Name: Gentle Yoga, Tuesday evenings, Hastings, 23.07.-24.09.
Start: 2024-07-23T17:30:00+12:00
End: 2024-07-23T19:00:00+12:00
Location: The Yoga Space Hastings

Gentle Yoga, Tuesday evenings, Hastings, 23.07.-24.09.

Gentle Yoga at The Yoga Space in Hastings, 208 Heretaunga Street East, Hastings.
Tuesday evenings 5.30-7 pm, starting 23rd July – 24th September.
10 session pass is $180. – Casual spaces are available
Casual session price is $20 if there is space and casual spots can be booked through 021-161 43 40.
I also offer Koha spots if the casual or regular price are not accessible. Please message me if you would like to join.
These sessions will be combination of Yin Yoga with a few gentle & slow Hatha Yoga stretches interweaved and of course relaxation with Tibetan Singing Bowls throughout.
Yoga is my favorite modality, the base, the roots for so many things in my life. When I first started practicing yoga I favored strong practices like Ashtanga, Bikram, Vinyasa. I was still in a mindset that I needed to have a strong practice to have a strong body, which is probably partly true. After 15 years of mothering and working full-time and being a highly sensitive individual I realised that what I needed to be strong within myself is a gentle practice to give my body and mind a break and some nourishment.
Over the years my practice has changed a lot. When I first practiced Yin Yoga I felt like coming home in my yoga practice. My yoga practice is now very intuitive and interwoven with strong and gentle elements, plenty of time to experience the asanas / poses, plenty of variation to accommodate for our different bodies and skeletal structures, plenty of time to breathe consciously and deep and I am providing a space where the mind can become calm and settled and the body feel nourished.
I strongly encourage building a deeper relationship with your own body and making your practice what suits you and what nourishes you on the day.
I don’t do many physical adjustment and prefer to guide my students verbally to learn to listen to their bodies and notice the adjustments that need to be done to suit your body. When I practice with other teachers and am a student myself I often adjust the guided practice to suit me – e.g. taking a child pose when I a tired, taking an easier version of a pose, e.g. low lunge instead of high lunge etc. I would like to to empower my students to intuitively know what is right for them in a safe container. We all have such different skeletal structures, different energy levels & emotional states depending on how our day was, what we are going through. Our practice needs to reflect this. There is no one for all solution & I try to support that in my sessions.
This studio is fully stocked with props, such as mats, bolsters, straps, blocks, blankets. Feel free to bring your own props if you prefer.
The sessions are non-refundable, but you can transfer your ticket to a friend for certain nights when you can’t make it or come to another regular session of mine to make up for it.
If you have any questions or are wondering if these sessions would suit you, please feel free to be in touch [email protected] / 021 – 161 43 40.