Here are our winners for our Birthday Class Attendance draw.
If you attended a class between May 19th and 26th your name was put into a draw for the chance to win a prize.
All prizes were drawn on Sunday at our amazing Sunday Sangha.
1st prize - A free 10 class pass
Winner: Mary Trebble
10 studio shop prizes:
Winners:
Miriam Rodda
Cathy Evans x2
Meganne Clay
Terrianne Loth
Michael Rodda
Anna Esslemont
Liv Pottinger
Noeline Attwood
Kerri Clarke
Thank you to everyone for their congratulations, well wishes and continued support.
Love Tes and the Relax Yoga team
We invite you to celebrate the start of the next chapter at Relax Yoga with by gathering together as a community for Sunday Sangha - a free morning of yoga and community.
As you know, Relax Yoga has recently achieved 10 years of operation and, as a thank you to our wonderful students, we invite you to a morning filled with all the things you love about yoga, followed by an opportunity to socialize over a cup of tea.
Place: Relax Yoga
Date: TOMORROW Sunday 9th June
Time: 9am-11am
Program (guide only):
9am - Welcome and yoga philosophy
9:15am - Mantra and chanting practice
9:30am - Asana practice
10am - Pranayama
10:10am - Relaxation
10:30am - Birthday Random Prize Draw, Tea and conversation.
Please RSVP by booking into our event using this link: https://relax-yoga.punchpass.com/classes/15455198
- we are not limiting numbers for this event, instead we will work with whatever space we have available.
I'm so looking forward to seeing you soon!
Love Tes and the Relax Yoga Team
We invite you to celebrate the start of the next chapter at Relax Yoga with by gathering together as a community for Sunday Sangha - a free morning of yoga and community.
As you know, Relax Yoga has recently achieved 10 years of operation and, as a thank you to our wonderful students, we invite you to a morning filled with all the things you love about yoga, followed by an opportunity to socialize over a cup of tea.
Place: Relax Yoga
Date: Sunday 9th June
Time: 9am-11am
Program (guide only):
9am - Welcome and yoga philosophy
9:15am - Mantra and chanting practice
9:30am - Asana practice
10am - Pranayama
10:10am - Relaxation
10:30am - Birthday Random Prize Draw, Tea and conversation.
Please RSVP by booking into our event using this link: https://relax-yoga.punchpass.com/classes/15455198
- we are not limiting numbers for this event, instead we will work with whatever space we have available.
If something comes up and you find you can’t join us, please make sure you cancel your booking up to 24 hours in advance so that we know how many people to expect.
I'm so looking forward to seeing you soon!
Love Tes and the Relax Yoga Team
We invite you to celebrate the start of the next chapter at Relax Yoga with by gathering together as a community for Sunday Sangha - a free morning of yoga and community.
As you know, Relax Yoga has recently achieved 10 years of operation and, as a thank you to our wonderful students, we invite you to a morning filled with all the things you love about yoga, followed by an opportunity to socialize over a cup of tea.
Place: Relax Yoga
Date: Sunday 9th June
Time: 9am-11am
Program (guide only):
9am - Welcome and yoga philosophy
9:15am - Mantra and chanting practice
9:30am - Asana practice
10am - Pranayama
10:10am - Relaxation
10:30am - Birthday Random Prize Draw, Tea and conversation.
Please RSVP by booking into our event using this link: https://relax-yoga.punchpass.com/classes/15455198
- we are not limiting numbers for this event, instead we will work with whatever space we have available.
If something comes up and you find you can’t join us, please make sure you cancel your booking up to 24 hours in advance so that we know how many people to expect.
I'm so looking forward to seeing you soon!
Love Tes and the Relax Yoga Team
For the last 10 years children have grown up with us here at Relax...
We have been so blessed by so many. 💖
Welcome to Birthday Month at Relax Yoga!!
Today we turn 10!!
We would like to say thank you to everyone who has set foot in the studio, pulled up a mat, or been a part of our amazing community.
Over the next month we will be celebrating this wonderful achievement and all of the beautiful people who have helped make it happen with give aways and prizes so watch this space and join us in the studio for your chance to win!
