Scapa Fest 2019: Full Schedule

6:30pm BST

The Singing Stone - Storytime Yoga

Arenze tells the Native American story "The Singing Stone", a story about following your dreams and discovering who you are. Meet wolves, bears, a tiny mouse, and more, sing a song for Mother Earth and breathe like a whale.
Everybody joins in retelling the story through yoga poses, before settling down for a magical child friendly yoga nidra.

Instructors

Arenze Fisher

Arenze is an yoga teacher, storyteller and holds an MA in Anthropology.Arenze's style of teaching is warm, lighthearted and calm. A passionate storyteller, she often weaves myth and stories into her classes. The yoga style is based mainly on Hatha Yoga, with inspiration from Yin... Read More →

Friday May 3, 2019 6:30pm - 7:30pm BST
Mara Stage

Yoga

Age limit All ages, Kids

7:45pm BST

Honouring The Elements

Dru Yoga Workshop - we consist of the elements of earth, air, fire and water and in this workshop we will connect to the Celtic wheel of the year, honouring those elements through our yoga practise and bringing harmony and releasing that which no longer serves us.

Instructors

Diane Oliver

Based in Argyll, I set up Woodland Elements to blend my passions for yoga, splashing about in the sea, permaculture and nature. The connection between land and people for me is key and I love to share ideas, experiences and inspire others on their journey. I am a child of the elements... Read More →

Friday May 3, 2019 7:45pm - 9:45pm BST
Mara Stage

Yoga, Dru Yoga

Age limit Adult

7:00am BST

Propless Yin Yoga

Yin Yoga is awesome but you normally need so much stuff. Join this workshop to explore a yin yoga practice without extensive props. Using a towel or blanket to assist we'll be slowly and gently stretching out and relaxing into poses.

Open to all levels
Bring a towel/blanket or similar!

Instructors

Rachael Chambers

Rachael is a Yoga Alliance RYT who teaches yin and restorative yoga.Practising yoga for almost 20 years and teaching since 2016, she teaches a relaxed functional anatomy style of yoga, accepting that different people will require different poses to achieve the same goal.

Saturday May 4, 2019 7:00am - 8:00am BST
Mara Stage

Yoga, Yin

Age limit Adult

8:15am BST

Trail Run And Yoga For Athletes

Instructors

Mark Russell

Mark has been teaching Yoga since 2011. In that time he has sought out the truth about Yoga, how we move, how we support and touch others from the best teachers in the world. From studying with Leslie Kaminoff to spending a month in Laos continuing his study if Thai massage Mark has... Read More →

Saturday May 4, 2019 8:15am - 9:15am BST
Mara Stage

Movement Medicine

Age limit Adult

9:30am BST

Exploring Our True Nature

We will use Zen Yoga practices to explore what it means to truly be present and appear as our most authentic selves. A mixture of Chi Qong and Yoga asanas will help us focus on opening and balancing our meridian lines, helping us ground our energy before moving on to simple Zen meditative techniques to investigate who we really are. Be prepared to ask yourself 'Who am I?' you may be surprised at what you discover. This workshop is suitable for beginners to yoga and meditation.

Instructors

Penny Clay

Penny has a lifetime of experience in adventure; from her early 20's, mountaineering and rock climbing in the UK and European Alps, leading Himalayan expeditions in the 1990's, spending the 2000's playing out on the Cumbrian Fells and now living in the Highlands of Scotland. Love... Read More →

Saturday May 4, 2019 9:30am - 11:45am BST
Mara Stage

Yoga

Age limit Adult

12:00pm BST

Insight: Expect Nothing, Feel Everything

How would it feel to let go of: the desire to execute the "perfect" downward facing dog; or the desperate wish to nail a backbend; or even the expectation to touch your toes? Social media representations of yoga poses is rife and is sadly steering our sacred practice into a gymnastic, goal-orientated entity. Numbing the wise messages spoken to us by our unique body and conforming to assumptions can dampen our individual creativity. Lena will lead you through a childlike exploration of your yoga experience. By ridding ourselves of aspirations on the mat, it allow us to switch into a feeling mode- one that inspires curiosity and provides us with a richer understanding of ourselves. The workshop is an interactive sequence where both the teacher and participants mutually uptake the beauty of a selection of poses. Giving each asana our full attention will naturally guide us onto the next one. Our focus will be centred on feeling deeply, expecting nothing, experiencing pleasure; surrendering to the faith in bodies and gaining INSIGHT into the glorious sensations of our own remarkable and very personal yoga practice. Suitable for all levels including beginners. (A mix of Forrest Yoga, Yin and restorative poses.)

