"Fire In Your Belly" ASHTANGA FULL VINYASA

April 11, 2025 • 7:30 am - 8:45 am
146 High Street, Broadstairs (above Amber Palace restaurant), Syzygy Room
Daphne @Syzygy
Daphne embarked on her Ashtanga yoga journey in Asia in 2006 under the guidance of Alexander Medin in Hong Kong & Bella Lipat in the Philippines. She initially trained to teach the Sivananda traditions whilst opening up a first-of-it’s-kind yoga studio in her hometown with her business partner. Daphne became sufficiently inspired by the positive effects of her practice as a yoga instructor and her own personal yoga inquisition to undertake her first formal yoga training in India in 2009. She then expanded her ancient practice modality in Thailand, conducting a Traditional Thai Massage Therapy course in Women’s Healthcare before her big move to the UK in 2010. On her move to London, Daphne retained her yogic journey in the traditional yoga lineage, attending asana classes, pranayama and kirtans at Satyananda Yoga Center and Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center whilst continuing with her on-going Ashtanga practice and study, taking specialist Teacher Training courses and workshops under the Ashtanga vinyasa method. Daphne extends gratitude to all her teachers past and present, and continues to study in her favoured areas of interest to add depth to her knowledge for her own internal nourishment and to share it with other practitioners.

Description

“Feed the fire in your belly with this class that’s aimed at completing a full primary vinyasa counted led practice, which will begin with the warming up sequence of the Sun salutations A & B with optional chanting on the opening and closing mantra. Followed by the rest of the Ashtanga postures in the first series in an accessible and safe way. We will be flowing faster but on some days we will be exploring and applying some techniques in transitioning certain postures to refine and create a strong practice that you can apply on your self-practice without the presence of a teacher, it could be from chaturanga to Shirshasana (headstand). We will be flowing and moving with the breath so that the full practice will eventually turn into a moving or active meditation. Familiarity to the Ashtanga yoga system is recommended or at least have attempted reaching all the way to Setu Bandhasana or Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (half-bridge pose). Advanced practitioners of other styles of yoga are also very welcome as this is a vinyasa counted led class.