Yoga Sangraha with Eddie Stern
10th -12th April, 2026
Concentration: The Practice of Presence - Part 1
Friday 10th April: 4.00-5.00pm
£23 or £243 for full weekend
Join Eddie in the first of three lectures this weekend, explaining a five-step process on how Yoga teaches concentration, and how it differs from our usual ideas of what it means to focus. Concentration is one of humanities’ most valued attributes, yet it can be so hard to actually do. Yoga describes clearly what concentration is – a technical term called Samadhi – as well as what the mind is, and how to use it. Eddie will cover these ideas in simple ways over the weekend. There will also be chanting and meditation practices within the lecture. While you can book into the lectures individually, they are best taken together as they are continuous in nature.
Sun Salutation Class & Pranayama - Level 1
Friday 10th April: 5.15-7.15pm
£46 or £243 for full weekend
The Sun Salutation class is a lot of fun! Eddie will lead students through the six different types of Sun Salutes from Yoga Sangraha, and then six different dands from the Hindu wrestling tradition (called Kushti.) This is followed by a few standing asanas, cool down seated postures, slow breathing, and meditation to finish. In this class you will also be introduced to some of the fundamental building blocks of Yoga Sangraha Level 1. It is an energetic class, but accessible to all. You’ll also explore an introductory pranayama practice where you will learn how to slow the breath down to bring a deep calm to the nervous system. It is an accessible, gently yet highly effective practice, suitable for all levels.
Yoga Sangraha - Level 1
Saturday 11th April: 12.30-2.00pm
£35 or £243 for full weekend
Sangraha means “a collection” or “compendium.” This class is a grounding and calming sequence of postures arranged in a specific order, which has a positive effect on the nervous system. The postures come from the larger Hatha Yoga tradition, but not from any one lineage. Eddie has put these sequences together over the past couple of years of experimentation and exploration of Hatha Yoga practices and texts.
Pranayama Level 1 & Intro to Level 2
Saturday 11th April: 2.30-3.30pm
£23 or £243 for full weekend
This pranayama practice has the same impact as Level 1 that was taught on Friday, but introduces two extended practices that are both energizing and grounding. You will practise eight different breathing patterns, followed by a short relaxation practice.
Concentration: The Practice of Presence - Part 2
Saturday 11th April: 4.00-6.00pm
£46 or £243 for full weekend
Join Eddie in the second of three lectures this weekend, explaining a five-step process on how Yoga teaches concentration, and how it differs from our usual ideas of what it means to focus. Concentration is one of humanities’ most valued attributes, yet it can be so hard to actually do. Yoga describes clearly what concentration is – a technical term called Samadhi – as well as what the mind is, and how to use it. Eddie will cover these ideas in simple ways over the weekend. There will also be chanting and meditation practices within the lecture. While you can book into the lectures individually, they are best taken together as they are continuous in nature.
Yoga and Strength
Sunday 12th April: 12.30-2.00pm
£35 or £243 for full weekend
This is a challenging class that combines Yoga with classical Indian physical exercise practices, including different types of push ups and squats, along with dynamic practices that are cardiovascular in nature. There is about 40-50 minutes of Sun Salutations, dynamic practices, and strength building and mobility practices, followed by calming asanas.
Concentration: The Practice of Presence - Part 3
Sunday 12th April: 2.30-4.00pm
£35 or £243 for full weekend
Join Eddie in the last of the weekend lectures, explaining a five-step process on how Yoga teaches concentration, and how it differs from our usual ideas of what it means to focus. Concentration is one of humanities’ most valued attributes, yet it can be so hard to actually do. Yoga describes clearly what concentration is – a technical term called Samadhi – as well as what the mind is, and how to use it. Eddie will cover these ideas in simple ways over the weekend. There will also be chanting and meditation practices within the lecture. While you can book into the lectures individually, they are best taken together as they are continuous in nature.
Your Teacher
Eddie Stern
Eddie is an esteemed yoga teacher, author, and researcher based in New York City. He is the founder of Broome Street Ganesha Temple in Manhattan, author of the best-selling “One Simple Thing, A New Look at the Science of Yoga and How it can Change Your Life,” and is the co-creator of the Breathing App. He has a multi-disciplinary approach to yoga which includes studying traditional texts and combining the application of the practices contained within them to science, research, technology and collaboration.
He is involved in evidence-based research in the healing capacities of Yoga, recently completing Master’s in Science for yoga research at the Vivekananda Yoga University.
Eddie’s new offerings include “Healing through Breathing”, an Audible Original and “The Breathing App for Diabetes,” both released in January 2024. Eddie has been practicing yoga since 1987 and has spent the past 35 years traveling yearly from New York to study yoga, philosophy, ritual, and Sanskrit with his teachers in India. Whether in conversation, class or lecture, Eddie makes learning yoga and yogic traditions accessible to all and easily understandable with an approach that is intentionally uncomplicated.
Experience of yoga practices is not essential to come to the workshop. All the classes and talks are open level and for practitioners of any type of yoga.