MYSORE STYLE ASSISTED SELF PRACTICE Lucy's skill in assisting, guiding and facilitating your practice will empower you to explore the boundaries of your own individual yoga journey. Session 1:  6-8am Friday / 8-10am Saturday & Sunday Session 2:  8-10am Friday / 10am-12pm Saturday & Sunday Assisted Self Practice Sessions (Fri, Sat & Sun) £95 Mysore Session 1 - BOOK ALL SESSIONS NOW Mysore Session 2 - BOOK ALL SESSIONS NOW Drop Ins - Individual Self Practice Session £37 YOGA TEACHERS WORKSHOP | ADJUSTMENTS FOR PRIMARY & INTERMEDIATE SERIES Friday 1 November (12.30pm - 2pm & 2.30pm - 4pm) Working with the postures of the primary and intermediate series of Ashtanga Yoga explore and experience hands on assists you can offer to support and guide your own students. This workshop is designed to help you understand key movements required of the primary and intermediate series postures and to foster skill, intelligence and awareness when offering hands on assists. Teachers of all styles and experienced practitioners are warmly welcomed. This workshop will enhance your teaching and transform your practice. Workshop Cost £79 - BOOK NOW WEEKEND WORKSHOPS Workshop 1 | Exploring Tom Myers fascial Lines in Yoga Practice - Forward bending & backward bending Saturday 2 November (2pm - 4pm) Discover the Superficial Front Line and Superficial Back Line of Tom Myers fascial lines and explore new possibilities in the context of your yoga practice, looking closely at forward bending and backward bending yoga postures through this lens. Workshop 2 | Exploring Tom Myers fascial Lines in Yoga Practice - Side stretch & twists/rotations Sunday 3 November (2pm - 4pm) Focus on the Lateral Line and the Spiral Line of Tom Myers fascial lines and unveil the magic of side stretching and twists/rotations when approached in this way. Whether you're a seasoned practitioner or new to the mat, these workshops warmly welcome everyone.   Weekend Workshop Series (1 & 2) £79 - BOOK NOW Workshop 1 Individual £45 - BOOK NOW Workshop 2 Individual £45 - BOOK NOW 3 DAY IMMERSION COSTS Full Immersion £215 (15% saving) Assisted Self Practice Sessions (Fri, Sat & Sun) + Yoga Teachers' Workshop + Weekend Workshop Series Semi Immersion £157 (10% saving) Assisted Self Practice Sessions (Fri, Sat & Sun) + Weekend Workshop Series To book Full Immersion or Semi Immersion please email judi@merchantcityyoga.com

The shoulder girdle, arms and hands

Anatomy Study:
The shoulder girdle, rotator cuff muscles, sternoclavicular joints, the shoulder blades. The bones of the shoulder girdle upper and lower arms and hands. Hand, wrist and elbow movements, restrictions and compensations. Lots of Power Points and Anatomy explorations to integrate and learn more effectively what we see visually.

Yoga Practice:
Morning Practice: Oriented to specific shoulder, arm wrist and hand scenarios that appear in the Primary and Second and Third Series of the Ashtanga System. This will be a Led Practice using sequenced Asana

Hands on:
Exploring the bones that make up the shoulder girdle, the muscles and fascia. Agonists and Antagonists, Origins and Insertions and actions of the rotator cuff muscles. Explorations of the elbow and wrist joints, and related muscles. Hand foundations and elbow positioning. Experiential Anatomy and Bodywork Explorations of shoulder, upper arm, lower arm, and hands as foundations. Anatomical explorations involving sensing, feeling and moving our own bones, and moving the body of others. Development of Body listening skills.

Muscle Energy Techniques, For the shoulders and arms, elbow and wrist:
Muscle energy techniques for balancing the joints and muscle tissue. Engaging muscles (contraction) and then using our inbuilt natural stretch reflex, to stretch the same muscle/s to reset muscle spindle length. How to apply this to Asana involving the arms, binding, reaching and supporting.

Asana study & Adjustments:
(Asana studied on each Module are listed in the Course Manual)

Hands on Adjustments:

Arm balances, lifting, supporting, binding and reaching. Asana that involve arm work, shoulder work. Observations, alignment, strength and ways to support our students with specific issues relating to the hands, wrists and shoulders.

THE ROOFTOP "GODS OWN VILLA', Beach Road, Kovalam, India.

YOGA DATES:        
 
Monday 20th - 25th January 2025  (Yoga Morning Practice dates for week 1).

and

Monday 28th - 31st January 2025 (Yoga Morning Practice dates for week 2).

