18 week course: Jan 3rd - May 9th
Saturdays 11:15a.m - 12:15pm *Fully Booked*
Extra Session: 10am -11am *3 Spaces Available*
Beautiful community, if you or anyone you know could benefit from this course please do let me know. Please do share it with anyone you know who could benefit and would like to join me for 18 weeks of studying and practicing how yoga can help those of us with chronic conditions to live with greater ease.
About the Course
A free to access 18 week course specifically designed for anyone experiencing one or more of the following challenges, which of course are often inter-related:-
Chronic stress, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, ME, or anxiety.
You do not need a diagnosis of any of these challenges in order to be welcomed onto the course. If you have a different long term condition and would like to discuss suitability please get in touch. When you register Emma will email you to confirm the course suitability for you.
This course is focused on relaxing the body and mind and befriending the body.
Emma has a great deal of experience of working with people with long term and complex conditions. This course will support you in relaxing the body through yogic breathing, postural techniques, self-massage and gentle rhythmic movements that everyone is able to do in your own way. These techniques help to switch nervous system dominance from sympathetic (fight/flight) to parasympathetic (rest/digest) to allow muscles to relax, the breath to deepen, and digestive system to work effectively. From there we can start to engage in movements that feel safe.
The course is structured as follows:-
Weeks 1 to 6: - Yoga for the nervous system: Movements, breathing and meditation techniques to dial down the nervous system.
Weeks 7-12:- 8 Limbed Yoga Beginners Course: Standing postures explored slowly and with the breath to allow muscular and mental tension to ease, so we can find space and strength in the body.
Weeks 13-18:- Yoga: Building on the first 12 weeks, everybody now gets to explore the practice with the personal one to one guidance of the teacher/. This enables everybody to work at a pace and depth that feels good to them on a particular day and empowers you to practice at home too.
Class Times: 60minutes
If you have any questions about the course please email Emma
[email protected]
Why the Course is Free to Access
This course value is £325 but is made available as free to access thanks to our amazing community of yoga students, massage clients and Soundbath meditators who sustain this space and make it possible for us to offer this space, the heating and lighting of the space, our yoga hammocks and our equipment for free. It is also supported by the National Lottery Community Fund who pay for the teaching hours.
We are very grateful to our community here and the National Lottery for funding this course and to all who buy Lottery tickets for making this possible.