Workshops
The Shala offers a variety of specialty workshops, courses & events. Hosted by our in-house teachers as well as external facilitators from all around the globe.
Contact info@theshala.co.za for further information.
Elevate your teaching practice with this comprehensive 6-month mentorship programme led by Tamsin Sheehy (E-RYT500) and Yanna Romano (E-RYT500).
Join us on this transformative journey to expand your teaching toolkit, and connect with a supportive community of like-minded professionals committed to excellence in yoga education. The programme includes 3 immersive in-studio workshops, and 6 convenient online sessions, aimed at supporting yoga teachers in refining their skills, navigating the realities of teaching, and building confidence in their voice. Through personalised guidance, you’ll receive constructive feedback on your teaching methodology, sequence development, and student engagement techniques.
Let’s ask real questions about what it means to be a yoga teacher today. Let’s share case studies, reflect on our practice, hold ourselves accountable, and keep learning. Let’s chew on material together, help each other grow, deepen the value of what we offer, and inspire each other.
The Yoga of Us
With Firdose Mooda MA, RYT500
As yoga has globalised over the last two centuries, it has interacted and exchanged with a variety of cultures and traditions outside the Indian subcontinent. Its journey in South Africa, a multicultural national grappling and healing from its scarred past, is a particularly interesting one, and one we will explore in this workshop.
The documented history of yoga in South Africa is relatively short, and dates back to the early 1920s, even though its existence could have been much earlier. Indian migration to South Africa began in 1860 with the indentured labour program, followed by waves of passenger Indians until the 1940s.
At one stage, South Africa was home to the largest Indian diaspora outside the subcontinent but people of Indian heritage remain under-represented in modern yoga. Firdose, as a South African of Indian-heritage, has long been interested in this positioning, especially as she continues to situate herself in yoga. This will be our entry point.
From there,we will ask questions about what the practice looks like in this country, who the major practitioners are and how each of us fit in. We will also look specifically at yoga in Cape Town and understand how the unique cultural mix of the city engages with yoga.
What we’ll do:
– 30min physical practice, focused on our connection to Cape Town.
– Firdose will present a 75 minute lecture on yoga’s journey in Africa and Latin America, focused specifically on the intermingling of yoga and existing cultural practices.
– 15min journaling/reflective practice.
– 30min sharing circle, in which participants are encouraged to
– We’ll finish with a cultural gifting session – so prepare to give something of yours away and leave with some knowledge about someone else.
What to bring:
-Comfortable clothes.
– A notebook and pen.
– An artefact from your cultural heritage which you would not mind swapping.
Contact info@theshala.co.za for further information.
You may choose to attend the full 6-months program, or individual sessions. Discounted rates are available to our Shala trained RYT200 and RYT300 graduates. Please enquire at info@theshala.co.za.
Access to all 3 in-studio and all 6 online sessions over six months.
Access to all 6 online sessions. Or, book a single online session for R200
Access to all 3 in-studio sessions. Or, book a single in-studio session for R500
The Yoga of Us
With Firdose Mooda MA, RYT500
As yoga has globalised over the last two centuries, it has interacted and exchanged with a variety of cultures and traditions outside the Indian subcontinent. Its journey in South Africa, a multicultural national grappling and healing from its scarred past, is a particularly interesting one, and one we will explore in this workshop.
The documented history of yoga in South Africa is relatively short, and dates back to the early 1920s, even though its existence could have been much earlier. Indian migration to South Africa began in 1860 with the indentured labour program, followed by waves of passenger Indians until the 1940s.
At one stage, South Africa was home to the largest Indian diaspora outside the subcontinent but people of Indian heritage remain under-represented in modern yoga. Firdose, as a South African of Indian-heritage, has long been interested in this positioning, especially as she continues to situate herself in yoga. This will be our entry point.
From there,we will ask questions about what the practice looks like in this country, who the major practitioners are and how each of us fit in. We will also look specifically at yoga in Cape Town and understand how the unique cultural mix of the city engages with yoga.
What we’ll do:
– 30min physical practice, focused on our connection to Cape Town.
– Firdose will present a 75 minute lecture on yoga’s journey in Africa and Latin America, focused specifically on the intermingling of yoga and existing cultural practices.
– 15min journaling/reflective practice.
– 30min sharing circle, in which participants are encouraged to
– We’ll finish with a cultural gifting session – so prepare to give something of yours away and leave with some knowledge about someone else.
What to bring:
-Comfortable clothes.
– A notebook and pen.
– An artefact from your cultural heritage which you would not mind swapping.
Contact info@theshala.co.za for further information.