Irish Yoga Association
The IYA is a democratic organisation with charitable status that aims to share its love of yoga with people in Ireland, Europe and abroad.
It is an association of students, teachers and tutors from all walks of life that share the common desire to explore the personal and universal on an exciting journey.
Our foundations are based on the study of classical Yoga texts, education through experience and Yoga as a way of life.
The IYA provides a wide range of comprehensive education courses, delivered by highly skilled and knowledgeable tutors who train intensively in order to teach from spiritual depth.
Registered Charity: CRA 20069827
Adult learners’ week: If you’re interested in hosting a yoga class/meditation/information session please see below for details…
The Adult Learners’ Festival site is now live and registrations are open for Adult Learners’ Festival 2026.
Taking place 2nd – 6th March, this year’s theme is 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, celebrating the role of adult and community education in supporting lifelong learning and stronger communities across Ireland.
Groups planning to host an event are encouraged to register early:
🎁 The first 40 registrations will receive a €100 voucher towards their event
📦 The first 80 registrations will also receive an Adult Learners’ Festival Resource Pack
Don’t miss your chance to take part and make ALF 2026 a celebration of learning and community.
Register your event here: https://www.adultlearnersfestival.ie/
#SpringIntoLearning #ALF2026
Taking place 2nd – 6th March, this year’s theme is 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, celebrating the role of adult and community education in supporting lifelong learning and stronger communities across Ireland.
Groups planning to host an event are encouraged to register early:
🎁 The first 40 registrations will receive a €100 voucher towards their event
📦 The first 80 registrations will also receive an Adult Learners’ Festival Resource Pack
Don’t miss your chance to take part and make ALF 2026 a celebration of learning and community.
Register your event here: https://www.adultlearnersfestival.ie/
#SpringIntoLearning #ALF2026
🌿 Emotional Movements & the State of Yoga Nirodha
with Denis Perret
Do yoga techniques help us keep disturbing emotions at a distance in order to remain “stable”?
Or can we truly welcome anxiety, frustration, sadness — and stay present with them?
In this online meeting, we will explore:
• whether calm in yoga comes from suppression or from kind awareness
• how to meet our inner states with gentleness, whatever their nature
• the transition from inner agitation to inner peace — from vyutthāna to nirodha (Yoga Sutra III.9)
• why inner peace may be the only true resource for caring for what feels unsettled within us
Inspired by Patanjali’s teaching, we will reflect on the capacity to be fully here and now, regardless of the moment we are living.
The relationship with the Inner Child will also be explored as a meditative way of caring for the part of us that carries emotional sensitivity.
🧘♂️ Denis Perret is a yoga teacher (individual Viniyoga, meditation) and yoga therapist, and has been training yoga teachers for over 20 years. He lives near Grenoble, France.
“I am deeply passionate about the yoga tradition, which beautifully supports the emergence of a new consciousness.”
📅 January 24, 2026
🕕 6:00–8:00 PM
💻 Online event
The lecture be held in French
🔗 Registration link in bio
📺 Recordings from the Spirituality Program are available on our YouTube channel
#euy #lecture #yoga #nirodha #spirituality
with Denis Perret
Do yoga techniques help us keep disturbing emotions at a distance in order to remain “stable”?
Or can we truly welcome anxiety, frustration, sadness — and stay present with them?
In this online meeting, we will explore:
• whether calm in yoga comes from suppression or from kind awareness
• how to meet our inner states with gentleness, whatever their nature
• the transition from inner agitation to inner peace — from vyutthāna to nirodha (Yoga Sutra III.9)
• why inner peace may be the only true resource for caring for what feels unsettled within us
Inspired by Patanjali’s teaching, we will reflect on the capacity to be fully here and now, regardless of the moment we are living.
The relationship with the Inner Child will also be explored as a meditative way of caring for the part of us that carries emotional sensitivity.
🧘♂️ Denis Perret is a yoga teacher (individual Viniyoga, meditation) and yoga therapist, and has been training yoga teachers for over 20 years. He lives near Grenoble, France.
“I am deeply passionate about the yoga tradition, which beautifully supports the emergence of a new consciousness.”
📅 January 24, 2026
🕕 6:00–8:00 PM
💻 Online event
The lecture be held in French
🔗 Registration link in bio
📺 Recordings from the Spirituality Program are available on our YouTube channel
#euy #lecture #yoga #nirodha #spirituality
How to Act Intelligently with Our Emotions
François Lorin
We are not speaking about survival emotions triggered by real danger, but about emotions created—consciously or unconsciously—by thoughts of the past and projections into the future. Trying to control or master these emotions is a mistake. They reveal a painful process rooted in memories, conditioning, and anxiety.
By listening attentively and without judgment, we avoid being carried away by emotions and acting on them, for example in anger. Making peace with this process, without refusal or resistance, allows it to dissolve over time. This open acceptance of emotions and the physical sensations they create is essential for mental and physical balance—what Patanjali calls citta.
Nourishing emotions, such as the perception of beauty or an open heart, can be fully welcomed. Yet vigilance is needed: the desire to repeat pleasant experiences can turn acceptance into appropriation. This strengthens attachment, separation, and the illusion that we can force life to give us what we want.
True intelligence with emotions lies in welcoming whatever arises, with trust and without resistance.
The talk will be held in English.
🗓 Online Event
January 22, 2026 | 19:00–20:30
🔗 Registration link in the bio
🎥 Recordings available on YouTube (Spirituality Programme)
#yoga #euy #lecture #emotions #event
François Lorin
We are not speaking about survival emotions triggered by real danger, but about emotions created—consciously or unconsciously—by thoughts of the past and projections into the future. Trying to control or master these emotions is a mistake. They reveal a painful process rooted in memories, conditioning, and anxiety.
By listening attentively and without judgment, we avoid being carried away by emotions and acting on them, for example in anger. Making peace with this process, without refusal or resistance, allows it to dissolve over time. This open acceptance of emotions and the physical sensations they create is essential for mental and physical balance—what Patanjali calls citta.
Nourishing emotions, such as the perception of beauty or an open heart, can be fully welcomed. Yet vigilance is needed: the desire to repeat pleasant experiences can turn acceptance into appropriation. This strengthens attachment, separation, and the illusion that we can force life to give us what we want.
True intelligence with emotions lies in welcoming whatever arises, with trust and without resistance.
The talk will be held in English.
🗓 Online Event
January 22, 2026 | 19:00–20:30
🔗 Registration link in the bio
🎥 Recordings available on YouTube (Spirituality Programme)
#yoga #euy #lecture #emotions #event
Please see our website www.iya.ie or book on the link below:
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Save the date for our Annual Residential Yoga weekend…more details to follow🙏
