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Yoga for Refugees
February 24 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
An event every week that begins at 6:00 pm on Thursday, repeating until March 31, 2022
Yoga for Refugees is an initiative to provide free yoga classes for refugees offered by Jamyang Lonon Buddhist Centre, Tools for Inner Peace and Barry House Health and Inclusion Team (NHS)
About the Class
- In-person Class
The class would very much be focused on wellbeing, with systematic gentle practices to build up strength, flexibility, movement, and simple breathing and relaxation techniques.
Who can join?
Yoga for Refugees is a closed group. A new student needs to be referred to join the class. Referrals come from the NHS asylum seekers programme at Berry House NHS Hostel.
To join the class or for more information please contact [email protected]
Yoga Teacher
Kerry (Katyayani) has been practising Satyananda Yoga since 1998. She integrates her training in yoga, psychotherapy and as an art teacher by running yoga and art workshops and training school teachers and social workers in the use of yoga techniques with children. She has taught yoga in primary and secondary schools, for those with special needs or mental health challenges, to teens and children, as well as offering pregnancy yoga classes. Kerry is part of Tools for Inner Peace that is offering this teachings for free.
Tools for Inner Peace is a charitable foundation that empowers refugees and conflict survivors to manage their own healing and wellbeing with tools from yoga. It is a group of yoga teachers and psychotherapists, former frontline professionals, social workers, and media hands, who wish to help others experience the wellbeing, peace, and inner clarity that an integrated yoga practice brings.
