Spring Retreat - Gorse Hill Greystones
A Mini Retreat for Mind Body and Soul
Sunday 12th March 10.45am - 4.00pm Cost: €50
This is our Spring Retreat and the day will focus on gently shifting our energy from winter to spring, aligning it with the awakening of nature all around us and Gorse Hill is an ideal location to connect with nature. This is the time to stretch ourselves, to shake out the cobwebs and to clear stagnant energy. Transition times are also great opportunities to reflect what has been, how we are now and what we need for the time to come and set the intentions that will help us on the way.
Interwoven in the day will also be some self compassion and self-care practices from the Mindfulness tradition.
In general this Day in Gorse Hill offers an opportunity for everyone to "Pause" to "Rest" and to "BE". Time to listen inwards and facilitate a deeper connection with ourselves. This will recharge our batteries and perhaps help us to re orientate our energies to those projects that are truly important to us and where we can be best of service to our family, friends and society.
Set in a beautiful peaceful location, Gorse Hill is an ideal place for a retreat. It feels like far away from our busy lives with it's expansive views over the sea and terraced garden. The practice room is spacious and warm with floor to ceiling glass walls that brings the outdoors inside.
Participants will have the opportunity to practice in Silence under guidance. Silence is an often overlooked virtue as we feel compelled to have to talk when around other people. This can be another way to be fully available for ourselves and to stay present and connected.
We will practice indoors as well as outdoors if weather permits.
Overall this is a Day for yourself, to restore, to be and to enjoy.
Everybody is welcome regardless of previous experience.
Gorse Hill Greystones
Gorse Hill is a beautiful location just above the Bray Cliff Walk with fantastic views over the sea, a spacious garden and cozy warm room to practice in. It has a sloped Garden perfect for outdoor practices connecting us to pure nature.
Please book early to avoid disappointment.
Booking is essential. Book your place here
Candlelight Yoga Class
Celebrating all the good things in our life
Sunday 11th December 6.45pm - 9.00pm Cost: €25
This is this year's variation on our usual much bigger Christmas Reflection where we gather, practice and celebrate all that is good in our life and also reflect on others.
This is a gentle flowing class with music and aromas and suitable for everyone.
At the end we will sit in a circle for moments of reflections and the sharing of Gluhwein and my German cookies.
I very much look forward to reflect and celebrate with you.
Please book early to avoid disappointment. Place are limited due to space.
Booking is essential. You can book your place here
Outdoor Summer Course
Greystones Burnaby Park (South Side)
3 Day Intensive
Monday 11th July to Wednesday 13th July
2x Daily: 8.30am - 9.30am
6.00pm - 7.00 pm
Cost: €55 for 6 classes/ €30 for 3 classes/ €12 per class
Nothing like practicing Yoga out in nature. It can add a whole new dimension to our practice and brings it closer to our daily life experiences. Our senses are naturally more open such as hearing/ smelling and seeing, keeping us closer in the present moment. It is only in the present moment that we are truly alive and engaged with our live.
We will practice postures, we will breathe deeply, we will move and shake the body and allow the body and mind to deeply relax into stillness with the earth underneath and the sky above.
All you need is your own mat and or blanket and few layers of clothing.
These Classes will be suitable for all levels of experience including complete beginners. Everyone is welcome.
Book your place here
Yoga Day Gorse Hill Greystones
A Mini Retreat for Mind Body and Soul
Sunday 12th June 10.30am - 4.00pm Cost: €50
Set in a beautiful peaceful location, Gorse Hill is an ideal place for a retreat. It feels like far away from our busy lives with it's expansive views over the sea and terraced garden. The practice room is spacious and warm with floor to ceiling glass walls that brings the outdoors inside.
This day will include varied practices from the yoga and mindfulness tradition. It will guide us to slow down, to experience each moment as it arises, to reflect internally and to deeply rest within ourselves.
We will practice indoors as well as outdoors if weather permits.
Participants will have the opportunity to practice in Silence under guidance. Silence is an often overlooked virtue as we feel compelled to have to talk when around other people. This can be another way to be fully available for ourselves and to stay present and connected.
Overall this is a Day for yourself, to restore, to be and to enjoy. Everybody is welcome regardless of previous experience.
