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Beginner Yoga & Pilates Classes
Breathing Place Yoga is a peaceful, relaxing sanctuary where you will feel welcome as a yoga or Pilates beginner. You can learn more about the different styles of yoga taught at our yoga studio by exploring class descriptions. All these beginner yoga classes we recommend for a beginner new to yoga. Visit our yoga for beginners guide to help you feel more confident before your first yoga class. Book your yoga class by clicking into the yoga classes below.
Feel Good Flow + Restore Beginners
5 Week Feel Good Flow + Restore Beginner's Yoga Course: 8.15pm, Tuesday 8th October 2024 (No class 29th October Midterm)
Flow + Restore is an embodied hybrid flow of Hatha Yoga and Flow Yoga; suitable for all levels. The class will incorporate both moving with the breath and holding poses to allow students find stillness and create balance. Hatha Flow Yoga helps improve flexibility and strength as you weave with the breath through creative transitions that lengthen, strengthen and centre you. Each class will end with a relaxing savasana to calm the central nervous system and absorb the benefits of the practice. The grounding flow of this class will help students to release tension and unwind from daily life. Your instructor Niamh is passionate about creating that safe space for her students and will work with where you are in your yoga journey.
Hatha Flow Yoga
4 Week Hatha Flow Yoga Studio Course: 7.45pm, Wednesday 23rd October 2024 (N0 class 30th October midterm)
This class is mix of Hatha Yoga and Flow Yoga (also referred to as Vinyasa yoga), a movement-based practice. Hatha Flow Yoga helps improve flexibility and strength as you weave with the breath through creative transitions that lengthen, strengthen and centre you. Hatha Flow Yoga classes start with some pranayama breathing practice then move into gentle stretching and strengthening postures, followed by an easy flow pattern which may focus on hips, shoulders, lower back, or legs. Some postures are held for a length of time using breath work to take your body and mind deeper into the asana and its benefits.
Private Yoga Class
Private or Semi-Private Yoga Class
Enjoy a yoga practice customised to your individual needs either one-on-one or with a partner. Breathing Place Private Yoga classes can help you deepen your practice physically, mentally and spiritually and provide a safe space to grow and develop your yoga practice at a pace that is right for you.
Slow your Flow Yoga
Slow Your Flow
5 Week Slow Your Flow Yoga Course: 8.30pm, Thursday 17th October 2024 A slower paced flow class, still linking breath to movement, but with more time to breathe in each pose, as we hold each posture a little longer. This class aims to help both beginners and those who wish to deepen their practice by intentionally slowing down both our movement and breath, doing around half the poses of a typical flow class.
Sensual Embodiment Womens Circle
Sensual Embodiment Womens Circle
Sensual Embodiment Women's Circle: 10am, Sunday 8th September 2024
Join Sam Buckmaster for a morning of sensual, embodied connection to your true self, harnessing the collective power of our female led circle.
This 2 hour workshop encourages you to drop into your feeling body through the experience of Sensual movement, igniting your Feminine energy.
Learn how our feminine and masculine energy can become unbalanced, and explore how to feel truly empowered and awakened through the exploration of embodied sensual yoga to awaken the power of the feminine within you.
No previous yoga experience required.
Summer Solstice Workshop
Summer Solstice Workshop
Summer Solstice Workshop: 10am, Sunday 30th June 2024
Honour the change of season with a very special two hour Summer Solstice workshop,
Enjoy a morning of gentle movement, breathwork, journalling, and guided meditation, moving together in divine power for this years summer solstice.
