This year I’ve been invited to teach a few morning yoga classes by the sea for the Liquid Spirit Festival in Gozo.

Here’s a link to the festival if you’re interested in a boogie – ful weekend in different locations around the island.

https://www.liquidspiritfamily.co.uk/liquid-spirit-festival-gozo

The yoga classes will be held:

September 14 th – 18th from 8 – 9 am (location to be confirmed)

Cost: 15 euros/75 min class (registration and pre payment required to reserve your space)

Looking forward to stretching out our dancing bodies then!

Keep Well

Michelle x

It’s that time of the year.

The spiritual new year is soon upon us and it’s time to Clear Space from our bodies, minds & spirits!

Hope you can join our quarterly tradition of 108 Sun Salutations.

We will be doing the classic basic version.

We take a pause after each set of 20. You can pause as much as you need to and you don’t need to do them all, no pressure.

I will be guiding these live from our home in Gharb, Gozo and also live online so you can join from where ever you are.

When: Saturday September 23rd

Time: 8.30am CET (usually takes approx 1.5 hrs)

Where: Live in Gharb or Live online (please email to register info@michellebartoloyoga.com)

Cost: 10 euros minimum donation for NGO Dreams of Horses (horse rescue and therapy) in Gozo

There are many reasons we practice 108 Sun Salutations. Personally I love the cleansing I receive and the recycling of my energy. After my first 20 it feels as if my body has take over and little effort is needed. I like cleansing after each season to prepare for the next one.

In the Yogic tradition, 108 is a sacred number. Practicing 108 Sun Salutations is a meditative practice that connects the body, the mind, and the universe specifically when nature is undergoing a change. And coupled with this change in nature, yogis can start once again, fresh, renewed and inspired

You can also research into the significance of the number 108 if it interests you follow the link below.

We hope you can join us in this beautiful practice

Keep Well

Michelle x

 

 

 

Welcome everyone!

The 40 Day Sadhana practice is back if you fancy joining the online community every morning for 40 days to practice a bit of warmup movements followed by a breath practice to balance the heart & mind.

It’s amazing what you can achieve in just 30 minutes.

Dates: September 23 – November 1st

Time: 7 – 7.30am CET (weekly recordings sent to all if timing doesn’t work)

Invest: 150 euros (full payment required via Revolut or Direct Bank Transfer)

WHY 40 DAYS?
In the Yogic tradition it’s believed that it takes 40 days to break any negative habits that block you from the expansion possible through breath, kriya or mantra.
Remember, a habit is a subconscious chain reaction between the mind, the glandular system and the nervous system. We develop habits at a very young age. Some of them serve our highest destiny. Some do not. By doing a 40, 90, 120 or 1000 day special sadhana, you can rewire that chain reaction. You can develop new, deeply ingrained habits that serve your highest good.’
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I personally do a few 40 day practices / year and have done so for many years now. It gives me an anchor, a focus, peace & energy and so much more. I feel balanced and when I’m done I feel so good that I stuck to my commitment for the whole 40 days which is what builds integrity of character – trusting ourselves to keep the word we make to ourselves

