Kundalini Yoga
Welcome to Kundalini classes
you can book these classes online (see below)
Regular Classes -see the timetable – classes follow North Yorkshire school terms and holidays although we end earlier in the summer.
Classes are suitable for all bodies and ages from 18 – except those pregnant.
Mondays
4.45pm and 6.30 pm – Regular practice – beginners welcome, start anytime.
Tuesdays
From Oct 15th 2024 Tuesday classes are scheduled.
Tuesdays 6.30 pm – Regular practice – beginners welcome, start anytime.
Questions or problems booking? email: emma@yogaspaceyorkshire.com
Beginners are integrated into regular classes if no beginner series is running. Emma demonstrates every posture, with adaptations where needed, so you build your personal body strength at your own pace.
What to expect in a Kundalini class
Kundalini yoga is a rarer yoga practice than Hatha or other yogas found locally. If you have felt stuck with other yoga practices you might join a class and find out why so many turns to Kundalini yoga as ‘the mother of all yogas’ and find the inner peace, balance, and uplift that this yoga cultivates.
Kundalini yoga classes use the power of breathwork (increasing in popularity now the pandemic has taught us the importance of our lung health) and are about flowing rhythmic movements, stilling and holding asanas (postures), meditations that are relevant and accessible, and finally, we use the power of the voice when we chant in a group. Our yoga is the same, but very different, there are many magical moments on the mat, the emphasis is upon the journey inward whilst releasing, renewing, and relaxing. No other yoga employs the power of the gong bath for relaxation at the end of class. Kundalini yoga does.
Kundalini yoga allows your thinking mind to gradually drop into alignment with the experiences in your physical body and your intuitive heart space.
The teacher wears white – wear comfy loose clothing, bring a mat, and we provide props. Classes are limited to 12 or occasionally 14.
Click a date on the calendar to find Kundalini classes – scheduled Mondays and Tuesdays.
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Emma is the founder and owner of YogaSpace Yorkshire. She is a KYTA and Yoga Alliance Professionals certified yoga teacher. She has RYT qualifications in Kundalini yoga, Yoga Nidra, Yin Yoga and Mindfulness, Yoga for Cancer, Yoga for Children, The Architecture of Posture, Altered States(Pranayama Training), and Sound Qualifications in Gong playing and Sound baths. She is the senior teacher at YogaSpace Yorkshire.
Emma Ropner writes
“I believe there is a connection between how we manage and move our bodies and how this helps manages our ‘minds’. My spiritual number is 5, the number of the teacher, and my life’s mission/purpose is to share the teachings of wellbeing practices like yoga, sound therapy, and the esoteric aspects of human life, with my students. I believe we are spiritual beings having a human experience. Our life’s work is to know and love ‘the self’ so that we can connect to that divine power residing within all of us. From this space,- we activate through yogas like Kundalini, all that connects us with the universal creative forces. These are the forces power life’s blessings. I work with the subtle layers and powers within our human bodies; energy centers called the chakras. My passion is to help you awaken your personal power centers to stay physically strong, mentally resilient, and to remain, or grow, happy.”
Emma trained with KRI-certified yoga schools in London and Portugal (Karam Kriya) and with Julie Montagu’s London-based Whole Self Yoga School for Vinyasa Mandala Flow. Emma is a fan of the therapeutic side of Kundalini yoga as kundalini yoga provides a student with tools to regulate/have agency over their states of anxiety, addictions, and loss of sense of the self, their navigation through the menopause, and come to peace with past lives, shadow selves, and ancestral karmic load. Her Yin with Mindfulness training with Sarah Lo, becomes seamlessly blended at times, during her classes. The yang during posture effort, the yin experience between postures.
Ema has also trained with James Reeves at Triyoga, who teaches the acclaimed Yoga Nidra IRest method. She has trained with the Yoga for Cancer Specialist, Vicky Fox (Triyoga) to bring this therapeutic form of yoga to YogaSpace Yorkshire to support those in the area. She is a qualified children’s yoga teacher and trained with StarChild Yoga, an Education for Peace, certified by KYTA.
She learned her Gong craft from two gong master Gurus; Mehtab Benton from the USA who has taught all over the world. Emma continues to train with Sheila Whittaker who is the lead trainer at the College of Sound Healing. Emma has two gongs, Mercury and Chiron.
Emma holds residential retreats here at YogaSpace Yorkshire in collaboration with visiting guest teachers.
Emma is available for private lessons. Please ask.
