Olivia Rigby Yoga Therapy

20/10/2025

Morning everyone - there are no yoga therapy classes this week as I am having a week off.

We will be back to normal from Monday 27th October.

See you all next week.

Olivia 🧘‍♀️

26/08/2025

Some good ideas from Dr Xand about posture.
The most interesting point being, “You want your body to support itself.”

Coming along to a Yoga Therapy class, either online or in person, will definitely help your body find its most comfortable and self-supporting posture.

https://oliviarigby-yogatherapy.co.uk/schedule.html

Here are Dr Xand's three suggestions on how to look after your back without turning into a statue.

05/07/2025

All over 50s Yoga Therapy classes with Olivia Rigby are continuing throughout the summer.

If you enjoy practicing your yoga from the comfort of your own home, then join us online every Monday morning, from 10 - 11.30 or
every Tuesday evening, from 6.30 - 8 or
every Thursday from 6.30 - 8

If you prefer the in-person experience then come along to Burrs Country Park, above the Lamppost Cafe, every Thursday morning from 10 - 11.30

All sessions are drop-in so you do not have to book, just come along when you can.

For more information about the sessions, or to find out more about Yoga Therapy, then please visit my website
https://oliviarigby-yogatherapy.co.uk

If you have any questions you can contact me on 07746197511 or olivia@oliviayoga.co.uk

I look forward to seeing you soon.
Olivia 🧘‍♀️

27/05/2025

Scientific evidence is starting to show that strength training keeps us healthy as we get older.

Surely there can be no better way to optimise your health and wellbeing than joining an over 50s Yoga Therapy for You class with the addition of light weights?

We have continued our effective, familiar yoga practice but now use dumbbells and wrist and ankle weights to help improve our strength, stability and posture alignment.

Taken from Saga magazine, May 2023
https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/health-and-wellbeing/benefits-of-strength-training

“First and foremost, strength training allows you to stay strong to manage the everyday tasks. It supports mobility, stability and flexibility.”

Strength helps us in everyday activities, whether that’s lifting boxes out of the attic, digging the garden, or carrying the shopping.

It also allows you to stay mobile and flexible, making things like getting up and down from the floor easier, or being able to bend to pick things up. Having strength for these things also decreases the risk of injury.

It keeps your body in good shape; if you can move well, you feel well, and have the energy to keep up with those younger than you."

For details of all my over 50s Yoga Therapy for You classes please visit my website
https://oliviarigby-yogatherapy.co.uk/schedule.html

For more information please contact me on 07746197511 or olivia@oliviayoga.co.uk

I look forward to seeing you on the mat soon
Olivia 🧘‍♀️

01/05/2025

"Movement works wonders!" says Age UK
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/siteassets/documents/act-now-age-better/act-now-age-better-leaflet-by-age-uk.pdf

Come along to a yoga therapy session, in a class or 1-2-1, and you too can get the benefits of
"a sharper mind
better mood and mental health
stronger heart
healthier metabolism
better balance and fewer falls
stronger bones through menopause" , according to AgeUK's campaign "Act Now, Age Better"

For more information, please visit my website https://oliviarigby-yogatherapy.co.uk/
or contact me on 07746197511 or olivia@oliviayoga.co.uk

Best wishes
Olivia🧘‍♀️

08/04/2025

Why is over 50s yoga therapy practiced in bare feet?
Yoga is traditionally practiced in bare feet and as you get older it is particularly beneficial to keep the muscles and bones in your feet working effectively.

Recent studies show that people in a care home were 80% less likely to fall in barefoot shoes than in normal shoes. Working in bare feet helps strengthen your muscles, and improves your gait so your feet work more effectively. This can improve your posture and balance and therefore reduces the risk of falling.

Having bare feet and having strong foot muscles, which does come from spending as much time barefoot as possible, is critical later in life.

Doing the postures in bare feet also improves your connection to the ground and your proprioception. As we age, our peripheral nervous systems, the nerves that help us sense our environment in our hands and feet, especially if you have any metabolic disease, get much worse at giving you that feedback, that proprioception.

