by Camilla Bevington | Aug 28, 2019 | Yoga
Nikki Nicholas has been a yoga practitioner for 25 years and teacher for 10. With a grounding in personal training and Pilates, Nikki offers a practice for strength and function. Like her original training in Hatha, her classes offer a balanced approach, as she...
by Camilla Bevington | Aug 21, 2019 | Dawn Lister, Mindfulness
Looking for a creative way to de-stress? Would you like to learn a new skill? Why not come along to our upcoming Mandalas and Mindfulness workshop? The fabulous Angelique from Love Dotting Mandala Workshops will teach you how to make your very own mandala, a process...
by Camilla Bevington | Aug 14, 2019 | Dawn Lister, Mindfulness
“I haven’t the time to be mindful, I am just too busy! Putting something else into my day actually makes me feel even more stressed and anxious, so this really isn’t for me.” This is a conversation I have with clients and friends regularly. It feels...
by Camilla Bevington | Aug 7, 2019 | Daniel Groom, Yoga
You have probably heard in class people breathing rhythmically while going through their postures. Well, this is the Pranayama technique called Ujjayi Breath, also known as the victorious breath, ocean breath or (my favourite) the Darth Vader breath. It’s a...
by Camilla Bevington | Jul 31, 2019 | Community
In today’s blog we have something a little different: a story from one of our community about their cervical screening, or smear test. I have always had my smear tests. They have always been clear… until this one. From nowhere I had severely abnormal cell...
by Camilla Bevington | Jul 24, 2019 | News, Yoga
Have you ever wanted to try sunrise yoga? Come along to our Summer Yoga Challenge to find out exactly what it’s like! Every Wednesday from 6am-7am, from 31st July to 4th September, our fantastic teacher Terri Walford is taking a sunrise yoga class. You’ll...
by Camilla Bevington | Jul 10, 2019 | Community, Daniel Groom
As it’s Pride week in Southend, in this week’s post Daniel explains why it’s so important to hold yoga classes for LGBT+ people. Why is it important for the LGBT+ community to have a specific Yoga class? Are you aware that over 80% of identifying...
by Camilla Bevington | Jul 3, 2019 | Community, Pilates
Rebecca’s daughter was recommended to try a Pilates class for her health and Rebecca went ‘along for the ride’. In today’s post, Rebecca explains how they both got on… My daughter returned from uni last year having suffered from pneumonia...
by Camilla Bevington | Jun 26, 2019 | Dawn Lister, Mindfulness
So often we focus on the stuff about ourselves that we dislike, the things we don’t get around to doing, losing weight, hitting the gym, doing our taxes on time, making time to be with our friends. We could go on, we all have stuff that we just feel makes us less than...
by Camilla Bevington | Jun 19, 2019 | Guest Blogs
In today’s blog, homeopath Chelsea Green explains the stages of the menstrual cycle and how understanding each phase can make your life easier! Do you find that your moods and your energy level change from week to week? Do you wonder why one week you find it so...