Gorse Hill Greystones
Gorse Hill is a beautiful location just above the Bray Cliff Walk with fantastic views over the sea, a spacious garden and cozy warm room to practice in. It has a sloped Garden perfect for outdoor practices connecting us to pure nature.
Places are limited to allow more space for everyone and to keep us safe. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
Booking is essential. Book your place here
Sunday Yoga Class
Spring into Spring
Sunday 10th April 10.30am - 12.30pm
Class will be recorded so even if you can't attend live online you will be able to practice at the time that suits you.
This time of the year when everything awakens again we can actually feel a bit sluggish from winter stagnation that may express itself as tiredness, heaviness or a cloudy mind.
Traditionally, at this time of the year, our practice focuses on detoxing and stimulating the energy system readying ourselves for the burst of activity that will soon start. Literally allowing us to spring into spring.
We do have a Yoga Program that addresses all the main body systems, clearing and stimulating as well as harmonizing the flow of prana through them. Despite what it may sound the practices are quite gentle. The program includes postures, breathing practices, relaxation and visualization.
We will practice the program and I will send it to you as a Handout for your home practice over the next 4 weeks or so. I'm also recording the class and you can practice with that.
As usual everyone is welcome to join the class, no previous experience is necessary only a willingness to be present
Booking is essential. Please book your place here
Sunday Morning Class
Finding Balance, tapping into Stillness
Sunday 25th April 10.00am - 12pm
Location: Newtownmountkennedy - The Space
Cost: €20
Finding the right balance in ones life requires us to constantly readjust and adapt to moment by moment changing circumstances.
Balance can be experienced as a state of ease, free of struggle accompanied by a sense of stillness and presence. These moments may be short but they can leave a very strong impression in our minds and feel enormously satisfying, alive and nourishing.
In one way or the other we all throughout our lives are searching for those moments of "ease" of presence and contentedness the "happy feeling".
In the class we will explore with the help of movement, breath, relaxation and mindfulness simple ways off experiencing how ease can be felt and recognized in our bodies at any given moment. We pause long enough to be able to tap in to still moments in our minds and hearts exploring first hand that those moments not necessarily depend on external "perfect" conditions.
This morning is for you to take time out, to restore and replenish and to be with yourself and to drop into this present moment breath by breath.
Class is suitable for all levels of experience and fitness.
As usual everyone is welcome to join the class, no previous experience is necessary only a willingness to be present
Book your place here
Candlelight Yoga and Relaxation Class 
The Space Newtownmountkennedy
Sunday 26th January 7.15pm - 9.00pm
Cost: €20
This a slow flowing, gentle and deeply relaxing class enhanced by the sound of music and being surrounded by the warmth glow of candlelight. The class finishes with Yoga Nidra (Relaxation) and or a Mindfulness Meditation guiding us to our inherent place of stillness and peace.
Early Sunday evening is a perfect time to rest after a busy week and before the next week to keep you at ease and well throughout the winter month.
Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Book your place here
Candlelight Yoga and Relaxation Class
The Space Newtownmountkennedy
Sunday 26th January 7.15pm - 9.00pm
Cost: €20
This a slow flowing, gentle and deeply relaxing class enhanced by the sound of music and being surrounded by the warmth glow of candlelight. The class finishes with Yoga Nidra (Relaxation) and or a Mindfulness Meditation guiding us to our inherent place of stillness and peace.
Early Sunday evening is a perfect time to rest after a busy week and before the next week to keep you at ease and well throughout the winter month.
Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Book your place here
Sunday Yoga Morning
Restoring and Relaxing
Newcastle Parish Center
Sunday 26th September 10am - 12pm Cost: €20
This morning class is dedicated to exploring the art of relaxation through gentle stretches and postures that are held for longer periods with supports and specific breathing techniques. This enables the body to let go of holding and tensing. The muscles and tendons are encouraged to relax into each stretch. Chronic tension in the body uses a lot of our vital energy which is often a cause for tiredness, stress and can even lead to exhaustion. This affects of course the whole of our being mentally, physically and emotionally, our zest for life. Regular short periods of rest and restoration can literally be a "life saver" but we forget or when we feel good think it's not necessary and it gets pushed to the margins of our to do list.
