Description of Classes 

 
Shanti Yoga is a dramatically different style of yoga. It's gentle and easy but profoundly healing for any body, and on all levels: stiff, inflexible, crazy, busy, in chronic pain, overweight, fibromyalgia, arthritis, rehabilitation, diabetes, mature age, children, teachers, beginners, long-term yoga practitioners, stressed, back and neck injuries, chronic fatigue. It is not about acrobatics, force, exertion or strain, heated rooms or standing on your head. It's a disciplined practice that aligns breath, focused concentration, gentle movement and awareness for exercise, healing and meditation. This cultivates mind and body simultaneously by guiding the flow of internal energy through the system of meridians.
 
The process is threefold:
  • Outer yoga is physically strengthening, with deep, core openings in your joints and lengthening your entire spine, from your tailbone to your neck 
  • inner yoga nourishes the internal organs and gathers and conserves living energy (prana), and 
  • integral yoga dissolves the duality of mind and body to merge with the primordial energy of the cosmos. you experience yourself at the deepest level of your being.
 
Every Shanti Yoga class is a multilevel class, which is fully guided and demonstrated, with guided awareness, breathing and safety features incorporated throughout the class. Beginners are able to attend all of the Shanti yoga timetabled classes because of the way that Shanti Yoga is designed and taught. A combination of three styles of yoga are taught in each class (Restorative, Shanti Yoga and Hatha) together with Pranayama (yoga breathing), Nidra (yoga relaxation) and Meditation. 
 
No spiritual discipline is compete without integrating its formal practices into everyday life. In this respect, Shanti Yoga advocates a lifestyle of celebration and harmony, encourages the cultivation of generosity, compassion and wisdom and fosters the development of reverence and respect for ourselves and the world.
 
  • Unstiffen your supple body (yoga asana and kriyas)
  • Unchatter your quiet mind (deep relaxation, concentration and meditation)
  • Unfreeze your fiery heart (pranayama, breathing practices and pratyahara, which means sensory management)

What to bring: Your yoga mat is waiting for you. We also provide cushions, blankets, foam blocks, straps and filtered water. Our yoga studio has openable windows and is also air-conditioned and heated. Please arrive 5-10 minutes earlier for your first class to fill in an application form incase of any medical history that the teacher needs to know about. Please bring a fresh towel and something comfortable to wear. 
 
Below is an alphabetically listed explanation of classes.
 
DEEP RELAXATION & SELF HEALING:

Guided deep relaxation and self healing, yoga nidra.  When the mind touches the body, cells respond (Tues 12.30-1.15pm & Wed 6.30-7.30pm) 

The literal translation of yoga nidra is yogic sleep. It is simple, guided, physical relaxation session with imagery, practiced lying down, designed to find stillness and calm. It promotes a sense of very deep rest, peace and spontaneous healing. Yoga nidra leads to a blissful experience, where the body is able to totally let go and the mind becomes calm and clear. Relax and heal. For stress relief and self healing.

GENTLE FLOW YOGA:

Easy, gentle flow yoga  (Mon 10.15-11.30am, Tues & Thurs 11.30am-12.30pm)

Bring awareness and peace to your morning as you take time to nurture your body and mind. Yoga stretches and exercise for muscles, joints, glands and internal organs. A well-rounded class that coaxes you to engage in a gentle, yet powerful way to use your limbs, spine, muscles and lungs and contains all the Shanti Yoga elements. It starts on the floor with a short meditation, followed by yoga breathing (pranayama) and includes slow release floor stretches that restore health and are strenghtening. The deep breathing practices during the class help to connect breath and movement, balance your energies and experience freedom and relaxation. The class concludes with Shanti yoga sun salutation. For mind-body wellbeing. Walk-in stressed-out, walk-out energised. This class is suitable for everyone.


HATHA YOGA: Mon 6.30-7.30pm
This class provides all the classical hatha yoga postures including sun salutations as the central body of the class. It also includes work to loosen your neck and shoulders. It will ahve you moving with the breath while increasing your flexibility, strength and fitness.

 

HEALTHY BACK, ABS, HIPS, LEGS: 

Floor, core yoga for neuro-rehabilitation and flexibility (Tues 10.30-11.30am, Th 10.30-11.30am). 
A method of body strengthening from the inside out. This is a slower class that presents the grounded, humble and gentle foundations needed for your journey to health, mobility and strength for the core - your lower back, abdominals, pelvis and legs. You will practice the simple, therapeutic pleasures of detoxifying your lymph system, toning your joints, stretching your muscles and invigorating your internal organs, without difficulty or pain. The long, slow-release, healing, floor stretches will help you release deep inner tensions and restore your body’s natural fluidity and sensitivity. These remedial practices assist in the reduction of pain, spasming, rigidity and stress and increase abdominal tone, while deepening your awareness of your body, mind and spirit. For beginners and experienced students alike. If your schedule permits, stay on for the next class, Healthy and Active Yoga Flow and finish with the icing on the cake, Guided Relaxation and Meditation, for a truly wonderful experience.  
 

KIDZ YOGA:

Children’s yoga 5 - 12 years (Saturday 9.15-10.10am)

Incorporates Yoga postures and exercises (asanas), yogic breathing (pranayama), concentration (dharana), inner silence meditation (antar mauna) and relaxation (nidra). Kidz Yoga is a system of many  different things to practice and ways to think and feel, which make the body and mind strong and healthy. It also helps children be happy, peaceful and full of good energy. It opens up a world of peace, creativity, joy and disciplines for children from all walks of life.

