is a mix of teaching, discussion and practice, with one or two sutras studied in depth each week. It is not only very suitable for yoga teachers who can use it as In-Service Training, but also for any student who wants to know more about yoga.The ideas behind yoga practice are fascinating and extremely useful, helping us to better understand ourselves and our life. Do come and join us. These monthly meetings work as stand-alone sessions – you don’t have to have attend each month.

Sarah teaches Vedic Chanting directly after this class at 12.00-1.00pm and the two are wonderful together as both are written in the ancient text of Sanskrit and complement each other as both are the beginnings to our modern yoga practice.

  • Teacher: Sarah Ryan
  • Time: 10:30 – 11.45am
  • Day: Saturdays
    • 7th June
  • Cost: £12.00  per class
  • Landline: 01258 839230
  • Email Sarah

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