A Mindful Approach to Ashtanga Yoga

A Weekend Workshop in Manchester

  • 7th - 9th November 2025

Discover new ways to meet your practice. Move with lightness,

feel more spacious 

scott johnson

Scott Johnson

  • Yoga Sangha, Cheadle, Manchester

What you will gain from the workshop

You will leave with a deeper, more personal connection to your yoga practice, understanding how it nurtures your breath, movement, and inner awareness. You will also discover how yoga philosophy weaves into your daily life, helping you see, act, and respond to the world with greater clarity, presence, and purpose.

Scott draws on his 20 years of experience teaching Mysore-style Ashtanga Yoga and Mindfulness to help you discover fresh insights.

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The Mindful Approach Workshop includes:

  • Mindfulness Meditation
  • Pranayama/breathing techniques
  • Ashtanga yoga - Mysore Style
  • Chanting
  • Yoga Philosophy
  • Embodied movement techniques

Weekend Schedule

Friday

7pm - 8.30pm

A Mindful Approach to Ashtanga Yoga Guided Class

Join Scott for a mindful approach to practice in this wonderful guided class. The perfect way to start the weekend.

Saturday/Sunday

9am - 12pm

Ashtanga Yoga Self Practice, Mindfulness & Pranayama

  • Guided mindfulness practice to ground awareness in the present moment
  • Breath work and pranayama techniques to develop steadiness and focus
  • Mysore-style practice with individual guidance from Scott, refining alignment, breath, and movement

Saturday Workshop

Yoga Philosophy

Patanjali on Mindfulness

1.30pm - 2.30pm

This session will look at the yoga sutra and mindful awareness. We will see that a new way of looking is how we can achieve more in our yoga asana practice

Yoga Technique

Helpful Hip Movements

2.45pm - 4.30pm

In this workshop, we will trace the journey of the hips through the Primary Series, from the asymmetrical poses of the first half to the symmetrical postures of the second half. Beginning with a short mindfulness and breathing practice this workshop will bring fresh insights and practical tools to create space and mobility in your practice, all while ensuring safety and vitality in the body.

Sunday Workshop

Yoga Philosophy

Patanjali on Prana

1.30pm - 2.30pm

This session will look at the yoga sutra and how it focuses on the breath and prana. It will help you begin to make you more aware of the nature of how you practice.

Yoga Technique

Finding a Strong & Spacious Spine

2.45pm - 4.30pm

Building on the work from the first workshop, this session will focus on cultivating a deeper awareness of the spine's role in the second part of the primary series. Beginning with a short mindfulness and breathing practice we will explore how spinal movement develops in relation to the breath, connecting postures from the first and second half of the Primary Series. We will reveal the continuity and intelligence of the practice.

Location

Address:  Yoga Sangha, Suite L2, The Cheadle Institute, Cheadle Green, Cheadle, SK8 2BD

Join us in Manchester!

£170

Cancellation Policy & FAQs

Cancellation Policy

 Contact Yoga Sangha Cheadle directly for their policy on cancellation. 

What if I have no experience with yoga?

That's ok. You can come even if you're a beginner. This weekend is about meeting the practice  with curiosity, steadiness, and breath. 

What should I bring?

Wear comfortable clothing and bring a yoga mat and something to write on.