Cape Men's Yoga

Dear Yogi brothers, As a reminder, classes will be running every Sunday 10h00 until noon right through until the new year at our city centre venue in Cape Town. Duncan and Craig will take turns with the teaching. You can reach Duncan by texting / whatsapp on 084 294 8309 We teach various styles of yoga (hatha, vinyasa, ashtanga and sometimes yin yoga). Classes are designed for a range of experience from total beginners to advanced practitioners. It is a voluntary payment with our focus on building a community of practice. We include meditation and breath work in most classes. As a reminder, our Summer Encounters yoga and meditation retreat is coming up 29 January to 01 February 2015. Deposits are due now. For further information you are welcome to email us on capemensyoga AT gmail.com

Dear fellow yogis, I got to teach a class of yoga at Naked Yoga Sydney in Australia. A great bunch of guys - diverse and welcoming. I am back with you in Cape Town on Sunday 23 November 2014 in Cape Town at our central venue in the city. Class is from 10h00 until noon. There is secure parking or lots of street parking. Bring your mat and your open heart. We'll have a nude men's vinyasa class this week. Also as a reminder deposits are due to secure yourself a place at the Summer Encounters yoga and meditationn retreat, 29 January until 01 February 2015. For more info contact capemensyoga AT gmail.com or text / whatsapp 082 579 6868. Namaste

Dear Yogis, Cape Men's Yoga has no class on Sunday 09 November 2014. The venue is occupied for other usage that weekend. We are back on the mat with Duncan teaching his inspiring Mysore Hatha sequence on Sunday 16 November. If for some reason you are in Sydney, Australia, one of our Yoga instructors will be offering a vinyasa class at http://www.nakedyogasydney.com/ on Sunday 09 November 2014. Sharing the love! For more information you are welcome to contact us on: capemensyoga AT gmail DOT com Namaste,

Nude Men's Yoga Summer Retreat 2015 SUMMER ENCOUNTER This is your first notification of the Summer Encounter retreat at Bodhi Khaya, 29 January to 01 February 2015. This is a 4 day / 3 night retreat, though you have the option of coming for 3 days / 2 nights as some of you may have work obligations. We encourage you to take off the extra day if possible as it has quite a big impact on your ability to still the mind and process the deeper teachings and practices. The retreat is for people with at least some yoga experience and adequate fitness. If you are interested to start yoga you should attend some regular classes beforehand and build up some stamina and experience. In the retreats we do professionally guided yoga in many different styles: vinyasa, ashtanga, hatha, kundalini, raja, bhakti and / or yin yoga. There is guided meditation and self-knowledge exercises. BK is not a nudist centre, so only the yoga and dam swimming are done naked.  The full price for the ret...

Here is the schedule for the next few weeks: Sunday 19 October, we have a Mysore hatha class; Sunday 26 October, we have a Vinyasa flow class; Sunday 02 November, we have a Yin yoga class (a static non-muscular form of yoga where the poses are held for long durations). Sunday 09 November: NO CLASS. The building is not available and there will be no class on this particular weekend. For more information contact us on capemensyoga AT gmail DOT com

Duncan is freshly returned from exotic and esoteric experiences in Bali and Java. Inspired by these sacred sites he will be guiding you through 2 hours of nude yoga and meditation in another of our famous Cape Men's Yoga classes. The focus will be on the Mysore hatha sequence, a beautiful flowing and attentive yoga practice, rewarding for beginners or advanced yogis. We are at our city venue as per usual. Classes are free, donations welcome. We start at 10h00 sharp and the door is locked so we advise you to be on time. You need a yoga mat (a few extras for early arrivals), a sweat towel and a water bottle is recommended. Our practice is classical - we combine yoga movement, with yogic breathing and meditation instruction. Our members come from many backgrounds, different religious and spiritual traditions, or none at all. Whatever path you are on, we will support you on that. Come and explore the body and the mind with a group of like minded men. Booking is not required bu...

In our Sunday mini-retreat, we took some time to read an excerpt from one of the most famous of the Upanishads - holy scriptures of the Vedic tradition. In this tale, Nachiketa is cursed by his father and as a response he travels to see Yama, Lord of Death. Yama is away and Nachiketa must wait for him to return. Yama is mortified that a guest has been made to wait. He offers Nachiketa any gift he wants. Nachiketa wants to know about the mysteries of death. Yama is reluctant but the boy has the right to ask. In this excerpt Yama explains how we apply our minds to understand the truth of the Self and in so doing, we understand our mortality and immortality. Behind this is a story about the fear of our Ego, the fear of death, of annihilation, of being set aside so that the true mind may pursue the holy life. In yoga, do not have fear, trust the path, trust your intuition, learn to put down the outer fussing mind and find the inner sanctum of stillness... Katha Upanishad Transl...