4-Beat Weekend Immersion
22nd – 24th September
£395

 

“Be your own teacher.”

 

4-Beat is a dynamic vinyasa flow borne out of the Rocket Yoga system. The core of the practice is the alignment of the breath to the regular beat of the music.

Course Content

In this weekend immersion we will look at how syncing to a 4-beat can simplify and refine your flow. Use music to enhance the focus rather than distract you from it, riding the up and down of your moving meditation. Learn how to regulate your energy levels with changing tempos, timing and sequencing.

 

Ultimately we want to move towards a self-sufficient yoga practice where you can be less reliant on your teacher and more reliant upon yourself.

 

For practitioners of at least a year (and teachers) who want to elevate or develop their own practice.

What you’ll gain: The skills to cultivate a reliable self practice and/or new directions for your teaching (of others and) yourself.

Teaching Team

Marcus Veda
Marcus came to yoga because his first loves — football, martial arts and finally DJing — broke him. Like many, he found the magic of yoga went much deeper than the physical fix.

 

An undying urge to fly landed him on the Ashtanga inspired Rocket system but he soon became more interested in it as a way of life rather than just a way of moving … or “the martial art you do against yourself” as Nic Gregoriades, the BJJ black belt once said. For Marcus, it is about observing the mind stuff, while gravity, balance and resistant limbs defy you.

 

The DJing could never be laid to rest. Every class has a specially mixed soundtrack which lays down the rhythm and specific tempo of the flow: synchronous breath, bass and movement.

 

Marcus trained with David Swenson, David Kyle, Jason Crandell and his original teachers, The Yoga People, also introduced him to Yin Yoga – an antidote to the up & up of Rocket (and London yang life.) With that came a deepening appreciation of meditation, stillness of mind and yoga beyond the asanas that originally got me hooked.

 

Marcus runs teacher trainings with Hannah Whittingham through the Good Life Yoga School in London and online.

Schedule

Friday 22nd September

18:00-20:00
4-Beat Master Blaster Class
One Continuous Flow of beats, breath & movement from samasthithi to savasana. Don’t break the chain. Led by the beat.

 

Saturday 23rd September

9:30-10:00
Breathing to the Beat

 

10:00-12:00
Class: Open heart surgery
Fire Flow
🔥

 

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Lunch Break

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13:30-14:45
The mix is the fix
What is 4-beat? Using it to find your flow. Arc of the sequence for teaching/cultivating a self practice to the beat. How, why and when to 4-Beat.

The 4-Tenets.

  1. Warm up
  2. Stand up
  3. Sit down
  4. Lie Down

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Break

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15.00-17.30
Shake (up) Your Asana
The way you practice vs what you practice. Sequencing, Tempo, timing, long/short holds, flow state.

1,2,3,go!

  1. Breath
  2. Action(s)
  3. Drishti

 

Sunday 24th September

9:30-10:00
Breathing to the Beat

 

10:00-12:00
Hips to the floor
Ice flow 🧊

 

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Lunch Break

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13:30-15:30
Shake (down) your Asana

  • How to make the flow restorative.
  • Using the beat to find clarity in stillness. Sthira Sukham asinam

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Break

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16:00 – 17:30
Balancing the yang with yin
Samavritti breath. Using the 4-Beat to balance the inhale and exhale for down regulation. Closing the practice. Pranayama to the beat.