Brand new 5 day Ashtanga Immersion this September!

Our two resident Ashtanga teachers Amy Hughes and Jock Orton are coming together this Autumn to offer you a brand new Ashtanga Immersion. Come and practice Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga with Jock and Amy in this five day immersion, right here at Lime House Yoga studio on the stunning North Cornwall coast.

This immersion gives students a chance to come together for four full days of practice and workshops, enjoying a shared space, the thrill of collective movement and breath and an opportunity to evolve their Ashtanga practice. All things that drive Jock and Amy in their love and ability to be able to share their practice.

Pre-requisites: There are no formal pre-requisites to attend but it is not recommended for complete beginners. Attendees need to be familiar with the Ashtanga sequence, but you do not need to know the entire Primary Series.

 

10th-14th September 2025

Opening with a 2 hour led class in the evening, each of the following full days will begin with either an extended led class or self practice sessions including time for pranayama and meditation (see below for full details).

After a break, there will be the first 2.5 hour workshop of the day followed by another break and then closing with a final 2-hour workshop.

 

Scroll down for the early bird offer code and save £60! Only until 30th June 2025.

 

Wednesday 10th September

  • 6:00-8:00pm  Ashtanga Led Class – The Scenic Route (exploring accessible modifications and alternatives)

 

Thursday 11th September

  • 7:00-9:30am – Pranayama and Ashtanga Led Class
  • 9:30-10:30am – Break
  • 10:30am-1:00pm – Workshop: Inversions: shoulder stand, headstand, handstand and forearm balance with modifications with Jock
  • 1:00-2:30pm – Break
  • 2:30-4:30pm – Workshop: Freeing the movement of the ribs for pranayama with Amy

 

Friday 12th September

  • 7:00-9:30am – Pranayama and assisted Self-Practice class
  • 9:30-10:30am – Break
  • 10:30am-1:00pm – Workshop: Supplementary practices for the longevity, safety and progression of your Ashtanga practice with Amy
  • 1:00-2:30pm – Break
  • 2:30-4:30pm – Workshop: Stabilising shoulders: avoiding common injuries to rotator cuff & shoulder joint with Jock

 

Saturday 13th September (please note earlier start and finish times for Saturday)

  • 6:00-8:00am – Pranayama and assisted Self-Practice class
  • 8:00-9:30am – Break
  • 9:30am-12:00pm – Workshop: Building blocks for back bends – getting the props out with Amy
  • 12:00-1:00pm – Break
  • 1:00-3:00pm – Workshop: Anatomy of back-bending: avoiding common injuries to lumbar spine & shoulders with Jock

 

Sunday 14th September

  • 7:00-9:30am – Pranayama and assisted Self-Practice class
  • 9:30-10:30am – Break
  • 10:30am-1:00pm – Workshop: Spinal decompression to let the energy flow with Amy
  • 1:00-2:30pm – Break
  • 2:30-4:30pm – Workshop: Anatomy of hip opening: avoiding common injuries to hamstrings and knees with Jock

 

Your teachers

Between them, Jock and Amy have over 50 years of yoga practice and more than 20 years of friendship! They both completed Ashtanga Teacher Training with John Scott and assisted him in the UK and abroad. Jock went on to study with Manju Jois and David Swenson and Amy continued her studies with Sarah Hatcher and Joey Miles. They have led a successful Mysore programme at Lime House Yoga for four years and look forward to sharing their passion for Ashtanga self-practice with you.

Jock and Amy passionately believe in personalising the Ashtanga practice to the needs of each individual student so that they can enjoy the meditative experience of the self-practice space, whilst cultivating a practice that is suitable to their constitution, phase of life and physical, emotional and spiritual needs as they arise. In this way the practice serves the student by supporting their life rather than the student attempting to conform to an idealised image of each pose.

 

Testimonials

“Amazing workshop with Amy – can’t wait to practice what I’ve learned, and monitor the progress.” – Julie

“Jock is an incredibly generous teacher and this workshop was a superb introduction to the Mysore tradition.” – Rachel

“Thoroughly enjoyed today’s class with Amy, it was my first time coming to Lime House, I’m completely blown away with the whole experience.” – Nadia

“I’m in awe of Jock’s teaching. Great workshop… with clear guidance and useful drills. I’ll definitely join again.” – Kat

“Whether online or in person, Amy’s teaching is unrivalled in its clarity and accessibility. I just love her classes.” – Helen

About

Ashtanga Vinyasa

Ashtanga Yoga is the original style of Vinyasa Yoga. All other Vinyasa classes are directly or indirectly have their orgins from Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. It is a Hatha Yoga that uses a powerful sequence of postures combined with breath to create an internal heat that opens the muscles and purifies the body.

