Category Archives: Community

Courses starting in Oct/Nov 2016

Posted on October 25, 2016

New Course Dates w/c Oct 31st

Courses at Yogawest after half term: book your place now

All our termtime courses re-start after half term: we usually need a minimum of 6 places booked to secure a course, so appreciate your early booking, and of course it’s very helpful to tell your friends too!

Mondays
Pregnancy, 12.30pm, starts Oct 31
Postnatal, 13.45pm, starts Oct 31
Gentle, 2pm, starts Oct 31
Teenagers, 4.30pm, starts Oct 31
Young Adults, 5.30pm, starts Oct 31

Tuesdays
Baby Massage, 10.30am, starts Nov 8
Children’s yoga, 4pm and 4.45pm, starts Nov 1
Foundation, 6pm, starts Nov 8

Wednesdays 
Parent/teenager, 16.45

Thursdays
Teenagers, 4.30pm, starts Nov 3
Foundation, 8pm, starts Nov 3

Book your place via the weblinks above

Email us, or Call 0117 924 3330 or visit us at Yogawest, Denmark Place, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 8NW.

Posted in antenatal, antenatal yoga, babies, baby massage, Beginners, Bristol, Children, Classes, Community, foundation, General, Gentle, mum and baby, Mums and Babies, news, Postnatal, pregnancy, Yoga

Bristol Yoga Trail

Posted on September 27, 2016

yogatrail2016_bannerSaturday 1st of October 2016 – Bristol Yoga Trail

A day of FREE yoga classes in Bristol and fundraiser for the Julian Trust

Yogawest joins other studios in Bristol providing free classes on Saturday. No need to book in advance just turn up on the day (it’s first come first served so arrive early!)

At Yogawest we are running the following free classes:

9.30 – 10.45am Beginners
11.30 – 1pm General
2 – 2.45pm Family
3 – 4pm Newcomers
4.30 to 5.30pm Restorative, followed by
5.45 to 6.15 Pranayama

For regulars, make sure you arrive early to secure your place and expect the classes to be much busier than usual! NB The 9.15 Intermediate class is not part of the trail and runs as usual.

Throughout the day we will be serving tea and cake; newcomers have a chance to come and have look around, try a class, ask questions or just enjoy a cuppa.

Fundraising for Julian Trust

We are raising money for the Julian Trust an amazing local homeless charity. Donations on the day will be very gratefully received.

We hope to see you then.

Posted in Bristol, Charity, Classes, Community, Offers, timetable, Uncategorized

5-year celebration December 3rd

Posted on September 3, 2016

Happy 5th anniversary!

SONY DSCWe are celebrating five years since we took over at Yogawest.

Much has happened here during the last five years: we have steadily added classes (there are now over 45 classes on the termtime timetable) and have an amazing team of 17 teachers and 5 admin staff. And we’ve held some brilliant events at Yogawest during that time taught by local and international teachers alike.

So, it’s time to celebrate!

5th Anniversary Celebration Party Saturday afternoon, December 3rd, 3.30-7.30pm

yogawest-openday-pose-7136We are marking the occasion by offering a celebratory class to be taught by at least five (!) Yogawest teachers, this is open to all, but please book your place for the class as we expect it to be busy.

The class will be followed by a party: a chance to catch up with fellow students and teachers in possibly a more relaxed atmosphere than in class! Let reception know if you are planning to come.

The Class, December 3rd, 3.30-5.30

The class will be based around the number five with poses, sequences, teachers appearing in variants of five. Five is a special number in yoga: many aspects of yoga philosophy involve five aspects; expect five of everything!

Places for the class are limited and are bookable at reception by a £10 charitable donation which will go to the Julian Trust, a local homeless charity.

The Party, December 3rd, 5.30–7.30

Come and celebrate our anniversary with drinks, snacks, and Winter cheer. Yogawest teachers and staff are looking forward to letting our hair down and getting to know our students a little better!

Yogacard Raffle

yogawest-gardenparty-7124We have revived our popular Yogacard raffle this year. Write your contact details on your finished Yogacard and hand it in to reception for the raffle box. The draw for some Yogawest-related prizes will take place at the party. If you prepay for a course then at the end of the course you can fill in a card to be entered for the raffle so you won’t miss out!