So this morning is for you to take time out, to restore and replenish and to be with yourself and to drop into this present moment breath by breath.
As usual everyone is welcome to join the class, no previous experience is necessary.
Places are limited. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Booking is essential. Book your place here
3 Day Summer Course 
Newcastle Parish Center
Monday 9th August - Wednesday 11th August
Cost: €15 per class (numbers limited to 6 people per class)
3 Daily Class Times to choose from
8.15am- 9.45am Morning Class
5.45pm - 7.15pm Early Evening Class
7.45pm - 9.15pm Evening class (except Tuesday)
The general theme of the 3 days is about exploring the meaning of well-being and how we can apply that knowledge in a practical way to our personal life. We will also touch on practices that help in developing kindness and compassion towards ourselves.
I hope these 3 days will give us the chance to reconnect with each other and feel the energy that is created when practicing together. That we ease our way to being comfortable again in a group setting. Feel the pleasure of practicing without technology and receiving more personal feedback during your practice. Enjoy the journey of going to your class somewhere different from your home.
Daily classes include Asanas (Postures), Pranayama (Breathing Practices); Yoga Nidra (a guided Relaxation) and Meditation Practice as well as mental reminders for your day to stay present.
Everyone welcome. Suitable for all levels of experience.
Places are limited. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Book your place here
Sunday Morning Class Live Online
Finding Balance, tapping into Stillness
Sunday 25th April 10.00am - 12pm
Cost: €18
Finding the right balance in ones life requires us to constantly readjust and adapt to moment by moment changing circumstances.
Balance can be experienced as a state of ease, free of struggle accompanied by a sense of stillness and presence. These moments may be short but they can leave a very strong impression in our minds and feel enormously satisfying, alive and nourishing.
In one way or the other we all throughout our lives are searching for those moments of "ease" of presence and contentedness the "happy feeling".
In the class we will explore with the help of movement, breath, relaxation and mindfulness simple ways off experiencing how ease can be felt and recognized in our bodies at any given moment. We pause long enough to be able to tap in to still moments in our minds and hearts exploring first hand that those moments not necessarily depend on external "perfect" conditions.
This morning is for you to take time out, to restore and replenish and to be with yourself and to drop into this present moment breath by breath.
Class is suitable for all levels of experience and fitness.
As usual everyone is welcome to join the class, no previous experience is necessary only a willingness to be present
Class will be recorded so even if you can't attend live online you will be able to practice at the time that suits you.
Book your place here
Sunday Morning Class Live Online
Let us flow with ease
Sunday 21st March 10.00am - 12pm
Cost: €18
In this Sunday Class the emphasis will be on slow flowing movements practiced with ease and little effort allowing them to emerge naturally from our body. This puts less pressure on the joints and encourages the pranic energy to flow freely. When energy flows freely joy arises and a sense of wellbeing. Just what we need these days were we can feel stuck and hemmed in by restrictions and fear. If we can let the body move with ease perhaps we can also allow our mind and heart to be free and go with the flow.
The class will finish with sitting in Stillness.
As usual everyone is welcome to join the class, no previous experience is necessary only a willingness to be present
Class will be recorded so even if you can't attend live online you will be able to practice at the time that suits you.
Book your place here
Sunday Morning Class Live Online
Finding Peace With What Is
Sunday 24th January 10.00am - 12pm
Cost: €18
Finding Peace with what is creates the foundation to what we tend to call happiness. It is the absence of the constant struggle against reality, always wanting things to be different to what they are right now in this moment or resisting change.
We will gently explore through movement, breathing, meditation and relaxation how we can be at peace/ ease with what is at any given moment.
As usual everyone is welcome to join the class, no previous experience is necessary only a willingness to be present
Book your place here
Christmas Reflection
Celebrating the good things in our life
Gorse Hill - Greystones
Sunday 13th December 10.45am - 4.00pm
Cost: €50
This Year we will come together for this special day in Gorse Hill. This is a perfect place for reflection with it's unique setting that offers spectacular views over the Gardens and Sea while making ourselves cozy in a candle lit room with a crackling stove.
