BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3969@manchesteriyengaryoga.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261024T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261024T153000 DTSTAMP:20251204T145356Z URL:https://manchesteriyengaryoga.org.uk/events/jayne-orton-general-class- for-everyone/ SUMMARY:Jayne Orton - General class for everyone DESCRIPTION:Jayne Orton is the Director of The Iyengar Yoga Institute of B irmingham (the name was suggested by BKS Iyengar himself ) when it opened in 2002 with his full blessings.\n\nShe is an Advanced level Iyengar teach er. She was a direct student of ‘Guruji’ since first meeting him in Ox ford in a Master Class when she was only a teenager – a pivotal moment t hat completely changed her life…..Jayne subsequently made annual trips t o Pune to study with him and the rest of the family. \n\nSince the early 1 980s she made over 25 trips to the Institute. In 2010 BKS Iyengar awarded Jayne an Advanced level certification which only a few teachers worldwide received from Guruji in the last few years of his life. Jayne likes to thi nk that the Institute she opened in Birmingham is unique in that it is the only privately owned building of its kind in the Midlands dedicated solel y to the teachings of her beloved Guru.\n\n\n\nIn Jayne’s own extensive teaching career of 45 years she has taught all around the globe including intensives at many Iyengar Yoga Institutes in Europe and the US and Canada .  More recently she taught the main Belgium Iyengar Yoga Convention and also the one in Holland. She has taught the main conventions in Scandinavi a and trained many of the teachers there too and in other parts of Europe. She will be teaching the Spanish Convention in 2025.    She is honoured to teach Iyengar Yoga including particularly her own regular local studen ts in Birmingham many of whom have been with her for decades.\n\nOver the years she has taught all kinds of classes from childrens\, teenagers\, pre gnancy classes to sessions for severely disabled students. She has also ta ught many famous people too who went on to practice Iyengar yoga long term – including film stars\, rockstars\, top sports teams including the Eng land Cricket team\, football teams\, amateur and professional golfers and professional ice hockey players. She has a particular interest in Indian P hilosophy and leads study groups on the subject. She also runs the medical class at the Institute and trains other Iyengar teachers in Therapy Work and guiding them through level 2 and 3 certification.\n\nFor many years Ja yne has been the teacher to the first team at Birmingham City Football Clu b where she teaches at the training ground in Birmingham on a weekly basis alongside the physiotherapy team and backroom staff and assists the playe rs with specific injuries on the recommendation of the team doctor.\n\nApa rt from being a lifelong BCFC fan\, her interests also include Indian Phil osophy\, reading and writing poetry and walking in nature with her belove d Jack Russell – Sparky (aka ‘Spark of Divinity’)\n\nProgramme:\n\nF riday intermediate class: 2pm - 5pm\, £30 members/£35 non members\n\nFri day online Pranayama class (you can stay and do the class at MDIY): 6pm - 7pm - £6 members £10 non members\n\nSaturday day: 10am - 3:30pm-  with a short break £50 members/£55nm\n\n\n\n\nBooking Help:\n\nIt is essentia l you tell us of any illnesses or injuries days in advance of the workshop s please fill in the booking form. Booking closes the day before the event .\n\nWe use PayPal to process transactions\, however you can use ANY debit /credit card to pay – choose the “Guest User” option on the payment page and you will be asked for your card details.\n\nMDIY members: If you only see the non-member rates\, this means you are not logged in properly \; please try logging in again. If this doesn’t work\, please email web master@mdiiy.org.uk.\n\nNon-members: You need to be logged in to book\; pl ease create a (free) basic account to book classes/events.\n\n If you hav e not booked online but want to check whether you can come on the day\, pl ease call Clare on 07747200411Payment is required in advance.  You can pa y with cash or a card on the door (if there are places available)\; but yo u will not be able to attend the class without payment.  If you do need t o pay on the door\, please arrive at least 10 minutes before the published event start time\, to minimise disruption during the class. We will close the building 20 mins after the event finishes. We will not tolerate behav iour that our members or volunteers find intimidating or inappropriate\, i ncluding refusing to leave when asked.  We reserve the right to remove me mbership and/or refuse future entry in the event of such behaviour.\n\nBoo king and cancellation policy\n\nMDIY members will take priority over non-m embers. MDIY will refund the cost of tickets (less a £5 administration ch arge) if notice of cancellation is received more than 7 days before the ev ent. Cancellations received less than 7 days before the event will not be refunded.\n\nBy booking you agree to the conditions of booking and attendi ng the class/event.\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://manchesteriyengaryoga.org.uk/wp-content/ uploads/2025/11/fdd607ba-96be-4149-9b0e-083e3974c4fe1-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Workshop LOCATION:Manchester and District Institute of Iyengar Yoga\, 134 King Stree t\, Dukinfield\, SK16 4LG\, United Kingdom GEO:53.476944;-2.092595 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=134 King Street\, Dukinfiel d\, SK16 4LG\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Manchester and Di strict Institute of Iyengar Yoga:geo:53.476944,-2.092595 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR