Shanti Spirit Yoga

25/11/2025

New research: Nature and music work in harmony to ease stress and lift mood
I love it! ❤️🌲🌱🌻🙏
Science shows that engaging with nature and music can significantly boost emotional and physical well-being. A new review found that combining these experiences—such as listening to music outdoors, gardening while singing, or caring for animals—can improve mood, reduce stress, and ease symptoms of anxiety and depression.

The viral phrase “touch grass” may be more than internet humor—science shows that engaging with nature and music can significantly boost emotional and physical well-being.

23/11/2025

This week's class is centred around the flowing quality of your yoga practice. Your body is about 60% water and just like a stream you to need to move and flow so you don't stagnate. Movement helps to power your lymph - your body's inner cleansing system. As Bruce Lee said 'Be water, my friend'. See you on the mat! Jayne 🙏
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21/11/2025

Todays yoga practice: Walking! Mindful rhythmic walking induces a sense of calm. Here's why you should grab your woolly hat and scarf and take a stroll.

The consistent, repetitive motion of walking sends a message to your brain - 'you are safe'. These steady, predictable patterns resonate with the natural rhythms of the body, helping the nervous system begin to relax. Walking stimulates your vagus nerve, which is connected to the relaxation side of your nervous system. Walking is a kind of bilateral stimulation through alternating, rhythmic movements of the left and right sides of the body which helps calm the nervous system, regulate emotions, and improve cognitive function. Interested in more yoga practices? Join me https://bookwhen.com/shantispirit See you there! Jayne 🙏

18/11/2025

Humming your way to health. Brahmari is a simple, but powerfully relaxing yoga breathing technique. Lengthening your exhale calms your nervous system. Humming stimulates your vagus nerve - which is intimately linked to your relaxation response. Breathe in through your nose and softly hum away your exhale. Keep your face soft and relaxed. After a few breaths, come back to you natural breathing and listen. It's a useful practice to let go at the end of the day. 🙏

07/11/2025

Nourish your spine with movement vitamins. Modern life doesn't give us all the variety that we need, so, add these to your movement 'diet' every day:
* Side bend
*Twist
*Back bend
* Forward bend
Shake it up! Choose a different base each day - lying down, sitting, standing, all fours, kneeling. Let me know how you get on 🙏
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04/11/2025

“Yoga is a dance between control and surrender – between pushing and letting go – and when to push and when to let go becomes part of the creative process, part of the open-ended exploration of your being.” ~ Joel Kramer

02/11/2025

This week's yoga class fits the autumn vibe - it's all about letting go of stuff - physically (when did you last 'go'?!), mentally and emotionally. Let's move on and make space for renewal. 🍂🍁🙏

31/10/2025

After a very grumpy day of online meetings, an article landed today from Katy Bowman (look her up - she's awesome). She explained that your body gives you signals when it needs to move. You've heard of being 'hangry'? Well, this is about being movement hungry. And yes, it makes you cranky and over emotional too. So, for the good of everyone I work with, I'll be scheduling movement breaks in between meetings. Let me know if you experience this too! 🚶👣🙏

28/10/2025

New Research! Swap just 30 minutes of sitting for light activity to boost next-day mood. Light activity (like yoga) shows the strongest link to better next-day feelings, outperforming both moderate exercise and extended sitting. Researchers say small, consistent shifts in daily routines—not intense workouts—may offer the biggest emotional benefits.
Read the full research article online: https://neurosciencenews.com/movement-mood-neuroscience-29852/

26/10/2025

Feeling discombobulated? Yep. Me too. Nature softly eases along from one season to the next. Every day another tiny shift. Then one day, boom! Time is transported on a whole hour leaving your nervous system spinning in confusion. Your magical inner clock - your circadian rhythm - takes gentle persuasion and patience to catch up. So, this week, our class focuses on the subtle art of sleep. There's a surprise start and a deliciously relaxing finish. Come along to learn how to move into stillness. 😴🙏

23/10/2025

Yoga class tonight! Yes, it's half term here in Leicestershire, but there are classes tonight. Remember to book if you'd like to come along: https://bookwhen.com/shantispirit
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11/08/2025

Looks like it'll be a warm one this week! 😎🌞 So, a slight change to this week's planned class to a slow, gentle, soothing practice aimed to help you to get a deep sleep on a hot night. Get in touch if you'd like to buy the online version for the week.😴💤❤️🙏