Get ready, set, rest… Are you feeling stressed, overwhelmed, sleep-deprived or simply in need of some ‘me-time’? Restorative Yoga can recharge your batteries, re-set your nervous system and bring a sense of balance back to your life.  Monthly early evening classes are starting at Studio Yoga on Thursdays at 5.45pm, from July 25, with teacher Tamsin Kelly. Advance booking is recommended. This is a gentle, quiet practice, with a focus on a few simple lying poses where the body is supported using props for maximum ease and comfort. This enables us to rest completely at all levels, for physical, emotional and mental well-being. It is suitable for everyone, and no prior yoga experience is required. Rest is different from relaxation. We need to be in a relaxed state for rest to happen, but not all relaxing activities are restful.  However rest is essential for the body is able repair, heal and rejuvenate.  It is when the body re-calibrates for health and vitality and there is mental calmness. A lack of […]

We’re delighted that two new Pilates teachers are joining the team at Studio Yoga, starting in January 2019. Jill Hanna is teaching an Improvers level class on Tuesdays at 10.45am, and Martha Cook takes over from Anneli on Thursdays, with a Beginners group at 11.30am and an Intermediate class at 12.45pm. Jill Hanna worked in marketing for a well known blue chip brand before re-training as a Body Control Pilates teacher. She has a degree in Psychology and has always been fascinated by what makes people tick: “It wasn’t until my children were born, quite dramatically I might add, that I realised how inextricably linked our movement is to our personality, our journey, our habits and our history,” Jill says. “Pilates helped me to find strength in my C section recoveries, as well as navigate the physical toll which being a Mum of two very little ones naturally presents.” As a teacher, Jill likes to place great emphasis on making everyday functional movements more effective, stronger and safer. She believes […]

Barre fitness classes are coming to Studio Yoga, starting in January 2019. The sessions combine ballet inspired moves with elements of yoga, dance, Pilates and strength training will be taught by trained dancer and yoga teacher, Dani Jones. The classes are choreographed to music and include classic dance moves such as pliés, as well as static stretches. Students use a barre, window ledge or chair for support while performing exercises which focus on alignment, core engagement, and isometric strength training combined with high reps of small range movements. Teacher Dani Jones began her love of dance at the age of 3 when she first went to ballet lessons. Dani trained with the Royal Academy of Dance, gaining her Advanced 1 & 2 Ballet certificates and studied it at  University. She describes Barre as like yoga-ballet: “It combines the grace and elegance of ballet with the alignment of yoga, the precision of Pilates, as well as functional training,” Dani says. “It’s suitable for all ages and abilities as you are so supported […]

It’s all go at Studio Yoga this summer, so don’t roll up your yoga mat just because it’s the holidays.  We’re open throughout July and the second half of August with a limited schedule of drop-in, mixed ability classes. The first two weeks of August we’ll be closed for refurbishment and improvements, putting in a new kitchen and toilets and redecorating throughout. All classes are £12 per person and everyone is welcome, regardless of your level of fitness or experience so come and give it a go!  It’s a great way to try out a class before signing up for the autumn term. All the classes are listed on the timetable or you can view them here: Summer Holiday classes 2018 1:1 sessions or private sessions for small groups can also be arranged by appointment. All sessions will run subject to demand, so please book online to confirm your place.  Yoga and Pilates are movement skills: the more you practise the better you get.        

Booking is open now for our spring term 2019 yoga and Pilates classes.  Have a look at what’s on offer here: Timetable Spring Term 2019 Classes are beginning on January 4, and we’re excited to have a number of new courses this year. For beginners there are specialist Pilates and Yoga courses. The best way to begin your practice is a short course with fellow beginners where you can learn the basics in a friendly and supportive environment. Yoga Beginners starts on January 11 at 11.30am and Pilates Beginners on January 22 at 10.45am. Other new courses include Yoga Flow with Kathryn Campling on Wednesday mornings at 9.15am and Barre Fitness with Dani Jones on Mondays at 10.30am. Our specialist Yoga for Healthy Lower Backs course begins on Wednesday January 9 from 12.30-1.45pm. Reservations are strongly advised and all classes can be booked online, through the class timetable page, but please call us if you’d like more information. Telephone: 01264 811158 or 07764 949317.