Meditation for Stress Management
With Gillian @drgillianevans
Ocean Breath/ Ujayi Breath
Tuesdays 15th Sept 2026 | 7-8pm
In each new six-week series of meditation classes, we explore a different technique of meditation. This is to create a sense of familiarity with various ways of meditating, so that students can eventually find the method that best serves their needs in the different situations of everyday life.
For this new September series, we are exploring the celebrated Ujayi technique, know as the Victorious Breath or Ocean Breath meditation. This is a remarkable meditation practice, because the unique way of deepening, and lengthening the exhale cultivates the kind of mental and physical enduare that arises from a profound state of calm and inner strength.
The way we practice also explore the relationship between meditation and visualisation and this is often a favourite technique among students for the beauty of the sense of harmony it brings about with the breath, the ocean and natural elements.
Day: Tuesdays ongoing
Time: 19.00–20:00
NB. Please check Bookwhen for dates as there may be some weeks when the course isn’t running.
Book a 6 week course or drop-in session.
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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 £96 for 6 weeks.
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).