The day is the first part of a trilogy, to be enjoyed individually, or as a part of an ongoing programme with Madeleine. This balanced revitalising programme includes the option of a walk in nature (please bring comfortable walking shoes and cosy outdoor clothing), and continues with a practise, introductory pranayama and relaxation, and concludes with a hot drink and delicious home baking.

Cost: £50, deposit: £30

For a second year Madeleine Howard will be sharing inspiring yoga teachings at Lendrick Lodge. Madeleine will be teaching asana practice in the Iyengar tradition encouraging you to quieten the mind through focus on the breath and postures.

Over the weekend you will explore a varied asana practice from the standings, twists, balancing, inverted, backbends, forward bends, and sitting. You will explore the breath, giving you the gift of focus and relaxation. Madeleine will also lead you in healing meditation and guide you in the sacred art of chanting to connect you to the power within. Along with the wonderful tools you will learn over the weekend you will also have the opportunity to explore the magical surroundings of Lendrick Lodge, so please bring warm clothing and comfortable walking boots.

As a healer of 26 years experience, Madeleine sees the benefit of being able to be responsible for our own health through the regular practise of a discipline, like yoga. She began practising yoga with dynamic healer, Patricia MacManaway, which led her to explore and enjoy varied traditions, to then begin teaching Patricia’s classes.

Studying in the Astanga method with Sri K Pattabhi Jois in India in 1998 enabled her to realise the full possibility of complete mental and emotional, as well as physical well-being through regular practice. While her three sons were at school in Edinburgh, she took the opportunity to train as a yoga teacher at the Edinburgh Iyengar Yoga Centre, qualifying in 2000.

Cost: £140 (£130 if booked before 28 January), deposit £70 (non-refundable).

Inspirational Yoga teacher Tom Yeudall continues to share his teachings at Lendrick with two memorable weekends. In Tom’s weekend retreats he delves into his treasure trove of knowledge and experience and creates a progressive movement towards the whole course.

His combination of advancement within the asana sequences studied and the freeing of energy brought about with the Qi Gong classes make for a rejuvenating weekend.

Fourteen years ago Tom and his partner Irene (qualified Iyengar teacher since 1984) became enthralled by the powerful effects of Qi Gong and Tai Chi on the body as a whole and were compelled to entwine these complimentary paths with their yoga teachings.

Tom’s yoga style is a direct result of his own fine-tuning by B K S Iyengar. He has practised yoga since the early 1960’s and has been teaching since 1971 under the wing of The British Wheel. He qualified as an Iyengar tutor in 1979. In 1981 he spent time with B K S Iyengar in Pune, India, and has shared that style, precision and deep understanding of Yoga ever since. In 1981 Tom was given permission to train teachers and as a senior teacher in the West of Scotland Tom Yeudall has inspired many teachers. His dedication and life long commitment has given many others a blue print for success as yoga teachers. All levels of student are welcome to this educational, relaxing and fun weekend.

Cost: £140, (£130 if booked before 28 January) deposit £70 (non-refundable).

In this course the aim will be to help students discover a way of practising that leads them towards wholeness and freedom of movement; wholeness because the whole body becomes involved in every movement, and freedom because when the body moves in an integrated way, it experiences no block or limit and no part of the body is put under stress. In this natural and animal-like way of moving, we actively release tension and unblock the deep, alive movement of the spine. Problem areas are not focused on directly but allowed to find their place in the context of the whole so that they free themselves spontaneously. I hope to demonstrate that there is no 'method', but a basic principle of working and paying attention, which is the same in all the postures and is a key to practice. This shall be done by showing students how I practice, by observing their movements closely to find the best way of helping them, by explaining some principles, by using language to help them train their attention, and wherever possible by giving individual help through touch. Questions and dialogue are encouraged, I come to the course with no pre-arranged plan but rather respond to what I see in the students' practice.

The course is most suitable for people who have an established personal practice, but less experienced students are welcome if they bear in mind that it is not aimed primarily at beginners.

