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.

Contact us on [email protected] to arrange your private session with Andrew and Francesca. Small groups welcome.

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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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.