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Yoga Asana Series

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Backbends | Heart Openers

Thursday 5th February 6.00 - 7.30pm

The Yoga Barn | £15

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​This will be the first in an immersive series on Yoga Asana, each session focusing on a different group of postures.  The series provides an opportunity to dive a little deeper into the poses to gain a greater understanding of how they best serve your body.

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The Sanskrit word asana translates as seat/posture, the yoga sutras of Patanjali offer a guide that a steady comfortable connection to earth is at the root of our postures, the lovely balance of effort and ease - 

Sthira sukham asanam - sutra 11.46 

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This connection and awareness to each pose from the earth up helps us create a grounded stable foundation in the body, that place of steadiness. In turn this is balanced with a sense of lightness and ease throughout the body and breath so the postures feel active and alive allowing energy (prana) to flow. 

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Backbends | Heart Openers

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Our first session is all about unlocking backbends, or as I prefer to call them - Heart Openers, as we are opening the front of the body.  We will be exploring poses like

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Cobra

Upward - facing dog

Camel

Locust

Bow 

Bridge | Wheel

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The key focus is always for the shape to feel good in your body, letting go of any expectations of how we think the pose should ascetically look.  We’ll cover the key actions of the physical body in the pose, for example where to engage and activate, along with variations and props to adapt and modify as required. 

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As well as the physical alignment and refinement we will explore the internal layers of the subtle energetic body and how harnessing and directing our energy through each shape can really transform how it feels.  This is the intelligent, magical world of prana and the yogic models and philosophy of the Pancha Vayus and the 5 Koshas.   When we feel our bodies as energy, move with the breath and with intention, the postures really begin to feel beautifully connected and alive, evolving and developing from moment to moment.

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Once we have a greater understanding of each group of asana we have the tools to weave this knowledge and inner wisdom into our practice every time we come to the mat enhancing our overall yoga experience.

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​Yoga & Calisthenics

Online 4 Week Series

 

Weds 9am | 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th Jan

30 minute classes 

 

This series of classes blends dynamic bodyweight movements with yoga for overall fitness and holistic wellbeing.  These complimentary practices will help improve strength, endurance, mobility, co-ordination & balance as well as the opportunity to connect to your own breath, energy and flow.  

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Moving our bodies can of course provide a lovely gateway into feeling into more space and balance within so will close each class with a moment to sit and pause.

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I am really looking forward to combining my roots in fitness, barefoot training & yoga to share these classes with you,  they will be the perfect way to raise the vibration in January!

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Join live for the added connection & motivation or recordings available.

£15 for the 4 weeks | via zoom

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