Our last months have been tough on everyone and we were forced to focus on staying safe, to reduce contacts and in general to restrict our normal routines. It may have felt at times that all the good things we love and and perhaps took for granted were slowly being taken away from us. In these time it is very natural to forget what is still left and what we can celebrate and appreciate.
Our day will be a celebration on the good things in our life through enjoying our bodies moving, the breath flowing, the mind settling and the heart opening and expanding, tasting delicious food and enjoying the company of each other in this fabulous venue.
It is a day for you to nourish body/ soul and spirit and to have a "Breathing Space" amidst the busyness of this time of the year; connecting back to ourselves and to remind us of what is truly important.
As it is tradition at end of the day you are all invited to a candle lit gathering around a big spread of home baked (by me) German Christmas cookies, sipping hot German Yogic Gluhwein (alkohol free) while enjoying the after glow and resonance from the chanting and each others company.
This day is suitable for all levels of experience and everybody is very welcome.
Please book early as places are now very limited to avoid disappointment.
Book your place here
Sunday Live Online Yoga Meditation Morning
Finding Stillness and Nourishing your Soul
Sunday 29th November 10am - 12pm
Cost: €18 or what you can afford
We will practice a combination of Breathing Practices, Postures, Meditation and Guided Relaxation gradually leading us to a calmer place where we can better access our "Still Point" abide in it and feel nourished.
As usual everyone is welcome to join the class, no previous experience is necessary only a willingness to be present
Booking is essential. Please book your place here
Sunday Yoga Meditation Morning Online
Finding Stillness
Sunday 6th September 10am - 12pm
Cost: €18 or what you can afford
This class will facilitate Stillness so that we can connect with ourselves, find inner steadiness and mental clarity as we transition in to a new season, a new face of Covid Reality and what that may mean for us as well as opening our hearts to new insights and compassion.
We will practice a combination of Breathing Practices, Postures, Meditation and Guided Relaxation gradually leading us to a calmer place where we can better access our "Still Point" abide in it and feel nourished.
As usual everyone is welcome to join the class, no previous experience is necessary only a willingness to be present
Booking is essential. Please book your place here
Yoga Day Gorse Hill Greystones
A journey through the Chakra System
Sunday 19th July 10.30am - 4.00pm Cost: €50
This Day will take us through our Energy System called Chakras. We can learn and experience how all the Chakras relate to every aspect of our daily life and play an important role in our general Health and Well Being.
We will explore them through Postures, through Breathing, through Visualizing, through Sound and through Meditation and Stillness.
The Day will include periods of Mouna - noble Silence as well as practicing in Nature in this very special place.
Overall this is a Day for yourself, to restore, to be and to enjoy. Everybody is welcome regardless of previous experience.
Gorse Hill Greystones
Gorse Hill is a beautiful location just above the Bray Cliff Walk with fantastic views over the sea, a spacious garden and cozy warm room to practice in. It has a sloped Garden perfect for outdoor practices connecting us to pure nature.
Places are limited to adhere to social distancing and to keep us safe. Please book early to avoid disappointment.
Booking is essential. Book your place here
Sunday Live Online Yoga Morning
Relieving Neck and Shoulder Tension
Sunday 14th June 10am -12.00pm Cost: €18
Enjoy a morning of Yoga and Meditation. The focus will be on practices that especially help to relieve tension around the shoulder, neck and chest regions. We will move the body through specific stretches and poses as well as releasing blocked energy by stimulating the associated acupressure points. This class will be deeply satisfying and relaxing.
This morning is for you to take time out, to restore and replenish and to be with yourself and to drop into this present moment breath by breath.
Class is suitable for all levels of experience and fitness.
As usual everyone is welcome to join the class, no previous experience is necessary.
Places are limited. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Booking is essential. Book your place here
Sunday Yoga Meditation Morning Online
Finding Balance
Sunday 24th May 10am - 12pm
Cost: €18 or what you can afford
Enjoy a morning of Yoga and Meditation
Finding balance in ones life and in general requires us to constantly readjust and adapt to moment by moment changing circumstances.
Balance can be experienced as a state of ease, free of struggle accompanied by a sense of stillness and presence. These moments may be short but they can leave a very strong impression in our minds and feel enormously satisfying, alive and nourishing.
