Holistic Yoga sessions offer tools for self exploration into our being as a whole. Exploring our physical, mental, emotional, energetic and spiritual health & well being.
Through improved concentration and a deeper heart connection, movement and meditation can facilitate more awareness of any existing barriers and imbalances which we hold.
Gradually expanding and surrendering into the holistic nature of our being, movement and meditation can enable a Divine connection with limitless universal consciousness and all of its possibilities.
Sessions can include a combination of the following:
Physical Exercises
First completed with supervision and then recommended for routine practise, to allow for the transformations to then occur.
These exercises always begin with a strong focus around the spine, the source of our energy flow and the central component making up our physical body.
Exercises can range from being very active and dynamic (including Vinyasa – movement with flow) to being more passive and restorative (Yin Yoga) with the introduction of specific Yoga asanas (postures) when appropriate, including those targeting:
Muscle flexibility & stability
Core stability & balance
Hip opening
Shoulder & chest opening
Inversions
Arm balancing
Breathing Exercises
Breath control (pranayama) plays an integral part.
The correct use of our breath is essential in controlling the prana (life energy) that vibrates in all of us, and therefore has a direct link to allowing us to open up our body and mind.
With a lot of pains that we experience in our body being linked to emotional stress, breathing exercises are essential to learn how to achieve a sense of acceptance and compassion for our present state.
Consequently we learn how to let go of anything that we hold which has a negative impact on our health and well being.
Relaxation Techniques
In order for any healing to occur one must first learn how to truly relax.
Both physical & emotional stress can easily occur due to disturbances in energy flow that can result from the continual expectations we often set for ourselves in the modern world that we live in, alongside attachments to the material world and the impact of this on our self-awareness.
Guided Meditation
Cultivating control of the mind is the most powerful exercise that we can practise, once our body is ready for us to do so properly.
Meditation is incredibly powerful at allowing us to stay in line with our intentions by holding a space of nurture, firstly for ourselves, which we can then resonate to those around us.
Meditation can come in many forms and should be taught progressively, with complete guidance and support given throughout.
Chanting
Creating sound through chanting is an integral part of the history of Yoga, with the emphasis of its power noted in the fact that hearing has often been referred to as being our most powerful sense.
Chanting can range from creating vibrations (e.g “Om”) to more melodic Mantras. When performed it is energising for the body & mind, and can be very beneficial in developing focus, bringing a real sense of peace & happiness.
Chanting can improve memory, co-ordination, motor planning and can also have a positive effect on communication difficulties.
Eye Exercises
Eye exercises can be a very cleansing process and can strengthen the eye muscles, consequently improving visual focus.
With the eyes acting as crucial tools for communication and connection with the external world, a lack of eye focus can be indicative of a disconnection from ourselves and an inability to connect with others, which can then in turn lead to anxiety.
Therefore, eye exercises are very effective at helping with social & behavioural difficulties.
Mudras
A mudra is a gesture used to help balance energy levels, with most of them being performed using the hands and fingers, although they can involve the entire body.
The sequencing of mudras can help to improve attention, motor planning and can also be useful when working on regulation of breath.