I am excited to announce this new project and the way it all unfolded
The pieces of the puzzle:
  • I ran a 40 day practice at the beginning of the year on Grief and the shares were profound and I felt called to do more work with this theme
  • I had an astrological reading with @the cosmic navigator and he mentioned that womens circles would be a great thing for me to explore
  • A few months later I receive a call from Ruth Bezzina saying she had contacted me when she was 15 with proposal for a yoga event and that I had entertained her idea and NOW she was calling to propose we collaborate on the topic of womens circles
We have been creating this course over the past few months and now we are ready to present The Still Point Womens Circles to you all
This course is about the remembrance that the balanced valuing of emotions – all emotions – is an act of self-respect. Grief, rage, anger and discernment (good judgment) all have their place and should have a space to be expressed in, in our lives – for they are all great teachers from within.
These global heart centred collaborative gatherings are intimate virtual circles for us to share space, to communicate through deep listening and understanding, to uncover what our heart is really trying to tell us in a facilitated container, designed to establish an infrastructure of safety and freedom.
Indeed these gatherings are all about finding that still point within – finding that place within where we feel balanced, anchored, at peace – a soft circle rather than a hard square. These are spaces for us to settle into balance with our masculine and feminine sides, to pause, explore and reflect on those spaces in-between, so that we come to know and appreciate that whatever chaos is around us we have the power not to be drawn into that – we have the still point within.
These offerings are being created by two women entrepreneurs, living on sister islands (Malta & Gozo) in the middle of the Mediterranean, with a vision to create international communities that explore the balanced valuing of feminine emotion. We believe in the power of coming together, sharing thoughts, feelings, beliefs, intuitions and personal truths. We believe in the power of silence and stillness – and how the unsaid is as important as the said. We know that there is so much potential for healing, creation and expansion when we reclaim and re-connect to our divine feminine – and this is what we will share in.
We’ll be offering a series of “The Heart Speaks” courses, informed by NUSHU Group style engagement and integration, combined with meditation in action. Each series is a journey, whereby an emotional theme and inspiration forms a path for the collective container – some series may be informed by a literary text / extract, but unlike a book club the intention is not to necessarily discuss the content of the pages but rather to integrate the information and the lessons into one’s own consciousness and then weave the wisdom into the fabric of the collective consciousness. In each there will be ample space for reflection and contemplation in silence and stillness.
This is an invitation to strengthen the rest and digest aspects of the feminine within. To find that still point for ourselves, as well as in community.
The Heart Speaks – Live ONLINE
Dates:  October 27th – December 1st
Every Friday eve for 6 weeks from 5.00 – 6.30pm CET | 11.00 – 12.30pm EDT
Invest: 6oo euros / $ 670
Early Bird Offer until May 26th: 500 euros / $ 560
Included:
– 6 live sessions of presentations, discussions, meditations and kriyas
– direct 1:1 feedback and correspondence via email
– a workbook for each session with prompts to record your reflections
– wholesome community connections
– certificate of completion for those who completed the course
We hope you’ll join us on these journeys…
Ruth & Michelle xo
A soothing & cosy Sunday session of Yoga & Sound with Fire, Earth & Ether.
Join us in our Yoga Womb Room where you will be lead through a soft and smooth Yoga session.
We will build that inner fire gently & open our tight inner spaces sensing the earth below us as the fireside burns away whats no longer needed.
The meditation will take you into the Etheral with a live Sound Journey by Mawk Phoenix that will have you floating into space.
All levels of practitioners are welcome.
Booking is necessary
When: Sunday April 23rd
Time: 17.00 – 18.30
Where: 17 Triq L-Isoqf Mikiel Molina Str, Pjazza Praga
GHARB, GOZO
Invest: 25 euros (includes tea and treats after)
Bookings: info@michellebartoloyoga.com
Payments accepted via Revolut +356 99670342 and/or Direct bank deposit
Full payment secures your space
Space is limited to 10 participants
108 Sun Salutations to Welcome Spring!
Bring on the LIGHT 🙂
LIVE IN GHARB and also LIVE ON ZOOM!
Spring is a time of change, growth, renewal and revitalisation.
In the yogic tradition 108 Sun Salutations are practiced with the changing of the season – preparing the body for the season to come while cleansing it from the past season.
Why 108?
* 1 represents our oneness and our connection to everything
* 0 represents nothingness, darkness
* 8 represents infinity and the infinite nature of the universal energy and our selves.
The Salutes become a moving meditation. We are able to dive deep into the connection of mind, body & spirit.
108 sounds like alot but you will be surprised how the time goes by faster than you think – we take a short childs pose after every set of 27 to feel the effects.
All levels welcome as modifications are given
Suggested minimum Donation of 10 euros to Dreams of Horses Organisation in Gozo that use rescued horses therapeutically for people in need.
When: Sunday March 19th
Where: 17 Triq L-Isoqf Mikiel Molina Str
& LIVE ON ZOOM
Time: 10am CET ( usually takes 1.5 hours or less)
Booking is necessary as space is limited to 10 live in person.
Looking forward to this beautiful practice!
A soothing & cosy Sunday session of Yoga & Sound with Fire, Earth & Ether.
Join us in our Yoga Womb Room where you will be lead through a soft and smooth Yoga session.
We will build that inner fire gently & open our tight inner spaces sensing the earth below us as the fireside burns away whats no longer needed.
The meditation will take you into the Etheral with a live Sound Journey by Mawk Phoenix that will have you floating into space.
All levels of practitioners are welcome.
Booking is necessary
When: Sunday March 19th
Time: 17.00 – 18.30
Where: 17 Triq L-Isoqf Mikiel Molina Str, Pjazza Praga
GHARB, GOZO
Invest: 25 euros (includes tea and treats after)
Bookings: info@michellebartoloyoga.com
Payments accepted via Revolut +356 99670342 and/or Direct bank deposit
Full payment secures your space
Space is limited to 8 participants
Sounds into Silence
On this retreat day you get time to dive into Kundalini Mantras, breathwork and lots of silence to feel the effects of it all.
To strengthen this inner seeing, self reflection.
The mantras have a vibration to them which heals body, mind & spirit. We will warm up our bodies, warm up our throat chakras with a breath practice and then honour the cleansing ability of our voice.
FYI this is not about being a singer, it’s a vibrational cleanse – it’s not about how you sound, but to listen to the sound and see where your voice creaks & cracks and then how it clears.
Then the silence…
Following these practices we will break for a wholesome vegetarian lunch (lactose & gluten free) before we enter into some restorative poses infused with a Sound Journey by Mawk Phoenix.
Tea and a healthy sweet treat served at the end as we sit in our circle of sharing.
Date: Saturday April 1st
Time: 11 – 5pm
Where: 17 Bishop Molina Street, Gharb | GOZO
Invest: 80 euros (space limited to 8 )
Full payment reserves space
Payments via Revolut +356 99670342 or Direct Bank Transfer
** NO REFUNDS  in cases of cancellation by the attendee the payment can be transferred to another MBY offering but not refunded.
A soothing & cosy Sunday session of Yoga & Sound with Fire, Earth & Ether.
Join us in our Yoga Womb Room where you will be lead through a soft and smooth Yoga session.
We will build that inner fire gently & open our tight inner spaces sensing the earth below us as the fireside burns away whats no longer needed.
The meditation will take you into the Etheral with a live Sound Journey by Mawk Phoenix that will have you floating into space.
All levels of practitioners are welcome.
Booking is necessary
When: Sunday February 12th
Time: 16.00 – 17.30
Where: 17 Triq L-Isoqf Mikiel Molina Str, Pjazza Praga
GHARB, GOZO
Invest: 25 euros (includes tea and treats after)
Bookings: info@michellebartoloyoga.com
Payments accepted via Revolut +356 99670342 and/or Direct bank deposit
Full payment secures your space
Space is limited to 8 participants

