by Jack Harrison | Dec 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
Using story and voice, The Celtic School of Yoga hopes to teach Western yogis that yoga transcends cultures and geographies. From an article on Wanderlust Media by Helen Avery Thousands of years ago, there was an island that belonged to a magical race—the...
by Jack Harrison | Jan 30, 2021 | Celtic Folklore, Yoga
My grandmother has been with me a lot lately. Though she passed away many years ago, I am constantly reminded of her at the moment. She taught me to read when I was very small; I think (though I could be exaggerating!) that I could read when I was four years old. She...
by Jack Harrison | May 4, 2019 | Celtic Folklore, Yoga
Here is a curiosity which I know is not very yoga-centric, but which might be interesting for any of you who like the series Game of Thrones (a lot of people) and would like to visit the yoga studio for a workshop or training. If you look at the map of Westeros above...
by Jack Harrison | Apr 17, 2019 | Celtic Folklore, Yoga
Irish “Buddha” figure; about 800 AD I have noticed a lot of articles in the online media recently about “cultural appropriation” with many good, responsible teachers and students apologising because they are concerned that they are pirating Indian...
by Jack Harrison | Nov 25, 2018 | Celtic Folklore, Music, Schedule, Yoga
Celtic School of Yoga Teacher Training 2019 I just wanted to let you know about our second teacher training year which is coming up beginning in February 2019. I can highly recommend this course to anybody who wishes to teach yoga or just deepen their practice of yoga...
by Jack Harrison | Jan 28, 2018 | Schedule, Yoga
Yoga. Music. Myth & Magic A week on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way with Jack Harrison and Selina Gullery Join Selina and Jack for a week of yoga in this beautiful part of Ireland with yoga asana, breathwork, meditation, song, poetry and guided hikes. Deepen...
by Jack Harrison | Mar 15, 2017 | Music, Schedule, Yoga
Celtic School of Yoga Workshop, Kinvara, Co Galway, April 7th to 9th, 2017 Well; ok, it’s official; I’m not great at marketing! Several people have said to me that are a few important details I missed from my previous post about my workshop in Kinvara...
by Jack Harrison | Feb 28, 2017 | Music, Schedule
Just to let you know that I will be doing an intimate concert in the Powerscourt Theatre in the Powerscourt Townhouse, Dublin on Thursday March 2nd at 19:30. Presented by Positive Life magazine and the Buddha Bag. I’m told that delicious juices from Cornucopia...
by Jack Harrison | Feb 6, 2017 | Schedule, Yoga
Back in Lisburn One of the places I really love to visit and teach at is Santosha, Paddy Hamill’s beautiful studio in Lisburn, just outside Belfast. The yoga, the community and of course Paddy’s inimitable energy are always remarkably inspiring and...
by Jack Harrison | Feb 4, 2017 | Celtic Folklore, Music, Schedule, Yoga
Songbirds One of my abiding memories of a deep, nourishing retreat in 2015 on the island of Inishboffin (the island of BoVinda) is of a learned friend telling me about new research she had found which showed that if musicians spent a certain amount of time playing or...