Ashtanga Yoga is an ancient systematic practice of yoga that slowly builds in difficulty to allow students to safely access their full potential. Focusing on breath, balance, and energy allows students to bring all their attention to the flow of postures in a moving meditation.

Dispelling the myths!

The full Ashtanga Primary Series can seem like a practice reserved for athletic, strong and flexible students. This is due to the way it has been taught.

This immersion gives an opportunity to practise Ashtanga in an accessible way, suitable to everyone regardless of  physical differences, life stages or injuries. Enjoy daily self-practice time and 8 detailed workshops which allow for an expansion of practice and specifics, with time for questions and discussion.

It will open up your world of yoga beyond just postural practice.

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EARLY BIRDS! Use code ASHTANGA and save £60! Only until 30th June 2025.

Follow the link below for booking links and instalment options.

Frequently Asked Questions

Your Teachers

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Amy Hughes

Amy began yoga with her mum in 1997. It’s been her refuge for grounding, healing and awakening ever since. Amy’s practice since 2008 has been Ashtanga and this remains the heart of her morning ritual. She teacher trained in the Ashtanga Self Practice method with John Scott and apprenticed for three years with Sarah Durney Hatcher. She completed Ashtanga’s fourth series under their generous guidance.

Amy’s practice is rounded out with pranayama, chanting and meditation and she loves to share these where she can. As an Ashtanga teacher Amy specialises in helping people to build an Ashtanga self practice suited to their constitution and life. She believes in keeping it accessible, maintainable and joyful. In this way the practice nourishes and supports the student’s growth rather than the student attempting to conform to an idealised image of each pose.

This individualising of self practices in Ashtanga draws not only on gems from her Ashtanga teachers, but also on her own self practice, her Trauma-Informed Training and outreach work and on her first training in Anusara Yoga with Bridget Woods-Kramer in 2005, which had a strong emphasis on bio-mechanical alignment.

Amy’s current Vinyasa Yoga classes are also deeply informed by this method; offering meditative flow sequences cued with an emphasis on alignment, energetics and breath. Amy also loves rest and recuperation practices and shares Restorative Yoga alongside her dynamic teachings at Lime House when opportunity presents itself.

Amy teaches:

Mysore (Self-Practice): Mondays | 7-9am

Gentle Vinyasa: Mondays | 10-11:30am

Mysore (Self-Practice): Fridays | 7-9am

Jock Orton

Jock Orton

It is said that we all come to healing in our own time and this was true for me when in 2000, I fell down a mountain snowboarding, breaking my back in four places and shattering my collarbone. After numerous unsuccessful operations, I decided to take matters into my own hands so that I might stand a chance of being mobile by the time I hit forty.

I began a regular yoga practice and as the ancient saying goes, ‘When the student is ready the teacher will appear.’ I moved back to Cornwall at the same time as Bridget Woods-Kramer, a world renowned Anusara teacher.  I did my first two teacher trainings with no intention of ever teaching yoga, I just wanted to further my knowledge for my own practice. It was Bridget who dropped the bombshell on me that she needed cover for a Saturday class that forced me into teaching my first class. I was completely terrified………but I loved it!

I spent six years studying and teaching with Bridget and have developed a style that is physically challenging with attention to posture and alignment and above all, playful. My experience has taught me to cherish the physical practice of yoga, but it is the connection between mind, body and soul that inspires my practice.  Over the last decade, my personal practice has moved towards Ashtanga and I have undertaken Ashtanga teacher trainings with David Swenson, Manju Jois and John Scott.

I have been teaching for 20 years and over this time I feel deeply privileged to have been taught by some of the worlds best teachers from a range of different schools of yoga, including Richard Freeman, David Williams, Sianna Shermann, Rod Stryker, Doug Keller, Bruce Bowditch, John Friend, Nancy Gilgoff, and Doug Swenson. In my classes I call upon the teachings of all of my teachers to best serve my own students, with a blend of the styles, techniques and adjustments I’ve learnt along my yoga journey. I am also co-founder and director of Lime House Yoga with my partner Emma and a dad to two wonderful children who constantly inspire and challenge me to be more present in the world and on my mat.

Jock teaches:

Dynamic & Strong Vinyasa – Mondays | 6:30-8pm

Mysore (Self-Practice) – Wednesdays | 7-9am

Vinyasa: All Levels – Wednesdays | 6:30-8pm

Yoga Kurunta (Yoga with ropes) All Levels – Thursdays | 9:30-11am

Ashtanga Vinyasa – Saturdays | 8-9:30am

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