Qigong with Arun Eden Lewis

Qigong is a traditional Chinese moving meditation similar to Tai Chi. Suitable for all ages and abilities, Qigong will help you find freedom in your body and clarity in your mind.

Qigong is an ideal way to release mental, emotional, and physical tension from the heart, mind, and body. It will free your breath and lift your spirit.

This class is suitable and safe for everyone.

Arun has qualified in Yoga, Tai Chi and Qigong since 2001 and will guide you through this practice.

Functional Yoga Head to Toe with Amie George

This class will take you on a journey through the whole body, exploring a variety of yoga poses and simple exercises you can do at home to keep yourself feeling mobile and healthy. You may wish to bring a notepad and pen to make a note of any exercises you find particularly helpful to you.

Anyone who would like to know how to give those little niggles and aches and pains a bit of TLC will benefit from this class .

To attend this class, you must be comfortable working both seated on the floor and standing. This class is also suitable for complete beginners and will involve multiple changes of direction.

Aime will guide you through this practice, utilising her interest in mobility work and Yoga Teacher Training qualification. Aime also has additional training in The MVMT Rooms.

Yoga for Chronic Back Pain with Kristabelle Irons

We will journey through some of the different limbs of yoga, including Asana (postures), Pranayama (breathwork), Dharana (concentration) and Dhyana (meditation). The class will be accessible to all levels, props will be encouraged, and options will be offered throughout the class to cater to your specific needs.

The class will also explain the basic science behind pain and the utilisation of yoga as a strategy to manage your symptoms.

This class will not be suitable for anyone who is experiencing Lower Back Pain (LBP) for the first time, and the pain has been present for less than 3 months. If you are currently having a severe flare-up of LBP and if you have started to experience any new (less than three months) nerve-related pain from your back and anywhere into your leg or foot, then the class will not be suitable.

If you have any of the above, please seek medical advice if you have not already done so.

Kristabelle, who is guiding you through this practice, is an MSK specialist physiotherapist working in the NHS, and she regularly treats patients with Chronic Lower Back Pain and prescribes yoga postures and breathing techniques as part of a management plan. Kristabelle has personal experience of back pain and sciatica, which is well managed with some of the techniques she uses within the class.

Relax and Restore: Yoga Nidra with Manjunaga

Yoga Nidra is an ancient guided restorative meditation practice that helps us connect to a deep underlying peace of mind that is always present amidst all the changing circumstances of our lives. Yoga Nidra systematically relaxes you at every level of your being.-body, emotions and mind. Supporting your health, offering vitality, clarity and a greater ease in our daily lives.

During this class, we shall explore the practice of Yoga Nidra in more depth. Allowing an opportunity to turn inward, slow down and soften more deeply.

In the practice of Yoga Nidra you lie down, get comfortable and are guided through the practice (The practice can also be done seated if lying is uncomfortable.)

Regular practice of Yoga Nidra offers the opportunity to release years of accumulated tension and can help support anxiety, depression, insomnia and other conditions.

Yoga Nidra can have a deeply relaxing effect and leave us feeling more calm. People struggling with anxiety, stress, depression, grief, insomnia, and fatigue will benefit from this class.

It is recommended that this class is not suitable for someone who has a history of severe trauma. (The practice can help with trauma, but working with a specialist trauma-informed practitioner would be advised.)

Please wear comfortable warm clothing and if you wish you can bring your own eye pillow or mask. 

Manjunaga has been exploring the insights and practices of meditation, yoga and Buddhism for over 30 years and draws from in-depth training in Buddhist meditation practices and yoga to create an embodied practice that addresses the body, heart and mind. He has also completed the Level 1 Integrative Restoration iRest Teacher Training programme.

Yoga to Calm the Nervous System with Steph Fitzpatrick

This open-level class uses yoga practices to activate your parasympathetic nervous system to help calm stress, anxiety or burnout symptoms. We will do gentle asana (postures), Pranayama (breathwork), a short guided meditation, and finish with a restorative Yoga Nidra.

This class benefits people who feel stressed, anxious, burned out, or just generally overwhelmed and need some ‘me time’. The class is suitable for beginners and will consist of getting up and down from the mat but mostly low to the ground. During class, alternative postures can be given if necessary.

Steph will be guiding you through this practice; she will be using the knowledge she has gained during her Qualified Yoga Therapist 600hrs training and 5 years of teaching, qualified in Vinyasa, Yin, Mandala, Prenatal, Yoga Nidra, and level 2 in Reiki.

Baby Bonding Yoga with Claire Morgan

Baby Bonding Yoga involves yoga-inspired movements for caregivers to do with their babies.

