An hour of gentle but challenging yoga, designed to offer you a full-body experience with a range of movement working every part of you.
We start with some grounding breathwork, settling into the practice ready for the main flow. After warming up and preparing the body, the energy slowly builds towards the 'peak', the most physically challenging part of the practice. This might be a balancing pose or a sequence of poses that build strength, balance, courage. We then move through some long-held stretches, slowing down, moving towards the final blissful rest, savasana.
Yoga has become a primarily physical practice in the West, but I incorporate breathwork, meditation, withdrawal of senses, self-awareness, respect and the all-important connection, to ourselves, to each other, to the source... You'll feel wonderful afterwards x
Please note, classes are only held during school term time.
Last updated Nov. 8, 2023, 7:40 a.m. UTC
Namaste! My name is Natalia and I admit that I completely love yoga. My first yoga memory was finding my mum standing in tree pose when I was perhaps 10 years old. I was fascinated by the shape she had made and wanted to learn more from that moment on.
I trained to teach in 2010, gaining a Yoga Alliance RYT200 qualification through Appleyoga. After that I expanded my yogic horizons and qualified as a toddler and children's yoga teacher with YogaKidz Worldwide in 2014 and went on to teach classes of all ages from toddler groups through to tweens and teens in Copenhagen. We moved back to the UK in 2017 and I am now offering toddler and children's classes in local schools and nurseries. I fell in love with Yin yoga while we were living in Denmark and am now qualified to teach that style as well as Vinyasa and Yin to adults.
I know it can be intimidating coming to a yoga class for the first time, but I try to create a welcoming environment for everyone - any age or ability - somewhere you feel safe to give it a go without judgement and with a light-hearted approach.
We won't gain any benefit from yoga without pushing ourselves, finding our edge and giving it a nudge, but for me it has to be fun - even if it doesn't always feel like that during the class, you'll love the after-glow...
I hear lots of people say they can't do yoga because they can't touch their toes, as if the teacher checks every student before they're allowed into the class! Yoga is a transformative practice so whatever your starting point is you will see improvements, but the aim isn't to make a pose look a particular way; it's about how it feels, and the affect that feeling has on your body and mind. I know yogis who have been practising for years and still can't touch their toes with straight legs, and reaching the acceptance that it might never be possible to do that can be as transformative as the physical ability to do so.
Yoga has a cumulative effect on your body and mind, so don't expect instant results or to feel completely transformed after your first class. I would encourage you to attend regular classes for a number of weeks - the more the better - then see how you feel compared to before you started. It's sometimes subtle, sometimes profound, but hopefully you'll notice a positive change.
