Cape Men's Yoga

NOTE : Kahuna men's massage weekend courses happening in October and November (for Level 1) and December (for Level 2). Please contact Gavin on  gavinrobertson7@gmail.com CMY Summer yoga retreat 19 - 22 January 2017 is open for bookings. Limited places. Please book and pay your initial deposit to secure a space. capemensyoga AT gmail.com Springing into life! Clearly Spring is in the air in Cape Town. We had 22 men in class today - always a sign that the men and the wildflowers are blooming and bursting forth with new energy. Join us Sunday 9 October 2016 on the mat, naked and ready for the new chapter of your life. Cape Men's Yoga is a community-based, all male, nude yoga and meditation practice. In our sixth year of operations, the group has been a touchstone of male solidarity, spiritual sharing and some wonderful yoga. This week we will continue to explore issues of opening up the body, flexibility and flow in a vinyasa style class with Nigel teaching. Beg...

Dear Yoga brothers, As we alerted you all that we need to move venue on 1 February. The college where we have practiced for two years is undergoing some spatial changes and we were given notice last month. Today, 24 January 2016 was our last class - a flowing and meditative yoga class drawing on traditional yoga and Buddhist teachings about the four immeasurables of loving kindness, sympathetic joy, compassion and equanimity. We hope you have enjoyed practicing with us! We are keen to move to a new venue but thus far none of our leads have worked. We are still investigating options in Gardens, Obs and Greenpoint. If you have any contacts for spaces available on Sunday mornings in Cape Town, please let us know. Next week, we are away at our 6-monthly retreat in the Overberg. 24 wonderful men including 5 of our qualified yoga and meditation instructors will be spending 4 days exploring mind, body, breath and nature in a most awesome setting. You are welcome to get in touch and w...

Meditations and the 4 illuminating mental states  At our recent yoga and meditation retreat, we chose the theme of the Four Immeasurables, also known as the Four Divine Abidings or the Brahma Vihara. This is a Buddhist teaching which resonates with the Yogic scriptures and other faith traditions. The Buddha taught that if one could master four foundational mental states, this would be sufficient for enlightenment. From a psychological perspective, these four mental states are antidotes to mental habits that cause anguish, anger, depression, despair, worry or jealousy. Much can be said about these states of mind, here are some short descriptions of the meditations we used to bring these states into mindful awareness. Loving Kindness (metta) Sit cross legged in a comfortable meditation position. Allow the body to relax. Bring attention first to the breath allowing tension to fade. When ready, start the following sequence within the mind. 1. You walk along a garden pa...