The class last around 35-40 minutes. Claire will deliver holistic support to you to help your baby's overall development and well-being, making the class a perfect bonding time between you and your baby. The session involves gentle stretching, over-clothes massage, breathing techniques, songs, rhymes and sensory play.

Claire is a mum and a qualified Yoga teacher, Children's Yoga teacher and Baby Massage instructor. She will share her knowledge of mindfulness techniques and give families the knowledge to take this practice into their routines.

We recommend that babies have had their 8-10 week check-ups and any health conditions checked with health care professionals so they can participate in Baby Yoga. For Caregivers who have experienced a C-section, we recommend you wait 12 weeks post-procedure, waiting for a healthcare professional's guidance to allow exercise.  This class is suitable for babies after  8-10 week check-ups to walking away (around 12 months).

Please let us know of any health conditions before the session, and do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

This spot is for one adult and one baby.

Please contact us if you need any extra spaces.

Yoga to Support Recovery from Stress, Burnout and Fatigue with Helen Bucknall-Ryder

Our lives are so busy, so full and achievement focused, that we can often experience stress or burnout. When stress is prolonged, the nervous system is on constant alert or in fight or flight mode and struggles to move to rest, digest and recovery mode. This can cause Burnout as our bodies can’t keep up, and it can further lead to illnesses such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME, Fibromyalgia (Chronic pain & Fatigue) and Long Covid. Yoga can be the perfect antidote. In this class, we learn to slow down, rest and learn some practical yoga tools to support rest & recovery.

Anyone who wants to slow down, rest, reset and balance their nervous system will benefit from this class.  This class is suitable for anyone who experiences stress, burnout and/or fatigue, has Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME, Fibromyalgia, Long Covid, and is a complete beginner. 

Helen, who is guiding you through this class, has personal experience with Fibromyalgia, along with a number of extensive qualifications in Yoga for Stress, Trauma, Fatigue and Recovery, Yoga in Healthcare and Befriending the Self training.

Introduction to Chair Yoga with Emma Gartside

Chair yoga is a perfect way to access all the restorative and healing benefits of yoga without getting down onto a mat placed on the floor. In this class, all the yoga poses will be adapted to a seated position, ensuring the same benefits as in any other class.

Emma will be guiding you through your practice using knowledge from her additional training in Therapeutic Chair Yoga and Advanced Therapeutic Chair Yoga, along with experience teaching a weekly chair yoga class for patients at The Meadows Hospital in Offerton.

There will be many different options, and you can do the entire practice seated or use the chair for stability and incorporate some standing poses. 

This class is suitable for complete beginners and for people of any age who do not want, or cannot, get up and down from the floor.

This class is suitable for people with a wide range of health conditions. 

Please contact us if you want to discuss anything ahead of the class.

Mindfulness for Stress with Ellie Kortland

This class will introduce you to the benefits of mindfulness and how it can help us recognise moments of stress, as well as giving you practical tools to deal with difficult moments. It will involve both seated and lying meditations as well as short practices that you can use in daily life.

You will benefit from this class if you are experiencing stress or anxiety in your life, or would like to be able to relax and 'switch off' more easily or more easily navigate life's ups and downs

Mindfulness can be practiced by people of all faiths, beliefs, ages and races. You do not need to be able to 'meditate', control your mind, or even sit still! All are welcome. However, if you have recently received or are currently receiving treatment from a psychiatrist, psychotherapist or counsellor for an ongoing mental health issue, you should obtain approval from your mental health professional before proceeding further with this event at this time. Also, if you have recently or are currently going through a traumatic life event such as a separation from a long-term partner, the death of a close family member or friend or redundancy, this may not be the right time for you to attend this event.

Ellie will guide you through this practice using her knowledge from her qualifications as a Mindfulness and Meditation practitioner, having trained to teach with a variety of organisations, including the Mindfulness Association (MBLC, MBLC-YA and CBLC courses), Mindfulness in Schools Project (.breath and .be courses), Zenways (Mindfulness for Health and Wellbeing Course) and the Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for people with cancer course. I am registered with the Bristish Association of Mindfulness Based Approaches (BAMBA) and am fully insured to teach. I have also recently co-taught a Mindfulness for Stress retreat at the Samye Ling Buddhist Monastery in Scotland, on behalf of the Mindfulness Association.

Yoga for Sleep and Relaxation with Amie George

A calming class to help you integrate conscious rest into your daily life. We will access the parasympathetic nervous system through gentle stretches and breathwork to calm anxiety, quiet the mind, and improve sleep.

People with anxiety, stress or anyone who struggles with their sleep will benefit from this class.

This class is suitable for complete beginners and is accessible to all.

Aime will use her Restorative and Yin Teacher training knowledge to guide you through this practice.