Cape Men's Yoga

Dear Yoga brothers, This is to confirm that we will be having another Cape Men's Yoga retreat at our favourite venue in the Overberg, Western Cape, South Africa. CMY is a voluntary group of yogis based in Cape Town. For 7 years we organised annual or biannual retreats. Our aim is to create a space for you to come and practice, be in a place of kindness and meet some very special people in a beautiful natural environment.  This is again a Winter retreat in the southern hemisphere:   8-11 August 2019 . This is over the long-weekend, so it should be easier for people to join for the whole of the Friday practice. We will again offer the option of coming a day earlier to start with quieter meditation and yoga time, and then a full programme beginning on Thursday 8 August. This in practice means you can come for 4 nights, 3 nights or just the Friday and Saturday nights. The exact cost of the retreat depends on a number of factors, including how many men will attend, ho...

This week we ease into a winter vinyasa flow class. Nigel is back on the mat with us, exploring the relationship of mind, body and spirit. Naked yoga is a place to be fully yourself, without fear, without self-censorship, accepting yourself and exploring your inner world. In yoga, we are taught that the whole of the universe is within us- look inwards to understand the whole. The whole of the universe is also who we are - the line that divides one being from another, one atom from another - is a creation of society and the ego. Through clearing the mind of its clutter and allowing space to breathe, we rediscover our inner truths and rediscover our wholeness in the world. CMY is in its 6th year - with hundreds of men having strip off their outer uniforms and revealed themselves within the practice. If you feel the need for extraordinary change, for liberation, for community of practice, come and share with us. Sunday at 10.30 in the southern suburbs of Cape Town. Get in touch ...

Cape Men's Yoga eases into winter season and you will be very glad to know what the venue has heating. In our early years in Hout Bay we had to put on a gas heater and the guys near the french-doors always got a cold draft up the backside. Winter is a great time for yoga - it is a time for reflection, to spending some more time with yourself. As winter rains hopefully soak the Cape, other outdoor activities give way to the inner practices. In class today we were exploring how to anchor ourselves - how mindful attention of the lower part of the body, particularly the mula-bandha and muladhara-chakra help keep us in the physical space, aware of the body, aware of the Earth, keeping us stable in what can sometimes be a confusing world. This Sunday we will explore our ability to summon up effort - what is Buddhism is called 'right effort' meaning the effort that is good for you, transformative without being extreme or unbalanced. Right effort typically means the effort n...