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SADIYA is 10 year old this year!
To celebrate we have been holding
some special events this autumn!

SADIYA Yoga Mob in Sheffield Peace Gardens on Saturday 22 Oct 2011
It was a beautiful day and lot of fun. You can see some pictures on the SADIYA facebook wall or watch it on YouTube.

SADIYA Playback Theatre at the Sheffield Yoga Centre on Saturday 12 Nov 2011, 7.15 – 9.45pm
This was another very succesful event. You can see some pictures on the SADIYA facebook wall.

 

SADIYA was set up a few years back to support Iyengar yoga in Sheffield and surrounding districts. More specifically, it aims to:

  • bring together Iyengar Yoga practitioners in and around Sheffield
  • promote the benefits and therapeutic aspects of Yoga
  • ensure people can learn yoga with well-trained and qualified Iyengar teachers
  • organise regular events including day schools, workshops and social events - sometimes with visiting teachers
  • support special projects, including supporting fundraising and providing equipment to be used for teaching Iyengar Yoga in Sheffield and district
  • maintain links with other Iyengar Yoga institutes and associations


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SADIYA Committee

Wendy Weller-Davies

Chair, Trustee and Newsletter Editor (0114) 236 3039
wendy@wellerdavies.co.uk
 

Liz Gamlen

Company Secretary and Trustee -
lizGamlen@hotmail.com

Dominic Batten

Vice Chair, Event organiser and Trustee (0114) 264 9418
dominic.batten@btinternet.com

Pascale Vacher

Event organiser and Web Editor (0114) 236 5177 or 079 4164 6418
pascale_vacher@yahoo.co.uk

Emma Rattenbury

Newsletter Editor (0114) 255 5817
Emma.Rattenbury@blueyonder.co.uk

Lorraine Bonete

Membership Secretary (0114) 255 5817
lorraine.bonete@gmail.com
 

Caroline Anschutz

Library Coordinator -
anschutz_knowles@btinternet.com

David Cooper

Treasurer and Trustee -
david_cooper_1@yahoo.co.uk

Frances Homewood

- 07944 169238
info@sheffieldyogacentre.co.uk

See our Teachers page for information and contact details of Iyengar Yoga teachers in and around Sheffield.


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SADIYA Library

About the SADIYA Library

The SADIYA library is located in a cupboard in the middle room at the Sheffield Yoga Centre. It consists of books, videos and DVDs, and journals – mostly the 13 past editions of the SADIYA newsletter. The books include ancient and modern, classic and popular texts. Many of the videos and DVDs are the filmed yoga workshops and conventions led by the Iyengar family which have been held over the years throughout the world.

Borrowing

Centre users are welcome to browse but only members are able to borrow. We rely on an honour system for borrowing. The loan period for all items is 4 weeks and borrowers are asked to note down what they borrow in the loan book. They are then expected to return the item on the date specified so it will be available for others. If you are not a member of SADIYA please join us – borrowing from the library is one of the membership benefits.

What’s available

A full list of the library collection can be downloaded here and found in the library cupboard at the Centre.
This list will be updated regularly (last updated on 22 Feb 11).

Development

Please contact us via email (anschutz_knowles@btinternet.com) with any suggestions for improvements or ideas. We also welcome donations – these could be books, videos, journals, magazines, publicity and information from other Iyengar yoga centres.

If you would like to become involved in the development of the library do get in touch with anschutz_knowles@btinternet.com.


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SADIYA and the Sheffield Yoga Centre

The following document (published in The SADIYA Newsletter - Issue 16 - January 2009) summarises the main objectives of SADIYA and clarifies its links with the Sheffield Yoga Centre.


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Newsletters

Here we provide back issues of our newsletters, in Acrobat pdf format. They will take 1 or 2 minutes to download over a phone line.
Note that any class dates etc. in these newsletters are out of date. Check the web pages for recent info.

When downloading, choose 'open' rather than 'save' if you get the choice. The Acrobat viewer will start (if you have one on your computer).
In the event that you don't have a viewer, you need to download one from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html. The size is around 4 Megs, or 20 mins over a phone line.

The newsletters are also for sale at the Sheffield Yoga Centre ('old' ones - £1 each and most recent ones - £2 each) - even if you are not a SADIYA member!

