Yoga Leicester

Yoga during pregnancy is a wonderful way to support a woman during this incredible time in her life. Pregnancy yoga helps calm the mind and body to prepare for childbirth, and strengthens the body effectively during pregnancy and into postnatal care.

Eat well! Fuel your body to assist in this incredible transformation. The body will need lots of whole foods, a balanced diet, and a full range of vitamins and minerals. The body doesn't need to be overloaded with foods that don't serve the body, like lots of chocolate and processed food. Your baby and your body need fresh, whole foods so that you and your baby thrive. My 30 days of healthy living and beyond is a great place to start if you want to learn about nutritionally dense foods to support your body's health.

It helps relieve back and leg pain and encourages better sleep by learning deep relaxation techniques. It's a great way to connect deeply with your body and your growing baby. Our bodies need to be adequately strong to prepare for childbirth and recovery. Many people eat and stop exercising, but the right kinds of food, exercise, and mental health exercises are part of nurturing yourself, your body, and your baby during pregnancy.

There are many different yoga styles, depending on the teacher you resonate with and what you want to get out of your yoga class. Warm Yin yoga, for example, is a languid pace and can require the practitioner to hold and sit in the pose for some time. This is to allow them to fully release and support their health from a deep tissue perspective. An approach like yin yoga helps us heal on a deep level: tissues, bones, connective tissue, fascia. The other end of the spectrum would be power yoga. For example, this is very physical and demanding on the physical body, integrating upper bodywork, core and leg work.

Kundalini yoga focuses on the energetic body and awakening the dormant energy that lies coil at the base of our spine. When we awaken this energy, our whole vibration rises. We become more self-aware and live in our flow state, where we manifest with ease and joy. Kundalini Yoga is embedded in the work at Life On Pointe, because there are many practices to awaken our connection to Self.

That we are energetic, and our path to healing and living a joyful life starts with our energy and coming back to ourselves. Because we are energy, everything is energy, and everything is connected. When we live in fear, anxiety, or even perfectionism, we are separated and have a dualistic mind, which causes unease. When we tap into our deep-seated energy through various practices, not just on the mat, but also off the mat, we wake up our kunalidina energy and release Self and One consciousness.

I don't have a preference, in all honesty. Yoga happens through our interaction with life. I can practise yoga whilst calming myself down from rage or anxious moments in the supermarket, or I can practise yoga through reading with my little ones. Yoga practice is how we live our lives. I honestly can enjoy yoga from anywhere, because it brings me back to my inner centre regardless of my external location.

When I hear the word yoga, I think of peace. Yoga brings about a sense of peacefulness and serenity: progress and personal achievement through growth and inner strength. I think of all the people who have crossed my path and entered yoga training, whether yoga philosophy, mindfulness, nutrition or  peaceful studio-based practice, and think about it.

I practice yoga at home. It would be nice to create a clean spiritual space for you and your physical practice. This creates an environment where you can relax and let go. However, I have also practised mediation around my noisy children, and Lego filled the floor, bringing me back to my centre. It's interesting how children respond to you when you practise at home. They will understand in time to respect your quiet time, and maybe even join in. Try it, give it time, and see what happens!

Yoga helps create a clean space, because it is about respecting yourself, your time, your practice, and your environment. As you look inward, part of the yoga journey is 'cleaning and purifying'. When you realise that your environment becomes part of your inner work, you will have started a part of your healing process. Social and home environments are all part of your inner work. Household decluttering is an energetic process of dealing with emotional energy and making safe space in a yoga house. The colours, smells, rituals, and plants you fill your house with will also become more conscious, as you will realize that your inner world reflects your outer world.

