Yoga With Sinead

19/04/2024

Why Yoga for the pelvic floor?

Yoga and breath practices help to finetune the mind-body connection. And like all muscles in the body, the pelvic floor responds to stress, overactivity (holding too much tension in the muscles) and needs to be able to relax and release as well as lift and contract.

Oftentimes, we focus more on the lift of the pelvic floor with the (somewhat outdated) idea that the pelvic floor is 'weak' or 'loose' and we need things to be tight and firm, when actually we might need to bring some softness and release to the muscles instead.

When we can find that mind-body connection that Yoga facilitates, we can help the muscles to soften 👌

Add in some mindful movement, awareness and information and we can tone the pelvic floor muscles and become more mindful of what our own body needs.

In Core + Pelvic Floor Yoga we learn all of this through a 75-minute Yoga weekly class that will leave you (and your pelvic floor) feeling renewed and rejuvenated.

Bonus - you can meet a group of like-minded folks who want to feel the same!

The next 6 week Yoga series starts Thursday April 25th at 7.30pm - https://bit.ly/3JprFqh

09/04/2024

It will be one year tomorrow since my brother Hugh died. Hugh’s ashes are scattered in this sea, along with those of his beautiful son Ryan, who died just 7 months after him. My Dad died just before Hugh. All 3 of them, suddenly gone in the space of 10 months.

I’ve struggled to post here, not knowing how much of it to share and unable to feel anything but the loss of it all.

Grief can be an awful thing that sweeps you off your feet. It creates a chasm inside of you that you can sometimes balance on the precipice of, and sometimes fall right into. It feels like a constant, silent scream. It changes your very being; things are never the same again.

But it also gives a deeper understanding and a value on life that urges you to live more, breathe it all in, laugh, come together, hug more, and experience everything with a new appreciation of how precious our time on earth is. And you realize the importance of surrounding yourself with the best people.

Throughout it all, Yoga has given me steadiness and a connection to my heart that on the hardest days helps me to slow down and breathe.

We’ve made a trip to my brother’s home in Thailand to commemorate him, one year after he died. We’re in paradise, holding such bittersweet emotions with other family members here. But we are together, and right now that is everything 🙏🏻

Image 1 - a morning Yoga practice on Lamai Beach, Koh Samui.

Image 2 - my sons, nieces and nephews on the beach, making memories 🫶🏻

12/03/2024

My wonderful friend Sara (who is also the person I learned to teach Prenatal Yoga from) is teaching this incredible class again! 🙏🏻

If you know a Mama-to-be in or around the SW, be a good friend - actually, be a bloody great friend - and send them to Sara!

Her classes are incredible - so so good!

Learn more here -

28/01/2024

Core + Pelvic Floor Yoga is back next week! If you deal with -
👉🏻 Leaking p*e
👉🏻 Low back pain
👉🏻 Painful in*******se or hip/pelvic pain
👉🏻 Diastasis recti
👉🏻 Pelvic organ prolapse

OR if you just want a mindful yoga class and a chance to learn more about the pelvic floor...

👉🏻 This class is for YOU!

🎯 Starts Thursday, Feb 1st at 7.30 - 8.45pm
🎯 8 week series in Mahogany SE (at the Beach Club)
🎯 Open to all, No prior experience needed
🎯 Bring a yoga mat and a blanket to every class.

Learn all about it ~ https://www.yogawithsinead.com/offerings/core-pelvic-floor-yoga

29/11/2023

I've been leading this class for over three years in Mahogany and am so happy to have added a Monday session to the schedule! If you like your yoga mindful and exploratory, this class is for you. No experience is required, come join our thriving community of Healthy Agers at the Beach Club!

Learn more: https://www.yogawithsinead.com/event_series/ab213683-c74a-46fa-bb66-f55ed0c5bc69

In this gentle yoga class, we will use asana to improve vitality, work toward better joint health, increase mobility, add flexibility, find stress & anxiety reduction with our breath, improve balance, and introduce regular movement & mindfulness.

This is a space to feel welcomed, comfortable, and find movement within your range of motion.

Most suitable to clients over 55, but we welcome everyone that would like gentle movement. Coed, beginner level.

Bring your own mats and blocks if possible.

https://central.ivrnet.com/mahogany/searches?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Yoga+for+Healthy+Aging+%2855yrs%2B%29+-+Fall+2023+%28S3%29

03/10/2023

Warrior 1 against the wall - noticing the strength in the back leg, pressing hands into the wall and building strength in the arms and shoulders too.

