Embodied Presence

This class explores the potency and simplicity of awareness through movement.

Suitable for absolute beginners all the way through to experienced practitioners wanting to simplify and spend some time returning to the body from the mind...from thinking to feeling.

Return to this class time and time again when ever you are desiring a mindfulness experience using simple postures, the breath and the senses as the gateway back to this very moment.

Time: 45min

Focus: Body/Mind

Props: Blocks

Neck Release

A few stretches to release the major muscles of the neck.

This sequence is ideal for those who experience persistent postural tension and for supporting management of tension headaches.

Focus: Body

Time: 15min

Props: A block

Chaturanga Dandasana Workshop

Chaturanga is a challenging pose that features heavily in the contemporary practice of Yoga. This short workshop explores the many elements of this pose that we can refine in order to feel strong and capable in Chaturanga and to honour it as a pose itself rather than a transition in the vinyasa sequence.

Time: 10min

Focus: Body

Props: 2 Blocks

Explore the Shoulders

This class is a journey of awareness through the shoulders exploring how we activate and aline around the shoulder joint in standing poses as well as weight bearing through the upper body. We work to open the chest, explore the shoulder blade and the full capacity of the shoulder joint in a series of standing poses and binds, leading towards chaturanga dandasana.

Time: 45min

Focus: Body

Props: 2 blocks

Shoulder Strength for Yoga

This class combines common Yoga poses where we work through the upper body and challenges the muscles around the shoulders by using hand weights.

The upper body movements can be used on their own as part of a strength program for the upper body or to build strength and ease for our yoga practice.

Time: 40min

Focus: Body

Props: Blocks and hand weights (start with 1 and 2kg and then increase)

Half Moon Hips

This is a practice to build awareness and strength around our hips. We will explore poses that challenges the hips in all directions in order to prepare us to experience the balance of half moon with strength and confidence through a few different entries into the pose.

Time: 50mins

Focus: Strength and stability

Props: 2 blocks

Slide Into Strength

This practice can be used to build strength and awareness before taking another online or in person yoga class or can be part of a stand alone daily practice to build strength through your full active range of motion as well as capacity at the deepest points in a pose.

This is particularly useful for those with a hypermobile body type.

Time: 20min

Focus: Body/strength

Props: slides or slide substitute, blanket, weights optional

Strong and Supported Centre

This practice is designed to support you in building awareness and strength through the trunk muscles. Using a combination of Yoga movements and some resistance with weights this class can be returned to many times to support your yoga practice or to work with more consistency when you are focusing on building strength in your core.

This is especially useful for those who are more hypermobile and are needing to build stability and control through their full and unique range of motion.

Time: 25min

Focus: Body

Props: bolster/blanket, blocks/step, weight minimum 2 x 1kg

Hollow Body

This class will awaken an awareness of the hollow body shape. Expect to explore activating a hollow centre in standing poses, in floor postures and how grounding into the earth is a key source of feedback for finding a hollow in our bodies.

Time: 45min

Focus: Body

Props: blocks optional

Yoga to Build Strength in Asana

In this class we work with some common Yoga asana that are often performed bypassing our strength. We will use repetition to work with each pose dynamically whilst adding the option of using weights to further challenge and strengthen the body

Time: 45mins

Focus: Body

Props: weights

2 x 1kg and 2 x 5kg used in this sequence