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Issue 1 - June 2001

Practice for the fainthearted - getting started • No Muscles? - the role of muscles in asana • Yoga in Russia • Why do Yoga? - quotes from students • Yoga agony aunt - hamstrings

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Issue 2 - Nov 2001

Yama - ahimsa - non-violence • More on the 'no muscles' controversy • Yoga on your travels • Yoga agony aunt • Yoga in Australia • Y oga convention - Falmouth 2001 • My life with Yoga • Health and hypnotism in the community • Yoga day with Joe Burn

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Issue 3 - May 2002

Feeling 'at one' - the tree of Yoga • Yoga as touchstone • Lillian Biggs event • Mira Mehta event • Gordon Austin event • Yoga and sleep • Teacher training

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Issue 4 - Nov 2002

Achieving union - Yama • National Yoga convention - Sheffield 2002 • Yoga on the beach • Bolsterstone event

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Issue 5 - May 2003

Teacher training: a personal view • Niyama in Yoga practice • The skeleton • The people behind the postures • Back to India • Yoga agony aunt

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Issue 6 - Nov 2003

Asana - the 3rd limb • The groups of asanas • Muscles referred to in Yoga • Leeds Yoga convention • Yoga agony aunt • The people behind the poses • Response to our questionnaire

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Issue 7 - May 2004

Our yoga centre Pranayama - the 4th limb • Yoga and eating disorders • About Iyengar • Krishnamacharya - legacy • Rachel's story • Home practice corner • The people behind the poses • The sun salutation

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Issue 8 - Nov 2004

Workstation - final report • The inward journey of Yoga • Reading convention • A passage to India • Teacher training comes to Sheffield

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Issue 9 - Nov 2004

 

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Issue 10 - Nov 2005

An interview with Frances Homewood • Tribute to Lilian Biggs • Home Practice for Colds • The People behind the Poses: Bharadvaja • Freedom in Captivity

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Issue 11 - May 2006

It’s Official!! Official opening of the Sheffield Yoga Centre • A new journey - the first year of teacher training • Book Review: Light On Life, by B.K.S. Iyengar • An interview with Iris Pimm • Yoga for Health • The People behind the Poses: Garudasana • Some books - An overview

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Issue 12 - Nov 2006

SADIYA Library • Patanjali and Light on Chocolate Cake • Annie Ciekanski Shows Us The Ropes • An interview with Marios Argiros • Dogs and yoga teachers or how yoga can help with anxiety • The People Behind the Poses: Hanumanasana

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Issue 13 - June 2007

Update on the new facilities at the Yoga Centre • Future Teacher Training in Sheffield - Spring 2008 • What's In A Name - Part One • Home practice in the morning • The People Behind the Poses: Kurmasana • An interview with Paul Barkworth • Brief summary of Yoga research project • Karen Smith on Her Travels

 

Issue 14 - 2008

 

 

Issue 15 - 2008

 

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Issue 16 - January 2009

SADIYA and Sheffield Yoga Centre • Guruji’s 90th birthday celebrations • Celebration for Frances! • Interview with Dominic Batten • Birjoo Mehta visits Sheffield • Emma Rattenbury on Home Practice • The People behind the Poses – Bhishma

 

Issue 17 - 2010

 

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Issue 18 - July 2010

Various Iyengar yoga classes which run in Sheffield outside the Sheffield Yoga Centre • reflections on the 2010 IYA Convention with Zubin Zarthoshtimanesh • review of Geeta Iyengar’s latest book - 'Yoga for Motherhood' • an article from our editor reporting on a Iyengar class yoga she attended in Hong Kong.


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Becoming a Member of SADIYA

If you value our classes, you may wish to join the Sheffield and District Iyengar Yoga Association.
Your subscription helps us to provide events and classes in the area, and you get a reduction at weekend events and a magazine. Joining is purely optional - you can still attend classes and events if you are not a member.

As a SADIYA member, you will:

  • automatically have membership of IYA (UK) (worth £15 at individual rate) and receive their bi-annual magazine - Iyengar Yoga News
  • be invited to vote at the SADIYA Annual General Meeting
  • receive the SADIYA newsletters twice a year (edited and written by local Iyengar yoga students and teachers)
  • be entitled to discounted tickets on SADIYA yoga days run at the Sheffield Yoga Centre (A £5 saving for each day). We have around three days a year, with a visiting teacher
  • borrow items from the SADIYA library
  • become part of the growing Iyengar community around Sheffield.

Membership costs £14 per year (£7 for those on low income or who are already affiliated to the IYA (UK)).
If you do the sums, you will see that it is well worth the cost. Here is the membership form for 2011-12 with all the details on how to join SADIYA.

 


 


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updated on 7 February, 2012
29 November, 201129 November, 201129 November, 2011