Whether you book onto one of my classes, follow an online video or join me on a workshop or retreat, you can generally expect a Hatha-based practice. This ancient style of yoga brings balance in the body, mind and emotions and will involve physical poses (asanas) and breathing techniques, wrapped in awareness and mindfulness. Hatha is practiced at a relatively slow pace versus other types of yoga, giving you time and space to listen to what you need physically and mentally.
Your reason for coming to yoga will be unique to you, and so the practice will wrap around your individual needs. Each Hatha practice is holistic which means that your whole body will receive new energy, care and attention. The Hatha path allows me as a teacher to offer many modifications to the traditional poses, which in turn makes this class suitable for complete beginners through to advanced students.
Yoga is proven to have a significant positive impact on *Reducing Stress, Anxiety and Depression. We learn to control the mind, instead of the mind controlling you.
There are 100s of Yoga body benefits, one of which is *Increased Flexibility, an integral component to good physical health.
With regular practice you can enjoy significantly increased feelings of *Well-being and Self-worth while decreasing anxiety and tension.
All yoga practices with me are meditative in their style. What does this mean? Well, you may have experienced a yoga class which is very instructional with a ‘show and tell’ approach and lots of demonstrations. My teachings are quite different from this and aim to take you on a journey within, very much a feeling inward practice, rather than a thinking and ‘being in your head’ practice.
Through breath practices (pranayama) and movements with awareness (mindfulness), your practice naturally becomes meditative. I find this style brings a huge amount of insight, which can be used to improve your sense of wellbeing. It’s also deeply nourishing to enjoy a full yoga practice without distraction and often leads to an amazing nights sleep!
Meditation develops certain areas of the brain, such as those that are responsible for *Memory, Compassion, and Empathy.
Yoga truly is a mind-body practice. Research has found that a regular Yoga practice *Improves Brain Functioning.
Meditation and mindfulness practices *quieten the ‘monkey mind’, the chatter, the distractions, the self-sabotaging stuff that’s always round our minds.
Yin is a deeply restorative yoga practice which centres on letting go of tightness, tensions and negative emotions. Yin is predominantly floor based, involving long, deep holds to access deeper layers (ligaments, tendons and surrounding fascia) within your body. The benefit of long deep holds is that we can start to access a deeper range of movement.
My Hatha classes often include two or three Yin poses, and you’ll find pure Yin practices within the Yoga Videos library. With regular practice you can expect to experience a wonderful Yin afterglow, which promotes a deep sense of wellbeing. Oh, and did I mention we always end with a deep relaxation – ahhhhhh. Yin is suitable for all abilities. It can sometimes be handy to use props from your home – a cushion or pillow, a blanket, to aid the letting go within the poses.
Yin is known to *Improve your quality and quantity of Sleep.
Through Yin poses we can influence a *Deeper range of movement and flexibility.
Yin massively boosts your *Mindfulness, a learned technique which you can apply on and off the mat!
I’m fully qualified in Pregnancy Yoga, Post Natal Yoga and Hypno Yoga for birth, and so I love to share these wonderful pregnancy-specific yoga practices with mammas-to-be. I offer 121 private tuition only, which focusses on practices, tools and techniques to support you through your pregnancy and the birthing experience. Through poses (asana), breathing techniques and visualisations we soothe your changing body, bond with baby and prepare for your birth.
As a mum of two boys, I’ve used these techniques with my own pregnancies and births – with wonderful results! My suggestion is to book a block of 4 x 1hr sessions with me at £60 an hour. Contact me for more information and to personalise the program for you.
Pregnancy and Hypno Yoga help to *Release your Fears and anxieties in the lead up to and including the birth.
Enjoy releasing your aches and pains as your body shifts/changes and your baby grows.
Enjoy a huge boost to your *Self-Care and self-compassion, which is essential and a necessity, not a luxury.
