Rupert Johnson
Bio for Rupert:
Martial Arts: from 1985
Yoga: from 1997
Taoist Arts: from 1998
Bodywork & Healing: from 2003
Teaching Kung Fu, Yoga and the Taoist Arts and is a practitioner of Shamanic Healing in various traditions.
He facilitates movement and meditation workshops and retreats, combining various modalities and disciplines, while helping individuals with health and vitality 1-2-1.
He includes body-work with sound vibration therapy and also offers advice with diet and nutition.
He also runs a thriving Yoga Teacher Training with his team.
Gwyneth Curtis
Gwyneth is opening our Yogacamp with
Land Ground and Unwind.
She is a joyful and kind teacher - perfect for your first reset to begin your Yogacamp experience.
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Gwyneth discovered yoga in South America over ten years ago and has been practicing ever since. She has a passion for physicality being it trapeze, corde lisse or dance but she has found yoga is the thing that gives her both physical strength but also helps to create a sense of mental peace and calmness.
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Gwyneth, tell us..........
1. How do you like to start your day?
An ideal morning with all the time would be yoga, meditation, a sea swim and coffee on the beach with a friend, but with a busy routine and early start its often a matter of a few minutes check in. When I am not working I go to yoga first thing an hour's class then home for breakfast - something with protein and probiotics like eggs and kimchi or kefir, seeds and fruit. On a working day I try to fit in something that will nourish, a gentle stretch - maybe just one asana that is calling to me, maybe a cold shower if I'm feeling brave or sleepy and sluggish. I try to check in with my breathing especially if I am busy which can lead to shallow breath so I check in and breath deep and start to listen to where there is tension in the body and breath to let that go.
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2. Top tip on including self care into your day?
To notice the breath - hands on the belly take a few deep breaths and let the jaw go.
3. Who is one of your key inspirations and why?
I don't think I have ever looked to someone famous or renowned for inspiration. I look to those around me as they offer me all the inspiration I need. I am surrounded by people who offer me kindness, gratitude, positivity, playfulness, self-reflection.
4. Name a yoga pose that you love and why?
Parivrtta Janu Sirsasana I find so much richness in this pose. I can sit in it for an age slowly letting go. I find it intense and that takes me straight into yoga. My breathing always changes to something deeper. I find props help at first then 5 minutes go by and i can fully release. It's the letting go into the pose and not striving that is always a guide to all postures. I have to add child's pose too particularly in Winter - the ultimate quietening posture and you can't beat Down dog for a real release of the back of the body ....sorry that's three and I am making myself stop!
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