60 Mins

A Touch of Yin - Nice Poses to Stay In

Sometimes it feels good just to stay a little longer. Staying longer can happen when the conditions of feeling comfortable are met and we can give our body the time it needs to let go and become more passive. In order to stay longer the poses should be more accessible for all, comfortable enough that you can stay in them, as opposed to strenuous poses that you wish to rush through. The Yin element is connecting you to the body and breath that allows to a more peaceful state of being.

Free and Open the Upper Back

45 Mins

Free and Open Upper Back

This is fun class and recorded in the first week of the new year so great for when you have some energy to expend and you also want a jump start. Energetic standing poses and transitions with a focus on opening the upper back and the back of our body is our focus. We also explore lifting the chest and not always moving immediately with our heads in and out of postures.

Hip Compactness

60 Mins

Hip Compactness

Being held together is kind of how this feels. Moving with stability is key to increasing mobility safely and effectively. For this we need to learn how to feel our different muscles and how to engage them. Our focus here is mainly on the hips and how we can connect to them by how we position and use our feet. Lots of movement flow, hip openers and a delicious unwinding to close.

HATHA FLOW, Legs, Abdominals, Hip Flexors, Adductors, Balance, Breathwork, Groin, Hips, MobilityGemma NashOctober 27, 202360 Mins

Quality of movement and breath

75 Mins

Quality of Movement & Breath

Our breath has different qualities depending on the movements we are making. We can observe these changes and our awareness of how the breath changes by observing it throughout our practice. It is hard to focus and feel the quality of the breath, or take long steady breaths when our body is under strain (when we hold a particularly challenging posture). The quality changes depending on whether we are holding, maintaining or resting. It changes if we are upside down, forward folding, back bending, side stretching, twisting or lying down. Here we practice variety; in speed, in repetition, in orientation, in variation. In practice we trust.

HATHA FLOW, Function, Abdominals, Breath, Mobility, Breathwork, Twists, Upper BodyGemma NashOctober 30, 202175 mins

Countering The Hunch

75mins

Hatha Flow 11th February

If you are spending long periods of time sitting, whether this is at a desk, driving or feeding a new baby the pull in the body to slump becomes harder to resist. Our focus in this class is how we can counter the effects on the upper back (the hunch) through shoulder/chest openers and twists. There are so many options to relieve discomfort and a lot of the postures can be taken individually and practiced regularly on their own for relief. Never be intimidated by the length of a class, we are not doing this particular class in order to achieve a deeper backbend or a fancy arm balance. This is like first aid and does not need to sequential if you do not have the time to follow the full class.

HATHA FLOW, Mobility, Function, Breathwork, Chest opening, Shoulders, Twists, Upper BodyGemma NashFebruary 12, 202175 mins

Like Yin - Slowing down and accepting support

75mins

Hatha Flow 11th December

Sometimes we just need to slow down. Do less, stay longer and take a pause between thoughts and actions. As well as approaching things from a new perspective, supporting postures and giving yourself the space to let go. This class explores classically Yin poses and ways to ‘flow’ standing with minimal effort. This is the class for you when you need to move but perhaps feel low on energy or when you feel exhausted and in need of calming down the nervous system.

HATHA FLOW, Mobility, Breath, Breathwork, Restorative, Yin, Front body lengthening, Hips, TwistsGemma NashDecember 11, 202075 mins

Revolving palms to free the shoulders and open the chest

75mins

Hatha Flow 19th November

By changing the direction we place our palms we can change the experience of the arms, shoulder girdle and chest and completely transform some of our backbends. We also start to consider kumbaka as a moment, a pause at the top of our inhale that can reveal a profound stillness. Our practice culminates with an introduction to Maha Mudra.