garden YOGA CLASSES

Upcoming Garden Yoga classes:

12pm Saturday May 9th *email us to join the waitlist

12pm Saturday May 16th

Our Garden Yoga Classes are a taste of the Garden Day Retreat experience.  Come and share an hour with us!

You’ll enjoy:

  • Beautiful Setting: Held in our serene, private English garden and home.
  • Expert instruction: Kathryn leads all our garden classes.
  • A chance to meet like-minded people in your local area.

What to bring:

Water bottle *please no other food/ drink.

We supply yoga mats and all equipment.

Garden Yoga Class May 16th

10 in stock

Be Still classes focus on Yin, Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra:

Yin Yoga

Modern Yin Yoga as we know it today was developed about 35 years ago as a counter balance for warmer, more active Yang styles of practice. Yin was developed for healthy, active bodies whereas Restorative Yoga was developed for those of us recovering from an injury, illness, or other health issues of concern. Both practices serve to heal and repair the body and mind.

In Yin, we are looking to:

      • Find our edge (come into the pose to an appropriate depth)
      • Be still in the pose
      • Hold the pose for a period of minutes

Restorative Yoga

In Restorative, rather than finding our edge (or stretch) as we do when practicing Yin, we are not finding our edge, but conversely, are entirely relaxing the body in supported and comfortable positions with the use of props in order to encourage healing.

The challenge for some of us may be in choosing the “easier” thing, but sometimes this is exactly what the body needs to repair and heal itself. This explains why Yin styles of practice can be as or more challenging than Yang styles.

Yoga Nidra

Yoga Nidra is a powerful practice known as Non-Sleep-Deep-Rest (NSDR), often referred to as the yogic sleep. It offers profound levels of relaxation, by guiding students through an exploration of the higher limbs of the 8-limbed Yogic Path – turning inward, concentrating, meditating and arriving in a bliss-like state much like the experience we have each night when we have a good night’s sleep. The benefits of the practice are deep and wide-ranging, helping with conditions such as insomnia, depression, anxiety and pain.