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MOON • MEDITATION

MOON • MEDITATION

The Seer

This guided meditation practise contemplates the yoga Sutra 1.3—the Self Abides in its Own Nature.
Our mind is full of waves, pattern upon patterns of reflections caught from the outside world but what arises when we really focus on what is catching all of these thoughts; the great field of awareness itself. If you find meditation quite challenging this could be for you, as its relatively short and full of contemplation.

For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYM030
Props: 2 blocks
29th July 2020

MOON, 10 mins, MeditationIsabel LankesterJuly 29, 2021MOONComment

MOON • SLOW FLOW

MOON • SLOW FLOW

Circles

We live within patterns, made up of spirals upon spirals, circles within circles - here is a gentle moon flow to celebrate the physical form in all its beauty and originality. We start practise with a short standing sequence to prepare the body for a spiraling seated flow. Prepare to turn in all directions in this creative hip and heart dance around the mat!

For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYM029
Props: 2 blocks
16th July 2020

MOON, Slow Flow, 45 minsIsabel LankesterJuly 16, 2021MOONComment

MOON • SLOW FLOW

MOON • SLOW FLOW

Little Pockets

A practise to really sink your soul into, this slow flow is pure nourishment for the body. When we move a little slower we have the opportunity to sink into pockets of stillness, quiet and contemplation for the self. Our awareness can re-write the past, re-imagine the future but again and again can our practise seek to find presence - a quiet sense of joy for just being here. Learn to drop in to yourself with this steady and grounding flow. We all need to add a little yin flow to our yang lives at some point. This will surely help your mind settle.

For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYM028
Props: 2 blocks optional
26th June 2020

MOON, Slow Flow, 50 minsIsabel LankesterJune 26, 2021MOONComment

MOON • YOGA

MOON • YOGA

Sweet Seat

A short seated practise, working deep into the hips flexors and glutes. Prepare to fold deeply, holding each pose for a few minutes, longer that a vinyasa practise but shorter than a yin like flow. Here we invite space, the essence of ourselves that contains the changes within. This is a light and nourishing practise if you just want to stay seated and grounded to the Earth.

Level 1

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Code; ILYM027
Props: cushion optional
25th May ‘21

MOON, 20 mins, yogaIsabel LankesterMay 25, 2021MOONComment

MOON • PRANAYAMA

MOON • PRANAYAMA

Breath Release

Here we connect with our breath, learn to bend your field of awareness back into centre. An invigorating practice, and a personal favourite to shift my mood or energy. A short, box breath exercise followed by some gentle breath retention in between breaths make for a quick, effective and potent practice.
Lets take in what we desire and release what is not serving us through the power of prana.

Level 1

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Code; ILYM026
Props: 1 block optional / meditation cushion
26nd April ‘21

MOON, Vinyasa, 15 minsIsabel LankesterApril 26, 2021MOONComment

MOON • VINYASA

MOON • VINYASA

Wholeness

A slow, heart felt moon practise, encouraging the self to sink into inherent wholeness.
Can you feel into the roots of the Earth, how the stability of the body echos her density? How we feel lighter, happier with the sun against our skin, lungs billowing with breath? This simple flow is perfect if you need a wind down, its low impact and full of gentle twists and forward folds. Readings taken from Radical Wholeness by Philip Shepherd

Level 1

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Code; ILYM025
Props: 1 block optional
22nd April ‘21

MOON, Vinyasa, 50 minsIsabel LankesterApril 22, 2021MOONComment

MOON • YIN

MOON • YIN

Attachments

Take a brief break to stop the monkey mind in its tracks. Here we sink into the present moment, relieving stress by nourishing the water element and kidneys. You'll practice long holds, in order to ease stress and tension of the attachment, ego mind. A great practice anytime you need to relax, recharge and soak into source.

