Yoga with Manjunaga

27/04/2026

24/04/2026

This weeks poem I was introduced to by the mindfulness teacher Vidyamala It is by the 10th century, Japanese poet Izumi Shikibu.

Although The Wind ...

Although the wind
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house.

Translated by Jane Hirshfield

Image Ganapathy Kumar

21/04/2026

Dear Yoga Friends ,

I have new Yoga Classes starting in May.
All courses are held at the Didsbury Parsonage, a beautiful Grade II listed building set in a magical secret garden.

MONDAY
Mixed Level 7 Week Yoga Course
6.00-7.00pm 11th May till 6th July
The Didsbury Parsonage, Stenner Lane, Didsbury, M20 2RQ
£87.50/£82.50 concessions ( Places left )

MONDAY
Beginners 7 Week Yoga Course
7.30-8.30pm 11th May till 6th July
The Didsbury Parsonage, Stenner Lane, Didsbury, M20 2RQ
£87.50/£82.50 concessions (1 place left )

TUESDAY
Morning Yoga 9 Week Yoga Course
9.30-10.30am 5th May till 7th July
The Didsbury Parsonage, Stenner Lane, Didsbury, M20 2RQ
£112.50/£107 concessions ( Places left )

TUESDAY
Restorative & Yin Yoga 9 Week Yoga Course
6.00-7.00pm 5th May till 7th July
The Didsbury Parsonage, Stenner Lane, Didsbury, M20 2RQ
£112.50/£107 concessions ( Places left )

THURSDAY
Beginners 9 Week Yoga Course
7.30-8.30pm 7th May till 9th July
The Didsbury Parsonage, Stenner Lane, Didsbury, M20 2RQ
£112.50/£107 concessions ( Places left )

All courses are held at the Didsbury Parsonage, a beautiful Grade II listed building set in a magical secret garden.

Explore classical yoga postures in a safe and supportive environment where students are encouraged to listen to their own body and go at a pace that is comfortable to them.

The courses will focus on building safe alignment infused by clear anatomical understanding. exploring a mixture of flowing sequences and static poses.

These classes will be run in pre-booked courses of 7 & 9 weeks and available to 12 students to allow for intimacy and focused attention.

Everyone is welcome: If you would like to join me you can book a place via the link below. www.manjunaga.com/classes

Warm wishes x
Manjunaga

18/04/2026

Poem for the week is by the 18th century Japanese Zen Buddhist monk Ryōkan. It is an extract from his poem Renderings.

The night is fresh and cool,
Staff in hand I walk through the gate.
Wisteria and ivy grow together along the winding mountain path;
Birds sing quietly in their nests and a monkey howls nearby.
As I reach a high peak a village appears in the distance.
The old pines are full of poems;
I bend down for a drink of pure spring water.
There is a gentle breeze, and the round moon hangs overhead.
Standing by a deserted building,
I pretend to be a crane softly floating among the clouds

Translated by John Stevens

Image Ryokan with his bowl. Tsukioka Yosh*toshi 1839-1892

13/04/2026

Dear Yoga Friends,

⭐ Stepping Into Spring : Yoga & Meditation Workshop ⭐
Saturday 25th April 10am – 1pm
The Didsbury Parsonage, Stenner Lane, Didsbury, M20 2RQ

As we move into spring we will explore a beautiful flowing practice that focuses on the linear alignment that we find in classical yoga while opening to spiral movements found within nature.

We will explore how to find safe alignment and ease in our body while building strength and vitality through this flowing practice.

We will also explore a Yin-Restorative style practice, focusing on more stilling meditative practices, this approach focuses on more feminine qualities through longer, passive held postures, it aims to relax our musculature and work on the connective tissues, stimulating also our subtle energy systems within the body. Yin-

Restorative yoga can have a deeply relaxing effect and offer deep peace within the stresses of a busy life.

Open to all levels of experience.

The Didsbury Parsonage, a beautiful Grade II listed building set in a magical garden.
Full workshop price is £45 / £40 non-refundable, non-transferable.(Concessions apply to students, the unemployed, OAP’s)

You can book a place via the link below.
https://www.manjunaga.com/yoga-workshop

Warm wishes x
Manjunaga

13/04/2026

My new yoga flyers from the printers have arrived. Really pleased with how they look.

12/04/2026

The older I get the more these words resonate with me. Poem for the week is one of my favourite's by the mystic Sufi poet Jelaluddin Rumi.

" Your task is not to seek for love, but mererly to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. "

Image Rumiquotesofficial

27/03/2026

Poem for the week by Elaine Dunstan.

When I was out walking

When I was out walking with the trees that spring,
a brief startling sound cracked the fresh afternoon air
somewhere. High in the newly green canopy
a furious flapping body had risen in panic,
quickening my heart. A branch, hollow with age,
had snapped loose, the fall momentary halted
by claws still gripping their favoured perch,
wings lifting against gravity.

Of course, gravity won.

The bird rose, the branch fell and the muffled thud, as it
met the grassy floor, was strangely satisfying,
as if some long dead thing in me, had finally
broken and slipped through my own desperate fingers
and I'd found the wings to rise.

24/03/2026

I recently had an enjoyable day with Emma working on some new images for my yoga teaching buisness.

20/03/2026

Hi Everyone,

Stepping Into Spring : Yoga & Meditation Workshop
Saturday 25th April 10am – 1pm

The Didsbury Parsonage, Stenner Lane, Didsbury, M20 2RQ

As we move into spring we will explore a beautiful flowing practice that focuses on the linear alignment that we find in classical yoga while opening to spiral movements found within nature.

We will explore how to find safe alignment and ease in our body while building strength and vitality through this flowing practice.

We will also explore a Yin-Restorative style practice, focusing on more stilling meditative practices, this approach focuses on more feminine qualities through longer, passive held postures, it aims to relax our musculature and work on the connective tissues, stimulating also our subtle energy systems within the body.

Yin-Restorative yoga can have a deeply relaxing effect and offer deep peace within the stresses of a busy life.

Open to all levels of experience.

The Didsbury Parsonage, a beautiful Grade II listed building set in a magical garden.

Full workshop price is £45 / £40 non-refundable, non-transferable.(Concessions apply to students, the unemployed, OAP’s)

You can book a place via the link below.
www.manjunaga.com/yoga-workshop

Warm wishes x
Manjunaga

20/03/2026

Poem for the week is 'Keeping Quiet' by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.

Keeping Quiet

Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still

For once on the face of the earth,
let's not speak in any language;
let's stop for a second,
and not move our arms so much.

It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines;
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.

Fishermen in the cold sea
would not harm whales
and the man gathering salt
would not look at his hurt hands.

Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victories with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes
and walk about with their brothers
in the shade, doing nothing.

What I want should not be confused
with total inactivity.
Life is what it is about;
I want no truck with death.

If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with
death.
Perhaps the earth can teach us
as when everything seems dead
and later proves to be alive.

Now I'll count up to twelve
and you keep quiet and I will go.

Image Poem Analysis