Yoga is a way of life. Yoga is not just standing on a mat in a tree pose. Yoga brings us closer to our true selves. With eight limbs to yoga, the list helps address all areas of our lives and well-being. In Life On Pointe, we focus on body  awareness, mind, and nutrition, because these are gateways to release ourselves from negative patterns and raise our vibration. It is also important to note here that yoga is not about passive meditating. Yoga is a challenging path. It encourages us to turn darkness into light. Be aware of your ego. Being honest with ourselves is the key to shining a light on the areas of ourselves we hide.

The ultimate goal of yoga is self-realisation and the creation of one consciousness.

It is unnecessary to learn or understand the philosophy of yoga before beginning your practice. However, somewhere along your yoga path, you will be drawn to learn with the right guidance and encouragement to open up to yourself. This will happen when the time is right for you.

Yes, there are many countless benefits. We are just as natural as nature is for us. We are the sun, the moon and the stars. Sometimes it's easy to forget this or lose connection to the actual work when we are so focused on material things or work and external achievements. Simply taking our shoes and socks off and walking is healing as we connect to the earth's frequency. To practice yoga in nature allows us to listen, feel, smell, see, and connect to what is real; the connection between ourselves and nature. When you can completely surrender to this practice, it will help you feel more at ease, less stressed, happier, and healthier.

Yes. I love those tranquil garden spaces designed to sooth your soul. I love my yoga garden outdoor space for people in my family to enjoy.

The yoga studios at the Squash Club in Leicester have a few stairs, and we are on the first floor. St. Paul's Church in Oadby doesn't have stairs and is all on one floor.

My children and I love running around and "grounding", where we take off our shoes and consciously feel the earth under our feet. Spending time in nature is healing. It helps us heal, because we are back in our natural environment. Do not underestimate the power of being among nature and animals. Whenever we are in nature and in union with Mother Earth, we are at home.

Yes, yoga vouchers are a popular gift at Life on Pointe, and a thoughtful gift. Giving a yoga gift voucher deeply cares for someone's health and wellbeing. Please contact us for details.

Using crystal singing bowls, voice and tuning forks, sound healing is a beautiful technique. It helps us rebalance our frequency at a cellular level by synchronising with our brain waves and achieving deep relaxation and trauma healing.

I love walking, listening to the birds, sitting on the beach, and listening to the sound of the ocean. There are many vocal healers. I enjoy paying attention to their voice, and songs are such a powerful method of lifting my vibration.

Sit comfortably in your chair and let your spine lengthen for you. Feel your feet grounded on the floor if that feels comfortable to you. You breathe in, lift your left arm to the side, over your head, and gently stretch to the left as you breathe out. Recover and repeat to the right side. Inhale and lengthen the spine, place your left hand on your right knee, and gently twist your waist to look over your right shoulder. Recover and repeat to the left. At the start of a chair class, the same health and safety advice is offered in a non-chair class. Every day, the body needs something different, so tune in to what your body needs today. If you need to rest or come out of a pose to a more comfortable position, do so and breathe. Gentle chair yoga-modified yoga practice is great for elderly people to enjoy.

Regular yoga practice means a conscious way of living. Therefore, you will have a more positive outlook on yourself and your life. Your physical and energetic body will feel lighter and more balanced, and your muscles will become stronger and more supple. You will feel more peaceful, content, and grounded as your life improves.

Since teaching and yoga coaching, my mind is much more organised. Passing on these ancient tools of mindfulness and energy work helps me learn more about myself. Every time I coach someone, I learn something new about myself. In the same way, my dancing also improved when I became a ballet coach, because I studied my physicality as I taught others. It helped me analyse my  yoga and breathing techniques and make improvements.

I was in a transitional phase of life, from being a dancer to becoming a teacher. I just felt drawn to the particular yoga teacher course I found at Sun Power Yoga. I had been practising yoga for a while and knew I loved how it made me feel, so I decided to dive deeper into my practice.

I have been practising yoga for over 15 years now. It was a natural progression from my ballet training to moving into yoga, because it was a physical art form. Still, I loved how much yoga taught me about myself and took me on a personal development journey.