Shakti Shop is a once monthly, Friday evening yoga class that is dedicated to the great release and empowerment of all participants. Started in an alternative space in Marylebone in 2010, Shakti Shop is now usually held in elegant private homes around London, guaranteeing a festive and intimate atmosphere, and a limited number of participants.

Mantra practice, meditation, therapeutics, dancing, live music, guest teachers, and even artisinal gelato tastings have been components of the Shakti experience in the past. Each Shakti Shop is a unique event, designed to uplift students so we can sail into the weekend on wings of grace. Students who come to Shakti have a tendency to get hooked; be warned!

Taught by  the  lovely Leila Sadaghee and Clare Beagley

Clare teaches with a lightness, strength and authenticity that comes from her passion for life and the practice of Yoga.  She offers each student an opportunity to deepen their connection to their own hearts, weaving movement and breath with philosophy and contemplation.Clare is an Anusara Inspired^TM teacher and has completed over 800 study and training hours in the Anusara method including Teacher Training with John Friend the founder of Anusara Yoga.

Before teaching yoga, Clare worked as a documentary film-maker for the BBC, a mentor for Channel 4 and taught at the National Film & Television School – one of the world’s leading film schools. In parallel she travelled the world exploring  myriad forms of movement and dance – which led her to the path of yoga. Creative collaboration and expression through movement,  language, music and community are the essence of Clare’s life.

Leila Sadeghee is an Anusara-Inspired Yoga Teacher and Therapeutic Bodyworker based in Fitzrovia, London.  Her teaching is inspirational, bio-mechanically savvy, superbly fun, and driven by a deep commitment to serve people in opening to their highest potential, both on and off the mat. She is awesome!

£30 for 2.5 hours

with Mark Kan

Recommended for intermediate through to advanced practitioners, this amazing session begins with spiritual purification discourses explaining how the ancient teachings can find expression in our modern lives.

Class will begin with some Mantra chanting to open the psychic channels- the Bija Mantras powerfully purify and unify the body. The asana practice will follow with a challenging Shiva Namaskara practice where special emphasis is placed on establishing the proper alignment and spiritual intention of each pose, concluding with a deep relaxation, meditation and short kirtan.

Mark is the first certified Dharma Yoga teacher in the UK and teaches Dharma Mittra’s Shiva Namaskar Vinyasa yoga I-IV, for beginner through to students of an advanced level and teachers.

He cultivates the qualities of yoga he has learned from the teachings of his guru, Sri Dharma Mittra- humility, compassion, understanding, humour, selfless service and non violence.

£20 for 3 hours

£15 earlybird before Feb 18th

with Lizzie Reumont

As the late, great James Brown said, you gotta get down to get up!

This yoga workshop focusing on inversions will put the funk in your trunk as we work together to root into the earth first through our feet, then through our hands, to expand ourselves in all directions.

Inverted postures of yoga can be some of the most challenging, but also the most rewarding.  This open level workshop invites the practitioner to take on the challenge of seeing things from a different vantage point and diminish the fear associated with turning our bodies (and minds) upside down. Becoming aware of the challenges, concepts and emotions that arise during the practice, we will work independently, with partners and in small groups to instil confidence and technical knowledge needed to practice inversions safely.

Reversing the aging process! Stimulate intuition and clarity! Become enlightened (or boogie down trying). But seriously, get over yourself (your ego, that is) and explore what happens when roots expand into wings…and you take flight.

This workshop is appropriate for those who have a fear of inversions as well as those who practice inversions regularly but could benefit in building a more stable foundation and proper alignment. We will focus on headstand (sirsasana), handstand (adho mukha vrksasana), forearm stand (pinchamayurasana), crow(bakasana), side crow(parsvabakasana) and flying pigeon (galavasana)

£30 for 3 hours

£25 earlybird before February 28th

with Shimmy Levy-Riley

Designed with those brand new to yoga in mind, this four week course focuses on breath and body awareness.

Each week new principles and postures of yoga will be integrated into a well balanced class which will leave the student feeling both energized and at ease in body and mind.

The course is designed to give you a basic knowledge of postural names and alignment, breath control, and conscious movement.

Following the course, the adventurous at heart will be ready to join a level one or two class; or those still interested in the foundations of Yoga will be ready to step into a beginner’s class to build strength and deepen their overall knowledge

This course is open to six students only, booking is required.

£50 for four weekly 90 min classes with only six students.

with Clare Connolly

A once-a-week program, for four weeks, working with Clare, a Dharma Mittra Yoga teacher. The emphasis is on learning the Level I Posture series which is the beginning level of Dharma Yoga

Students will practice Level I sequences to warm up the body, bring flexibility to all muscles and joints, and wake up the nervous system.

A gentle yet powerful practice of balancing, stretching, backbending, twisting and mild inverted postures will follow. This practice ends with deep relaxation, breathing exercises, and concentration/meditation to remove impurities and bring a sense of well-being to the body and radiant peace to the mind which will recharge and renew.

Come and learn, ask questions, let go and immerse yourself in this comprehensive course – a sense of peace and uplifting calm awaits you.

This course is open to six students only, booking is required, for absolute beginners.

£50 for four weekly 90 min classes with only six students.

with Jessica Pugile

“Sthira Sukham Asanam” the posture should be steady, comfortable, and grounded in joy. (Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras)

In this workshop you will learn how to practice balancing poses with ease and grace using the power of gravity.

We can all use strength and grace, we just have to find again the connection with the earth to draw the energy to the middle of the body and expand from there.

This can only happen when we are fully present in a pose, we listen to the instructions, we do it, we feel it and then we “become” the pose, there is nothing in between.

As my teacher Dharma Mittra says “Every pose is the reflection of a different state of consciousness related to the shape of the pose” and balancing is the best example of it…it requires presence, concentration, “groundedness”, strength and flexibility, awareness, synchronization, letting go and determination….Ohhhh, that’s a long list!! Yes it is a long list but if you practice without expectations the list will seem much shorten, we will work it out together!!!

We will start with the foundation pose Tadasana (the mountain pose), a warm up, move on into some balancing poses on your feet and then on the hands and arms, helping each other along the way.

We are all perfect; we just need to learn how to be receptive to the infinite knowledge within us!!

£25 for 3 hours

£20 earlybird until March 3rd

with Anna Karides and Bryony Bird

Learn to flip, spin, drop back and float, all while suspended in the air with the support of a partner! Using time-tested acrobatic training techniques, students will learn how to combine basic flying positions with inversions to create dynamic flying flows.

Teachers will demonstrate techniques for bases, flyers and spotters that will keep the flying safe and supported. Come with a familiarity with headstand and handstand against a wall.

The workshop will include: asana sequences, partner yoga, assisted inversions, basic partner acrobatics, therapeutic flying and Thai massage.

After enjoying a sample of the many elements of the practice you will have first hand experience of what makes up AcroYoga and developed confidence in yourself and others around you.

This workshop is suitable for yogis that can hold headstand and some knowledge of Acroyoga would be beneficial

£35 for 3 hours

£30 earlybird before March 3rd

£28 if you book with a friend