In Yoga for Healthy Aging we use the wall, yoga straps, yoga blocks and sometimes chairs to explore poses in our own bodies. We love to prop!

I've been leading this class for almost four years in Mahogany and I love the community we've created around it. I am so grateful for this class! 🧘🏼‍♂️

26/09/2023

✨ A NEW Monday morning class is on the schedule! ✨

→ Yoga for Healthy Aging is a gentle yoga class for older beginners.

🌷 Yoga has so many health benefits and in this class, we will use yoga postures and breath work to build strength, improve balance, maintain mobility in the body and the joints, and more!

🌷 Through mindful movement, you will lessen stress and anxiety and feel all the benefits of introducing regular movement and mindfulness to your life.

🌷 Most suitable to clients over 55, this is a space to feel welcomed, comfortable and find movement within your own range of motion.

🌷 This is a 5-week series on Mondays at 10am, beginning Oct 5th (no class Oct 12) and ending November 6th.

🌷 Learn more here:

Yoga for Healthy Aging at 10:00 AM MDT on October 2 offered by Yoga with Sinéad. Looking for a beginner yoga class but not sure where to start? 🌷 Yoga for Healthy Aging is for older beginners who want regular intuitive and gentle movement. 🌷 Working within your own range of motion this gentle...

18/09/2023

And you can achieve it through a yoga class!

Starting this Thursday in Mahogany - learn more here:

How can Yoga help the Pelvic Floor? A growing body of research has proven that yoga and breath practices can improve symptoms of pelvic floor issues includi...

13/09/2023

Need some help with your pelvic floor? If you’re dealing with:

💦 Leaking p*e when you laugh, sneeze, or put the key on the door
🦵 Low back pain, hip or pelvic pain
🫶 Pelvic organ prolapse
🏋️‍♀️ Diastasis recti
🫶Painful s*x
💩 Constipation

Then you likely need some help with your pelvic floor - and this yoga class is designed to help! 🎯

Throughout this series, you'll learn information, yoga poses, and breathing exercises that will help you on your journey to a healthy pelvic floor.

We reconnect to the pelvic floor, learn how to effectively work the core and we do all of this throughout a blissful yoga class that will make you feel amazing afterwards!

What’s more - this Fall we also have a Drop In option so you can fit in a class to suit your schedule 😃

If you need to carve out time for yourself in your Fall schedule, this class is the perfect opportunity.

Added bonus - your ‘me-time’ will also help your pelvic floor. 🎯

Where - Mahogany Beach Club
When - Thursday’s at 7.30pm

Ready to learn more? 🙋🏼‍♀️ Click link in bio (or see first comment below)

11/09/2023

Core + Pelvic Floor Yoga is BACK this Fall and it's better than ever!

🌷 New cues and exercises
🌷 A longer 8-week session
🌷 Classes are a blissful 75 mins
🌷 And - we have drop in spots available!
🌷 Thursdays at 7.30pm starting Sept 21st at Mahogany Beach Club

Learn more and register: https://www.yogawithsinead.com/pages/why-yoga-for-pelvic-floor

05/09/2023

This is EVERYTHING 🎯

🙏🏼 Healing is a constant process and forgiving myself for setting boundaries has been a huge hurdle in my journey.

💪🏼 Keep on being yourself, loving yourself and surrounding yourself with people who respect and love you too!

That is true self-care 👌

Drop me a ❤️ if this resonates!

02/08/2023

In the week since Sineád O'Connor passed away, there has been such an outpouring of grief and love - much of which I am sure she never could have imagined.

Sinéad improved my life immeasurably when she released Nothing Compares 2 U - I was a tween then and finally (blissfully!) non-Irish people understood how to pronounce my first name.

Then in 2008 I married Mr O'Connor to boot, and I've loved all the conversations that having her full name provokes - it's an icebreaker but also highlighted that many people did see the real person behind the headlines. I remember a barista in a Starbucks going wild when I showed him my ID to prove I actually did have that last name. There was so much appreciation for her, I can only imagine the responses she got in person.

