By slowing our breath down, focusing our gaze inwards and allowing the external to quieten, we are able to switch from our sympathetic state of fight, flight or freeze response, into our parasympathetic state. Here we can come into rest, digest and recovery, calming our nervous system and sending signals to our mind and body that it's ok to let go, ground down and release, all through the power of our breath.
This class is a flowing, lengthening sequence focusing on areas such as the hamstrings, the spine, but most of the all the breath. Through honing our focus in on the breath, we can lengthen through our inhale to create space within the body and mind, and then use the exhalation to move into space...
Polly will be guiding you through a Monkey Mind meditation, focusing on the part of your brain that is constantly on-the-go, swinging from thought to thought, from past to future, taking you out of the present and into your head. Polly will guide you through this meditation to ground back down, a...
'Yang to Yin' is a combination of a creative vinyasa to get energy flowing, get messy, work on strength and yang tissue flexibility, followed by a series of deeper Yin postures to work into the more subtle Yin tissues of the body. By holding postures for longer you work into the deeper tissues to...
