Events

NELIY's workshop programme has excellent teachers coming up in 2024-5: Tessa Bull (21st September), Lorraine McConnon (9th November) and Khaled Kendsi (1st February, 2025). These workshops will be 2pm - 5pm at Yoga House, Leicester Road, East Finchley, London N2 9EA (tiys.co.uk). This purpose built, fully equipped Iyengar yoga studio is just five minutes’ walk from East Finchley tube station, on the 223 and 263 bus routes, and there are roads nearby where parking is free.

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Lorraine McConnon (9th November), pictured left, qualified as an Iyengar Yoga teacher in 1986. She is a level 3 teacher and a former member of the IY(UK) Therapy Committee. She teaches in Hackney and Sevenoaks, and online. This is what Lorraine says about her workshop:  Hands and feet - The conscious working of the hands and feet fundamentally determines the nature of the horizontal and vertical extensions of the back by lengthening the spine and broadening the ribcage. In this workshop, we will explore how focusing on these actions directly activates and integrates the benefits of the asanas structurally, energetically, and in terms of their impact on the organic body. This ultimately leads to a more economical use of energy; by becoming more grounded, it opens the opportunity to discover lightness and a sense of spaciousness within the asana.

Khaled Kendsi will be doing a workshop in the new year (on 1st February 2025). 

More details will follow, but you can book for any of these workshops now; just remember to specify which teacher you are booking for when you fill in the online booking form, please.

Teachers' Exchange of Learning Day (24th November): this is our annual professional development event, which NELIY organises on behalf of IY(UK). It costs £28, and will probably run from 10am until 4pm (tbc). The theme this year is 'Yoga for all ages'. More details will follow; for now, you can book your place, if you are a teacher or trainee member of IY(UK).

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The cost for each 3-hour workshop depends on whether you are a NELIY member or not; workshops are cheaper for NELIY members. For non-members, it's £45, but NELIY members pay only £35 (or £25, if you are on a very low income). So, we encourage you to join NELIY before booking for a workshop. To join, go to the website of our national organisation, IY(UK): iyengaryoga.org.uk/join-iyuk . Follow the directions to join via a member group (this is cheaper than joining as an individual IY(UK) member), and look for North East London Iyengar Yoga in the list.

To be sure of a place, book early by clicking above on BOOKING and then on the Workshop price that applies to you. If a workshop is full, it is possible that a space may come up at very short notice, and would be offered to whomever we can contact first on the waiting list (to join the waiting list, use 'Waiting list' button on the BOOKING page).

When you book, please state which teacher's workshop you are booking onto.

For all events, we ask you to pay by bank transfer, giving your name as the reference.

Workshop Booking Terms and Conditions

1. Your place on the workshop is confirmed only when full payment has been received.
2. If you join a waiting list for a workshop, you will not be asked to pay unless you are subsequently offered a place.
3. If you cancel more than 18 calendar days before the workshop date, you may request a refund, which will be paid less a £5 administration fee. Alternatively, you may request and receive full credit for a future NELIY workshop.
4. If the workshop is less than 18 calendar days away, no refund will be given, but you may give or sell your place to someone else. If you wish to do this, you must advise NELIY of the name of your proposed replacement, and wait for a message approving the substitution.  Alternatively, you may request credit for a future NELIY workshop, but this is at NELIY’s discretion.
5. We reserve the right to cancel a workshop, or change the venue or teacher. NELIY will only do this under exceptional circumstances, and with as much notice as possible.
6. A full refund of fees paid will be offered to you if we cancel a workshop, or you may opt to receive credit for a future workshop.
7. Occasionally, someone from NELIY may take photographs in workshops, for use on social media and in promotional material. Please let the workshop host or photographer know if you do not want your image to appear in any photographs.
8. All queries, cancellation and substitution requests should be directed to the Workshop team (events@neliy.org.uk).