Cape Men's Yoga

Dear yoga brothers, 2016 CAPE MEN'S YOGA RETREAT DATES As you know we have just completed our second retreat for the year, Fire & Ice at the wonderful Bodhi Khaya retreat centre in the Overberg. That is our last one for 2015. We hold retreat weekends roughly every 6 months. The next two retreats have been secured already and in the coming weeks and months we'll be putting out calls for deposits. Please note that the spaces are limited and the dates are strict in terms of getting yourself registered, deposits payed and the final payment before the event. So it is a great chance to mark your diaries now. 28 - 31 January 2016 : a four day retreat at Bodhi Khaya (near Gansbaai, Western Cape). BK is famous internationally as an excellent retreat centre. There are dams for swimming. A large yoga and meditation hall. Excellent vegetarian catering and nature walks. 12 - 14 August 2016 : this is our first winter retreat at Hearth & Soul (near Napier, Western Cap...

Discover your true potential! Sounds like some advertising slogan, hey? Yet we all have potential. Through opportunities, contacts and contexts we somehow may our way in life - developing skills, and identity, relationships, perhaps a career and family life. Typically we develop a persona about who we want to be - how we want others to perceive us. This may be transparent, kind and honest, or it may be misleading, unwholesome or even destructive. Lots of options out there. Yoga is about bringing the body and mind together. Anchoring ourself in a physical and mental process so that we rediscover ourselves and eventually rethink some of our assumptions. In yogic philosophy our surface manifestation - this life, this body, these ideas - are just emanations from the energy of the world. Elements come together and manifest, then they come apart and that life ends. Yoga practice is a study of both the reality of our being, our limited time on Earth, deepening and understand of our l...

Sunday 23 August 2015 10.00 until noon Fresh on the thrills and fun of our Fire & Ice winter retreat, we are back on the mat in Cape Town with another 2 hour naked men's yoga and meditation class. Join us for an energising vinyasa class this week. We'll be intregrating some of the Tibetan wisdom and images into the vinyasa flow class. We will also be including special attention to arm balances in this class. Beginners are welcome. The class is based on voluntary teaching and donations from the men participating. Class starts on time at 10.00. Door is locked so be on time. We are in practicing at a venue in central Cape Town. For the venue details contact us on: Whatsapp or sms zero eight two 579 6868 or email capemensyoga AT gmail.com Mind and Body  On the retreat we worked with the five faculties of the mind, the five elements and touched on the five states of awareness in our way in which we engage with the world. Five Faculties  Faith a...

14-16 August 2015 was our 7th Cape Men's Yoga retreat, again at Bodhi Khaya retreat centre in the beautiful Overberg of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. The retreats each have a theme to them and some tools to help guide the men while on retreat. We draw on traditional yogic teaching and philosophy and add to it Buddhist, Daoist and indigenous concepts which may be useful for people exploring their path in life. Our members include Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, spiritualists, pagans and explorers of various paths. The aim is to create an inclusive, sharing, co-creative weekend space for people to deepen their practice of yoga, meditation and understanding the mind body relationship. Each retreat is so different in character but each one has been extraordinary in its bonding, sharing and learning. This retreat was characterised by a lot of joy, friendships, uplifting sensations, good food and beautiful moments. Fire & Ice was built around the t...

Dear Yoga brothers, Please note that there is  NO CLASS on Sunday 16 August 2015 We are on retreat in the Overberg and will be back on the mat on 23 August 2015 for a stimulating Vinyasa yoga class. Our contact details: Zero eight two 579 6868 or email  Capemensyoga AT gmail.com We practice Sundays from 10 am until noon at our venue in central Cape Town. Beginners welcome. Payment by donation.                                                        Namaste

Yin men's nude yoga and meditation class Sunday 9 August 2015 Yin is a practice with its roots in Indian yoga and Chinese daoism. The practice uses convential yoga postures but rather than using muscular strength to achieve the asana, yin is all about letting go. Yin postures are held for between five and twenty minutes, depending on capabilities. For our practice most postures are only held for five minutes. The focus is on inner stillness - you find the posture and then just let go of all physical tension and bring the mind to a still and quiet place.  Child's pose (balasana) may be easy for five minutes, but poses like the dragon can be really challenging. These may push our buttons - triggering feelings of anxiety, anger, frustration - all states of mind that are our 'go to' when we don't like what is going on and don't feel comfortable.  Yin practice encourages us to find equanimity and truth in the still poses and to see the movements o...