Sophy has been teaching yoga for 30 years and is based in south London where she runs regular classes and courses and teaches private lessons. She also teaches on workshops and residential retreats throughout the British Isles and abroad. Originally Sophy practised and taught Iyengar yoga. Later she met Vanda Scaravelli, who invited her to Italy to be her student. Sophy continued to visit her once or twice a year for eight years until her death. During this period she met Diane Long, a long-term student of Vanda's, whom she invited to London to teach both herself and her students. This led to a fruitful collaboration between them and they continue to practice and teach together whenever they can. It is from Diane that she learned to understand Vanda's teaching profoundly enough for it to gradually become her own 'inner teacher'.

Cost: £250 (£225 if booked before 28 January) deposit £100 (non-refundable).

Lendrick offers a unique Detoxification week like no other.

Cleanse your body and mind
Reduce your body fat
Greatly increase your energy and positivity
Enjoy greater flexibility
Master the game of nutrition to ‘win’
Inspire your Spirit
Holiday in the stunning Trossachs
Leave with tools to continue personal successes
Feel the ongoing support beyond this week

Within this week you will enjoy a therapeutic massage, colonic irrigation therapy, the bliss of a re-birthing session in our purpose built pool, yoga, Qi Gong and energising & reducing shakes and meals.

Study with teachers in

• Nutrition
• Conscious Breathing
• Water Re- Birthing
• Qi Gong
• Yoga
• Herbalism
• Colonic Irrigation
• Body and Mind Cleansing and Purifying
  

The missing link for many people is in-depth inspiring teachings on aligning their body, mind and spirited self. Lendrick offers this missing link in a fun packed week.

Our intentions are to support ever person enjoying this week to not only make noticeable changes, but to also leave with the tools and support circle to continue manifesting the reality of their dreams.

Add to this the magic of a holistic retreat centre that has been a ‘home from home’ for thousands over the last two decades and the results will smile for themselves!

Discover the magic within and take it home!

Cost £325 (£275 if booked by 28 January), Food and lodgings £175.

deposit £200 (non-refundable).

'Getting to know ourselves better' with Peter Blackaby
2pm Monday 9 – 3pm Sunday 15 July

One of the main themes in yoga is the integration of the mind the body and the breath. This begs the question that at some point there was disintegration. In pursuit of integration it has often puzzled me that the mind (meditation) the body (asana) and the breath (pranayama) are frequently kept in their separate boxes. So this week will look at ways we can bring these three aspects of our human nature together in a useful and meaningful way.

There are probably three main ways that interfere with the capacity to be a fully integrated (mature) person. Firstly we never fully connected, secondly we shut down feelings that were difficult to deal with, and thirdly we form habits, so we often don't know what we are doing. This week will look at ways that can help us notice and integrate these things through attentive yoga practice.

Peter Blackaby has been a student of yoga for 28yrs and continues to look for ways that help us develop and grow as human beings. His approach is grounded in a secure knowledge of anatomy and physiology, and his ongoing studies into the human condition.

The week will be of useful to anyone interested in deepening their understanding of yoga and its practical relationship to their life. A minimum of two years of practice would be ideal, but any enquiring mind would be very welcome.

“Peter Blackaby is one of the most warm hearted, ego less male yoga teachers I have ever had the great privilege of working with. His tender loving nature is a cherished gift to all who continue to return to share his Mastery and fun sense of being”
Stephen Mulhearn – Lendrick Lodge Course Director

Please book early as every year, Peter’s course at Lendrick fills quickly
with an often-disappointed waiting list.

Cost: £495 (£445 if booked before 28 January) deposit £200 (non-refundable).

Cost: £50, Deposit: £30

A Week of Yoga with Gary Carter
7pm Wednesday 18 – 4pm Sunday 22 July

In this week-long course with Gary, we will be exploring the Yoga practice from a structural perspective whilst looking at how form and function intertwine with each other; exploring what really creates the sense of lightness within practice and movement; how we can start to create the conditions for freedom within the practice.

We will explore our response to gravity and how it informs our practice deeply, being the “prime mover” so that the tension becomes our teacher!

