Yoga is a system of practical techniques to help you to control and direct the psychic energies within your body, in order to attain higher states of consciousness. Introducing the yogic techniques of pranayama, mudras, bandhas and meditation, you will learn how to use your breath for inner purification, mental concentration and spiritual growth. You will also explore the yogic understanding of the three bodies, with particular focus on the astral body, the nadis (psychic channels) and the chakras.

Swami Saradananda trains yoga teachers around the world and has written several books, including Yoga Mind and Body and Chakra Meditation. She is president of the British Yoga Teachers Association. These sessions are held monthly to give time for practice between lessons.

This course will show you how to ground and protect yourself, and help you sense when you are not grounded. With practical exercises, discover how to open up your sensitivity, close down your psychic mechanism in daily life, and sense when you or others are too open. Recognise when someone is depleting your energy, and learn how you can prevent this and replenish your energies. Use imaging to start letting go of negative energies of fear, self-criticism and guilt which hold you back. This course will help you to develop your psychic or healing ability, or simply understand your relationship with yourself and others.