Forrest Yoga (27°) – Beginners
Forrest Yoga (27°)
5 Week Beginner's Forrest Yoga Course: 9.30am, Saturday 12th October 2024 This Beginner's Forrest Yoga course is suitable for all levels and teaches the foundations of Forrest Yoga. Taught in a heated room, this Forrest Yoga course starts with the ability to connect to and deepen the breath. You will learn basic moves to find greater freedom in your body and each yoga pose is tailored to work for you and your specific physical and emotional needs. Forrest Yoga is a healing transformational practice that will allow you connect to your body on a physical, emotional & spiritual level. Over the course, you will learn tools and skills that you can take off the mat and incorporate into your everyday life. We also offer an intermediate level Forrest Yoga class on Monday at 8.15pm
Forrest Yoga (27°) – Beginners
Forrest Yoga (27°)
5 Week Beginner's Forrest Yoga Course: 11am, Saturday 28th September 2024 This Beginner's Forrest Yoga course is suitable for all levels and takes you step by step through the foundations of Forrest Yoga. Taught in a heated room, this Forrest Yoga course starts with the ability to connect to and deepen the breath. You will learn basic moves to find greater freedom in your body and each yoga pose is tailored to work for you and your specific physical and emotional needs. Forrest Yoga is a healing transformational practice that will allow you connect to your body on a physical, emotional & spiritual level. Over the course, you will learn tools and skills that you can take off the mat and incorporate into your everyday life. We also offer an intermediate level Forrest Yoga class on Monday at 8.15pm
Online Yoga & Pilates Class
Online Yoga & Pilates Classes
Online Yoga & Pilates Courses: 2024 Whether you're new to yoga or Pilates or want to keep a regular practice, register for our online yoga & Pilates classes. These online live-stream Yoga & Pilates classes are offered to help you balance body, mind and spirit as you practice from the comfort of home. Online Yoga and Pilates class will be delivered by Zoom. Use these online Yoga & Pilates classes, to boost your immune system, increase mobility and enhance your mental well-being. Yoga and Pilates don't require any special equipment, just a quiet space with enough room to stretch and move safely. New students are welcome.
Mindful Monday – Slow & Gentle Yoga
Slow & Gentle Yoga
5 Week Mindful Monday Slow & Gentle Yoga: 10am, Monday 14th October 2024 (No class Bank Holiday Monday 28th October) Ease yourself into the week with a slower paced, stretchy, mindful yoga class. This gentle morning class is perfect for anyone looking to charge the batteries before a busy week, or anyone who feels like they need a little more nourishment for the body and soul. This class would also be perfect for anyone with reduced mobility, seniors or coming back to yoga after an injury or break. Enjoy 60 mins of self care focusing on harnessing the power of your breath, as you move your body in ways that feel good to you. Slowly strengthening and lengthening your muscles, whilst creating harmony and ease in the body and the mind.
Tai Chi Class
Tai Chi
3 Week In-studio Tai Chi Course: 10.30am, Thursday 17th October 2024 (No class 31st October midterm)Tai-chi consists of slow flowing movements which build strength and stamina. Mobility, flexibility and balance steadily improve with regular practice.
Tai-chi helps release stress and anxiety. The practice of Tai Chi boosts immunity, aids restful sleep, helps reduce blood pressure and joint pain. Practicing Tai-chi results in an overall sense of well-being and is suitable for all ages and fitness levels.
Classes begin with a warm-up designed to loosen muscles and joints in preparation for practice. Meditation and gentle breathing exercises are also part of this Tai Chi course.
Yoga 101 Beginners Workshop
Back to Basics Yoga Workshop
In-studio Yoga for Beginners Workshop: 10am, Sunday 1st September 2024 Get the New Year off to a positive start with our Back to Basics Beginner's Yoga Workshop. Always wanted to join a Yoga class but felt unsure if yoga was for you? Do you need a yoga refresher to renew your yoga practice? Created for students new to Yoga and for those looking to gain a deeper understanding of foundational postures, this introductory-level workshop will allow you to experience yoga as you learn the basic postures, breath work and develop a solid foundation of the basics of hatha yoga. The back to basics yoga workshop will take an in-depth look into key foundation yoga poses; safely and receiving the care and attention you need to build confidence. You’ll develop body awareness, learn basic postures, focus on healthy alignment, and practice coordinating the breath & movement. You will leave the workshop feeling stretched and relaxed and having the confidence to join a regular yoga class.