In one way or the other we all throughout our lives are searching for those moments of "ease" of presence and contentedness.
Quite likely a lot of the time we don't even know anymore what ease actually feels like. We have gotten used to tensions in our bodies, to restlessness in our minds and fluctuating emotions that this state of being has become our "new norm" while all the while getting more and more exhausted from the struggle to keep it all manageable.
In the class we will explore with the help of movement, breath, relaxation and mindfulness simple ways off experiencing what ease perhaps feels like in our bodies at any given moment. We pause long enough to be able to tap in to still moments in our minds and hearts exploring first hand that those moments not necessarily depend on external "perfect" conditions which are often completely out of our control anyway no matter how hard we may try to manage them.
This morning is for you to take time out, to restore and replenish and to be with yourself and to drop into this present moment breath by breath.
Class is suitable for all levels of experience and fitness.
As usual everyone is welcome to join the class, no previous experience is necessary only a willingness to be present
Booking is essential. Please book your place here
Sunday Yoga Meditation Morning Online
Staying Connected to our "Steady" Center
Sunday 10th May 10am - 12pm
Cost: €18 or what you can afford
In uncertain times it is very natural to experience all forms of uncertainty such as feeling adrift, worried, anxious, restless or overwhelmed. We can feel easily cut off from our selves and not knowing what we may need and or even want. The experience maybe likened to standing a long way away from ourselves. We all have been there and most of the time we find our way back to ourselves but in these unprecedented times that may prove to be very challenging as our "normal" is being further and further pushed out.
This Sunday, I would like to explore with you how we can find steadiness in unsteady times, how we can find balance in the middle of a storm and how we can we access an our own inner steady place that is independent from outer circumstances.
We will practice a combination of Breathing Practices, Postures, Meditation and Guided Relaxation leading us to a calmer place where we can better access our "steady place" and truly experience it, nourish it and realize that we can came back to it at any time.
As usual everyone is welcome to join the class, no previous experience is necessary only a willingness to be present
Booking is essential. Please book your place here
Sunday Yoga Morning
Restoring and Relaxing
The Space - Newtownmountkennedy
Sunday 16th February 2020 11am -1.00pm Cost: €20
This morning class is dedicated to exploring the art of relaxation through gentle stretches and postures that are held for longer periods with supports and specific breathing techniques. This enables the body to let go of holding and tensing. The muscles and tendons are encouraged to relax into each stretch. Chronic tension in the body uses a lot of our vital energy which is often a cause for tiredness, stress and can even lead to exhaustion. This affects of course the whole of our being mentally, physically and emotionally, our zest for life. Regular short periods of rest and restoration can literally be a "life saver" but we forget or when we feel good think it's not necessary and it gets pushed to the margins of our to do list.
So this morning is for you to take time out, to restore and replenish and to be with yourself and to drop into this present moment breath by breath.
As usual everyone is welcome to join the class, no previous experience is necessary.
Places are limited. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Booking is essential. Book your place here
Mindfulness Meditation Day
A Mini Retreat for Mind Body and Soul
Gorse Hill - Greystones
Sunday 15th March 2020 11am -4pm
Cost: €35
Mindfulness is sometimes described as a way to befriend ourselves. It is a practice where we purposefully pay attention to what is here and now and cultivate kindness and understanding towards our own experiences whatever they are. We get to know ourselves better and can learn skillful ways of managing difficult and challenging situations as well as appreciate the joyful and pleasant experiences more fully. Our live can become richer as we are not trying so hard to avoid anything that we don't like, becoming to understand that every experience is part of our human condition and the essence of living.
A Mini Retreat allows us to take a 'Pause' from our busyness and to reconnect deeply to what is important to us.
Participants will have the opportunity to practice in Silence under guidance. Silence is an often overlooked virtue as we feel compelled to have to talk when around other people. This can be another way to be fully available for ourselves and to stay present with what arises moment by moment.
The practices will be varied
- Sitting Meditation
- Mindful Movement
- Walking Meditation,
- Body Scan,
- Mindful Eating
Gorse Hill is a beautiful location just above the Bray Cliff Walk with fantastic views over the sea, a spacious garden and cozy warm room to practice in.
As usual everyone is welcome to join the day, no previous experience is necessary. This is also a great opportunity for those who do practice regularly and would like to have an extended time.
