with Anna Ashby
Sat 7 Jun 2025
Studio
2:00pm
3½hrs
Immerse into Restorative Yoga and explore its deeply restful and rejuvenating power.
For teachers and trainees.
- £55 -
This Saturday afternoon gathering of teachers offers an immersive experience of Restorative Yoga that allows space and time to explore the rejuvenating power of this style and to deeply rest.
The practice includes stretches that release embedded tension as well as a complete Restorative sequence that embodies stillness and space to shift the nervous system out of ‘fight or flight’ into a deeply felt relaxation response, a much needed support for teachers in their offering to help others find balance.
The immersion will touch on Restorative Yoga’s history, the intention of the practice, and dialogue salient aspects that render a practice restful and rejuvenating from the point of view of nervous system health.
After the practice we will gather as a saṅgha (community) to dialogue challenges and inspiration in our collective endeavour as teachers to share the practices and teachings of our art. This facilitated group dialogue will spotlight a contemporary challenge in teaching and practice selected by the group in order to discover new ways of approaching it.
The afternoon provides time for teachers to engage in slow, contemplative practice which resets the nervous system and encourages self-enquiry providing a basic foundation for further training in a ‘safe’ and respectful learning environment. It also supports the ‘community’ of teachers and the need to feel part of a group united in shared purpose.
All yoga teachers and trainees, as well as professionals in similar movement/healing modalities are welcome.
About Anna :
One of the UK’s leading yoga teachers, Anna has been studying and practicing yoga for over 30 years and teaching for over 20. As a senior teacher and trainer in the UK, she holds the highest level of certification with Yoga Alliance Professionals in the UK (SYT) and the Yoga Alliance in the U.S. (E-RYT-500 + YACEP). She also holds a B.A. (hons) in Modern Dance from Mills College in California (1991).
Her interpretation of yoga has been influenced by her study of dance, training within modern yoga styles focusing on precision and alignment, and immersion in yoga practice and teachings while living in an ashram for 12 years in upstate New York during the 1990’s.
Intention and Style
Anna curates a practice that respects the yoga tradition while innovating to meet the times. An experienced teacher and trainer, her manner is friendly, non-dogmatic and instructive. She endeavours to support a process of deepening self-knowledge through embodied practice and enquiry.
Weaving together a variety of yoga and movement practices, a class may include detailed instruction, slow flowing movement, use of props, chanting and various stillness practices including breath, Restorative and meditation - all of which express the essence of yoga as awareness.
Drawing inspiration from the texts of the tradition as well as modern thinkers, she choreographs purposeful sequences that enables a process of release and joyful presence.
Specialisation + Publications
Anna specialises in Restorative Yoga, a modern style that supports nervous system health through the healing effects of deep relaxation, breath and present moment awareness.
Supported by bolsters and blankets with poses held for longer, the interiority and stillness embodied by this style shift the nervous system out of ‘fight or flight’ into the relaxation response.
This type of physiological shift addresses the imbalance caused by stress and modern living, while encouraging insight and subtlety of experience.
Her book, Restorative Yoga: Power Presence Practice for Teachers and Trainees, released in March 2022, has become the ‘go to’ book for teachers and practitioners serving as an in depth guide for those interested in the Restorative arts. It elucidates and celebrates this practice spotlighting rest, stillness and space as necessary elements for cultivating balance and deepening spiritual endeavour.
** Practical Bits **
Wear and bring -
Due to the nature of the Crescent Bakery building, it's ideal to wear layers of clothing for cooler / warmer fluctuations.
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Cancellations -
Please note Workshops will be refunded only if we can find someone to take your place. Obviously we will take account of exceptional circumstances. If you have chosen to pay in instalments, payments to completion will still be due.
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