Yogasara: discover the essence of yoga in the heart of Bristol

Chris has been practicing yoga daily for thirty years and has been teaching yoga for twenty throughout Europe and Asia as well as in the UK.

He has instructed on seven teacher training programmes and on teacher retreats with the British Wheel of Yoga and the Independent Yoga Network.

He also holds diplomas in shiatsu, holistic massage and Thai yoga massage as well as clinical hypnotherapy and neuro-linguistic programming.

Chris recently published his first volume The Yoga of Wealth having written many articles in the yoga press.

He is co-founder and lead teacher of Yogasara studio as well as father to six beautiful children.

Find out more about Chris on his website Radikal Freedom.

Sessions with Chris Gladwell at Yogasara

Ashtanga yoga at 7.15-9.30pm Tuesdays from 12 January to 27 July.

All welcome: for everyone from complete beginners to seasoned practitioners.

Mysore style drop-in: just turn up and unwind (yoga mats supplied).

£15 per session or four sessions for £40.

Ashtanga yoga Mysore style at 7.15-9.30pm Thursdays from 7 January to 29 July.

All welcome: for everyone from complete beginners to seasoned practitioners.

Drop-in: just turn up and unwind (yoga mats supplied).

£15 per session or four sessions for £40.

Deep yoga practice: asana, breath and meditation at 10.00am-12.00pm Fridays from 29 January to 30 July.

All welcome: for everyone from complete beginners to seasoned practitioners.

Drop-in: just turn up and unwind.

£12 suggested donation per session.

Metamorphosis 2: The Inner Mandala

A weekend workshop with Chris Gladwell, Juan Gabriel Gutierrez and Sarah Harlow.

10.00am-5.00pm Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 January

What in us is known and what is unknown or unconscious?

We will explore the contents and context of mind and feeling, making our relationship with these intimate and important aspects of our experience available for transformation.

As we engage with this mandala we begin to liberate our deeper nature from fixation to discover the relationship between attachment, thinking, feeling and our core life energy.

Metamorphosis offers a complete transformation at the seat of consciousness. The view moves from limited self and its neurotic dance of separation towards the vastness of truth. The practices support this insight and the sublime presence as essence that is the goal.

All welcome. Please bring any refreshments you may need.

£60 for the weekend. Pre-book if possible: please contact the studio for more details.

Advanced Teacher Training and Immersion Course at Yogasara

This course will run for just over two years, beginning in June 2010, and will be led by Chris Gladwell.

We will meet approximately one full weekend per month with two one week retreats at the beginning and middle of the course and a one month retreat, possibly in India, at the end of the course.

There will be a maximum of 24 students supervised by four main tutors, with occasional guest tutors enhancing already excellent teacher-student ratios.

The course is focussed on quality time for cultivation of personal practice in all the paths of yogic exploration.

Profound experience of yogic technique will be balanced with applied philosophy from Yoga, Buddhism, Taoism and contemporary sources such as Ken Wilber.

All aspects of practice are taught including hands-on adjustment, yogic dance and integrating yoga for pregnancy into classes as well as there being plenty of practice space to cultivate your teaching skills.

More than 1000 contact hours and a total of 4000 hours of personal study and practice mean this immersion will take you deep.

The average yoga teacher working in Britain has only done around 200-500 hours of training: this immersion course offers an immensely richer and more rewarding journey to true yogic mastery.

For more information about course content please click here.

If you would like to be part of this exciting opportunity then please get in touch with the studio or call Chris Gladwell direct on 07786 928458.

Please get in touch with us on 07789 501884 or email to find out more about any of our classes, courses, workshops or events.

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