Yoga - Chandlers Ford

The experience of Yoga practice

Gently stretch and move to the rhythm of your breath. Feel tension from your body ease and your mind become calm. Explore the connections between your body, breath, and mind, and how they influence your range of movement and your posture. Use your discoveries to bring about change, to improve your fitness for life, your feeling of well-being and to connect more deeply within yourself.

This is yoga

In this approach the form of the postures and breathing are adapted to suit each person. Students are first taught gentle controlled breathing linked to movements, and are then led on to the more classical practice of postures, breathing practices, and developing the ability to focus. The experience after a session is generally that of being physically extended, relaxed, focussed and energised.

Juliet James has been practising yoga for most of her life. She trained as a Yoga Teacher and as a one to one Yoga Therapist with the Association for Yoga Studies (AYS). She was trained by Paul Harvey, a deeply knowledgeable teacher, and student of T.K.V. Desikachar, who is one of the most influential yoga teachers of our time.  Now a Senior Yoga Teacher with the AYS, she has completed a four year Teacher Training Qualification with an additional Further Studies Qualification obtained over another two years. All Juliet's training is accredited by the British Wheel of Yoga.

Juliet teaches Yoga on a Wednesday at goPhysio in Chandlers Ford from 7.10-8.10pm.

Yoga for Pregnancy

The classes aim to enable women to prepare for birth using appropriately modified yoga postures, simple breathing techniques and birthing positions. The classes include postures for optimal foetal positioning and how to prevent or relieve the common discomforts of pregnancy, such as back and pelvis pain. The classes are friendly, informal and fun. They provide a warm supportive environment and are a great way to prepare for birth, share experiences and meet other mums to be.

Juliet has been working with pregnant women in the Southampton area for more than twenty years. She trained as an antenatal teacher for the National Childbirth Trust in 1990 whilst expecting her second child. This led to teaching antenatal classes to couples and in parallel she began working with pregnant teenagers in the Southampton and Portsmouth areas. With the support of local midwives Juliet supported and prepared the young mums for labour and motherhood. Having used yoga during her own pregnancies Juliet spent six years training as a yoga teacher and therapist with Paul Harvey (Founder of Viniyoga Britain/Association for Yoga Studies), followed by further specialist training in working with pregnancy with Wendy Teasdill (British Wheel of Yoga ) and Viv Tallis AYS (Association for Yoga studies).

Juliet now works closely with the local midwives in the Southampton area and teaches Pregnancy Yoga at the Ashurst Birthing Centre. She is also a qualified doula and is happy to support a woman during her labour and the immediate post-natal period.  www.karunayoga.co.uk

Yoga for pregnancy classes are held at goPhysio in Chandlers Ford every Wednesday from 6-7pm.
Any enquiries for either yoga class should be made directly to Juliet on 07769 701741