Best Yoga Classes in Cambridge

Most people benefit from meditation and find that it brings greater clarity and positive emotion to their lives. In the Buddhist context, meditation is seen as a key transformative practice. For some mental health conditions, however, meditation is not always helpful and can even, in some cases, make you feel worse. If you are suffering from a mental health issue, even if you do not have a diagnosis or are in any way concerned that meditation may not be suitable for you, please do contact us before you book or attend a class and we will be happy to discuss this with you.

Although all of the relaxation exercises and training we offer are used widely around the world, some of them have not been very popular in the UK. In many European countries, both autogenic training and progressive muscle relaxation training are popular and widely available, and often paid for by health care providers. Just as Mindfulness-based stress reduction courses over the last decades in the UK, and more recently Yoga Nidra have become more widely known.

Retreats are residential, with simple but comfortable sleeping accomodation. Most rooms are shared but you can request a single room if you have a particular need. Retreatants help with the cooking and washing up (a good opportunity to get to know one another!) The timetable is usually pretty relaxed, with a mixture of sessions of meditation, discussion, talks, ritual, and free time. The exact timetable and activities will depend on the retreat. But you don't need worry about having to sit for hours on end!

Just wear loose comfortable clothes that allow you freedom of movement. We either practise in bare feet or in flat shoes with no heel and non-marking soles.