6 WEEKS YOGA Beginners Course
This 6 Week Yoga Beginners course is designed for complete beginners, yoga students with less than a year’s yoga practice as well as students who wish to deepen their foundation and further their knowledge and understanding of yoga in a slower paced setting. Everyone was a beginner at some point and the best thing you can do is come along, roll out a mat and just have fun with the group.
We will work in small groups so that we’ll be able to look after each student individually. We will look at breaking down the fundamentals of a well-rounded yoga practice, this will include asanas (physical postures) pranayama (breathing techniques) and basic meditation.
By starting your regular weekly class, you will more focused, more grounded and stronger in your daily life. The course is a way to begin your practise and discover yoga in a safe and fun space, it is a great way to create a foundation for your practise, as well as give you the confidence to attend any open or all level yoga classes and give you the skills to develop your own personal practice at home. You will also learn about the 8 Limbs of Patanjali Yoga, the Chakras, the 5 Koshas and Prana Vayus and other fundamental concepts to deepen your knowledge of Yoga.
January/February 2017 Dates:
Week 1: SATURDAY 21/01/2017 9.00am-10.30am Introduction to Yoga, Sun Salutations A & B
Week 2: SATURDAY 28/01/2017 9.00am-10.30am Finding your grounding: Basic Standing postures
Week 3: SATURDAY 04/02/2017 9.00am-10.30am Balancing and Seated postures
Week 4: SATURDAY 11/02/2017 9.00am-10.30am Cooling down techniques: Finishing Postures
Week 5: SATURDAY 18/02/2017 9.00am-10.30am Breathing techniques (Pranayama) and Meditation
Week 6: SATURDAY 25/02/2017 9.00am-10.30am Final class complete sequence, Pranayama & Meditation
Cost for the 6 Weeks Beginners Course: £95 per person
Booking and Pre-payment required. Minimum 5 people.
Mats and other props are provided
We will work in small groups so that we’ll be able to look after each student individually. We will look at breaking down the fundamentals of a well-rounded yoga practice, this will include asanas (physical postures) pranayama (breathing techniques) and basic meditation.
By starting your regular weekly class, you will more focused, more grounded and stronger in your daily life. The course is a way to begin your practise and discover yoga in a safe and fun space, it is a great way to create a foundation for your practise, as well as give you the confidence to attend any open or all level yoga classes and give you the skills to develop your own personal practice at home. You will also learn about the 8 Limbs of Patanjali Yoga, the Chakras, the 5 Koshas and Prana Vayus and other fundamental concepts to deepen your knowledge of Yoga.
January/February 2017 Dates:
Week 1: SATURDAY 21/01/2017 9.00am-10.30am Introduction to Yoga, Sun Salutations A & B
Week 2: SATURDAY 28/01/2017 9.00am-10.30am Finding your grounding: Basic Standing postures
Week 3: SATURDAY 04/02/2017 9.00am-10.30am Balancing and Seated postures
Week 4: SATURDAY 11/02/2017 9.00am-10.30am Cooling down techniques: Finishing Postures
Week 5: SATURDAY 18/02/2017 9.00am-10.30am Breathing techniques (Pranayama) and Meditation
Week 6: SATURDAY 25/02/2017 9.00am-10.30am Final class complete sequence, Pranayama & Meditation
Cost for the 6 Weeks Beginners Course: £95 per person
Booking and Pre-payment required. Minimum 5 people.
Mats and other props are provided
Course Teacher: Elena Sanesi
Initially trained as a Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher and Pregnancy Yoga Teacher at YogaLondon, she then went on an advanced intensive training with Awakened Life School of Yoga for +300 hours Teacher training in Costa Rica and Bali.
She is now a certified 500RYT teacher according to Yoga Alliance standards and continues studying with inspiring teachers from all over the world.
Elena is also qualified to teach Restorative and Prenatal and Postnatal yoga. Having trained as a Doula with Michel Odent and Liliana Lammers as well as HypnoBirthing with Marie Mongan, she also includes some of these elements in her Prenatal-Postnatal classes.
In her continuous strive for serving a wider range of population through the transformative path of Yoga, Elena is currently studying Integrative Yoga Therapy to attain her IAYT accredited 800Hours Professional Yoga Therapist Certificate with Lilian and Joseph LePage at Kripalu Centre in MA, USA.
During her classes Elena combines an attention to healthy alignment with mindful movements, and focuses on the flow of the breath as a link between the mind and body. She encourages a non-competitive joyful practice offering modifications suitable for different bodies and conditions. Relaxation and meditation are also an important part of her practice, which she combines with the use of sound and breathing techniques.
She is now a certified 500RYT teacher according to Yoga Alliance standards and continues studying with inspiring teachers from all over the world.
Elena is also qualified to teach Restorative and Prenatal and Postnatal yoga. Having trained as a Doula with Michel Odent and Liliana Lammers as well as HypnoBirthing with Marie Mongan, she also includes some of these elements in her Prenatal-Postnatal classes.
In her continuous strive for serving a wider range of population through the transformative path of Yoga, Elena is currently studying Integrative Yoga Therapy to attain her IAYT accredited 800Hours Professional Yoga Therapist Certificate with Lilian and Joseph LePage at Kripalu Centre in MA, USA.
During her classes Elena combines an attention to healthy alignment with mindful movements, and focuses on the flow of the breath as a link between the mind and body. She encourages a non-competitive joyful practice offering modifications suitable for different bodies and conditions. Relaxation and meditation are also an important part of her practice, which she combines with the use of sound and breathing techniques.
