authentic yoga for modern lifeYoga is a practice that is over 2000 years old. Originating in South Asia, yoga is a philosophical and practical system of self-realisation, influenced by several philosophical systems of India including the ascetic movements, Vedas, Upaniṣads (Vedanta), Buddhism, Jainism and tantra. The classical system of yoga is described by the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, a series of 196 aphorisms. Within these, the 8-limbed (aṣṭāṅga) path is laid out as follows:
To make movement yoga, we have to be prepared to engage fully with our whole being and integrate our body, mind and breath into the practice. I teach classical postures along with innovative variations and explorations with an emphasis on adaption to the students own body. I use props (blocks, blankets, belts etc.) for support, accessibility and release. My classes always include the vital element of intuitive movement (no body or conditions are ever the same!) and spontaneous attunement with an emphasis on non-dual awareness. About Vajrasati Yoga
Vajrasati yoga was founded in 2000 by Jim Tarran. The study and practice of yoga (and its influencing traditions) and Buddhism inspires the school. Graduates of the training become part of a knowledge pool and support network, and the school grows with each individual. Vajrasati yoga aspires to communicate a practical experience of yogic principles to a multifarious and contemporary world. Vajrasati yoga is not in itself a 'style' of yoga as one may expect from many schools of yoga. Vajrasati is based more on a shared philosophy and integrity. Vajrasati yoga encourages exploration, creativity and continued learning from self study (svadhyaya), and sharing that learning with the Vajrasati community and the wider world. |
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About Khadine
I came to yoga by chance in 1997 via a Buddhist meditation course with the Triratna Buddhist Order. The very first class I attended felt like I had found me! I knew that I was going to practice yoga from that moment on. From those very first classes I became calmer, clearer happier and more embodied. It didn't take long for my yoga practice to become a daily ritual for me as I felt the benefits in body, mind and spirit.
On a year long trip travelling around Asia I traveled to India for 6 months in 2003 and spent time exploring yoga in more depth, spending time at the Yoga Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh and practicing with many inspiring teachers all over India and returned in 2004 for further study. During the earlier trip I became really inspired and truly started to connect with yoga philosophy and teachings beyond just the physical āsana practice. It also affirmed my desire to teach so on returning to the UK I trained with Jim Tarran (my teacher of several years and the founder of Vajrasati yoga) in the Vajrasati School of yoga and started teaching in 2004 and became fully qualified (Yoga Alliance 500 hours) in 2006. I am now a Senior Teacher of the Vajrasati school and I co-run the Vajrasati teacher training course with Jim Tarran (my now life-partner!) in Brighton and London. As I believe yoga is a constant journey of learning I have continued to further my development with regular training with teachers such as Judith Lasater, Sarah Powers, Donna Farhi, Cathy-Mae Karelse, Paul Grilley, Sally Kempton, Kavitha Chinnaiyan, Christopher (Hareesh) Wallis, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Andrew Holecek and Charlie Morley. I have a Masters Degree (with distinction!) in the Traditions of Yoga and Meditation supervised by Dr. James Mallinson at SOAS University, London.
My teaching style is calming and focused with particular attention given to breath awareness and cultivation and recognition of energy and connection with our inner state of being. I use dynamic and restorative (and a whole range in-between!) classical and modern postural yoga āsanas to bring us towards yoga/integration. I always incorporate experiential yoga philosophy into my āsana classes and teachings of other practices such as prāṇāyāma (breathing practices), dhyāna (meditation) and mantra (chanting). I am inspired by non-dual tantra (Śaiva~Śakta and Buddhist), traditional haṭhayoga and the Pātañjalayogaśāstra. I also take inspiration from anything and everything from being a mother to being a committed guardian of our natural world (I spent almost 20 years working in the environmental sector coming from an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science). But mostly I take inspirations from just simply being a being in the world and of the universe!
My classes are fully inclusive. Everyone is welcomed regardless of ability, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, neurodiversity and age. My classes provide an open welcoming space for all people. I teach yoga with respect to the roots of the tradition, acknowledging that as a western woman I am gratefully borrowing teachings from a culture outside of my own. With this in mind I pledge to remain respectful by continued study of, and appreciation of yoga's roots within the South Asian tradition.
On a year long trip travelling around Asia I traveled to India for 6 months in 2003 and spent time exploring yoga in more depth, spending time at the Yoga Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh and practicing with many inspiring teachers all over India and returned in 2004 for further study. During the earlier trip I became really inspired and truly started to connect with yoga philosophy and teachings beyond just the physical āsana practice. It also affirmed my desire to teach so on returning to the UK I trained with Jim Tarran (my teacher of several years and the founder of Vajrasati yoga) in the Vajrasati School of yoga and started teaching in 2004 and became fully qualified (Yoga Alliance 500 hours) in 2006. I am now a Senior Teacher of the Vajrasati school and I co-run the Vajrasati teacher training course with Jim Tarran (my now life-partner!) in Brighton and London. As I believe yoga is a constant journey of learning I have continued to further my development with regular training with teachers such as Judith Lasater, Sarah Powers, Donna Farhi, Cathy-Mae Karelse, Paul Grilley, Sally Kempton, Kavitha Chinnaiyan, Christopher (Hareesh) Wallis, Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche, Andrew Holecek and Charlie Morley. I have a Masters Degree (with distinction!) in the Traditions of Yoga and Meditation supervised by Dr. James Mallinson at SOAS University, London.
My teaching style is calming and focused with particular attention given to breath awareness and cultivation and recognition of energy and connection with our inner state of being. I use dynamic and restorative (and a whole range in-between!) classical and modern postural yoga āsanas to bring us towards yoga/integration. I always incorporate experiential yoga philosophy into my āsana classes and teachings of other practices such as prāṇāyāma (breathing practices), dhyāna (meditation) and mantra (chanting). I am inspired by non-dual tantra (Śaiva~Śakta and Buddhist), traditional haṭhayoga and the Pātañjalayogaśāstra. I also take inspiration from anything and everything from being a mother to being a committed guardian of our natural world (I spent almost 20 years working in the environmental sector coming from an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science). But mostly I take inspirations from just simply being a being in the world and of the universe!
My classes are fully inclusive. Everyone is welcomed regardless of ability, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, neurodiversity and age. My classes provide an open welcoming space for all people. I teach yoga with respect to the roots of the tradition, acknowledging that as a western woman I am gratefully borrowing teachings from a culture outside of my own. With this in mind I pledge to remain respectful by continued study of, and appreciation of yoga's roots within the South Asian tradition.