Sandra Barnes
Sandra is a free spirited yogini from Argentina, where her yoga journey started in her early 20's. Leaving soon after to experience, explore & live in many countries until her children began school, which brought her to settle here in the UK. Where she has now been sharing yoga for 24 years. She offers a unique earthy style & her soothing accent, voice & words from the heart cannot be forgotten. Creating & holding space for others through workshops, classes, retreats & ceremonies, you can often find her sharing alongside her daughter Sofia who follows in her footsteps.
A few years ago together they birthed Love All Ways Yoga ~ Their offerings are a weaving together of nourishing embodied movement, positive affirmations, guided meditations, beautiful visualisations, ceremony & sound journeys. Connecting people to their inner rhythm & fluidity, inviting creativite expression & freedom to feel & flow intuitively. Believing that when we take the time to come home to our selves & drop into the present moment, we are gifted a greater sense of belonging & love. They truly believe in the medicine & power, gathering in togetherness with like minded souls to open & receive shares. Holding cacao ceremonies with alchemy dance journeys have become one of their favourite offerings & creating safe sacred spaces for women to gather & share & celebrate their shakti is a passion of theirs. You can find their sharings at an array of yoga festivals & gatherings as well as their 'YogaVentures' across the globe.
Thursday evening ~ 'Welcome home'
'Welcome home to your heart. To yourself. To the adventure that lies before us & all the magic World Yoga festival offers us. Join Sandra & Sofia, mother & daughter, as you all together weave an immersive experience through an expansive & yet grounding practice, oozing with reverence & ritual. Sensing into the union of duality all around us & the many miraculous layers of life that sustain & create. Awaken the body, breath, mind & spirit with love. With breath. With nourishing movement. With freedom of expression. With presence & beyond. Culminating with cosmic sounds from an array of healing instruments. Everyone welcome.
'Shakti rising' ~ Yoga flow ~
Join in togetherness to celebrate the sacredness that can be found in any given moment ~ Igniting our shakti ~ The feminine force that dances & births all things into being. That from which all arises & returns to. Shake ~ Feel ~ Flow & Express. With juicy, nourishing movement, woven together with positive affirmations, guided meditations & beautiful visualisations. Connecting with our energetics through a chakra flow & what each main energy centre represents in our rhythm of life. Creating a revitalising & empowering experience, culminating with a deep relaxation & soothing sound journey. Everyone & all levels & ages welcome ~ Men too!
'Yoga Nidra & Sound journey' with Sandra and Sofia
Be guided on a journey of awareness, with words as your ship voyaging through the body with love. Relaxing & recalibrating. Nesting & resting. Cosy & comfy. With a soothing sounds from an array of healing instruments used throughout to leave you drifting dreamily ready for bed. Everyone welcome ~ Bring cosy items & layers!
'Cacao Ceremony' with Sandra and Sofia