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Tel: 07833 231348
Email: emma@yogaspaceyorkshire.com – if you have any class queries
Testimonials for Emma’s classes
“From the first moment of entering the beautiful hall, I knew this studio is something special. A light spacious yet so cozy and calm yoga space is hard to find. Relaxation comes naturally and yoga is so much more enjoyable in these beautiful surroundings. Emma is an amazing kundalini yoga teacher and divine when playing the gong. Her classes are challenging yet respect individual circumstances and make you feel so much better instantly. She is very knowledgeable, connects theory and practice with ease, is full of energy and positive spirit and a joy to be taught by. I truly love my kundalini yoga and gong sessions with Emma”
“Emma’s Kundalini classes are ‘first-class, a relaxed and professional atmosphere. Emma is a fabulous teacher and really opens you to a new way of being while you show yourself self-love and care'”
Class Instructor
Name: Emma
Class: RYT: Kundalini Yoga, Yin with Mindfulness Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Gong baths, Yoga for Cancer classes, Yoga For Children, and Julie Montagu Mandala Flow.
Emma is a certified Kundalini Yoga, Yoga Nidra teacher, and Gong practitioner and Yoga for Cancer, Yoga For Children, Yin Yoga and Pranayama, and Meditation teacher. Emma is the founder and owner of YogaSpace Yorkshire.
She trained with KRI-certified yoga schools in London and Portugal, trained in London and is a member of Yoga Alliance Professionals. Emma has also trained in Mandala Flow taught by Julie Montagu who runs The Whole Self Yoga School. She trained with James Reeves who teaches the acclaimed Yoga Nidra IRest method. She has trained in Pranayama, Childre
She learned her Gong craft from two gong master Gurus; Mehtab Benton from the USA who has taught all over the world, and continues to train with Sheila Whittaker who is the lead trainer at the College of Sound Healing. Emma offers the gong during the relaxation in her Kundalini yoga lessons, plays the gong as part of her yoga Nidra class and offers a dedicated gong bath experience class.
Emma’s vision is to bring yoga and wellbeing into the heart of the Yorkshire countryside and make it available both to locals and to residential retreat visitors and anyone visiting this part of North Yorkshire who seeks a mid-week yoga practice. She is currently training in holistic yoga therapy which will be taught at YogaSpace Yorkshire in 2020.
Emma holds residential retreats here at YogaSpace Yorkshire in collaboration with visiting guest teachers.
Women’s Gratitude Group/Circle
Visit the YSY Whole Self Hub for the latest booking dates
Emma holds space for Yorkshire Women’s Gratitude Group for all ages and interests. Women’s circles re energizing and uplifting and when you participate, you can expect to discover your personal empowering, transforming wisdom and cultivate prayer and connection with like-minded spirits.
Contact Emma at emma@yogaspaceyorkshire.com to join.
Private Kundalini Yoga, Yoga Nidra or Gong Practice
Emma is available for private lessons. Please ask.
Join the newsletter for updates about all these events to know more and join in. We are waiting to welcome you here.
What do they say about Yogaspace Yorkshire?
To sum it up with one word: love. The best yoga retreat I have been to.
Amazing teacher, wonderful hosts, beautiful facilities, gorgeous surroundings, and delicious food.
Absolutely loved every bit of it
I have taken part in several Kundalini yoga classes during retreats at Patrick Brompton Hall and have loved all of them.
I was a novice to this particular yoga but the classes catered for all abilities and I was immediately made to feel comfortable.
I couldn’t have asked for a better start to my Kundalini yoga journey and I can’t wait to go back again soon!
I came on retreat and stayed at the cottages with my oldest daughter in June 2018 and January 2019.
Emma and Charlie are the perfect hosts they made us feel completely welcome in their beautiful home which sits in beautiful grounds surrounded by spectacular views of Yorkshire.
Yoga at Patrick Brompton Hall is a very special experience.
The beautiful and peaceful yoga studio is the perfect setting for yoga practice.
From the first moment of entering the beautiful hall, I knew this studio is something special. A light spacious yet so cozy and calm yoga space is hard to find. Relaxation comes naturally and yoga is so much more enjoyable in these beautiful surroundings. Emma is am amazing kundalini yoga teacher and divine when playing the gong. Her classes are challenging yet respect individual circumstances and make you feel so much better instantly. She is very knowledgeable, connects theory and practice with ease, is full of energy and positive spirit and a joy to be taught by. I truly love my kundalini yoga and gong sessions with Emma
The Women’s Group has been an amazing, welcoming, warm experience.
The positive energies and collective female wisdom has been brilliant – the thought provoking sessions followed by the yoga and final gong bath was the perfect balance – thank you Emma – and please can we do it all again!
I have been to many different yoga retreats both in the UK and overseas and this one was by far the best.
My advice? Book it now!
I want to do your yoga Nidra class again – I slept so well. Thank you.
Emma’s Kundalini classes are ‘first-class, a relaxed and professional atmosphere. Emma is fabulous teacher and really opens you to a new way of being while you show yourself self-love and care’
