Dear all,
I hope you are enjoying some peace and rest over the holiday period and finding joy too.
Yoga classes resume this Saturday with a limited timetable going into next week. All private and corporate classes are running as usual as are classes at Space to Breathe, in addition, I’m teaching a New Years Day class there from 10.30am to 11.45am. I’ll be running a one off class at Studio Bhāvanā (and via Zoom) for those who are keen to get back to a communal yoga experience – Wednesday 3rd January from 9.15am to 10.30am, contact me in the usual ways to check availability and to book (PAYG £12).
Our full schedule resumes on the 8th January with the commencement of Block1, 2024 “You Are Worthy”, now open for booking. In this block we will explore the concept of Purusa – your true nature.
I look forward to seeing you back in class.
Shine well sweet souls.Namaste,Kim xx
Block 1, 2024
YOU ARE WORTHY Purusa
Yoga can sometimes be difficult and demanding. The practice asks you to face your pain and make no pretence of strength where you have none. Expose the raw truth of your unedited self (sometimes too much to bear!). Leave nothing hidden and keep nothing tucked away in a dark corner of the mind. See clearly through the mirror of life reflected back to you in your actions, thoughts and deeds. Everyone who commits to the sincere practice of yoga has experienced the nearly intangible, ineffable realm of the spirit. It is not the poses that heal, nor is it the technique that liberates. Instead, yoga is a bridge of experience. The subtlety of the spirit cannot be intellectualised, but it can be felt through the channel of the heart. It is most often pain and suffering that crack the surface level of personality just enough to let the spirit shine through. The whole path of yoga can be understood as a vehicle for you to experience your true nature, or purusa.
Inspiration comes from the The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali – 2.14 Te hlāda paritāpa phalāh punyāpunya hetutvāt – The karmas bear fruits of pleasure and pain caused by merit and demerit.’If you have done something meritorious, you experience pleasure and happiness: if wrong things, suffering. A happy or unhappy life is your own creation. Nobody else is responsible. If you remember this, you won’t find fault with anybody. You are your own best friend as well as your own worst enemy.”
TIMETABLE w/c 8th January 2024
MONDAY
Beginners Yoga: Studio Bhāvanā & Via Zoom (Ref: BY-KWYSB)9.15am – 10.30pm
Dates for Block 1: January 8, 15, 22 & 29, February 5 & 12
Cost: 6-week block £60 or £12 per class PAYG
Evening Flow Yoga: Smeeton Westerby Village Hall (ref: EFY-SWVH) 5.15pm to 6.30pm
Dates for Block 1: January 8, 15, 22 &
29, February 5 & 12
Cost: 6-week block £60 or £12 per class PAYG
The Monday Club: Westend Neighbourhood Centre – 7pm to 9pm
Accessible Yoga for Adults with Autism spectrum disorder or Asperger Syndrome
Members only.
TUESDAY
Morning Flow Yoga: Space to Breathe. 9.30am – 10.45am. Book direct: https://spacetobreathecollective.co.uk
Every Tuesday – Not for profit so not included in multi-class discount offer.
Hatha Yoga: Studio Bhāvanā (ref: HY-KWYSB)5.30pm – 6.45pm
Dates for Block 1: January 9, 16, 23 & 30 February 6 & 13
Cost: 6-week block £60 or £12 per class PAYG
Hatha Yoga: Studio Bhāvanā (ref: HY-KWYSB)7pm – 8.15pm
Dates for Block 1: January 9, 16, 23 & 30, February 6 & 13
Cost: 6-week block £60 or £12 per class PAYG
WEDNESDAY
Gentle Flow Yoga: Smeeton Westerby Village Hall (ref: GFY-SWVH). 2pm to 3.15pm
Dates for Block 1: January 10, 17, 24 & 31, February 7 & 14
Cost: 6-week block £54 or £11 per class PAYG
Restorative Yoga: Studio Bhāvanā (ref: RY-KWYSB). 6.00pm – 7.30pmDates: Next class: 31st January Cost: £13 per class (Not included in multi-class discount offer)
THURSDAY
Moderate Flow Yoga: Studio Bhāvanā & via Zoom (ref: MFY-KWYSB). 9.15am – 10.30am
Dates for Block 1: January 11, 18 & 25, February 1, 8 & 15
Cost: 6-week block £60 or £12 per class PAYG
Mindfulness Yoga (adapted for all):Studio Bhāvanā (ref: MFY-KWYSB). 11.00am – 12.15pm
Dates for Block 1: January 11, 18 & 25, February 1, 8 & 15
Cost: 6-week block £60 or £12 per class PAYG
FRIDAY
Teacher day. CPD events. Mentoring. Training. Workshops.
SATURDAY
Morning Flow Yoga at Space to Breathe. 10.30am – 11.45am. Book direct: https://spacetobreathecollective.co.uk
Every Saturday – Not for profit so not included in multi-class discount offer
Private classes and Specialist Workshops at Kim Woods Yoga – Studio Bhāvanā
Private classes – individual or group, corporate classes, specialist classes (Trauma Informed, TeenYoga, Myofascial Release, Somatic Healing, Restorative Yoga, Yoga Nidra, YIN Yoga) – contact Kim to discuss.
BOOKING
Email/call to book, and please request health questionnaire if this is your first class with me or your details have changed. REMINDER: payments are due on or before the day of any class taken. THANK YOU.
Multiple class discounts (excludes restorative, yin and other ad-hoc classes and workshops, also excludes classes at the Space to Breathe as we are a NOT FOR PROFIT collective – excellent packages available direct). The second (and third) booked class in a given week will be charged at 50% discount i.e., book one block get 2nd class in same block for half price, same applies to PAYG but within the same week.
