Shifting Outlooks: Yoga & Ecology

Dr Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist and author of more than 85 technical papers and twelve books, including Science and Spiritual Practices.

Peter Owen Jones is a maverick 21st-century priest, ecological thinker and champion of ethics who, as a celebrated BBC TV presenter, has explored the world’s vast pantheon of religious and spiritual ideas and distilled essential wisdom for contemporary modern life and business.

Martin Shaw is a mythologist and storyteller. Dr Shaw lived under canvas for four years exploring tiny pockets of the English countryside - claiming to have walked out of this century altogether.

Miranda Taylor never wanted to be a yoga teacher, she just had a bad back and was a bit stressed being a Mum and a full-time editor and writer. But when her son had to be home schooled for a year she gave up her job as editor of a travel magazine and began to go to a yoga class to help her back. It worked and she was amazed by her teacher’s approach and skill. In order to learn more about yoga she began to train with Colin Dunsmuir on his legendary four year teacher training course in the Krishnamacharya tradition, and within a few months she found herself teaching family and friends - and really enjoying it! She particularly enjoys teaching one-to-one and Vedic chanting. Now Miranda combines her old job writing and publishing (Desa Publications) with also teaching yoga in west London.

When Colin Dunsmuir was rushed to hospital in his late teens, just two hours away from dying, he had an extraordinary experience that was to change his life forever.

Archie Brun is trained in the disciplines of Yoga, Massage, Reiki, and Sound Therapy, giving him a holistic insight as to the interactions between the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. His own journey began after attending weekly meditation classes at the Kagyu Ling Meditation Centre in Manchester, when he realised the incredible value of silencing the mind and bringing awareness to the body. He then embarked on a process of self-healing and he now gives individual consultations in which he intuitively draws from the different modalities in which he has been trained, allowing him to tailor-make each healing session to suit the client’s needs specifically in order for the deepest healing to take place.