Dates:
Monday 5th  May –  2:30pm-4:30pm BOOK NOW

Time: 2:30pm-4:30pm

Location: BYC hot yoga

ABOUT: Everyone is welcome. As always a proportion of the ticket price will be donated to ‘DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS‘.

This Workshop is open to all. It will be a beautiful afternoon of Ceremonial Cacao (optional), with Yin Yoga ending in a Yoga Nidra Meditation.

IREN MERDINYAN

Iren, the founder and guardian of Cacao Connexion and Raw Bonbon, is a Cacao Medicine Woman and Yoga teacher, deeply committed to the art of working with Ceremonial Cacao, sharing the healing benefits of Yoga and relaxation and crafting raw chocolate.  Iren teaches various types of yoga (Yin yoga, Yoga Nidra, Vinyasa and Kriya Yoga), and each of these styles brings its own unique way of relaxing the body and sinking the mind into the heart.

“I work with the Cacao Plant Medicine with love, respect and integrity and in harmony with Mother Earth’s rhythm. I deeply appreciate and honour the wisdom of the Toltecs and the European medicine wheel ancestry and the embodied Yoga movement while uniting traditions and spaces to incorporate this wisdom into our daily lives.” ~ Iren A Merdinyan

KATRINA COOKE

Katrina discovered yoga at BYC, so it has always been her yoga home.

In Kat’s own words: “BYC with Helen at the helm, was and continues to be a place of wellbeing, friendship and discovery.” and as most of you already know Kat is an integral part of this. She is part of the live-blood of what makes BYC BYC!

After working the desk at BYC for a few years she started her teaching journey with Bikram training in 2011, since then she has gone on to add Yin and Yoga Nidra to her repertoire.

For more about Kat, her trainings etc check out her BYC bio.

Who can attend this workshop:
All. Please advise if you are pregnant or if you are allergic to Cacao.

What you will need:

• we provide mats & blocks but feel free to bring bolsters etc. if you would like extra support
• a towel to put on the mat
• water
• a journal and a pen

Disclaimer:

Sometimes, yoga can trigger strong emotions and reactions. If this happens and you feel you need additional support, please seek advice from your counsellor, therapist or medical professional. Nothing offered is a replacement for medical care.

Yoga Nidra is not suitable for people with schizophrenia or other mental health conditions where there may be disassociation.

Please get in touch if you have any existing health conditions, are sensitive to imagery suggestions or are not sure if Yoga Nidra is suitable for you.

Please avoid consuming Cacao if:

• you are taking anti-depressants (as the natural chemicals interact with the active component in anti-depressants)
• you have a heart condition or are on high blood pressure medications
• you are pregnant
• you are caffeine sensitive (if you are well drinking coffee, you should feel well drinking Cacao)
• you are allergic to Cacao.