Level 1

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Code; ILYM024
Props: 1 block + 1 blanket
31st March ‘21

MOON, 45 mins, YinIsabel LankesterMarch 31, 2021MOONComment

MOON • VINYASA

MOON • VINYASA

Without Labels

A slow and nourishing practicing, for when your feeling heavy, when you need to stay close to gravities pull. This grounding practise looks at 'prediscursive reality' - a concept from the Recognition Sutras from Chis Wallis. Learn to flow without the need to label, can we remove hierarchical poses, find a lighter practise, free yourself. How much energy goes into our minds endless chitter chatter, can we just suspend story telling and feel when if there right underneath it all? A practise full of side stretches, trikonasanas and deep folds, perfect for when you need a stretch and a nudge away that loud ego.

Level 1-2

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Code; ILYM023
Props: 1 block
17th March ‘21

MOON, Vinyasa, 30 minsIsabel LankesterMarch 17, 2021MOONComment

MOON • VINYASA

MOON • VINYASA

Spirals

This little vinyasa flow is perfect if your short of time. A class full of twists and turns sure to lift your mood and set you up for the day.
This vinyasa concentrates on the spiralic movement of the bones, focusing on the mobility of the spine and strong foundation of our feet to hold us to the earth. A playful practise suitable for ALL, learn to let go of traditional asana and float up through the spine.
Level 1

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Code; ILYM022
Props: NA
21st Feb ‘21

MOON, Vinyasa, 20 minsSarah JeffsMarch 9, 2021MOONComment

MOON • MEDITATION

MOON • MEDITATION

Finding Centre

A gentle meditation which looks at finding your centre, following Ksemaraja’s sutra ‘The joy of Awareness is discovered through the expansion of the Centre’. Can you feel into your middle? The shape, form and movement of it as you sit quietly and breath towards it. Rest in the simplicity of your inner axis, where-ever that might be today.

Code; ILYM021
Props: Optional blanket/cushion to sit on
26th Feb ‘21

Meditation, MOON, 15 minsSarah JeffsFebruary 26, 2021MOONComment

MOON • VINYASA

MOON • VINYASA

Short Stretch

The little vinyasa flow is perfect if your short of time and just want to wake up everything. Work from seated twists into some supported hip openers that wake up the hamstrings and lengthen the calf muscles. To finish this practise end back into seated with kapotasana and some attention into deep lateral lines.
Level 1

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Code; ILYM020
Props: NA
21st Feb ‘21

MOON, Vinyasa, 20 minsSarah JeffsFebruary 21, 2021MOONComment

MOON • YIN

MOON • YIN

Hands to Hold

A nourishing vinyasa flow followed by a twisty yin practise to finish. Enjoy this accessible and stretch flow which moves through some nonlinear side body stretches, hip openers and gentle backbends. Here we look at how our hands hold the body, the ribs, the back of the skull and finally the heart. There is a sensitivity to be felt, a closeness of physical touch reminding us that we are indeed a part of Earth, rooted by touch and gravity's gentle pull.

Code; ILYM019
Props: Optional blanket, cushion or bolster
10th Feb ‘21

MOON, 75 mins, Vinyasa, YinSarah JeffsFebruary 10, 2021MOONComment

MOON • MEDITATION

MOON • MEDITATION

Maya Meditation Series
#3 Power of Action

Part 3/3 of the Maya Meditation series. This guided practise looks into impurity of action: karma-mala. Like the other impurities, this consists of cognitive error whereby some actions are categorically labelled as good and others as bad. Have you ever done that in your practise? i.e labelled child-pose as weak/ bad? Inversions as good? This guided time on your mat will allow a little thinking time. Help us see that no single action is either always beneficial or always harmful in every circumstance?
Readings based on The Recognition Sutras from Christopher Wallis.

Code; ILYM018
Props: Optional blanket/cushion to sit on
30th Jan 21

Meditation, MOON, 15 minsSarah JeffsJanuary 30, 2021MOONComment

MOON • MEDITATION

MOON • MEDITATION

Maya Meditation Series
#2 Power of Knowing

Part 2/3 of the Maya Meditation series. This guided practise looks into the impurity of differentiation mayiya-mala - do ever just feel like you just don’t know enough? Constantly up and down with emotions of comparison? Here we sit in our completeness of knowledge, trust that our innate wisdom will be called upon when we need it most. Readings based on The Recognition Sutras from Christopher Wallis.