The inspiration to create a 40 Day community practice came to me through many students feedback stating they just didn’t have the discipline to stick to a consistent practice. I know how much I LOVE these 40 day Sadhanas and the beginning of the year is when I always do one so last year for the first time I offered it out to you all and our first Sadhana was a great success.

I am now running 3 Sadhanas a year to cover all seasons. Winter, Spring/Summer & Fall. Our next 40 Day Sadhana begins January 30th – March 10th. We will meet every morning from 7 – 7.30am CET time. Weekly recordings will be available if that time does not suit you.

This daily practice will give you that anchor you can rely on.

Our New Year 2023 Edition will have us introspected, releasing and finding comfort in stillness as we work a practice that releases GREIF.  Grief is the shadow of our heart and what better time than to lift that shadow so we can enter this year in LIGHT?
The Winter period is a time of drawing inwards, resting, and recuperating.
Some questions for reflection:
How will I go about nurturing and nourishing myself over the winter?
Which yoga practices will energise me and help to banish the winter blues?
Which activities nourish me, and which activities deplete me?
How can I increase the nourishing activities and reduce the depleting ones?
The Importance of Self-Discipline by RADIANT BODY YOGA, Kia Miller
‘Sadhana (personal practice) is the cornerstone of the practice of yoga and the process of self-transformation.
There is truly no more valuable thing we can give to ourselves. It is this ritual of centring ourselves within our SELF that enables us to walk through life with an open heart and with grace. Sadhana is a practice of self discipline, which leads to direct experience and an expansion of our awareness.
Our sadhana, our spiritual practice, needs constant vigilance; old habits can be hard to break. Therefore we need to develop the muscle of self-motivation and will. We need to be willing to set aside time and to attend to the inner experience with the same enthusiasm we may attend visiting a new country for the first time.
Awake each morning with time to set up by aligning your energy, attitude and commitment for the day, and keep it up day after day. This consistency gives us steadiness and excellence over time and prevents us from getting swept up in a reactive mode to things around us. This daily practice also allows us to maintain our radiance and impact in life
WHY 40 DAYS?
In the Yogic tradition it’s believed that it takes 40 days to break any negative habits that block you from the expansion possible through breath, kriya or mantra.
Remember, a habit is a subconscious chain reaction between the mind, the glandular system and the nervous system. We develop habits at a very young age. Some of them serve our highest destiny. Some do not. By doing a 40, 90, 120 or 1000 day special sadhana, you can rewire that chain reaction. You can develop new, deeply ingrained habits that serve your highest good.’
****
I personally do a few 40 day practices / year and have done so for many years now. It gives me an anchor, a focus, peace & energy and so much more. I feel balanced and when I’m done I feel so good that I stuck to my commitment for the whole 40 days which is what builds integrity of character – keeping the word we make to ourselves most importantly and the most harmful to break.
We will work with a different practice each week. The practices will consist of small seated movements, pranayama (breathwork) and sometimes sound through using our voices to cleanse and clear our minds, bodies and spirits.
When:
Monday January 30th – Friday March 10th, 2023
7.00 – 7.30 am CET — EVERYDAY
Where:
LIVE ON ZOOM
Invest: 40 euros for 40 days
Payable via: Revolut +356 99670342 OR direct bank transfer

“All sadhana is meant to purify the mind and make the mind one-pointed and inward so it can be directed toward the centre of consciousness within the inner chamber of your being. Physical growth is in the hands of nature; mental growth and spiritual growth are in your hands.” – Swami Rama See less