Instructors

Lena Fong

Lena is a yoga instructor (Hatha, Aerial and Forrest Yoga), Chinese Acupuncturist, Doula and avid mushroom forager. Her unique background in Traditional Chinese Medicine adds a unique flavour to all her yoga classes. She is passionate about the great outdoor and connects with nature... Read More →

Saturday May 4, 2019 12:00pm - 2:15pm BST
Mara Stage

Yoga, Forrest Yoga

Age limit Adult

2:30pm BST

Kissing the Earth with your feet

A 5K lead trail run warming up with a 40 min awareness session. A mix of movement and awareness exercises that will waken your feet to run with full body presence and heightened sensory awareness of the environment. The run will stop at 1K intervals to regroup and focus on different aspects of the warmup exercises, and culminate in a group finish.

Sue will use concepts drawn from her passion for biodynamic craniosacral therapy to fully ‘inhabit your space’ and find a ‘state of balanced awareness’ – a light and spacious way of being that lends itself wonderfully to being out and about in the Ardkinglas Estate.

Instructors

Sue Watson

Passionate about the possibility of a different way of working, Sue combines the experience of many years of observing and understanding how people move as a physiotherapist with the perceptual skills of craniosacral therapy. It’s a magical combination that sent her on a journey... Read More →

Saturday May 4, 2019 2:30pm - 3:15pm BST
Mara Stage

Movement Medicine

Age limit Adult

3:45pm BST

Daily Nia

A one hour Nia class format, moving to uplifting music and specially crafted playlist from across the world, with a focus each class on a different connection - to the self, to other, to the earth. Ideally barefoot.

Instructors

Karen Small

Passionate about movement and community Karen is an experienced Nia Black Belt teacher and Scotland's first GROOVE Facilitator. Warm and open hearted she loves to create safe spaces to re-connect with both yourself and others through holistic, barefoot dance. Working with the body... Read More →

Saturday May 4, 2019 3:45pm - 4:45pm BST
Mara Stage

Movement Medicine

Age limit Adult

5:00pm BST

GROOVE Family Dance Party

Dance party suitable for all levels and abilities. To an amazing playlist that will make everyone want to move their bodies! Can be barefoot or in trainers.

Instructors

Karen Small

Saturday May 4, 2019 5:00pm - 6:00pm BST
Mara Stage

Movement Medicine

Age limit All ages, Kids

6:15pm BST

The Yin And Yang Of Prana

Practice real life on the mat as we play with our prana, our life force and shift our energy between the yin and the yang, strengthening our personal capacity to ride the waves of this ocean called life.

Instructors

Donna Williams

Born to parents with wanderlust and some distant gypsy blood, I grew up traveling across Australia in a bench seat, column shift, Ford Falcon. Six schools and a near expulsion from university later, my compulsion for making the world 'right' has gifted me a humanitarian career and... Read More →

Saturday May 4, 2019 6:15pm - 8:15pm BST
Mara Stage

Yoga, Yin

Age limit Adult

8:30pm BST

Relax and Restore Meditation

Nurture your body and mind through practicing breath awareness, gentle yoga and guided meditation.

Instructors

Liz Abendroth

Liz teaches classes for all ages of yogis, including Kids Yoga, Teen Yoga, Gentle Yoga, Restorative and Meditation. Her training includes 200 hour with Satyam Yoga school, training with Yoga Calm, Kidding Around Yoga, Mindful Schools and a Masters degree in Education. Classes are... Read More →

Saturday May 4, 2019 8:30pm - 9:30pm BST
Mara Stage

Meditation

Age limit Adult

9:30am BST

Yoga for Outdoor Adventurers

This workshop is aimed at active people who love the outdoors. We will explore yoga poses to help improve our balance and movement over rugged trails and work on our core strength - both mental and physical - to help us meet the challenges we face in our outdoor experiences. Finally, restorative practices will help us learn how to recover from our adventures so we're ready to head right back outside again.

Instructors