Courses Archive - Pure Yoga Cheshire

Yin Yoga and Meditation

Francesca Giusti — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:26:00 +0000

Contact Francesca and Andrew to organise your personalised yin yoga and/or meditation session, available for private and small groups. Email us on [email protected].

Yin Yoga consists of a series of long-held, passive floor poses that mainly work the lower part of the body – the hips, pelvis, inner thighs, lower spine. These areas are especially rich in connective tissues. The poses are held for 3 to five minutes, sometimes longer.

In this class we will slow down, allowing the practice of Yin yoga to balance our busy lifestyle. You will be holding certain sitting postures for a little longer than usual and this will benefit your joints and your inner body, calming both prana (upper body energy) and apana (lower body energy). It’s the ideal practice to ground and prepare the body and the mind to sitting meditation.

We will stimulate the energy body clearing tensions and releasing blockages, recharging our inner resources.

This class is suitable for all, please inform the teacher of any physical condition. We will introduce short sitting meditation, you can use props to sit on, or even a chair.

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Intermediate Hatha / Yoga Flow

Francesca Giusti — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 11:28:23 +0000

Contact Andrew and Francesca on [email protected] to book your private session, small groups welcome!

This is an intermediate practice, including arm balances, inversions and pranayama for those who look for an extra depth in their practice.

A class for those looking for a deeper practice, suitable for those with some experience in yoga. We practice inversions and several more engaging postures, experiencing the connection between body/mind/breath. Hatha yoga is a physical and spiritual discipline which aims to bring the mind and body into perfect balance. Along with the practice of postures (asanas) we also practice breathing (pranayama); practicing hatha yoga will help clear the mind and channel all emotions, enabling you to dispel stress and anxiety as you tone and strengthen the body.

Practitioners experience increased vitality, better breathing pattern, more energy and peace of mind. Hatha Yoga is the perfect antidote to daily stress and modern life’s demanding rhythms.

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Pregnancy Yoga

admin — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:51:11 +0000

Please contact Francesca on [email protected] for private pregnancy yoga classes in Macclesfield or Somerset.

We practice effective breathing and relaxation techniques to invite calm, and yoga postures to manage common physical ailments. Yoga in pregnancy is an invaluable tool to connect with your baby and to prepare for their arrival. Here’s some of the benefits:

connect with your inner wisdom to build confidence and to support you during labor and birth
help to keep the body supple without straining
boost energy
help to relieve stress and anxiety
relax and promote restful sleep
help to relieve pain in labor and childbirth
help to relieve common minor ailments during pregnancy (e.g. swollen joints, heartburn, constipation)
help the expectant mother to bond with the unborn baby through breathing and visualisation techniques.

Open to all level of pregnancy. Francesca is a qualified Pregnancy Yoga teacher, she trained with Yoga Campus in 2012 and has been teaching prenatal yoga since.

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Traditional Hatha Yoga

admin — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:32:21 +0000

Traditional Hatha yoga is a physical and spiritual discipline which aims to bring the mind and body into perfect balance. This class is suitable for all, including those with no experience. It focuses mainly on the practice of postures (asanas) and breathing (pranayama); practicing hatha yoga will help clear the mind and channel all emotions, enabling you to dispel stress and anxiety as you tone and strengthen the body.

Practitioners experience increased vitality, better breathing pattern, more energy and peace of mind. Hatha Yoga is the perfect antidote to daily stress and modern life’s demanding rhythms. Friday evening Hatha Yoga has a special theme focused on more meditative practices, including some formal sitting meditation and some deeper breathing techniques.

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Relax and Restore Yoga

admin — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 11:35:48 +0000

Contact Francesca and Andrew to organise your private session, small group welcome – [email protected]

Specific restorative poses which are passive, designed to adjust the nervous system and rest the adrenal glands, enabling the body to move towards balance. In our fully equipped studio we use several props such as cushions, bolsters, blankets and blocks to support the body allowing the nervous system to experience a deep rest.

The aim of restorative yoga is to relax and renew helping to trigger the Parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). The PNS is responsible for balancing the body and brining its response system back into equilibrium. Stimulating the PNS helps to lower heart rate and blood pressure; it helps to healthily stimulate the immune system and keep the endocrine system operating funcionally. When this system gets out of balance, or when the Sympathetic nervous system (SNS) gets over stimulated, the PNS helps to bring all back in balance. Forms of relaxation, such and Yoga and Meditation that help to stimulate the PNS are generally beneficial for overall body health.

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