Contrary to reactions though - I'm not the only Sinéad O'Connor even in Calgary - I'm not even the only one in my family. It's not a rare name in Ireland so I'm sure there are many of us with this shared experience. And I'm sure they, too, have disappointed many a hotel concierge and restaurant when they turn up for their bookings 😆

So I owe Sinéad a debt of gratitude for all the joy that she has brought me just for sharing her name, and I have a lot of respect for her fearlessness and vulnerability. I only wish I had expressed more of that while she was here with us. Rest in peace, Sinéad.

02/04/2023

A beautiful reminder to practice some radical self love from this awesome creator,

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it’s a weird time to be a human right now…but i love you + i’m rooting for you 🤍

03/03/2023

Classes are up and running in Mahogany with a new Core & Pelvic Floor Yoga coming soon! - See the schedule for all the details: https://www.yogawithsinead.com/schedule

01/02/2023

*Personal Update*

My lovely Dad passed away recently in Manchester, UK.

The last 11 months have included lots of travel from Calgary to Manchester and Ireland. There have been class cancellations and I’ve relied on a couple of wonderful colleagues to sub classes so that I could be with him and make more memories.

My heartfelt thanks to my clients who have rolled with the changes, and offered hugs and kind words.

And more heartfelt thanks to friends and colleagues in the yoga world for the support, hugs (both virtual and in person!) and the love.

It is truly at the worst of times that you understand what kindness really is, and I am so grateful for my little business and it’s community of incredible people.

❤️ Thank You ❤️

22/12/2022

It might feel like -38 outside but in case you were wondering - it’s never too cold for Yoga! 🧘🏼‍♀️🔥😍

And - it’s always worth slipping around on icy roads to make it to Mary’s class!

If you’ve never experienced flute playing through your savasana then trust me, you need it in your life. Pure bliss.

I often get asked for yoga recommendations in Calgary SE and Soul has been my go-to for years.

So if you need more Yoga in your life, check this awesome studio and their wonderful teachers out!

Thanks and ! ❤️🧘🏼‍♀️

16/12/2022

If you're looking for a
beginner-friendly yoga class for grown-ups, look no further!

Yoga for Healthy Aging is for older beginners who want to build regular, intuitive movement into their lives.

A couple of spots are available for the upcoming winter session of this yoga class, and it could be the right fit for you if:

🌷 You want to ease aches and pains, increase joint health and mobility, improve balance, achieve better sleep and cultivate a stronger mind-body connection for stability and strength.

🌷 You've been told time and again that yoga is going to help you, but you don't know where to find the right class.

🌷 You have taken yoga before and want to add another weekly class to your practice.

🌷 You have a spot of time to fill on Wednesday mornings at 10.30am!

🌷 And - maybe you love yoga already, or know that you are going to (and I promise you will!)

Find out more here -https://www.yogawithsinead.com/schedule/b02d35d0-3fe3-43fd-b13b-f0bc6571fce6_1673458200

18/10/2022

Did you know that each in-person session of Core + Pelvic Floor Yoga has an online follow-up class for participants? 👇

Breath practices, movement sequences and longer yoga sessions - you get all this extra content to practice for three months!

Can you join?

The next session begins Thursday, Oct 27 at 7.30pm, and runs for 6 weeks (no class Nov 17).

All the info is here: https://www.yogawithsinead.com/offerings/core-pelvic-floor-yoga

18/10/2022

Coming back in the schedule next week!

Core + Pelvic Floor Yoga is back - starting on October 27th at the Beach Club!

This yoga class is for you if:
🎯 You want to learn how to reconnect to, and re-tone, your pelvic floor muscles;
🎯 You love yoga - or want to try yoga for the first time;
🎯 You want to strengthen your core and learn postural adjustments for continued core development;
🎯 You want additional online resources to continue your practice at home; or
🎯 You want a Thursday evening yoga class that leads you gently into your weekend!

Sinéad of is a yoga teacher with a pelvic floor specialism and in this class, you can learn more about how to improve common pelvic floor issues like ~

→ Peeing unintentionally (leaking when you cough/sneeze/put the key in the door)
→ Diastasis Recti (ongoing abdominal separation)
→ Low back pain or hip pain
→ Core feels 'noodly'
→ Pelvic Organ Prolapse OR
→ If you've been doing your Kegels to no avail and are feeling lost, frustrated and on the verge of seeking surgery.

The class runs for 6 sessions, on Thursday evenings at 7.30 pm from October 27th (no class on November 17th).

No prior yoga experience is required. Bring a yoga mat, and yourself!

Register now at https://central.ivrnet.com/mahogany/searches?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=pelvic or call 403-453-1221!