From all this understanding and wider approach can we evolve the practice?
We will be exploring Anatomy, Structure, Form and Function.

Gary has an extensive history of over 25 years’ experience in movement, physical training, anatomical study and bodywork practices. His background incorporates athletics, competitive cycling, bodybuilding, martial arts and yoga along with the manual therapies of cranio-sacral therapy, shiatsu and structural integration. From this diverse background Gary has created his own unique way of working with the body that he incorporates into both his practical and theoretical lectures.
In 1990, Gary set up the Natural Bodies Centre in Brighton to provide a range of related movement and manual disciplines where he could teach, train and encourage others to develop kinesthetic awareness, ease of movement and efficient body use in exercise and sport. He continues to develop and evolve his understanding of balance, integration and functional movement by working with other anatomists in the USA and Europe and with movement teachers from the fields of dance, contact improvisation, Tai Chi, Pilates, Gyrotonics and martial arts. He has studied extensively and taught with Tom Myers in Anatomy Trains and Structural Integration.

He was introduced to the Yoga of Vanda Scaravelli in 1988 and subsequently explored the work through various teachers until he eventually met Vanda and continued the work under the influence of Diane Long and continues to work with Diane to this day.
Cost: £325 (£300 if booked before 28 January) deposit £150 (non-refundable).

Inspired by the creative approach to yoga taught by students of Vanda Scaravelli and the teachings of the Buddha, also, the dynamic energy of the martial arts, Jeanette Karlsson (born in Sweden 1969) combines her own practise and teachings. She lives and teaches in Brighton, at festivals in the UK, and abroad. She attends regular retreats especially insight meditation and inquiry as taught by Christopher Titmuss. Jeanette trained to teach yoga at Morley College (200-2001) with Rosamunde Jordan and Marilyn Freedman. Jeanette’s background of traditional Thai-Yoga-Massage clearly links the path of yoga and meditation together.

You are warmly invited to unravel the body, mind and heart towards a freer reality. Using the simple tools of the breath, the ground or gravity, we learn how to reconnect to and free up the spine - our centre. The exhalation connects to a sense of stability and groundedness. Discover how to combine the breath with asanas, joyful movement and periods of calmness.

Gradually, as outer tension falls away, we find new ways to unfold from inside out. Enjoy reshaping the patterns within our spine, muscles and joints, positively effecting the whole. New spaces open up as if by magic!

Short periods of silence show you how to go deeper still and a state of meditation can move in. Without force, we deepen further with the use of pranayama (yogic breathing) and simple meditation techniques found in the tradition of the Buddha.

There is nowhere to go or nothing to become - just let yourself go -and let peace and freedom in.

Cost: £230 (£200 if booked before 28 January) deposit £100 (non-refundable)

This Yoga Retreat will consist of a comprehensive programme of daily practice and is accompanied by ‘workshopping’ various aspects. The participants will receive detailed instruction and support so as to design or deepen their personal practice.

The afternoon workshops consist of dealing with the process of more clearly developing the physical alignment details in the Flow Sequences, and answer questions that often surface in the deepening process of the Posture, Breathing and Meditation practices. This part is usually very helpful for people on any level of practice – it is very often through hands on adjustments and working with a coach/partner that the practice becomes deeper felt, enjoyed and understood. This is called ‘workshopping’ the practice, taking it down to its components in order to more clearly understand the actions/reactions and subtleties.

By popular demand we invite Christian to share another magical retreat, fanning the fire in the hearts of anyone who loves Yoga! The deep work that is Christian's trademark is a popular with both teachers and enthusiasts of Yoga. As well as being a remarkable teacher, Christian is respected and enjoyed as a beautifully hearted, giving man. A fresh retreat of teachings for previous students of Christian's and new people alike.

Not to be missed!

Cost: £325 (£300 if booked before 28 January) deposit £150 (non-refundable).

Cost: £50, deposit: £30 (non-refundable) , which includes a delicious Lendrick Lodge lunch.

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