6 Week Beginners Yoga Course, in Greenhill Sheffield

In the beginners course you will be guided through the classic yoga postures, simple flows and mini tutorials. 

This is suitable for anyone who wants to try yoga. We will adapt it to suit any invidivual requirements and needs.

It's also great for people who have done yoga before who want to try something new, or who’ve noticed their current practice has stalled. We will go back to basics.

The course has a strong focus on best practise and alignment. This leads to a stronger and safer yoga practise.

It's great if you've been doing yoga at home and watching video's, but how do you know you've been doing it "right"?

We teach you how to do it safely for your body. 

You’ll learn breathing techniques (inspired by Max Strom) that will leave you feeling calmer, less anxious and improve your sleep.

You will learn the basics of anatomy, physiololgy and science and how that applies to Yoga. 

You will learn to tune into your body, listen, learn and adapt.  These cues to be a game changer for your body and mind going forward.

By the end of the course you will have a strong foundation fit for any form of yoga you wish to explore after the course.

We would love you to continue pracitising yoga with us after the course, but there is no pressure to so. It's an option should you want it. 

Breath work is key in Yoga (and life!)

Utilising Max Strom breathing techniques throughout our practise, it will help to reduce stress and anxiety. 

Breathe initiated movement teaches us how to breath, move and stay connected. This  helps us to stay present and quietens the busy mind. 

• You will be introduced to Max Stroms Breathing Evolutions
  
  
• You will learn the difference between the automatic breathing and conscious breathing.

In order to transform and heal ourselves of any anxiety and depression we need to learn how to expand the chest, discover the Ocean Breath.

When we open the chest we release negative emotions, some that we’ve been holding onto for a long time. These simple and effective breathing evolutions/ exercises can bring you back to a peaceful and calm state and help with healing. 

Homework*: Try to practise everyday. 

Benefits: You will feel positive affects on your mind and body. You will have the knowledge to help you transform your internal state, prevent future anxiety, and help others to do so.

*Don't worry, it's not compulsory, just highly recommended!) 

Movement is key 

We use a unique movement system called Organisation and Activation to improve, stability, strength, and range of motion.

You will be introduced to Organisation & Activation and  you will use the body’s natural fascial lines to create stability, increase strength and improve your own bodies range of motion.

This unique movement system teaches you how to protect your joints, creating stability, strength by naturally activating your muscles, ligaments and tendons.

After time and regular practise you can then concentrate of improving your range of motion and flexibility (yep Yoga isn’t and never should be just about pretzel poses and flexibility. Headstands are not compulsory!) 

We learn how to focus your yoga practice around outcomes like pain relief, injury prevention and ensuring your body will last a lifetime.

Utilising anatomy, physiololgy, science and with the western body in mind, they can be a gateway to life long self exploration. 

This can then be applied to any sport and or activities of daily living to improve high performance aging.

The human hip is one of the body's largest weight-bearing joints. 

They are naturally strained from daily wear and tear and this can cause the hip to deteriorate or lose strength over time.

Having strong hips and glutes is important for maintaining good balance and stability, especially as we age. Strong hips also help with other forms of exercise too. 

We will work through some incredible game changing cues.

We will look at some classic yoga postures and learn how to keeps our hips, stable, strong and mobile during our practise (and life!).

The knee is also one of the joints most prone to pain, injury and many forms of arthritis. Especially osteoarthritis.

Many people experience knee problems at some point in their life. But there are ways to minimize the impact of knee problems.

We will look at some classic yoga postures and learn how to keeps our knees stable, strong and mobile during our practise.

Sun Salutations is a yogic movement sequences that help you connect your body and breath. It is a great way to get your body warmed up at the beginning of a yoga session. The combination of stretching and motion wakes up your body. This is something you can build up over time.

We will take it back to basics and slowly break down the postures, movements and transitions of a Sun Salutation A & B.

Often thought of as dynamic, here we will learn the importance of strong and stable transitioning for a stronger safer practise. Slow is the new advanced.

We will immerse ourselves into this beautiful empowering meditation. The practice aims to foster a mental state of kindness, love, and compassion

We will combine all we have learnt over the last 5 weeks into a slow flow, breath based sequence.

The practice can bring many benefits including

• Self compassion
• Decreased stress and anxiety 
• Reduce physical pain 

We are positive this will leave you hooked on yoga and you'll want to make yoga part of your life (fingers crossed!).