 

Posted in Beginners, Classes, Community, General, Intermediate, news, Teachers, Yoga

Dragons in the garden

Posted on July 8, 2016

Seen in the Garden at Yogawest today on the bamboo – A Hawker Dragonfly could be Common or a Southern Hawker – over to the experts on that one.dragonfly

 

 

Posted in Community, Uncategorized

Yoga for Alzheimer’s June 19

Posted on May 13, 2016

Sunday 19th June at 3:00pm

Venue: Colston Hall, Colston St, Bristol BS1 5AR

yoga-logo-full-colourEntry costs £15 (via online registration) per person and by asking friends and family for sponsorship, you can be part of the fightback.

 

 

What is Yoga for Alzheimer’s?

  • One to three hours of yoga led by experienced yoga teachers
  • Open to all – beginners or experts
  • Welcome participants of all levels and ages, including those living with dementia
  • No training is needed, everyone will be made to feel comfortable and can rest at any time during the events
  • All you need is to wear comfortable, loose clothing and have a bottle of water by your side
  • Take part as an individual or rally a group of friends, colleagues or family together to take part.

Find out more and book your place

Posted in Alzheimers, Beginners, Bristol, Charity, Community, General

Latest Yogawest newsletter

Posted on April 16, 2016

Yogawest News

YWNews_Feb16_screenshotYogawest sends a monthly email to all our subscribers, giving you advance information on upcoming events and classes.

If you are not receiving your newsletter, do please check your junk mail settings (for example, google mail automatically files newsletters in promotions or social, so you won’t see it in your usual inbox… you can change this setting for senders of emails you want to see).

Subscribe

If you’d like to get our newsletter regularly, you can do so in the home page newsletter sign up box.

Read Recent newsletters

Posted in Beginners, Community, General, Intermediate, Newsletter, Workshop, Yoga

New bike stands fitted

Posted on March 23, 2016

new bike standsSome extra bike stands have been added this week at Yogawest.

These offer some cover when the weather is wet and extends the number of bikes we can handle.

Posted in Bristol, Community, Health, parking, Uncategorized

Childrens’ Christmas parties

Posted on December 21, 2015

Key Stage 1 and 2

Many thanks to Alex for supporting the younger children this term to produce their end of term yoga events. The littlies performed a yoga version of the Twelve Days of Christmas and the older ones devised and performed a Christmas yoga story.

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Teenagers Party

SONY DSCThe teenagers also had an end of term yoga party and this year were challenged to model or draw a number of yoga poses. The tricky bit was getting the Play Dough to stay upright!

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Posted in Children, Christmas, Community, teenagers

2015 Arts Trail at Yogawest

Posted on December 2, 2015

Four Artists at Yogawest

SONY DSCDespite some truly dreadful weather, we hosted a marvellous set of artists at the North Bristol Arts Trail last weekend.

Four artists showed their wares in Studio 2, and a steady stream of visitors came throughout the weekend, sporting classy white overshoes, or socks to save the yoga floors from the dramatic weather outside.

And a big thank you to Jon for all his hard work in setting the exhibition up from start to finish.

Studio 2 makes a lovely art studio!

Studio 2 makes a lovely art studio!

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Linda Brogan (comes to Janet’s Monday morning class) with her beautiful yoga cats

 

 

 

 

 

the yoga cat family

the yoga cat family

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Simon Farrell

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Jonty Cutting and Amanda Bennett

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Jonty’s work

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Amanda’s work

 

 

 

 

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Thank you to Linda, Jonty, Amanda and Simon for a great weekend.

 

 

 

 

 

Posted in Community, North Bristol Arts Trail, studio

North Bristol Art Trail

Posted on November 2, 2015

Yogawest is hosting the North Bristol Art Trail again in 2015

NorthBristolArtsTrail logo-lrDates November 28, 29

Time 10–6pm each day

This is a free event

 

Four artists are showing at Yogawest:

Amanda Bennett
Linda Brogan
Jonty Cutting
Simon Farrell

The artists are holding a preview evening on Friday 27th from 7.30–9pm to which you are warmly invited.

Read more about the event

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Posted in Bristol, Community, North Bristol Arts Trail