KIRTAN, CHANTING:
Tuesday 8.15-9pm
 
For millennia, chanting has been used as a tool for healing and awakening in spiritual traditions across the world.  In India, the ancient saints, sages and rishis heard specific sounds, or mantras, in the depths of their meditations. Those "sonic pharmaceuticals" have been passed along for us to use. In this workshop we will explore the power of sacred sound to awaken the spiritual heart and healing from within. Through call and response chanting (kirtan), stories, and meditation, we will learn how to transmute negative emotions, open the heart, and still the mind. No singing, chanting or yoga experience necessary and all are welcome.  

MEDITATION:

In silence we grow, in stillness we heal (Mon 11.30am -12.10pm & Thurs 12.30 - 1.15pm)

A relaxing way to still the mind, learn to stay calm, explore your inner universe, awaken extraordinary powers of the mind and access altered states of consciousness. Unlock feelings of pleasure, bliss and peace of mind, as well as give yourself a new perspective on life. Abandon personal agendas and allow your inherent inquisitiveness to help lead you to further exploration that overcomes doubt and hesitation. When the mind is silent, it radiates compassion, joy and humour.

PRANAYAMA:

Breathe, Relax, Heal - for body and mind (Mon 9.15-10.15am)

The pranayama class is how to breathe for optimal health.  It offers gentle, powerful and easy-to-follow yoga breathing and visualisation instructions, to soothe away tiredness, stress and illness. It incorporates the body with universal awareness, diaphragmatic breathing for pulmonary health, the complete (three-part) yoga breath and sound (vibrational healing) to help you find your home in the breath. The breath is the ultimate power behind the cosmos. Central to the healing process, it is our first and last possession - the natural rhythm of life and our link with the divine of all creation. Breathing irregularities foster disease. In this class, you will dissolve stress, relax your body and mind and open yourself fully and authentically to the transformative power of the spirit in action.

STRETCH AND TONE

(Monday-Friday 6.45-7.30am. Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri. 5.30-6.25pm. Wed 9.15-10.10am & Sat 10.15-11.10am)

Classical Shanti Yoga with warm ups, ‘fix-its’ and classical resting poses. When time is of the essence (55 min. class). Increase and maintain health and flexibility. Walk-in stressed-out, walk-out blissed out.

YOGA RENEWAL:

Feel healthy and relaxed. Tues 11.30-12.30pm; Thurs 11.30-12.30pm

Yoga for total renewal will help you maintain flexibility while regaining strength. Let years of accumulated tightness and stiffness be removed from your body and feel the clock turning back. Foundation yoga poses practiced with awareness, gentleness and non-competitiveness, in a state of relaxation and with healthy, deep breathing. In these sessions, classical Shanti Yoga asanas are systematically combined with the additional help of other Yogic adjuncts, which are a combination of locks, seals and gestures. Prana, or life energy, is awakened, balanced and expanded in the body and mind and latent, physical tension and energy blocks are removed, leading to a feeling of clarity, lightness and wellbeing. This is a class for strengthening as well as stretching. If your schedule permits, attend tag yoga i.e. the earlier session of Yoga Peace or Pranayama and follow up with the Guided Relaxation and Meditation session, for a truly wonderful experience.

YOGA WELLBEING: Tues 6.30-8pm &  Wed 7.30-9pm

A perfect class to end your day, where the breath is used to move and explore the body. Unravel by strengthening and stretching your body, learn to let go of tension and centre the mind. This is a mixed level class that begins with warm-up and restorative stretching and poses and slow vinyasa (breath-synchronised movement) in the first half of the class. The second half has a change in pace and purpose and ends with standing poses and sun salutation vinyasa. 

YOGA FOR STRESS RELIEF: Tues 10.30-11.30am &  Th 10.30-11.30am. 

Integrate breath with movement to help relax the body and calm the mind. A gentle, relaxing, stress reducing class that will carry over to help you with stress relief at home, at work and in life. Through simple breath synchronised movement, connecting yoga postures withe the breath and the mind to reduce the stress in your life, rejuvenate and have more energy.
 

CLASSICAL INDIAN DANCE & BOLLYWOOD COURSE:

Bharat Natyam: Thursday 5.30-6.15pm
Bollywood choreographed dance course: Thursday 6.30-7.20pm
Learn a fun, fully choreographed dance in ten weeks. Come and experience the graceful and sensual style of Bollywood dancing through the use of full body movements danced to very rhythmical and powerful music with fantastic beats from the latest Bollywood movies. Become a Bollywood diva. Tell an epic story through Bollywood moves and grooves. An exciting, fun-filled, total body workout with structured moves, timing, rhythmn, high energy, classical hand gestures and expressive movements. An experience not to be missed. Suitable for all ages. 
 
 

BOLLYWOOD DAYTIME FUN MOVEMENT:

Bollywood dance fun fitness (Tuesday 9.35 -10.10am)

Easy to learn, fun, Bollywood dance workout. Structured moves. Cardio-respiratory endurance and memory is developed whilst you are guided towards weight-loss, fitness, fun, health, vitality and wellbeing.

ALSO AVAILABLE

• Massage and Ayurvedic treatments  • Private classes • Weekend workshops 

• Tme-out retreats  • Teacher training • Cooking classes

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