Code; ILYM017
Props: Optional blanket/cushion to sit on
30th Jan 21

Meditation, MOON, 10 minsSarah JeffsJanuary 30, 2021MOONComment

MOON • MEDITATION

MOON • MEDITATION

Maya Meditation Series
#1 Power of Will

Part 1/3 of the Maya Meditation series. This guided practise looks into the impurity of individuality, when we feel full and complete the will flows from the inside outward but when anava-maya takes hold we move into contraction, feeling separate & alone. This short practise helps us sit with our sense of oneness to the outside, encourages our ability to share, to be spontaneous in every form of our being. Can you feel it in the lightness of your breath? As your thoughts wash in and out? Here we sit in our fullness.

Code; ILYM016
Props: Optional blanket/cushion to sit on
30th Jan 21

Meditation, MOON, 15 minsSarah JeffsJanuary 30, 2021MOONComment

MOON • MEDITATION

MOON • MEDITATION

Growing Awareness

A guided meditation to help us move past our heads, into the finer lines of the body. Here we can drop into your whole self. Recognize your own being, your breath, body, thoughts, as well as the sounds and sensations around you help you relax into your own fullness of presence. (Inspiration from The Recognition Sutras by Christopher Wallis.)

Code; ILYM015
Props: Optional blanket/cushion to sit on
21st Jan ‘21

Meditation, MOON, 15 minsSarah JeffsJanuary 21, 2021MOONComment

MOON • SLOW FLOW

MOON • SLOW FLOW

Bolster Love

Find a time to nestle up to your bolster. As we move throughout our day, we may have a tendency to brace ourselves against the grain. Allow yourself to experience an internal ease and sense of experimental wonderment in a yin like sequence which is full of twists and gentle supported back bends.

For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYM013
Props: 1 bolster
22nd Dec 2020

MOON, 45 mins, Slow FlowIsabel LankesterDecember 22, 2020MOONComment

MOON • VINYASA

MOON • VINYASA

Grazing Past

A slow moving flow is here to help you re think the transition of limps into familiar poses. Let this practice instigate a lovely sensation of sensitivity - especially through the hands. Sequences gradually getting longer and more fluid to create a dance like flow that opens your shoulders and hips. Your peak pose is the classic half moon. This really is for all levels looking to calm the nervous system and return home to the self.

For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYM013
Props: 2 blocks optional
9th Dec 2020

MOON, 60 mins, VinyasaIsabel LankesterDecember 9, 2020MOONComment

MOON • Dubai Part 1

MOON • Dubai Part 1

Resilience

1/4 part series filmed in Dubai starting with this grounding moon practice, to firstly acknowledge any resistance you might be feeling. Look at how the breath, limbs and fibers of our skin eco a strength and ability to re-calibrate, finding natures balance. Can these physical movements be mimicked in our thoughts? This is a mandala style flow, starting in standing, steady and nourishing, concluded with a short guided meditation.

For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYM012
Props: Blocks Optional
3rd Nov 2020

MOON, Vinyasa, 45 minsIsabel LankesterNovember 3, 2020MOONComment

MOON • VINYASA

MOON • VINYASA

Outer Seams

Play with a combination of soft stretches to unravel the lines of your outer seams. This fluid vinyasa is based within the Moon series due to its steady pace, curious balances and vata-grounding experience. Gain more range of motion in twists and side bends by expanding your diaphragm and organs from lifting the ribs and lungs. This practise is for all levels with an open mind! Expect unusual transitions into 3-leg down dog and fallen star. You will feel adequately worked, yet grounded and refreshed.

For best results play the Spotify list on a separate device.

Code: ILYM011
Props: 2 blocks optional
12th Oct 2020

MOON, 60 mins, VinyasaIsabel LankesterOctober 12, 2020MOONComment