Sound-infused movement, stillness and self-inquiry

Candle-lit yoga, gut health wisdom, self-inquiry & sound-infused yoga nidra (Charity Evening)

Dear Ones,

If you feel the need for a reset after the festive period, you are in the right place. Welcome! This is an invitation to start the New Year with healthy bodies, clear minds and open hearts while supporting others in need.

Join Nadia, Fiona and Iri for a soothing and rejuvenating evening of gut health wisdom, candle-lit detoxing yoga and sound-infused relaxation.

~ Discover simple but powerful gut health principles to enable you to tune in and support your body after the festive season
~Cleanse your physical, emotional and mental body with a purifying yoga flow and breathwork
~Let your conscious mind rest and free your voice with melodic sound-infused yoga nidra (yogic sleep)
~Reflect on the past year, integrate its lessons and set your intentions for the new one

Suggested donation: 20 GBP, but feel free to contribute whatever you can and nothing at all if your finances are tight - everyone is warmly welcome to this labour of love. If you would like to donate a different amount, you can do so at the door or via our paypal pool: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8kINSPCDPi.

All net proceeds from this event will be donated to Centre Point - a holistic charity focussed on tackling homelessness, providing training and supporting reintegration of young people. https://centrepoint.org.uk/what-we-do/

Big thanks to our generous host at Studio Soma, dear Rachel, who is donating the space for this event. We love you!

What to expect?

TUNE IN: The evening will start with gut health and liver wisdom from the knowledgeable Nurse Fiona. Our gut health is poorly understood but essential for our immunity,energy levels AND mental health! After some some herbal tea and simple but powerful gut and liver tips, you will be invited to ask questions and tune in to listen to the signs of your own body.

MOVE: We will follow with a detoxing and accessible yoga flow with Nadia. The sequence is designed to light up your digestive fire (agni in sanskrit) and support physical, but also mental and emotional elimination. In the ayurvedic tradition, this energy of elimination is called apana vayu and its activation is essential in order to create space for new beginnings to blossom.

BE STILL: We’ll then transition into a long and soothing yoga nidra - a form of rejuvenating yogic sleep where the conscious mind can let go and true insights can emerge from within. The nidra will be infused with musical instruments and natural sounds to take you even deeper into surrender and stillness.

INQUIRE: From this stillness, we’ll reflect on the lessons to integrate from the past year, we’ll send it with gratitude and we’ll plant the seeds for the new solar return.

With Love,

Nadia, Fiona and Iri

Who are we?

Nadia trained in vinyasa yoga in Panama in 2016 and since then has played happily in the intersection of the corporate world and the world of spirituality and wellness. Her style of yoga invites this duality of movement and stillness - dynamic vinyasa weaved into regenerative yin. Nadia is a founder of the London Women’s circle and co-founder of the series of holistic workshops Meaning:full; @_corazoncontento

Fiona is a Nurse practitioner and Naturopathic nutritionist. Having a degree in nursing and pharmacology, Fiona opted to step away from the reductionist view of conventional healthcare and studied Naturopathic nutrition to offer an integrative approach. Fiona strives to educate people about how to be more connected to where food comes from, how they digest food and tips on foods, herbs and mushrooms that can help support your gut health. @nurse.fiona

Iri is the host of MindRest. She trained in Rasa yoga with Tanja Mickwitz, hypnotherapy and self-inquiry with Gangaji and Eli Jaxon-Bear, mindfulness, sound healing and yoga nidra. A former dancer (and still a dancer at heart), she brings playfulness and soothing presence to her classes. It is her heartfelt belief that there is deep peace and joy inside every one of us. Her life and work are dedicated to uncovering it together. More about Iri: www.theseedyoga.com, @theseed.yoga

What is MindRest?

MindRest is a series of sound-infused evenings of yoga, mindfulness and deep relaxation, born out of my heart’s desire to collaborate with others and celebrate their wisdom in service of inner peace. Together, we weave different talents, ours and yours, to create an oasis of stillness, nourishment and deep rest from our busy lives and minds.

Each workshop will explore a different inquiry into our nature, following a familiar structure: MOVE your body through soulful and accessible yoga, STILL your mind through sound bath, mindfulness and guided relaxation, INQUIRE deeply through free-flow journalling and let true insight arise from this stillness.

MindRest is not about teaching you anything. In fact, we have nothing to teach you and all knowledge can be forgotten here. We create a soothing cocoon of deep and healing relaxation so that you can uncover your own inner wisdom - a 'MindRest' where the body can open, the conscious mind can let go and insights can arise from within. You are your own compassionate teacher.

Love,

The Seed & some very talented flowers