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Want to find confidence to build a home practice? The attention and focus that comes from a one to one yoga experience guides you on your unique journey to finding confidence on your mat. You will feel capable and free to practice yoga anywhere any time.

One to one or private group Yoga classes available on request. 

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Benefits of private yoga –

• Flexibility- choose a time, location and style of yoga to suit you. (online option)
• Abilities, injuries and recovery- particularly beneficial for the unique needs of people recovering from illness, injury, or with varying abilities due to the focused attention, feedback relationship, consultations etc.
• Comfort and support – for many larger groups may feel daunting, private one to one or small groups can allow for greater ease and comfort.
• Friends and family – private yoga classes can be offered one to one or in small groups with your family, friends or work colleagues. 
• Build confidence in your own practice and deepen your love of yoga.

Hatha yoga is the practice most aligned or associated with the traditional and classical teachings of yoga. It involves the practice of the asana (postures), pranayama (breathing techniques), and meditational practices such as yoga nidra (guided meditations to induce yogic sleep). These practices cleanse the mind and body, focusing on alignment and improving flexibility and overall can help us to maintain a deeper more profound sense of wellbeing. The body and mind are unified with the breath. Movement becomes a prayer within the body. The mind is soothed with the combination of slow breathing and methodical attention to the sensations shifting through the body. Hatha yoga is best practiced regularly to see all the benefits it has to offer, however even taking to the yoga mat once a week can have immense benefits for those who dedicate themselves to the guidance and the knowledge of the ancient yogi’s.

All Pregnancy, Mum and Baby Yoga and Postnatal Rehabilitation Yoga is available for one to one sessions and packages. Click here to read more.

Vinyasa is the practice of the same yoga asana (postures) as Hatha yoga however they are approached and combined in a slightly different manner than Hatha. The postures are designed to create a seamless transition between poses rather than simply moving in and out of the posture, creating a sense of flow directly into one another. The sequences are usually practiced at a faster pace than Hatha, although the flow may be fast or slow depending on the desired result. Vinyasa can be excellent at creating heat in the body, cleansing and moving stagnant energy, building resilience, strength, stamina and focus.

Each practice has its unique energy however they all tap into the same ancient knowledge of the body through the postures, breathing and mindful attention.

Restorative yoga is a delicious, restful and gentle yoga practice which allows us to let go of tension and holding. We dissolve into the support of whatever props we are using, usually bolsters, blocks, blankets and anything soft and warm we can utilise to simply feel comforted. We do work with some lengthening of the muscles and improving flexibility but it is done in a nourishing supportive manner, realigning gently and with kindness to the body, which sees the body respond by inviting us in and opening up to this patience and the effects of gravity. The deep purposeful relaxed state that is induced in the practice has a hugely positive effect on the nervous system, slowing the heart rate and blood pressure to a comfortable homeostasis. The perks of the practice though, as always with yoga, happens to the mind. Restorative yoga practice smooths the edges of the mind, creating a balanced, calmer, serene version of you and the ever busy chatter is calmed, switching from fight or flight to floating on air.

Yin yoga, is a variant of traditional yoga which utilises many traditional yoga poses, but again with some variations, the focus is tweaked and the poses are long held, really long, allowing us to marinade in the postures for enough time and breaths to feel the fascia release, and our own resistance melt. If you know what fascia is you can skip to the next part. Fascia is basically the webbing that holds our entire system of muscles, bones, ligaments, organs, vessels, nerves together. It is like our imperceivable shell, connected, woven and intertwined through every inch of our body and our nervous system. It gives us our shape. It is connected like a chain, through our entire system. Fascia, like muscle, can become dysfunctional, one link out can have a profound knock on effect further down the chain, referring pain or tension through the body. Fascia can be affected positively through Yin yoga, to release and re-align.
Classes usually only consist of a minimal amount of actual poses, so unlike most modern takes on traditional yoga which sees us flow through a set of sequences with speed, Yin is a much slower pace. Part of the challenge for most of us of a Western mindset is simply allowing ourselves to come to this state of heightened stillness, staying in the pose with full awareness of all the sensations the body throws at us for the duration of the held posture. The poses again may only be held for 90 seconds or up to 5 minutes depending on the pose and your experience, but the effect on your body and mind can be profound.Having explained the idea, I will emphasise that although in theory the practice sounds very similar to say restorative yoga where we hold poses for longer periods, the practice is very different, in restorative we are aiming to rest, restore and enjoy being supported by various props in an almost lazy yoga way. Yin is an altogether different beast. We work on the ligaments, fascia and staying with some uncomfortable bodily sensations and emotional ones too. You may actually feel slightly fragile and delicate for a minute after a long held pose but with an experienced instructor’s guidance and care you will feel an immense release of constriction, tightness and a yielding of the body to the moment. This makes it excellent for the purpose of martial arts or for those who work out and find while they have excellent strength and endurance they may feel flexibility and ease of movement could improve. It also suits those who may enjoy a good meditation practice or a regular yoga routine, the ability to stay with what is happening and not take our attention away from the sensations in the body is a huge aspect of the challenge of Yin, and its benefit of course. It is not for the faint hearted but it is so very worth the effort!

Yoga for teens offers young people a dedicated space to come home to themselves and become aware of the grace and intelligence of their own bodies. Our bodies have an innate wisdom but as we come into our teens the body can begin to feel like a foreign place for a while. A large percentage of girls reduce or completely stop sports when they come into their teen years, (as high as 61% and a 6 times higher drop out rate than boys). This can be due to many factors but owing largely to a lack of self confidence, a sense of body shame and self consciousness being high on the list. Yoga can help to give teenagers and pre-teens a greater respect and sense of pride in their bodies amazing abilities. Yoga has numerous benefits to improve mental health by building resilience, inducing a sense of calm when they are faced with life’s twists and turns and offering tools for teens to use, such as breathing exercise and mindfulness, to help with exams, new situations or day to day stresses.

Chair yoga is a practice that incorporates all the myriad benefits of a regular yoga practice into a seated practice, or supported practice using a chair. The postures are all adapted to the needs of the audience. This allows those with limited mobility, those whom are recovering from accidents or illness or those bound by the constraints of space, such as in an office situation, access to the wonderful benefits of asana (postures) pranayama (breathing exercises) and meditation to refresh, stretch and enjoy whether from their wheelchair, arm chair or office cubicle.

A specialty field of study which educates yoga teachers on the best practices and empathetic responses required to understand, support and facilitate those who have been impacted by trauma. Yoga is a powerful tool for the support of the therapeutic treatment of ptsd and trauma related issues. Often when trauma is experienced the body responds through fight, flight or freeze. This “freeze” response is often a method the body utilises to cope with situations where life is endangered by or there is no option of fight or flight. However, even when the threat has passed these old patterns or coping mechanisms of freeze, dissociation or numbness can still be residual within the body. Yoga is now being widely recognised and utilised, in conjunction with other therapies, to help guide survivors of traumatic events back home to their bodies, allowing them to safely feel and heal.