Places are limited. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Book your place here
Candlelight Yoga and Relaxation Class
The Space Newtownmountkennedy
Sunday 26th January 7.15pm - 9.00pm
Cost: €20
This a slow flowing, gentle and deeply relaxing class enhanced by the sound of music and being surrounded by the warmth glow of candlelight. The class finishes with Yoga Nidra (Relaxation) and or a Mindfulness Meditation guiding us to our inherent place of stillness and peace.
Early Sunday evening is a perfect time to rest after a busy week and before the next week to keep you at ease and well throughout the winter month.
Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Book your place here
Christmas Reflection
A Moment Of Peace
Gorse Hill - Greystones
Sunday 15th December 10.45am -1.15pm
Cost: €25
This Year we will come together for this special morning in Gorse Hill. This is a perfect place for reflection with it's unique setting that offers spectacular views over the Gardens and Sea while making ourselves cozy in a candle lit room with a crackling stove.
The Morning Practices will be a combination of gentle yoga postures/ breathing practices as well as mindful reflections and meditations.
It is a class for you to nourish body/ soul and spirit and to have a "Breathing Space" amidst the busyness of this time of the year; connecting back to ourselves and to remind us of what is truly important.
As it is tradition after the Class you are all invited to a candle lit gathering around a big spread of home baked (by me) German Christmas cookies, sipping hot German Yogic Gluhwein (alkohol free) while enjoying the after glow and resonance from the chanting and each others company.
This class is suitable for all levels of experience and everybody is very welcome.
Please book early as places are now very limited to avoid disappointment.
Book your place here
Year End Reflection and Relaxation Class
Newcastle - New Parish Hall
Sunday 29th December 7.15pm - 9.00pm
Cost: €18
A perfect way to approach the end of the year.
It will be a reflective gentle yoga class with music and plenty of time to unwind, rest and restore. The class will finish with a meditation practice.
Everyone is welcome.
Class is suitable for all levels of experience, even complete beginners.
Book your place here
Sunday Yoga Morning
Relieving Neck and Shoulder Tension
The Space Newtownmountkennedy
Sunday 20th October 2019 11am -1.00pm Cost: €20
Enjoy a morning of Yoga and Meditation. The focus will be on practices that especially help to relieve tension around the shoulder, neck and chest regions. We will move the body through specific stretches and poses as well as releasing blocked energy by stimulating the associated acupressure points. This class will be deeply satisfying and relaxing.
This morning is for you to take time out, to restore and replenish and to be with yourself and to drop into this present moment breath by breath.
Class is suitable for all levels of experience and fitness.
As usual everyone is welcome to join the class, no previous experience is necessary.
Places are limited. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Booking is essential. Book your place here
3 Day Summer Course
Greystones St. Patricks Church
Monday 15 July - Wednesday 17th July
Cost: €35 for 3 classes or €65 for 6 classes
3 Class Times to choose from each day
7.30am- 9.00am Sunrise class
9.30am - 11.00am Morning class
7. 45pm - 9.15pm Evening class
What better way then to inject your summer experience with 3 days of Yoga and Mindfulness in a row? Create a perfect start to your day with an uplifting and inspiring class in the morning. This will set the right mood and vibrations for the rest of your day. On the other hand finishing your day regularly with a nourishing and restful class will help you to let go of your day whatever may have been, calming the mind and inducing a sense of inner peace.
Practicing on 3 consecutive days presents the opportunity to start a daily routine. You will be able to experience first hand how a regular practice; even a very short one; can make all the difference about how we manage daily challenges, difficulties, problems etc.. It helps to prevent the build up of tension in body and mind which is the best stress prevention, essential for the ability to deeply nourish your health and well-being.
The general theme of the 3 days is about exploring the meaning of well-being and what that may feel like. WE look into how how we can integrate some simple but effective practices into our daily life so we can be more present for ourselves as well as others.
Daily classes include Asanas (Postures), Pranayama (Breathing Practices); Yoga Nidra (a guided Relaxation) and Meditation Practice as well as mental reminders for your day to stay present.
Everyone welcome. Suitable for all levels of experience.
Places are limited. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Book your place here
