Yoga class teaching schedule w26-2017

Tues 13 June: 7-8:30PM at Sampoorna Yoga Studio – intermediate
Thurs 15 June: 6:30-8PM at EU council (staff only) – all levels
Friday 16 June: 12:30-1:30PM at Sampoorna Yoga Studio – all levels
Saturday 17 June: 11:30AM-12:30PM at Sampoorna Yoga Studio – all levels

Om shanti -ॐ शान्ति

 

25 June 2017: open door day & free yoga classes at Sampoorna yoga studio

The traditional Open Doors Day to start the summer season!

• Doors open from 10:00 to 18:00.
• FREE 60-minute yoga classes:
  • Yin Yoga at 10:30
  • All Levels Hatha Yoga at 12:00, 13:30, 15:00 and 16:30
• FREE Mantra Chanting/Kirtan at 15:00.
• Special offers on yoga passes and products:
  • Summer Pass: Unlimited yoga 1 July – 20 August for just 108 euro
  • -/- 10% on everything in the Yoga Shop

If you purchase your summer pass during the open doors you can start using it ALREADY on 26 JUNE = 5 days free yoga!
Please note the studio will be closed on 21-31 August for renovation works.

Also to enjoy:  nice yogic company, sattvic snacks and herbal tea.

FREE of charge. Just come along, but registration is welcomed.

We recommend to take public transport or your bicycle to come to the Open Doors! There is a bicycle parking in front.

• Info on public transport.

Om shanti -ॐ शान्ति

 

Join the headstand workshop on 4 June 2017

Learn to do the headstand safely and correctly!

Sampoorna Yoga Studio organises Sunday Special classes, on the first Sunday of each month: these are long hatha yoga classes focusing on a specific theme.

This month (4 June) the theme is HEADSTAND (Sirshasana). 

You’ll do exercises that prepare and strengthen the areas required for headstand, and practice the full posture step by step, learning to do it safely and correctly.

This workshop is not suitable for complete beginners.

Place: Sampoorna Yoga Studio

Price: 25€, or one tick in your yoga pass plus 5€

• Register now

Join a beginner’s yoga workshop in the Sampoorna Yoga Studio

Kick-start your practice and discover yoga beyond physical postures!

We’ll go through a basic hatha yoga class in slow motion learning the details of each pose to practice yoga correctly and safely. We also explore some basic breathing exercises (pranayama) and get an introduction to the principles and philosophy of yoga.

 No previous yoga experience required. This workshop is for everyone regardless of your level of fitness, weight, health, age etc.

Where: Sampoorna Yoga Studio, rue du Houblon/ Hopstraat 40, 1000 Brussels
When: Saturday 20 May at 14:00-17:00
Price: 45€ (students/unemployed 35€)
Teachers: Hanna & Devananda

• Register now for the Beginners Workshop

Brussels Yoga Mala 2017: 108 Sun Salutations

Since 2010, a bunch of very motivated yogins in Brussels organize the Yoga Mala around the Summer Solstice. All participants donate some money and all the proceeds go to a charity. Why 108 ? Good question, Shiva Rea has written a beautiful article about it, read it here.

So please join us on Sunday morning, 4 June 2017, as the Yoga community comes together for the eighth time in a celebration of the unity of Yoga to raise money for charity (cause still to be decided).

As we welcome the Summer Solstice let us offer our gratitude to life by saluting and honouring the Sun. We will practice a Yoga Mala, a prayer in motion of 108 rounds of Surya Namaskara (Sun Salutations).

The practice will be a meditative flow, and whether we as individuals are able to do 1 or 108 rounds, the importance lies in our participation and intention – as a collective we will complete the Mala. There will be different teachers leading the rounds of Surya Namaskar, the practice is the Sivananda Hatha Yoga tradition.

Being there together in a spirit of loving-kindness, peace and joy is what it’s all about. And who knows what wonders will come from that…

The event is family-friendly, so children, partners and grandparents are warmly welcome. There will be Yoga for kids in parallel with the Mala, and other fun activities. Tea and biscuits for after!

You can also make a difference, so come and make it happen together with the Brussels’ yoga community.

Practical information:
Date: Sunday 4 June 2017
Time: 10h30 until approximately 12h00
Venue: Autoworld Museum Mezzanine, Cinquantenaire Park
Cost: EUR 2 Museum entrance fee, plus a donation for charity. The suggested donation is at least EUR 10, but we appeal to everyone to give what they can.
What to bring: yoga mat, bottle of water, open heart and lots of energy!
Like the Facebook page & join the event.

To register please send an email with your name and contact details and pay your entrance fee & donation into this bank account: 035-7387485-06 (IBAN: BE85 0357 3874 8506). Upon payment you will receive a registration confirmation by email.

Anyone interested in volunteering to help either on the day or in preparations please let us know via that email address as well !

Check out the Sivananda hatha yoga Sun Salutations here:

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“O nourishing sun,

Solitary traveller, controller,

Source of life for all creatures, spread your light

And subdue your dazzling splendour

So that I may see your blessed Self.

Even that very Self am I!”

Isha Upanishad 16

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Om shanti -ॐ शान्ति

24-28 April 2017 – 5 day early morning yoga

It’s April, so the Sampoorna Yoga Studio celebrates Spring with the delightful 5 day early morning yoga challenge.

Let this week be your inspiration to a daily morning practice! Get up early and start your day with yoga followed by a nourishing vegan breakfast of porridge and fruits!

On five consecutive mornings we meet up before work and duties for a full practice of hatha yoga. There’s no better way to start the day!

 Price: 50€ for the 5 classes (or you can use your regular pass). Free vegan breakfast included!

Dates: 24-28 April 2017 from 7 to 8AM, followed by a filling vegan breakfast

Register online or simply drop by on the day(s) you can make it

Some impressions of the latest juicing workshop

On 18 March I organised a slow juicing & smoothie workshop in collaboration with Sampoorna Yoga studio. The wonderful Sophie Claeys of the Yoga Bar hosted the workshop in her spacious kitchen and 7 other lovely ladies joined in.

There were 2 slow juicers (JazzMax) and one Vitamix blender working overtime to make the fabulous creations concocted by the attendees. One juice after the other was churned out slowly & deliberately, one more tasty than the other… as it’s all about finding the balance between the right amount of sweet & more tangy or bitter vegetables and fruits as well as the added boosters & kicks as my inspirator Kris Carr calls them.

• If you wish to organise a slow juicing & smoothie workshop at your home, simply drop me a note. I organise them for groups as from 6 people.

Om shanti -ॐ शान्ति