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Yoga Classes

Everyone is encouraged to work within their own limits in a friendly informal atmosphere, generally in small bespoke groups. Alternatives and adaptations are offered along with individual tuition and correction.

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Hatha Yoga For Beginners

Suitable for all levels.

This class focuses on the basic principles of Pranayama (breathing), Asanas (Yoga postures) and Savasana (relaxation).

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Hatha Yoga Intermediate

Suitable those who have practiced yoga before. 

A general Hatha Yoga Class

This class focuses on Pranayama (breathing), asanas (Yoga postures) and savasana (relaxation). A mixture of individual yoga poses and Vinyasa slow flow, with a few postures to challenge you!

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Vinyasa Flow

Suitable for those who are familiar with yoga.

Starting with a warmup, then moving into a string of postures put together that move from one to another seamlessly, using breath to create heat.
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Yoga For Posture

Suitable for those who sit for prolonged periods.

This Yoga class is aimed at promoting flexibility helping you to identify and work on areas of tension and start to notice and correct imbalances. Research shows us sitting for long periods can have negative effect on health and is often uncomfortable this can contribute to tightness in the hips and legs, in addition to neck, shoulder and back pain in upper body. Yoga is good for your mental health, helps calm the mind and slowing racing thought patterns and has a positive effect on stress and anxiety improving mood.
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Specialised Yoga

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Yoga For Mobility / Chair Based Yoga

Suitable for all levels welcome as each pose can be modified to suit individual needs, enabling you to go at your own pace.

From a seated position, we begin with some simple breathing techniques followed by a series of postures to warm you up safely before moving into yoga poses.

Modifications are provided throughout allowing you to work between seated and standing positions whilst also working on balance which may help to prevent falls. The class ends with a short relaxation to induce a sense of wellbeing and calm. 

Please note, this class is online only.

Thursday @ 11:45am

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Therapeutic Health And Wellbeing

Suitable for all levels

This is a gentle class aimed at bringing awareness to your body and breath, using movement visualisation and mindfulness techniques to improve breathing, reduce stress and  promote wellbeing.

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Pilates Classes

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Pilates

Suitable for all levels.

This class focuses on Breathing, Concentration, Control, Centering, Precision and flow of movements. Pilates aims to strengthen the body with emphasis on core strength to improve posture, muscle tone, balance and joint mobility.
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Specialised General Activity

Falls Prevention Based Exercise Programme

Suitable for older people, in care homes

Evidence-based fall prevention program from New Zealand (late 1990’s)

The course consists of 22 Otago exercises designed to prevent falls and improve balance and strength and confidence.

The benefits of exercise are plentiful. By maintaining your programme, you can improve:

  • Balance
  • Muscle strength
  • General fitness
  • General well-being
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Cardiac Rehabilitation

Suitable for anyone with previous heart condition

A specialist exercise session that follows the British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation guidelines.

This specialist session includes a structured warm up building in gradual intensity, then a circuit alternating between cardio and strength work ending with a gradual cool down to ensure heart rate is carefully returned to pre-exercise state.

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General Health Classes

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Activity For Health

Suitable for beginners / people with Long Term Health Conditions and Disabilities.

This is a specialist bespoke activity class that works on balance to help prevent falls, and improve mobility, flexibility, strength and stamina to and help with daily activities and maintain independence.

A fun class starting with a gentle warm-up, moving to stretches then alternating between cardio/stamina, strength, balance, and flexibility, using functional movements to help you with everyday activities. Chair based options/adaptations offered to safely include everyone

Please note, this class is online only.

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Body Conditioning

Suitable for all levels

An aerobic warm up followed by functional exercises that work big muscle groups like legs option of using own body, alternating between cardio and strength training using weight.

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General Aerobic

Suitable for all levels

A cardio based class that gets your heart pumping, burns fat. Finishing with deep stretches to leave you invigorated.  

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Personalised Programmes

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Yoga Programme

Book a 1:1 Yoga (online or in-person) includes breath, mobility, flexibility, strength and relaxation techniques. Sessions will be tailored to your needs and specific requirements.  

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Pilates Programme

Book a 1:1 Pilates (online or in-person) to help you build core strength, improve posture and alignment. Sessions will be tailored to your needs and specific requirements. 

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Activity Programme

Book a 1:1 exercise session (online or in-person) to help you to build, stamina, strength and flexibility in your body. Sessions will be tailored to your needs and specific requirements. 

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Hatha Yoga

Hatha Yoga is a slow-paced form of Yoga that works with individual postures and includes pranayama (breathing techniques), meditation and relaxation.  It is ideal for beginners or for those who want to develop/improve their existing practice.

Hatha means  “Wilful or forceful “

The word Hatha is a compound of the words  Ha meaning  Sun and Tha meaning moon. Yoga means to join two things together. Hatha yoga is meant to join together the sun (Masculine  active energy) and the moon( feminine receptive energy ). Hatha yoga is a path towards creating balance and uniting opposites.

