Styles of Yoga
There are many different styles of yoga out there, whether you want an easy class, one more physically demanding, relaxing, or meditative class.
Hatha Yoga
This class is suitable for everyone.
Hatha yoga is an ancient asana practice which integrates breath, body, and mind. This class is a relaxed yoga practice that integrates breath work with deliberate muscle elongation, toning and spacial awareness.
Hatha yoga creates the right space for self-transformation by providing a greater sense of balance and direction both physically and energetically. The systematic relaxation, pranayama (breath-work), and meditation in this class is meant to harness the mind’s attention and the body’s strength. Students are encouraged to develop a reflective practice on the mat, refining their awareness which builds a stronger mind/body connection
“I feel like a crumpled piece of paper when I arrive and when I leave I feel more like silk.”
Benefits:
- Focused ‘you’ time
- Improved posture
- Increased flexibility, tone & strength
- Enhanced concentration
- Greater balance
- Greater ability to relax
Women’s Wellness
This class is open to all women in all the different stages of their life, including pregnant ladies. It is a class designed to bring awareness into the female body.
In the session we will practice gentle, but effective, movements and meditations inspired by the Hatha Yoga tradition. If you are seeking an hour and a half of deep relaxation, nourishment, regaining vitality, creativity and being fully present in your body, this class is for you.
Benefits:
- Deep relaxation and nourishment of the body
- Connection with your feminine side
- Healthy menstruation, reducing PMS
- Hormones balancing
- Fertility
- Pre/post natal recovery
- Healthy pregnancy
- Menopause, reducing hot flashes
- Connect to the natural rhymes of nature
Pilates
Pilates is a series of techniques designed to improve muscular flexibility, strength and develop a strong core. The mat – based exercises will promote better posture, body alignment and mental wellbeing. There is emphasis on breathing, stabilisation and there are modifications for specialist conditions
Pilates will strengthen your body through a range of controlled continuous flowing movements. Pilates helps to bring balanced development to the whole body. Pilates exercises are performed on a mat and on specially designed equipment.
Benefits:
- Improves flexibility
- Increases muscle strength and tone
- Increases core strength
- Improves breathing
- Teaches control both physically and mentally
- Promotes body awareness
- Reinforces strong, mobile joints
Dynamic Flow
This class is suitable for everyone.
In a Vinyasa Form and Flow class poses are intertwined with the thread of the breath leading the way. There is an emphasis on bringing the skeletal structure back into greater alignment through concise alignment detail, delivered within a flowing sequence which encourages diffused awareness. Vinyasa Form and Flow is an Energetic practice where strength is explored alongside ease and softness in balanced action. Various relaxation methods are practiced during these sessions ranging from: yoga nidra, crystal healing singing bowls, guided meditations to total relaxation. Some classes may weave tantric philosophical themes into them which can profoundly awaken consciousness.
Benefits:
- Increases strength
- Improved flexibility
- Improved circulation
- Increased lung capacity
- Agility of mind and body
- Improved perceptions of the world
- Improved immune system functions
- Better focus and memory
- Improved motor memory
- Greater self-love
Meditation Rebalance Recharge
This class is open to all levels of meditation, from complete beginner to seasoned meditator.
The classes are an invitation to slow down, rest, recharge and find the quiet, still space within. These sessions are dedicated to sharing different techniques of meditation to help you become more centred, relaxed and grounded. The techniques will include, guided, seated, silent and walking meditations, trataka (concentrated gaze meditation) and many more.
Each class will end with a Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep), this ancient yogic practice allows us to experience deep freedom and to find our true state of being.
Benefits:
- Reduced worry, anxiety and stress
- Enhanced self esteem
- Increased mental strength and focus
- Improved immune system and energy levels
- Reduced ageing
- Improved attitude of kindness and compassion
Restorative
This slower, movement meditation class, is suitable for everyone.
Students will use the healing qualities of essential oils to relax or awaken senses before being bathed with the singing bowls. Everything on the planet, including us, is vibrating a resonant tone, even if you do not hear or feel it. When an organ or body part is healthy this too has a resonance which has a harmonic attunement with the rest of the body.
When working with crystal healing sound bowls profound effects within the organs, tissues, cells of the body as well as the circulatory, endocrine and metabolic systems come back towards optimal vibratory resonance.
Benefits:
- Deep Rest
- Improved Energy
- Reboot of the endocrine system
- Emotional Release
- Greater Selflove
- Changes in the automic, immune, endocrine and neuropeptide systems
- Tuning into pure tones played by the crystal bowls through the properties of: light, sound and colour allows these spectrum of frequencies to begin their resonating tones of wellbeing and healing to ‘all’ listeners, plants and animals included
Hatha Flow
Hatha flow is relaxed-paced yoga practice that integrates breath work with deliberate muscle elongation, toning and spacial awareness. Poses are intertwined with the breath leading the way more easefully. Hatha flow is an energising practice bringing your body, mind and heart into greater relationship with each other. Your strength will improve along with flexibility in a balanced way. Various relaxation methods are practiced during these sessions ranging from: yoga nidra, crystal healing singing bowls, guided meditations to total relaxation. This class creates the right space for self-transformation by providing a greater sense of balance and direction both physically and energetically.
A perfect class to unwind from a busy week, concluding with a long, guided yoga nidra
Benefits:
- Increases strength
- Improved flexibility
- Improved circulation
- Increased lung capacity
- Agility of mind and body
- Improved perceptions of the world
- Improved immune system functions
- Better focus and memory
- improved motor memory
- Greater self-love
Helpful Tips:
- Open to all levels
- Seriously good for your health
Improvers Yoga
A great yoga class for complete beginners to yoga and for people wanting to improve their practice or commitment to frequency of practice. This is the ideal stepping-stone class if you have already taken a beginner’s yoga course.
You will learn or recap basic pranayama techniques, skilful application of Tantric meditations, alignment detail and cues, Sanskrit and street language names for yoga poses, introduction to various mantras (chants, songs, life affirming words) and mudras (hand gestures which invoke meaning, intention and create an energetic seal within the body). You will learn Namaskars, their meaning, purpose and sequences. You will be introduced to spiritual sutras, tantric philosophy and empowered thinking and doing.
Yoga is ‘Skill in Action’ – come and learn exactly what that means and how to apply the wisdom tools of yoga into the fabric of your everyday life.
Benefits:
- Rebalance your body and mind
- Create feelings of wellbeing
- Counteract the effects of chronic stress
- Recover from injury or illness
- Enhance the function of internal organs
- Lower blood pressure
- Elevate and stabilise mood
- Teach you how to rest
- Improve selflove
- Stimulates organ function
- Improves heart function
- Lowers blood pressure
- Empowers you and your health
Helpful Tips:
- Let your body practice embodying yoga
- A wish to be well is part of becoming well
- Yoga has 100% positive side-effects