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Hatha Yoga and Wellness

      Welcome to my Hatha Yoga and Wellness page.

     Yoga is now recognized as an excellent means of management for many health conditions. The benefits of yoga poses, working with the breath, guided visualisations, deep relaxation and meditation may include increased body awareness, release of muscular tension, increased coordination and balance, increased flexibility and strength, control over fatigue, improved circulation and breathing, enhanced alertness, better management of stress and an overall feeling of well-being.

     Contrary to popular myth, you do not need to be fit, flexible or have practiced yoga before to benefit from Yoga as it is suitable for both complete beginners and those who have practised before.

     I teach a gentle form of breath centered Hatha Yoga, Gentle Stretch and Back Care Basics that adapts to individual needs. These classes are suitable for all, including those living with chronic or acute conditions including Fibromyalgia/ME, Multiple Sclerosis, Cancer, Chronic Fatigue, Aids, Back Pain, Scoliosis, Osteoporosis and Womens health issues.

     Please scroll down the page to find out more details of the individual classes. If you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yoga for Beginners

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     This gentle class is suitable everyone including people with health challenges. All poses will be modified to suit your body and no prior knowledge or experience of yoga is necessary, as full instruction will be given.


Hatha Yoga class

     This class is suitable for people who have previous Yoga experience as less verbal instruction is given.
All poses will be modified to suit your body.

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Gentle Stretch

This class is suitable for all including those with health challenges. The unique mix of yoga based stretches, somatic mind body movements and deep relaxation will leave you feeling wonderful.

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Back Care Basics

     Statistics say that 80% of the adult population will suffer from significant Back or shoulder pain at some time of their lives – are you one of them? No matter how serious, rehabilitation and recovery IS possible.

     This Back Care Basic class is a proven system of gentle Somatic mind-body exercises, gentle yoga based exercises and relaxation designed to help you heal your back and realign your body.
 
     As each person’s spine is unique you will need to book a 90 minute private assessment where we will discuss your challenges and goals before attending the class. This is so that we can work together safely and adjustments, tailored to meet your current levels of flexibility, strength, and posture can be made.

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Class Schedule

The classes I offer integrate my skills in modern mind body health and healing techniques with the ancient insights of Hatha Yoga. Classes are held in the Wellness Centre in Altea la Vieja. The current schedule is as follows: -

Thursdays

09.30 – 11.00 Yoga for Beginners

11.30 – 12.30 Gentle Stretch

13.30 – 15.00 Hatha Yoga

15.30 – 16.30 Back Care Basics

Classes on alternative days may be possible, subject to a minimum of 2 people attending.

Costs

The 90 minute class Yoga for Beginners and Hatha Yoga class costs 32 euros per month (4 classes)

The 60 minute Gentle Stretch and Back Care Basics* class costs 25 euros per month (4 classes)

*Please note. You need to book a 90 minute private session prior to attending your first Back Care Basics class. This 90 minute session allows us to fully discuss your back challenges and includes an assessment of your range of movement, so that we can work together safely. I do not offer diagnosis of back challenges. If you are unsure if this class is for you, please contact me to discuss your needs.

90 minute Private sessions are also available at a cost of 15 euros.

Terms and conditions of all classes are as follows: -

  • Payment is due at the first class.
  • One class out of the 4 can be carried over to the next month if you are unable to attend.
  Please note - the maximum number of students at the Wellness Centre is 4 to allow for adaptions to individual needs so Booking is essential.
 


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Yoga Slim

     This very special 90 minute class has been specifically written for weight reduction and to target those difficult areas! the yoga poses have been chosen to build muscle and burn fat and the class is suitable for those completely new to yoga or those who have attended yoga classes in the past.

A typical class includes essential weight reduction body awareness, breathing exercises to boost your metabolic rate and cleanse your body, warm up stretches and  specifically chosen yoga poses to tone and streamline your body and target those difficult areas (those wobbly bits including tums, bums, arms and thighs!)

The class also includes an exclusive See Yourself Slim guided movitation visualisation, a deep guided relaxation and a Home practise handout.

This class is not currently running. However if you and a friend would like to start, please contact me for more details.



Ultimate Golf Fitness

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This 60 minute class focuses on Flexibility, Mobility and Balance to address the most common swing faults. In many cases, just by improving your flexibility you improve your Golf swing AND add distance to your shots!

This class is not currently running, however if you and a friend are interested in please contact Kathy.


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Discover Hatha Yoga Course

The Mindful Coach 8 week course “Mastering the Basics” has been specially designed to offer you a comprehensive guide to Hatha Yoga and to ensure you receive the best possible instruction, class sizes are kept deliberately small. This course is also available on a private basis.

The course will help you discover and integrate the elements of a Hatha Yoga practice into your life at a level specifically designed for your body.

The course starts with a private 90 minute session so that we can discuss your goals and any challenges you may have, this allows us to work together safely. The course itself covers the basic fundamentals of asana, breathing, relaxation and meditation. Each of the eight 90 minute sessions has been designed around a theme (see below) and has a special sun salutation and asana focus that moves weekly through the different foundation poses. At the end of each session you will also be given a handout so that you can continue your practice at home.

Course Themes

  • Week 1 – Introduction to the course and its benefits
  • Week 2 – Breath is Life, taking one breath at a time
  • Week 3 – Body Awareness, learning to listen to your body
  • Week 4 – Sitting as a whole person (The Koshas)
  • Week 5 – Wheels of Light, taping into your life force energy
  • Week 6 – Integrating Mind and Body for better health
  • Week 7 – Why don’t Zebras get ulcers? Learning how yoga can help you manage stress
  • Week 8 – Restorative Yoga, honouring your body

To give you an outline of how the sessions will run (with the exception of your first 90 minute private session and week 8) each week we will be practicing body awareness, breathing exercises, warm up poses, sun salute focus poses leading to the practice of the full sun salute, asana focus poses along with standing poses, balancing poses, hip openers, back bends, seated poses and forward bends, supine poses and finishing poses followed by guided imagery, silent relaxation and meditation.

All poses will be modified to suit your body and no prior knowledge or experience of yoga is necessary, as all instruction will be given. The course is also suitable for people who have practiced Hatha Yoga but would like to review the basics.

The Mindful Coach "Mastering the Basics" is an essential first step to discovering Hatha Yoga so that you may live peacefully in your mind, healthily within your body and in true harmony with your mind and body.

The course costs 95 euros for the group course, and 150 euros for a private course and includes your 90 minute private session, 12 hours of tuition and all handouts.

For more information, please contact Kathy.






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Yoga Home Study course

The Yoga Home Study course is a complete course in Yoga with a special focus on the therapeutic dimension. The course includes Yoga philosophy and psychology, asana, pranayama and mudra as well as an in-depth experiential study of how to apply the psychology of yoga in daily living. This is a web-based program in which each student works with a personal mentor (this can either be me or another IYT Yoga Teacher) through e-mail with the option to add Telephone/VoIP coaching and Weekend Workshops in Spain.

It is available to all students throughout the world with an interest in deepening their understanding of Yoga. This program gives you a certificate of completion and is an excellent foundation to the Teacher Training Programme. This home study course also offers sixty-five hours of credit toward the IYT Professional Yoga Therapist Training Program run in the USA.

Cost $475* including detailed on-line manual, questions for written work, course supervision and evaluation.

Please contact Kathy for more information either by email or telephone 96 5846383

*Price is subject to change without notice.