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Prepare For The Enchantment & Awakening Of The Senses

Join Ella for Power of Shakti workshop on Saturday 10th July, 5-7pm at Heather Yoga Online.

Prepare for the enchantment and awakening of the senses…

Smell
Essential oils are a gift from earth’s healing plants. We use pure, potent aroma to bring our entire being into presence and pleasure.

Touch
Abhyanga is an ayurvedic ritual utilised to ground and protect. When we show ourselves that we are worthy of our own precious touch, we send powerful information to our conscious and subconscious mind.

Taste
The pleasure of taste is one we all know well, but when we truly tune in, the feeling can become ecstatic! Cacao is known as a ‘food of the Gods’. It is a plant medicine that is honoured in ritual and ceremony. Ella will be enjoying her Chocolate Tea made from cacao husks, get yours HERE. All three flavours (Chocolate Orange, Chocolate Chai, Chocolate Vanilla) are made with 100% organic ingredients and come in fully compostable packaging.

Sight
Although we spend most of our days with our eyes open, often we don’t truly see, instead we may ‘overlook’ or ‘see through’ that which is right in front of use. Shakti’s beauty surrounds us; it’s in the petal of a flower, the curves and crevices of a tree and the divine light in another’s eye.

Sound
When we create our own sound, we open our throat chakra and we become freed to express our truth! Whether it’s logical English words we understand, tribal calls or sacred Sanskrit mantra, we enable the electromagnetic powers of our heart field to become open and coherent which then draws on the heart field of those around us. Together our vibration rises as we synchronize sound!

Book your place through this link: www.heatheryoga.co.uk/workshops/#shakti

*Early Bird offer of £5 if you book by this Sunday 20th June

Circling Sun & Moon: A Summer Qigong Flow

This Qigong practice, which is called Circling Sun & Moon, opens up the body in a way that stimulates the heart and small intestine meridians- both of which run along the arms. These are the organs for the season of summer, both responsible for circulation in the body.

Some of the postures we practice in the summer are used to get the heart pumping! This is a great way to facilitate circulation which helps to send prana/chi around the body.

Join us for 'A Summer Flow with Debs'-Saturday 19th June 5pm-7pm at Heather Yoga online to practice 'Circling Sun & Moon' as well as other Qigong and seasonal Yoga Flows.

Full Price £25 (7 Day replay included)

Book here: www.heatheryoga.co.uk/workshops/#summerflow

by heatheryogain Heather Yoga, Yoga, Yoga in the Park

More Yoga in the Park

Wow Wow WOW! Our Yoga in the Park Charity Fundraiser for India on Sunday was incredible!

After over a Year of teaching online throughout the pandemic - we were back together in person outdoors! And following the rain of late - the Sun came out and truly shined for us ☀️

A pretty emotional & very memorable morning was also had after all this time - finally seeing so many of your lovely faces there and getting to connect & practice together in our most loved local Roberts Park, and whilst raising money for a much needed cause for those in India who need help right now.

by Debs Grossmanin Cooking Online, Gut Health, Heather Yoga, Online Yoga Classes, Restorative, Seasonal Yoga, Yoga

Medjool dates with walnuts & peanut butter

It's that time of year where Deb's shares with you her favourite sweet treats ahead of her upcoming Summer Flow with Debs workshop-Saturday 19th June 5pm-7pm at Heather Yoga online.

by Heather Greggin Breathing, Heather Yoga, Mental Health, Online Yoga Classes, Restorative, Yoga

Calm your Mind. Elevate Your Mood. Charge your Energy

The ancient yogis understood the science of the breath as a way to actually master your mind & energy - using the breath as the agent to calm fluctuations and agitation of the mental space, slow down and step away from tidal wave of thoughts, to regulate, calm & restore your nervous system, harness the subtle energy for greater vitality & health, and the capacity to transform ourselves from the inside out!

by heatheryogain Breathing, Heather Yoga, Online Yoga Classes, Yoga

Our favourite Philosophy Books That Aren’t Philosophy Books!

It can be really nice to have a variety of reading to accompany those slightly denser non-fiction Philosophy books which can take a little longer to digest. Philosophy Fiction is a great way to engage with some of life’s most important lessons. Heather Yoga would love to share two books which have been a highlight from this past year and there is a reason why they are both best sellers.

Way of the Peaceful Warrior and The Midnight Library are both enlightening and empathetic. I like to describe them as very gentle page turners which are comforting, thought provoking and fully absorbing all at the same time.

by heatheryogain Breathing, Heather Yoga, Online Yoga Classes, Yoga

Should we breathe in through the nose or the mouth?

The ancient yogis have been studying the science of the breath for thousands of Years , and in more recent times the role of breath is becoming more & more talked about in the world of health and wellness.Breathing is intrinsically linked to our emotional and mental wellbeing. The breath is often thought to be an expression of how we are feeling.

by heatheryogain Balance and Coordination, Heather Yoga, Online Yoga Classes, Strength and Conditioning, Strength Training, Yoga

A Chaturanga Drill

See this short clip to try out a really effective Chaturanga drill which will help you to build up strength and muscle memory to uplevel and deepen your practice. In our upcoming @Yoga Unwrapped Chaturanga Up Dog Down Dog workshop this Bank Holiday Monday 3rd May 10am-12.30pm at @Heather Yoga, we will be practicing many more fun and challenging exercises and drills which will enable you to refine your alignment and feel steady and stable for when you transition in and out of this pose.

by Ella Youngin Ayurveda, Cooking Online, Gut Health, Heather Yoga

Observing our Vikruti with the Seasons

Ayurveda teaches us to observe our ‘vikruti’ which is our current state. When (or before) we notice a pull in one direction, we implement tools to keep the balance. The seasons are an obvious example that affect us all. During the time of spring into summer, the heat is rising, there are more daylight hours and due to this, we often increase our social interactions.

by Heather Greggin Balance and Coordination, Heather Yoga, Online Yoga Classes, Strength and Conditioning, Strength Training, Yoga

Building Strength for Chaturanga

Chaturanga Dandasana is a really difficult and challenging pose. It is also intrinsically linked within vinyasa flow transitions and sun salutations. We use the whole of the body when we come into it and hold it, and this requires high levels of strength, integrity and skill. The most common alignment mistakes that we make in Chaturanga Dandasana occur because we haven’t given ourselves enough time to lay the ground-work and build up the necessary strength.

by heatheryogain Heather Yoga, Meditation, Online Yoga Classes, Stress and Anxiety, Yoga, Yoga Nidra

Stress Awareness Month April 2021

This month is about raising awareness to the causes and treatments of modern stress. Stress can catch up on us but how can we tackle it?
So many of us are experiencing high levels of stress which can play havoc to our health and because we can’t necessarily always notice it physically or we understand the way it can evolve, then it’s sometimes something we often don’t address. So it’s important to talk about it.

by heatheryogain Heather Yoga, Online Yoga Classes, Spring Cleanse, Stress and Anxiety, Yoga

The Magical Neti Pot

Demoing the neti pot is never going to end up being the most glamorous angle of yourself!
But this ancient yogic nasal cleaning technique.
I’ll be introducing this alongside some other techniques which are great simple daily tools for keeping the body & mind healthy, cleansed & energised on an every day basis in the ‘Emerge, Radiant & Renewed: Yogi Spring Clean’ workshop sessions on Sundays 11th April.

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