Pilates. Yoga, Movement, Health

All teachers also offer private one-to-one session on request.

Pilates

with Helena

Thursdays Fridays

9:30-0:30am

Pilates and Nia

with Mary

Pilates: Thursdays 7-8:30pm

Yoga

with Frankie

Mondays

 7:30-9pm

Yoga

with Lucy

Wednesdays

8:30-9:30pm

Feldenkrais/

Body Awareness

with Enat

Tuesdays

 11am-12pm

The class include the use of weights, stability balls and dynabands. When practised correctly, pilates can give a fantastic workout incorporating strength, flexibility and core training.

Cost: 8 week course £8 per class;

drop-in £12 per class.

Contact: Helena 07973 249151

Helena is a level 2 pilates instructor and has been  teaching for 2 years now; offering small group classes and individual private lessons.

Pilates:

Body conditioning classes based on Pilates exercise method of mind/body control. The emphasis is on alignment, placement, posture and injury prevention. The class is conducted with music, utilizing rhythmical repetition and flowing movements. Concentration on body awareness, anatomy, correct body usage and breath control, result in a strong; toned and fully functioning body.

NIA

Done barefoot to diverse and inspiring music, Nia is a practice that teaches you to be more YOYFUL,  EXPRESSIVE and ALIVE in your body. Nia is holistic engaging body, mind, emotions and spirit. Nia draws from dance arts, martial arts and healing arts to create purposeful movements that will help you grow and learn.

Cost: £8 per class/£6 concession

Info: Mary 075 2116 5894

www.move-sense-change.com

More ABOUT NIA: (Neuromuscular Integrative Activity)

The Technique:

Nia is a fitness technique that combines dance movements and heart-pumping martial moves arts moves infused with subtle therapeutic techniques designed to heighten body awareness and Sensory IQ.

Nia was developed in the early 1980s by Debbie and Carlos Rosas, after they began to question the traditional models of exercise and began to craft a more holistic way of being healthy in one’s body. By incorporating mindfulness, and encouraging people to make their own movement choices, the technique forms a tool of self-discovery through movement.

Nia combines 9 classic movement forms:

· From healing arts: the teachings of Moshe Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, and Yoga

· From dance arts: Jazz Dance, Duncan dance, Modern dance

· From martial arts: Tai Chi, Tae Kwon Do, and Aikido

Always supporting however, the Pleasure Principle: ‘if it feels good keep doing, if it hurts, stop!’

The Nia workout is generally performed in bare feet, runs for one hour and, through the use of music and movement, each Nia experience is uniquely crafted to both calm and invigorate. A Nia workout delivers cardiovascular and whole body conditioning for the body, mind, emotions and spirit.

Open Class of Yoga Asanas (Postures) and Pranayama (breathing exercises).

Everyone is welcome, all levels including beginners, there will be variations for everyone.

Yoga will increase your physical strength and flexibility. The classes will support the development of a deeper and more intense practice.

Cost:

£7.00 per session

£5.00 concessions

Frankie is a certified Yoga teacher of Hatha Yoga, qualified at Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram India www.sivananda.org/neyyardam, and she has practiced Yoga for over 10 years.

Scavarelli method of yoga:

This method uses ravity, and the breath to free and release the movements of the spine ,in order to improve alignment, strength and stability.

The focus is on simplicity.

Lucy Barnes trained and worked as a professional dancer or 15 years, and has choreographed for stage, film, and opera. She began studying the Scavarelli method of yoga in 1995 and has since trained to teach.

Cost:

£30 for a 4 week course, or £9 drop-in.

Please call for more details:

Lucy 07904 166 123

Who:

Classes are open for anyone at all abilities of movement or skill.

What?

The classes are series of gentle movements based on Feldenkrais Method. Designed to create comfort and ease in the movement of everyday life.

Why?

· To improve posture, flexibility and breathing

· To ease pain and stiffness throughout the body (including back, neck, shoulders and headaches)

· To prevent or recover from injuries

· To improve the quality and ease of movement.

When?

Tuesdays: 11-12am

Enat is a teacher in Feldenkrais method. Currently she teaches at various spaces in London.

She also taught movement classes for children and worked in an old peoples home in the occupational therapy department teaching movement.

She also offers on-going classes at home and a fitness walking group.

Price: £8/£6 concessions

FOR more INFORMATION contact ENAT ON 07884184436.