What to expect

Classes will begin with some pranayama ( breathing ) to settle your mind and bring you to the here and now. I like to think of this as we are aligning up our mind and body, then we move to simple Yoga postures to safely warm up the body.

Then we Introduce some balance work which is a good way to promote stillness and focus ready for the more challenging/ stronger energising postures which will create heat/warmth. often using a slow flow of a couple of postures. that build in intensity.

Some postures are performed standing, some seated, adaptations and alternatives are always offered.

The class generally ends with relaxation (savasana)  where we bring our attention to our breath, which helps to still the fluctuations of the mind and be more present in unfolding each moment which can bring about a feeling of calm, peace and stillness.

Create your Space

You will need :

A quiet space where you won’t be disturbed, where you are comfortable and have

enough space (a clear trip-free area ).

To wear loose comfortable clothing and bare feet.

A sturdy chair.

A mat,

A bolster or soft blanket, belt, blocks and cushions ( or a tie or scarf and a few large books to sit on will do )

To set your phone on silent /fight mode.

To work to your own level, never force into postures that you feel uncomfortable in.

Your Yoga Practise

Yoga practice is personal to us all, it may take a while to settle in so be patient and forgiving towards yourself. If you are starting something new there are always days when you find things easier than others and it’s sometimes harder to motivate yourself, it takes time and effort to create a habit and at first, some things may prove to be a bit of a challenge. You will settle into your own space and learn to listen and feel what your body and mind are telling you.

Help is available to set up on online /zoom

Create your Space

You will need :

A quiet space where you won’t be disturbed, where you are comfortable and have enough space (a clear trip-free area ).

To wear loose comfortable clothing and bare feet.

A sturdy chair.

A bolster or soft blanket, belt, blocks and cushions ( or a tie or scarf and a few large books to sit on will do )

To work to your own level, never force into postures that you feel uncomfortable in.

To set your phone on silent /fight mode.

Yoga practice is personal to us all , it may take a while to settle in so be patient and forgiving towards yourself. If you are starting something new there are always days when you find things easier than others and its sometimes harder to motivate yourself , it takes time and effort to create a habit and at first some things may prove to be a bit of a challenge . You will settle into your own space and learn to listen and feel what your body and mind are telling you

Help is available to set up on online /zoom

Create your Space

You will need :

A quiet space where you wont be disturbed, where you are comfortable and have enough space (a clear trip free area ).

To wear lose comfortable clothing and bare feet .

A sturdy chair.

A mat,

A bolster or soft blanket, belt , blocks and cushions ( or a tie or scalf and a few large books to sit on will do )

To work to your own level , never force into postures that you feel uncomfortable in.

To set your phone on silent /fight mode.

Help is available to set up on online /zoom

History of Pilates

Joseph Pilates born near Dusseldorf in 1883. As a child, he was frail and sickly and suffered rickets asthma and rheumatic fever. He was determined to overcome his fragility and experimented with many different movements and exercise approaches to develop his own body, including Yoga, Gymnastics, skiing, self-defence dance and circus and weight training. He selected the most effective features from each approach to create his own system of exercises to provide him with a balance of strength and flexibility. Having proven these worked on his own body he then began to teach them to others.

In 1912 he travelled to England, he was training detectives in London when the First World War broke out and was interned because of his nationality. During this time, he helped out in the camp infirmary sharing (and developing) his techniques by training his fellow internees.
After the war he returned to Germany, and it was here he encountered the world of dance.

In 1926 he emigrated to United States of America on the way there he met his future partner Clara and they
decided to set up a studio in Eighth Avenue, New York. Here they worked from 1920’s to their deaths, Clara 1977 and Joseph 1967 Joseph left behind a huge legacy of work. The core of his mat work is commonly known as the full Mat (34 original exercises) and was originally known as Contrology this became known as Pilates after
his death in 1967.

The Benefits of Pilates

“The Pilates Principles” is based on.
Alignment
Centering
Concentration
Control
Precision
Breathing and flowing movement.

What will it do for you?

Develop your body awareness, improving and changing the body’s posture and alignment, increasing
flexibility and core strength. Mobility for joints and injuries, ideal for MS, ME, spinal conditions, or
recovery and well-being, for the elderly with arthritis. Beginners, intermediates, and advanced
classes covering Posture, breath, strength and balance.

Create your Space

You will need:

A quiet space where you won’t be disturbed, where you are comfortable and have enough space (a clear trip-free area ).

To wear loose comfortable clothing and bare feet.

A mat

A bolster or soft blanket, belt, blocks and cushions ( or a tie or scarf and a few large books to sit on will do )

To set your phone on silent /fight mode.

To work to your own level, never force into postures that you feel uncomfortable in.

Help is available to set up on online /zoom

Create your Space

You will need;

To wear loose comfortable clothing and trainers .

A sturdy chair

A Clear trip-free safe area

Light weights or you can use a couple of cans / filled water bottles

A drink

Remember to work to your own level, comfortably out of breath