BYC Workshop: Ceremonial Cacao and Yoga Workshop
(Please book in advance as the cacao is made fresh on the day of the workshop!).
A percentage of this Workshop is being Donated to MSF
SO FAR RAISED £800
Dates/Links To Book:
Please know you do not need to attend all Chakra Workshops to participate, you can come to as many or as few as you would like.
Links to book bellow:
Saturday 22nd March – 3rd Chakra Solar Plexus
Saturday 24th May – 4th Chakra Heart Centre
Saturday 28th June – 5th Chakra Throat Centre
Saturday 25th October – 6th Chakra Third Eye Centre
Saturday 22nd November – 7th Chakra Crown Centre
Price: £35
(BOOK 22.0325)
Autopay/Yearly Unlimited members will need to book in studio to claim your 10% discount.
Time: 6pm-8:30pm
Location: BYC hot yoga
ABOUT: Everyone is welcome. As always a proportion of the ticket price will be donated to ‘DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS‘.
A Blend of Breathing & Yoga with Ceremonial Cacao.
The First Workshop in The New Chakra Balancing Series is a Root Chakra Workshop.
Suitable for all levels.
Sacral Chakra Workshop: Cacao & Yoga (Yin, Vinyasa, Kriya & Yoga Nidra)
Within our inner body lies a universe of energy—our life force—known as the chakras.
The word “chakra” means “spinning wheels.” These invisible energy centres are thought to affect our physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Chakras are like energy transformers, shifting energy from low to high vibrations. Keeping them balanced is thought to be essential for health, happiness, and vitality.
The chakras work together as a system. If you work on one, it affects all the others. They influence our behaviours and emotions, acting as a map of our inner energy, and are closely linked to the glands and hormones that help regulate our lives. Chakras help us understand our energy about our inner self and the world, shaped by our life experiences and family background.
Join Us for the Sacral Chakra Workshop and explore areas like creativity, joy, relationships and fear of loosing control.
Svadhisthana – Sweetness
The Sacral Chakra is where life’s sweetness resides. It channels energy for pleasure, sensuality, and creativity. Like the water element it governs, it urges us to flow gracefully through life, staying attuned to our emotions.
This chakra reflects our need for relationships and some control over our physical environment. It cultivates a sense of personal identity. Attachments like authority, relationships, and money connect to our energy field and physical body through this chakra.
This chakra is often shrouded in taboo and may evoke feelings of shame. Balancing it allows us to unlock deeper joy, emotional harmony, fostering balanced conscious relationships.
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.
*Concession rate class cards can only be purchased at the studio with proof of concession.
Photo ID or written proof will need to be shown each time you purchase concession rate classes at BYC.
Concession rates are available to: Pensioners, Students, those in receipt of Job Seekers Allowance and/or Income Support, Disability Allowance, the Armed Forces, Equity, Musician Union Members, NHS Employees, Police and Fire Fighters.
Proof is required to benefit for the Concession Rates each time you buy classes.
Other Options
See all the workshops we have on offer here: CLICK LINK
Full Price List
Drop In: £22
5 Class Card (6 months expiry): £95
BEST SELLER 10 Class Card (6 months expiry): £160
1 Month Unlimited (without mats) – £160
1 Month Unlimited (with mats) – £170
12 Month Autopay (without mats): £109
12 Month Autopay (with mats): £119
BEST DEALYearly Unlimited (without mats): £1099
Yearly Unlimited (with mats): £1199
Minors Policy:
PLEASE BE ADVISED BYC is for 14yrs+
14-15 years of age must be accompanied by an adult (over 18 years old) each time they practise. We offer an £8 Drop In rate for under 14-15 year olds.
16 and 17 year olds must be accompanied by an adult (over 18 years of age) on their first visit. After their first accompanied visit, they are then able to come to class on their own.
In both cases adult (18+) will need to countersign their completed registration form.
BYC hot yoga Latecomers Policy
New Students
If it is your first time practising at Bikram Yoga Chiswick, you need to be in the Yoga room from the very beginning of class. This is to ensure that the teacher knows you are new and if you are working with any illness’ or injuries, so they can take good care of you.
Regular Students
Latecomers, who have practised at Bikram Yoga Chiswick before, need to be in the room before the 1st breathing exercise has finished or at the discretion of Managers And Reception staff.
This is for your own safety and to cause least disruption to the class.
BYC Refund Policy
All BYC Class Cards are non refundable, non freezable & non transferable.
We will of course hold class cards for pregnancy and/or medical reasons. For medical/injury class card hold we require a doctor, physio, chiropractors (or whoever you are seeing in regards to the issue) note, attaining to the issue and that it has been keeping you from your yoga, emailed to us at studio@bychotyoga.co.uk.
