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crowd fund Sunrise – raise awareness about child abuse

Partho Sen-Gupta has embarked on his latest film project: Sunrise – Arunoday. His first film Let the wind blow was screened at the Berlin film festival in 2004. Partho’s latest film focuses on the taboo of child abuse in India. The Ministry of Woman and Child Development published the ‘Study on Child Abuse: India 2007‘. […]

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Ashtanga Brighton workshop with Monica Marinoni

We’re very excited to Have Monica Marinoni coming to Brighton to do a weekend workshop in June. This two day workshop will be held on the 11th & 12th of June at the Bodhi Garden. Monica is a long-term traditional practitioner and has received authorisation to teach beyond primary series from Sharath. She’s based in […]

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Joey Miles’ Ashtanga workshop review

The Joey Miles Ashtanga workshop fell on a weekend after a new moon. Well rested from a day off the mat, the room at the Buddhist Centre was a buzz. It was nice being in the company of about 20 participants – new faces and more familiar ones from morning Mysore practice – and knowing […]

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Brighton Kirtan

Here are a couple of videos from the last kirtan in Brighton at the Jing Institute. In the first video Narayani is talks about the aural properties of the resonance of the sanksrit language. Best to put on earphones to hear this as I was standing at the back of the room when I shot […]

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Kirtan in Brighton

Last Friday Guy and I went to a Kirtan evening led by Narayani of OneBodyOneSound at the Jing Institute on Bond Street in Brighton. My only previous experience of singing with Narayani was at the Santosa Yoga Camp last September where she led a Kirtan on the final evening. This was a beautiful experience where […]

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108 sun salutations in memory of Guruji

This Sunday Sarah will be leading 108 sun salutations in honour of the life and work of Ashtanga Guru Shri K Pattabhi Jois who died this week a year ago. We’ll be starting at 8:30am at the BNHC. Please join us for this special occasion which should take around an hour. Why 108 sun salutations? […]

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