06/10/2022

A new 4 week session of Mama & Babe Yoga starts November 8th! Moms can expect -
🌷 Postpartum movement
🌷 Pelvic floor info
🌷 Connection with other local Moms
🌷 Time to move and be on your mat, with baby beside you or sleeping nearby
🌷 Some baby poses included too :-)
🌷 All levels of yoga experience welcome!

This class is focused on pelvic floor recovery after pregnancy, so is super beneficial for Moms but we have had Dads join the class too!

Link to register - http://ow.ly/Z1gS50KTIjz

27/09/2022

A new 6 week session of Core + Pelvic Floor Yoga is in the schedule!

Join me on Thursdays at 7.30pm from Oct 27th for 6 weeks of yoga classes focused on connection to the pelvic floor and core.

**NO CLASS NOVEMBER 17th**

Link with all the info - http://ow.ly/fgq750KTILw

31/08/2022

Summer memories - spending time with my Dad in Ireland this summer has been the absolute highlight of the last three years ❤️

But now - back to routine, school schedules and YOGA!

✨ Yoga for Healthy Aging restarts on Wednesday Sept 7th as a 6 week program and we now have DROP IN SPOTS - yay! See link in bio to sign up at Mahogany Beach Club.

✨ Mama & Babe Yoga is back on Tuesdays at 10am for the month of Sept too - link is also in bio.

And I am kicking off some small pelvic health classes as well as running a 6 week program later this Fall - comment below if you want to be kept informed via email!

14/06/2022

I've been low-key on socials recently but I am still here 👋🏽

Earlier this year we got some really difficult family news and it’s meant my focus has been back in the UK a lot.

I am still here in the background and have some exciting updates coming for Fall sessions (even though I still can’t believe it is mid-June!) and although I will be traveling back to the UK a few times later this year, I will work my trips around teaching my passions from September onwards - core + pelvic floor yoga, Mama & Babe and Yoga for Healthy Aging!

I have been grounding myself in gratitude for the many things that bring meaning and joy to my life ~

🙏🏻 Grateful for a more time to make memories
🙏🏻 Grateful for daily opportunities to say ‘I love you’
🙏🏻 Grateful to the most incredible friends for unending and compassionate support
🙏🏻 Grateful beyond measure to family back in the UK, holding down the fort.

And gratitude for my yoga family, my flexible job (no pun intended!) and the colleagues that step in to keep my classes running when needed.

Flashback picture to a recent trip back home, one of the highlights was a walk down the Coronation Street cobbles and snaffling this apron in the gift shop. If you know, you know!

I hope that whatever is happening in your life, you can find the little rays of sunshine that keep you afloat too ❤

31/05/2022

Last week in Mama & Babe we were talking about whether toddlers are harder to raise than teens. Discuss! 😆💩

20/05/2022

I've been thinking of the community in Buffalo, New York and in particular a call to action from a colleague and local resident Danait Berhe on how to be part of the change, right now (and Danait referred to this Brené Brown quote which I had never heard before).

I have donated to the local Buffalo charity Rooted in Love Inc which helps the local community. Find them here - https://rootedinloveinc.com/

Please listen to the video that Danait posted on her IG which is powerful and important to hear: https://www.instagram.com/p/CdoxU6QJ76E/

Here is a link to another charity in Buffalo that is helping supply food locally (since the attack happened in the only local grocery store) and is also providing mental health support to those impacted: https://blackloveresistsintherust.org/

I want to do better, I want to help, and I wanted to share these links with anyone who feels the same.

Next, I'll be working on fulfilling the advice in this quote. Who is with me?

[Image ID: Image of the Words - People are hard to hate close up. Move in. Speak truth to bu****it. Be civil. Hold hands. With strangers. Strong back. Soft front. Wild heart. by Brené Brown]

14/05/2022

Last session of Mama & Babe yoga before summer break and the class is almost full!!

This class includes-

➡️Pelvic floor guidance on movement, breath and postpartum recovery.
➡️Post natal yoga
➡️Connection with other moms with babes
➡️Babies can chill on your yoga mat or join in your poses
➡️We have poses for babes too!

✨ Tuesday mornings at 10am for 6 weeks
✨ No prior yoga experience required!
✨ Open to non residents as well as mahogany residents

Mom buns and sweats positively encouraged, join us in all your new-Mama glory!

Link in bio to register via Mahogany Beach Club