 
START TIME : 8.30am - 11.30am

VENUE: GODS OWN VILLA

Address: Beach Rd, Kovalam, Kerala 695521, India

Phone: +91 70285 72012

 
THIS 2 WEEK YOGA PRACTICE INTENSIVE IS OPEN TO ALL LEVELS OF PRACTITIONER 

Yoga with Lucy -  January 20th - 31st 2025 - Gods Own Villa, Kovalam Beach, Kerala, India 

A relaxed and creative Yoga Practice environment.

We will begin the morning with a short led explorative piece, to bring a specific focus to the body.  “Body Listening”… 

Lucy will work with you individually, and assist the development of your personal Yoga Practice.  

My intention is to explore the relationship between ground, and space - practising with awareness and deep focus, whilst having fun.  There will be room to explore new Asana and how they feel in our bodies.  It is not just the doing, but the listening while we do that brings change and new awareness.

I will aim to meet the individual and unique needs of the individuals attending this Workshop, observing each persons use of the body and individual movement patterns, and offer other possibilites, informing the body of a more supportive positioning during Asana Practice, to bring a more balanced state to the joints and other tissues of the body. I aim to educate and inform!

I offer an intelligent, sensitive and receptive approach to this demanding method of Yoga, Ashtanga Vinyasa, and modifications  where approriate.

I will proffer additional Asana, and or targetied work to areas of the body that need that focus, whilst paying attention to balancing the bones (Postural alignment) with attention to the joints, and muscles for correct and supported Yoga Asana Practice.

  
ACCOMMODATION

Rooms at Gods Own Villa - Please book via me, email or text me to arrange. 

The Price for this in Indian Rupees for 14 nights,  is 2600/-  per night.   14 nights is a Total of 36400/-  

In UK Pounds this is approximately  £336.00

Arrival - 18th  - (14 nights)  means you would Depart on the 1st February 2025  

If you arrive early, or leave later - you will need to arrange this for yourselves. 

 
just drop me an email, info@lucycrawfordyoga.co.uk

The staff at Gods own Villa can also organise a taxi collection for people staying there, from Trivandrum Airport, to the Hotel. 

Most people so far have opted to stay at Gods Own Villa

NOTE

There are many other options. Do make sure that you book an A/C room – if being too hot at night will interfere with your ability to sleep!  I personally feel that it can be a good thing to book only a couple of nights somewhere, and then go off and find your perfect place to stay. Hotels vary from luxuary to Basic, and it can be better to be there and choose what you are comfortable with before commiting to 2 weeks there.

Go to: www.booking.com to search the myriad of options nearby.

Do check that whatever you book is a reasonable walking distance from Gods Own Villa. Obviously if you don’t mind a 30 minute walk from The Leila 5 star Hotel on the hill:) you can 🙂

TRAVEL

Flights to Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) and then an airport taxi to Kovalam.

It is preferable to ask your accommodation to send a driver, to collect you from the airport.  There will then be a driver holding a sign with your name on it. This helps to avoid over inflated taxi fares!

VISA

ENTRY INTO INDIA: You need to get a VISA to enter the Country. 

You can usually do this online. 

ARRIVAL FORMS

You need to provide the address of the place you have booked to stay at, on the customs arrival forms, when entering India.  An address is also useful to give an airport taxi driver if you have not booked a pick up with your Hotel / accommodation.

Please use this address:

Gods Own Villa

Address: Beach Rd, Kovalam, Kerala 695521, India

Phone: +91 70285 72012
 
COST

£650 the 2 - 5 day Yoga Practice Weeks.

Saturday and Sunday are days off, to explore and go on trips etc.

If you require further information -please email Lucy directly via the contacts page or at
info@lucycrawfordyoga.com
 
LUCY CRAWFORD SCOTT has 30years of Yoga teaching experience, having taught Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga since 1994. Lucy runs small practice development weeks at the Chapel in Gweek, Cornwall, Teacher Trainings and Workshops in the UK and overseas. Lucy’s teaching focuses on the body, and a deeper connection into the tissues using anatomical knowledge to inform the body of the movements required in Asana.  Lucy pays attention to balancing the bones, working with the joints and muscles for correctly supported Asana for balanced and safe practice.

Lucy offers her experience and expertise with verbal cues, Hands on Asana adjustment, and additional stretches and strength work where helpful.

Once you arrive, enjoy the SUN, SAND and SEA and Yoga will await you!