Meditation: Ocean Breath/ Ujjayi Breath
With Gillian @yogianthropologist
The next of Gillian's six-week mediation courses for 2025 explores Ujjayi breathing, or "victorious breath."
Gillian is a patient and caring yoga teacher. She knows it is not easy to arrive at a practice of seated meditation. It is often the most challenging and rewarding aspect of a yoga enquiry. Gradually over six weeks, she will guide students towards a sustainable and enjoyable mediation practice that will become a life-long resource.
Ujjayi breathing, or "victorious breath," is a yoga technique that involves lightly constricting the back of the throat to create a soft, oceanic sound as you breathe through the nose.
This is a calming yet energizing practice, often called “ocean breath” which synchronizes breath with movement, helps focus the mind, reduces stress, and promotes relaxation by activating the body's rest-and-relax system.
This is a powerful meditation technique that cultivates patience, confidence, strength and vitality - ideal for the transition to autumn and winter seasons.
For those wanting to support their sun salutation practice with a meditation technique, this is an ideal class.
Book your slot below!
Day: Tuesdays
Time: 19.00–20:00
Duration: 16th September 2025 – 21st October 2025
Next course: 4th November - 9th December
Drop-in sessions are available at the link below.
Can’t make those dates? You can register your interest for the next course here
Hear from a student…
“Gillian’s meditation classes are the perfect way to unwind after a busy day. I learnt so many helpful techniques during class and was able to apply them to great effect in everyday scenarios. Gillian’s support also helped me with some travel-related anxiety that I’ve been experiencing for many years.
Class sizes are small, and Gillian is brilliant at tailoring the classes to each individual’s specific needs. I would highly recommend Gillian’s meditation classes for some rest and relaxation in a warm and friendly environment. I’ve also benefited from the best night’s sleep I’ve had in ages after some of our sessions!” - Meditation student, Louisa
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Gillian has been practising yoga for over thirty years. She is passionate about the transformational potential of yoga and leads yoga classes and workshops in London and Manchester.
Inspired and trained at Triyoga by Anna Ashby and Joey Miles in the alignment-based method of hatha yoga, Gillian guides students through 90-minute classes that conquer fatigue, cultivate strength, vitality, and good posture, improve mood and increase body and mind awareness.
Gillian is also a social anthropologist and psychotherapist. She is preoccupied with the question of what it means to be human and lends this question to her enquiry into the yoga tradition, and brings a unique anthropological perspective to her teaching practice, summer and winter yoga retreats and to workshops for fellow yoga teachers. She is a member of the teaching faculty of the Advanced Teacher Training programme led by Anna Ashby at Triyoga.
Gillian would love to show you how yoga can transform your life.
Pricing
These sessions are each 60mins in length and the course is priced at £100 for 6 weeks.
You can grab an early bird discount of £15 if you book 4 weeks ahead of the course start date.
Please bring your mat if you have one and a journal and pen.
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We have a strict latecomers policy. Latecomers will not be admitted any later than 5 minutes after the commencement of the session. Past this point, it will be disruptive for you to enter the room, and since you will not have warmed up properly, heading into class this late may also be damaging for your body. We recommend you arrive 5-10 minutes early so the class and your day can run on time.
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Cancellations within 72 hours of the course starting will not be refunded.
Cancellations outside of 72 hours of the course start will be refunded upon request, otherwise, the passes can be transferred to another course (or a later cohort of the cancelled course).
There is no refund offered for missed sessions within the course.
If we are required to cancel a class due to teacher illness, we will offer a make-up session the week following the last session of the course.
The teacher may choose to cancel a course if a low number of people sign up. Please book in as early as you can to stop this from happening! Your pass will automatically be returned to your Mindbody account in this incidence. You can request a refund if you want one, otherwise, the passes can be transferred to another course (or a later cohort of the cancelled course).