Ishwara Yoga

Hi Ishwara,
I wanted to thank you again for a really delicous weekend. I cannot tell you how much your guidance, instruction and inspiration has meant to me since I started coming to your classes. I have always loved yoga and meditation and you have opened up so much more for my mind to consider and absorb. I found the weekend really spiritual and it answered some questions but created so many many more. I have floated through the week trying to be mindful of the things you have taught us and the positive, joyful, compassionate, empathic energies created within. I cant say I will always get it right but from now on i will always be trying!!!!
With Love, Jane x (2011)
Yoga retreat

Hi Ishwara,
Word to describe the weekend:
Laughter, feeling good, stretching, great yoga, learning, wonderful place, hot tub, lovely room, special time, warmth, love, friendship, knowing I had made the right decision to go on the course,
re-affirming that there is peace, and that people can be naturally in touch with that peace.
My favorite moment ?
laughing with friends until my sides hurt
I also remember your words about if you keep your third eye open to consciousness, it is possible to keep an open heart with unconditional love for all, instead of the heart opening and closing
like..a jellyfish !
I thought that was very well put, you verbalized something I hadnt quite understood previously and now I understand, thankyou.
peace,
Anna
'Tantra sadhana' 2013, Rydal

Dear Devi & Ishwara,
I wanted to drop you a line or two re the yoga weekend at Nab Cottage firstly what a lovely setting overlooking the lake and the hot tub/sauna made it feel incredibly luxurious, wholesome veggie food and catering for different food intolerance diets, simply superb venue! Also what a wonderfully friendly lovely bunch of people such a lot of nice calming energy from them and when we were doing the group chanting the energy was palpable totally spine tingly.
Two fantastic days of classes the teaching styles complimented each other perfectly feel so blessed to have shared the weekend with you.
I found the yoga nidra especially profound it must have been exactly what I needed to further my practice after the weekend I experienced a quite intense healing crises further confirming the benefits gained. It can never be overestimated the progression in your personal practice that can be made by good teachers who put their heart, love and soul into their teachings, which you guys clearly do!! Enjoying the utter bliss I feel from the weekend and hope I can join you again very soon!
Oceans of love Adi xx
Tantra Sadhana 2013, Rydal

Dear Ishwara,
Many thanks for a truly memorable weekend. Although a relative beginner I felt completly at ease with the group......what a lovely bunch of people and everyone keen to give of their knowledge and experience. Many thanks too for your inspirational practice, your passion for yoga shines through. (early fire making also another of your skills!!!) I now have a much more rounded understanding, albeit basic, and am looking forward to expanding my knowledge and practice. Loved the yoga nidra, and found the assana practice more dynamic and therefore challenging. I agree with you that the care given to all our needs was wonderful, what a beautiful venue, I always find being in the lakes a spirtitual place of it's self. I would love to repeat the experience, and look forward to another retreat. Love, Peace,and best wishes, Audrey Nab cottage 2011

Hello Ishwara, Hugged my dad for the first time in seven years thanks to your help this wkd. Hope you gained things too. You brought together some lovely people too. Thanks Ish, ...... thanks for the pics, dont we all look mellow and happy, thanks for that! ..... body has felt very loose so thats good too, emotions a bit up and down as always but, big knot that was inside has moved..so thanks for that too! lots of love and hugs bx
Rookhow quaker house (2004)

Another wonderful weekend with such lovely people. I have come back feeling revitalised and (almost) ready to face the world, but given the choice would have liked to stay for much longer......... Despite my sceptical leanings in the belief department, Ishwara's yoga, chanting and meditation teach me that there is more than one way of believing; the proof is in the practice! Thank you! (2007)

Om Ishwara , ......
Yes, peaceful and balanced, inspired and energised would all be words to describe how I'm feeling. I think that you teach with great heart and humility and love and this really infuses your work with gentleness and positivity. I loved that you were so flexible around timetabling and sequencing in the sessions. It made the pace feel spontaneous. Your voice is also wonderful to listen to and work with - it really focuses the mind towards the actions being asked of the body and your quiet repetition of instructions/invitations somehow entered my own thought processes, so I felt more guided than taught. Vanda Scaravelli in her book Awakening The Spine says of her teacher B.K.S. Iyengar: "We can say that he has the genius of teaching, having the possibility to acts with his willpower on the body of others, taking it 'psychologically' into his hands, as if it was his own, to bring it to the point he wants." and I think you have something of this quality of attention and clear communication and wholeheartedness that just makes the body and mind and heart want to open like a flower. It is a real gift and I'm so grateful to have experienced it. I also liked the mix of asana, vinyasa, pranayama, mantra, meditation and experiencing the landscape outside - I think you got the balance right in the time allotted.......... I valued and enjoyed the whole weekend. You really did 'share Yoga' with us, as you intended. A hundred thousand shining thanks! Namaste.

Love and blessings
Susanna (Ritambara) (2004)
Yoga retreat Rookhow quaker house

Dear Ishwara,
Only after returning home did I realise how amazing this experience was. Even after having attended several yoga classes prior to this, I see this as my first real experience of Yoga. Now I am hooked! I have started getting up early to meditate and practice. As I practice I remember you as my teacher and can hear you giving me instruction on what to do. I must thank you so very much for the experience, the memory of which will stay with me for a long time. I only regret not having discovered yoga and its magic earlier in my life, though I am truly grateful for it at this time.

thank you, Harsha (2005)
Yoga retreat Rookhow, Lake District

OM Ishwara
Thank You for the very special, Wonder~full, Bliss~full weekend! thank You for sharing Yoga and Love with us. Words can not express how much Joy i feel..Thank You...... Light, Love and Smiles from the heart :) :) I am still experience Blissfullness (if there is such word) from the retreat. And Gratefulness to BE there with You and everyOne else. The Yoga of early morning making fire :)))
... ...... and the whole somehow much greater than the parts. ...... So Wonderfull.
Daria ~ Atmajyothi
2011 nab cottage

Dear Ishwara and friends. I really enjoyed last weekend and felt quite moved when I left on Sunday afternoon. It was great to meet so many people who are committed to their yoga practice and spiritual journey. Iswara you are a very good teacher, easy to be around and an inspiration to the rest of us, thankyou again for a wonderful weekend, Peace and happiness Julie
Swarthmoor quaker house (2007)

I have spent the morning thinking about what a special weekend we have all just had... my heart feels open and I have a sense of peace and clarity. Your retreat created a sense of community which was both refreshing and supportive. The yoga practice was uniting and encouragingly challenging at times. The Lakes beautiful. Thank you so much for a very inspiring and nourishing few days, you are a truly warm and open person and I feel very happy to have met you and found your retreat... I enjoyed it all! , Love, Quen (2005)