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Jazz Yoga with Yazz Ahmed & Marisse Gaskell

Join us for the latest edition of Jazz Yoga with trumpeter Yazz Ahmed and yoga instructor Marisse Gaskell, as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival.

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Jazz Yoga creates an immersive experience for all yoga levels, marrying movement and music, and exploring the powerful effect this unity can have on the individual and a whole group flowing through a practice as one.

Yazz Ahmed is a renowned trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer who blurs the lines between jazz and electronic sound design. She is also a yoga enthusiast. Playing alongside this yoga session, she seeks to transport participants into an enchanting and beautiful soundscape, perfectly complementing the yoga movements and poses.

Ahmed plays an improvised set, making this a unique opportunity to see her playing in this style and setting.

Marisse Gaskell is a yoga instructor who teaches from an understanding that everybody is unique in anatomy, experience and preference, and her playful, light-hearted, teaching approach aims to foster an environment where everyone feels valued and supported.

Expect this session to flow with a gentle yet invigorating energy, incorporating elements of playfulness while also grounding you and creating space for stillness.

Need to know

Age guidance
For ages 16+
Event information

Mats are provided. Props such as blocks and blankets are not provided.

For your visit

This event is held at the Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre

The Royal Festival Hall is open six days a week.

Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm
Monday, closed.

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Plan your visit

The Royal Festival Hall is home to our largest auditorium as well as The Clore Ballroom, National Poetry Library, Members’ Lounge, Festival Bar & Kitchen, Ballroom Cafe and Skylon restaurant.

Getting here

Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.

The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues.  More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.

We’re cash-free

Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our venues.

Access

We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.

All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access. 

All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.

Food & drink

On Level 2 of our Royal Festival Hall you can grab a slice of life by the Thames with drinks and freshly made pizza at our Festival Bar & Kitchen which opens out onto our Riverside Terrace. You can grab a coffee and a slice of freshly made cake from our Ballroom Cafe. Or alternatively enjoy destination dining in the restaurant at Skylon.

From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.

Other places to eat and drink whilst you’re here