Urban Zen Yoga  & Movement

A space to move, breathe and evolve.

A city centre Studio with community at its heart. We strive to provide you with the highest quality of teaching in our calm and welcoming environment.

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Workshops & Events

Introduction to the Alexander Technique

 

DATE 22nd February 2025

TIME  1.30-4pm

The Alexander Technique is a study in how we move, how we can access useful tone and strength whilst avoiding unhelpful tension, and the connection between our psychological reactive state (how calm or stressed we are!) and associated interference with our natural freedom of movement.
The method was developed over 120 years ago, originally in the context of the performing arts, where it remains well known, and is taught in most UK music and drama colleges, but it is also an invaluable skill for Yogis, athletes, and anyone who would like to be more comfortable and “at home” in their bodies.
The Alexander Technique builds an awareness of quality of movement that can be applied to improving how naturally and freely we are able to engage with any everyday or skilled activity.
This workshop will introduce you to the central principles and practices of the Alexander Technique with Tim Soar who has been teaching the Alexander Technique in Swansea for over 30 years.

COST £25

BOOKING LINK Booking directly with the facilitator, Tim Soar: tim.soar1@outlook.com

Yoga Rituals – Dreaming

 

DATE 1st March 2025

TIME  6-8pm

Not yet awake but not fully asleep, we enter a dreamy state of inner knowing and intuition. In this time of lighter hibernation, we can fully hear our wishes, intentions and visions. Listening quietly, you will hear, you are closer than ever to your dreams. This space of time between Imbolc and Ostara is your time to pause before Spring arrives and the world begins to speed up again.

Taking your time, listening deeply and allowing things to unfold in their own natural way. So be patient, relax and trust that everything is falling into place.

We will spend time in gentle yoga movement, inviting in a slow flowing energy as we slowly awaken our bodies. Using breathwork and meditation to connect you to your wishes and dreams for the year ahead. Laying the seeds of your hopes, so they begin to poke through the earth in the Spring and bloom come the Summer.

With a cup of Cacao, we will spend time honouring the true ending of the year. Looking back and seeing the wisdom gained through our experiences. For, in every ending is a new beginning, and a chance for something new to grow.

COST £25

BOOKING LINK https://bookwhen.com/releaseandrebuild/e/ev-sv7f-20250301180000

Seasonal Yin, Nidra and Sound Workshop

 

DATE 2nd March 2025 

TIME  2-4pm

Join Louise for an afternoon of deep restoration. We’ll tap into the energy of the season and the natural rhythms of nature.

The workshop begins with a Restorative Yin Yoga practice, utilising props to support your body in long-held, deeply relaxing stretches. This practice is designed to release stress, ease tension, and bring balance to both body and mind. You’ll be encouraged to surrender fully into each posture, allowing the body to melt into a state of relaxation.

We will then move into Yoga Nidra, a guided meditation that takes you to profound relaxation, promoting mental clarity and a sense of inner peace.

To complete the experience, you’ll be immersed in the healing frequencies of Tibetan and Crystal Singing Bowls, tingshas, and chimes. These powerful sounds will soothe the nervous system, guide you into a deep meditative state, and promote emotional healing.

This practice will be specially aligned with the unique energy of the season, helping you reconnect with nature’s natural rhythms.

Whether you’re looking to reset or recharge, this workshop offers a magical way to spend your afternoon in perfect harmony with the flow of the season.

Special Offer:

To celebrate the second session of this workshop, Louise is offering the class on Sunday, 2nd March, for just £20! Use the code SECONDCLASS at checkout to claim your discount.

Booking Link

https://www.soundology-sessions.com/event-details/urbanzen-yoga-studio-seasonal-yin-nidra-sound-workshop-2025-03-02-14-00

Kundalini Healing

 

DATE 8th March 2025 

TIME  2-4pm

 

Kundalini energy healing / activation ignites and channels the dormant life-force energy within. Through gentle yet potent practices you’ll release energetic blockages, tension, and deeply-held trauma patterns.  As we begin to work with this energy we create a harmonious balance that promotes healing on multiple levels—physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
By tapping into the raw and potent force of kundalini energy, we unlock our vast potential. A beautiful journey within and a re-remembering of your wholeness.
The circulation of life-force energy within us directly impacts our overall health and well-being. By igniting and cultivating the truest potential of Kundalini energy, we empower individuals to embark on a journey of self-discovery and profound healing. 
Key benefits: 
~ releasing blocked energy 
~ somatic trauma and emotional release
~ awakening to your true self
~ empowerment & transformation 
~ inner peace
Investment £30 

Animal Spinal Freedom Movements

 

DATE 21st March 2025

TIME  7.30-9.30pm

As vertebrate animals, we not only have a spine, but our spines form:
• the central structural axis of our coordination,
• the “powerhouse” of well coordinated whole-body movement,
• an organising and integrating influence on all that we do, and all that we sense.
A healthy spine acheives all of this, not by being held and fixed – either in a “bad shape”, or even in a “good shape” – but through each individual’s discovery that the spine best operates through a series of “ripples” or “waves”, that move and modulate continuously as we move. Just sitting quietly and breathing involves intra-spinal movement, so even when we are “still”, the  rhythmic and energetic movement of the spine continues.
These spinal “waves” are associated particularly with  locomotive movements – that is to say, the swimming, crawling, walking, running, bounding and swinging movements that vertebrate animals engage in, in order to travel from place to place.
This workshop introduces you to the whole series of Spinal Freedom Animal Movement Sequences, which you can make part of your home movement practice; they are fun to do, and by mimicking the natural patterns of movement of various animals, we can free and “wake up” the natural energy of our spines, leading towards freer, healthier, more complete ways of moving.
Tim Soar has over 30 years experience of both Aikido and the Alexander Technique, and is based in Swansea.

COST £25

BOOKING LINK Booking directly with the facilitator, Tim Soar: tim.soar1@outlook.com

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