Love Tes and the Relax Yoga team
Head to knee pose. If your head dosn't reach your knee bring your knee to your head. You can even stack a couple of fists on your bent knee to gain more height. It's not cheating I promise! Rest your head my dear!
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Warrier One to One Side Stretch flow.
One of my personal favourites, giving an opportunity to feel strong and grounded while extending into a backband, before moving into a deep stretch of the leg and back.
Take a longer step forward to increase the intensity of the pose, or a shorten the step to reduce the intensity. More width in the stance will increase stability if you find you wobble as you go up and down, and Folding to blocks or a chair may be helpful if you don't reach the floor.
Try to keep the hips square to the front the whole time and take care to bend the front knee directly over the ankle.
In class when our Base Chakra is the focus, I modify the Warrior One in this flow to a long spine (rather than a back bend) and we're extending the torso forward in the Warrior One to further load the front leg, before progressing to releasing forward into the stretch - very grounding - catch any of my classes before next Tuesday to experience the effect!
Or enjoy this flow as it is at home...
From equal steady posture step one leg forward
Inhale - Bend the front knee over the front ankle and raise the arms extending the spine
Exhale - hinge forward from the hips and straighten the front leg as you relax toward the floor
Inhale - press into the feet, bend the front knee and lift back up
Exhale - lower the arms and straighten the leg
Repeat 3-6 x on one side then do the same on the other side
Discontinue if your back objects!
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For when you've had enough
enough of the movement in class
enough of the world that surrounds you
enough of being constantly stimulated
Childs pose
From kneeling, lower your head to the ground.
If it doesn't reach the ground prop your fore-head on hands, or stacked fists or on a block or bolster
Arms can be outstretched OR they can sit beside the body.
And here we rest.
For as long as you like.
All focus drawn inward and the world revolving around you for a bit.
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5 ways to step through to lunge in a sun salute - I'll let the video speak for itself!
We look at this transition in Beginners Yoga Course, and most students opt for #6 (not shown) which is to walk the feet to the hands, skip the lunge all together, and meet us in the forward fold. An excellent choice for those with stiff hips and backs.
At the other end of the spectrum, if you're using the first one, please know that the leg lift is to increase the challenge of your down dog, NOT so that you can swing your leg through and use momentum to get your foot between your hands - try to control the movement!
Have fun :)
Why boat pose?
Consider a boat. It sits on top of the water where it is effected by the tides, the swell, the waves, the wind and the storms.
We humans experience life through our surface. Through our senses, thoughts, and emotions, connected with everything, reacting, and responding to whatever life brings. Just like the boat. Sometimes life is all calm and sunshine, sometimes storms hit, and we feel like we’re being pounded relentlessly.
For a boat to weather a storm it must be built with a level of stability.
So too, we must lean into our inner strength to weather the storms of life.
Now, if we dive deep down below the surface of the ocean the environment becomes calm, quiet, and still regardless any storm that rages at the surface.
So too when we breathe, take charge of the senses and shift awareness inwards. We move to recognise the unchanging space at the centre of the self, the space that lies beyond the waves of thoughts that flow through the mind – calm, quiet, stillness. Peace and Joy. To know this centre is for the boat to have an anchor.
We can’t control the world and all that happens in our lives any more than we can control the weather. But with the anchor of Yoga no matter what storm batters our lives at the surface, we have the capacity to connect with our unchanging self, to remain stable, peaceful, joyous.
Boat pose offers us opportunity to recruit the core strength we have and build on it with both balance and flexibility for a felt sense of stability.
Here I show boat pose variations offered in class this week - there's always an option for everyone.
You don't have to do the full pose to find your inner strength. Instead, use what you can do to hold your focus and draw your awareness inward.
Don't forget to breathe!
See you at class.
Love Tes
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See how I'm a bit wobbly coming into my eagle pose here... its because to get this footage I just busted it out as an isolated pose....
Not best practice.
Preparation is helpful when we approach fancy poses such as this one. This is Eagle Pose, it asks a lot of the body and the mind and can be quite intense when we stay there.
We're doing Eagle Pose towards the end of class this week after using the whole class to prepare!
We start lying down, warming up and gently stretching the hips before isolating contraction of the adductor muscles (inner thighs) and lower abdominal muscles which we need to activate to stabilise this posture.