For a full list of all available sessions throughout the week, please visit https://oliviarigby-yogatherapy.co.uk

1-2-1 sessions provide more personal support, especially if you have any sort of injury or health condition.

Come and give an over 50s Yoga Therapy class a try.
Your feet will thank you for it! 👣🚶‍♀️

01/04/2025

Why over 50s Yoga Therapy with light weights?
"Everyone loses muscle with age, typically about 3%-5% each decade after age 30. The loss can become more noticeable and start to speed up at around age 60"
(extract from WebMD "Sarcopenia with aging" July 2024)

Exercise and strength training can help you rebuild muscle mass. Adding light weights to a yoga therapy practice can help improve your overall physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.

Come and join one of my sessions that are available online and in-person throughout the week.
https://oliviarigby-yogatherapy.co.uk

Or for a more personalised programme a 1-2-1 session can help improve an existing health condition.

For more information, please visit my website or contact me on 07746197511 or olivia@oliviayoga.co.uk

01/04/2025

Join us online or in person. Classes available throughout the week https://oliviarigby-yogatherapy.co.uk

25/02/2025

We have recently started using light weights in our over 50s yoga therapy sessions.

Here are a couple of links to articles explaining why exercising with light weights are beneficial for the over 50s:
https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/health-and-wellbeing/benefits-of-strength-training
https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/health-and-wellbeing/the-benefits-of-strength-training-as-we-age

Some of you have also found other, relatively unexpected benefits from adding light weights to your yoga therapy practice.
You have found:
an increased awareness of your body
improved stability
improved posture
better relaxation
for some of you working with light weights has helped make some of the postures easier, more accessible and achievable.

Please let me know of any other feedback you might have from your new practices so others can benefit as well.

Many thanks
Olivia 🧘‍♀️

For more details please visit my website
https://oliviarigby-yogatherapy.co.uk
You can email me olivia@oliviayoga.co.uk
My contact number is 07746197511

21/01/2025

New for February!

Yoga Therapy with Weights!

Over the next few weeks all yoga therapy sessions will start working with light weights in addition to our normal yoga therapy practices.

Why work with weights?

"As we age, it becomes more important than ever to protect and preserve our bone density and muscle mass, and that's where strength training comes in." (Becky Fuller in Saga magazine "How strength training keeps us healthy as we age" 9 May, 2023)

According to WebMD "Strength training...[using light weights] can lower the risks linked with falling, because it builds muscle and bone density. For best results, strength training is recommended at least 2 or 3 days a week."

Yoga therapy with light weights provides a more balanced and effective practice. It will help improve your strength, support and improve your posture, and develop your overall fitness.

https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/health-and-wellbeing/the-benefits-of-strength-training-as-we-age
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4CJDns2FXjNH9XByMWyK6l2/how-lifting-weights-could-improve-your-body-and-your-mind

For more information on yoga therapy and the sessions on offer throughout the week, please visit my website
https://oliviarigby-yogatherapy.co.uk

You can contact me on 07746197511 or olivia@olivayoga.co.uk

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06/01/2025

Zoom Yoga Therapy for You restarts after the Christmas break.

Join us every Monday morning from 10-11.30 am for a New Year’s refresh and re-boot.

For further details please visit my website https://oliviarigby-yogatherapy.co.uk/zoom-yoga-therapy-for-you.html

If you would like to join a zoom Yoga Therapy for You session please get in touch on 07746197511 or olivia@oliviayoga.co.uk and I will send you the details and the link.

Best wishes
Olivia 🧘‍♀️

Zoom Yoga Therapy for You - Olivia Rigby Yoga Therapy

01/01/2025

Wishing everyone a very Happy and Healthy New Year for 2025.
May your year be filled with good health, happiness and lots of yoga therapy!

Make a positive start to the year and come along to one of my yoga therapy classes.

Online or in-person the classes are gentle, supportive and can help you feel better physically, mentally and emotionally.

For more information please visit my website https://oliviarigby-yogatherapy.co.uk
or you can contact me: olivia@oliviayoga.co.uk or 07746197511.

Best wishes
Olivia 🧘‍♀️