Yoga is a practice that helps to re-integrate body, breath and mind. Hatha Yoga is the 'yoga of postures' and is the style most practiced in the West.There are many established styles within Hatha Yoga - each developed by particular practitioners or gurus including Iyengar, Ashtanga, Kundalini, Sivananda, Anusara, Scaravelli and many others.
Every teacher adopts their own style, developed from their own practice and influenced in turn by their own teachers. Through accessible, gentle, yet individually challenging posture work I encourage students to explore how their bodies reflect the way they habitually sit, stand, breath and move and to learn to free the body from patterns that are unhelpful. Through breathwork I encourage students to first become aware of how they breathe and then learn to use that breath to help their movement and to calm and focus the mind.
Through structured relaxation, which often includes an element of meditation, students learn how to reap the benefits of posture and breath work - reducing the effects of stress on both mind and body
I teach a flowing (Vinyasa) style of Hatha Yoga with influences from some of the highly experienced teachers I have studied with including Maarten Vermaase, Gary Carter & Jeanette Cassels.
Classes are held at Henley YMCA and Kempster Hall, Christchurch Centre - both of which have a wonderful new sprung wooden floors and great parking! Please join us when you can.