Then we move to kneeling and use flowing movement to warm the shoulders and upper back, before coming up to standing.
Once standing we stand on our toes to prepare the body/mind for balance, and after some other movements of the spine we get a feel for chair pose, so that we're ready to squat in the eagle pose if we choose to.
Now we are prepared.
When we do Eagle Pose options are given to suit everybody in the class.
And everyone nails it.
Then we counterpose, return to symmetry, and relax.
See you in class soon...
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One of the great all rounders for building strength and flexibility through your back - our kneeling sequence flow.
This is the full flow, but often in class we do this in parts with time to offer modifications where required
Begin in a upright kneeling position
Let your breath lead the movement like this:
Inhale - stretch upwards and raise arms overhead
Exhale - forward fold to the floor
Inhale - lift onto hands and knees, drawing your chest forward and upward
Exhale - press back to down dog
Inhale - bring your knees to the floor and move your hips forward, lift your chest up (to easy updog)
Exhale - press back to down dog
Inhale - back to hands and knees, chest lifted
Exhale - stretch back and bring your belly back down onto your thighs
Inhale - lift back up to upright kneeling with arms overhead
Exhale - return to the original seated position.
Repeat 3-6 times, then rest. 😊
Enjoy!
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What’s not to love about a #yogapose with so much going on…. Besides, perhaps that there’s so much going on!
It’s got something for your foot, your knee, your hip, your back and your chest, your shoulders...
It’ll work your #balance, build your #confidence, and open your heart space.
Dare I say, we could use this pose 💕to cultivate a sense of dancing through life!
It's #dancerpose OR #natarajasana
and you can make it as big or as small as you like.
💕 Begin in equal, steady
💕 Lift one foot and catch hold of it with the hand on the same side (you could use a strap around your foot if you can’t reach it or stand with your foot on the wall).
Once you have your balance:
💕 Inhale raise the opposite arm to beside the ear
💕exhale lift the back foot behind you while also lifting your chest towards the sky
💕Stay and breathe for as long as you feel stable
💕inhale to return to upright
💕Exhale to lower the foot and hand, return to equal, steady
Let it be fun, if you fall out laugh at yourself, re-focus and start again.😍💃🏻
x Tes
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Apanasana - knees to chest pose... sometimes called "wind relieving pose" so if you have company, be careful 😉😆
This posture has the potential to gently move and release along the whole length of the spine, to tone the lower abdominals, develp support for the lower back... and to help get things moving in the lower digestive tract.
The breathing is:
Exhale, knees to chest
Inhale, knees away
Repeat 6x
The trick here is to NOT use your hands and arms to pull your legs in.
Instead, let your tummy muscles and hip flexors do the work, relax your upper body completely and use your legs to move your hands and arms.
This is much easier said than done, especially if you're tight!
If your back is tight, or you have a bit of body bulk, separate your knees, or move 1 leg at a time instead of both.
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Try a forward fold with a little help from a friend - a tree, a chair, the kitchen bench - at the studio we use the wall or a chair.
I recommend this variation if for any reason putting your head below your heart is problematic (eg. blood pressure, vertigo, reflux...).
Or if your lower back doesn't like fully folding.
This is also a great modification for a down dog when you need to keep the weight off of your upper body.
I have no problem with forward folding, but love that this variation allows me to focus on where my weight is, to experiment with shifting the weight on my feet and the extension of my spine to change the stretch through my legs and back.... and since the arms are supported there's potential to stretch the chest and shoulders too.
Give it a go and see how it feels for you!
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Challenge your balance and sharpen your focus this week with Tree Pose
Here I have added some movement with the breath (inhale arms out, exhale hands to heart).
But you may prefer to leave your hands at your heart and enjoy the stillness.
Remember:
👍 The point is to balance, not to perform
👍 Set your gaze to something that is not going to move
👍 Your foot may not be so far up on your leg, maybe you lift your heel and leave your toes on the floor, maybe foot to ankle, maybe foot to calf muscle or take it right up to your thigh like I do here - if that works for your body.
👎 Avoid hooking your heel on top of your knee joint, that’s not so good for the knee!
Stand on the left and then the right with 3 to 6 breaths on each side.
Enjoy!
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