Episode 8: Yoga Garden Party with Simon Low, Vikki Stevenson, Ruth McNeil, Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom‪.‬ From The Heart, a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, Healing and Wellbeing

We are delighted to hold conversation with Simon Low, Vikki Stevenson and Ruth McNeil to talk about the Yoga Garden Party, a yoga festival that raises funds for The Hope Foundation (www.thehopefoundation.org.uk) which supports street-connected children and vulnerable communities in Kolkata, India.The event has been running for 10 years and has now raised in excess of £100,000 for the charity. In June last year, due to the devastating effects of both the Covid-19 pandemic and a super-cyclone which hit Kolkata in May, the event went virtual with classes running online via Zoom. Simon, Ruth and Vikki were due to be taking their second yoga trip to Kolkata this January, raising further much needed funds for HOPE. Due to the ongoing pandemic this trip has had to be postponed, but they have decided instead to again bring some of the UK’s best loved yoga teachers directly to your homes as part of Yoga for HOPE offering yoga classes throughout January. 
The full schedule and booking can be found here: https://www.thehopefoundation.org.uk/product-category/virtual-yoga-garden-party/
 
Follow The Hope Foundation on Instagram at @the_hope_foundation_uk. 
 
Follow the Yoga Garden Party on social here:www.facebook.com/yogagardenpartywww.instagram.com/yoga_garden_partyAbout Simon LowSimon began his yoga journey with Dr Larry Payne in Los Angeles in 1988 and has since continuously drawn wisdom from many approaches and teachers in the fields of yoga, chi kung, Chinese medicine, physical therapy, psychology, and eastern and western philosophy. Since the years as founding Director of Yoga at Triyoga Simon has been focused on teacher training with The Yoga Academy, along with his international retreats and workshops. If Simon was pressed to use a label for the yoga he shares it would be Yin & Yang Yoga……..an approach cultivating balance in mind, body, practice and life. His latest project is an online yoga platform www.homeyoga.lifewhere you can find classes taught by Simon as well as Vikki and Ruth. Simon has an old dvd: Yin & Yang Yoga with Simon Low (available on Amazon) & a Yin Yoga App for iPhone (iPhone only). www.simonlow.comAbout Vikki StevensonVikki has been practising yoga and meditation for over twenty years and teaching for over a decade. She offers classes and 1:1s in Essex and online as well as retreats worldwide. She has a strong interest in the therapeutic aspects of yoga.  www.yogawithvikki.co.uk About Ruth McNeilRuth is a long-time yoga practitioner and an experienced yoga and Pilates teacher with over ten years of teaching experience. She teaches weekly vinyasa flow, yin yoga and Pilates classes in Surrey and London and yoga retreats worldwide. www.rmyoga.co.uk
 
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From The Heart is a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, healing and wellbeing from Dawn Lister and Daniel Groom, founders of Anahata Yoga Centre, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, UK. Conversations in this light hearted, kind and honest podcast series brings together people who have found ways to practise self-care in their lives, by sharing their knowledge, experiences and insights. Anahata is a heart centred and nurturing Wellbeing Studio in Leigh on Sea, Essex. Specialising in Yoga, Pilates, Yoga Therapy and mindful meditation. They offer expert tuition in small groups run by qualified and specialist professionals, who are experts in their field. Many of their teachers offer skills which support members of the public affected by long term health conditions, which may affect them physically, mentally and or emotionally. www.anahatayogacentre.com. Follow Anahata Yoga Centre on on Facebook and Instagram at @anahatayogacentre.