The Art of Gentle practice – The New Modern Yoga
Joanita will be holding a stunning class for all of our front line workers on Sunday the 19th at 1pm. She is looking forward to creating the perfect class for you to help you settle into yourself again. We are taking names now.
The journey of each yogi into yoga begins for is very special. For many, yoga provides that relief from physical, mental, emotional pain or otherwise.
I am a very long-time yoga practioner and was trained by some of Ireland most senior Yoga teachers. My ultimate yoga journey always leads me to create a yoga practice accessible to anyone, regardless of age. That is why I have introduced that most popular class at the studio called the Art of Gentle Practice. It is New, it is Modern and it has allowed the most insecure individual to walk into that class and be at ease with his/her own practice.
Meditation Class – Thank the Heroes
This meditation class is designed around becoming mindful and being in the present moment. The first part of the class, you will learn a simple mindful mediation technique that will help you to remain calm and in the present moment. The second part of the class will be a guided meditation focusing on restoring balance to the energy points of the body, clearing the body of trauma and returning it to equilibrium.
You will receive a Mindful Audio that will teach the deeper mind how to remain present.
I’m so delighted to be able to offer a kundalini yoga class for the River Holistic weekend for all the frontline staff in July.
I will design a very special kundalini class to help you deeply relax and restore your energy using breathing techniques, restorative postures, guided deep relaxation, chanting and meditation.
My aim will be create space to allow yourself to completely let go and allow natural healing to take place to your energy field, body and mind.
This class is open to beginners as well as experienced yogi’s no previous experience of kundalini yoga is needed, I will guide you gently through each of the postures allowing you to have a full & beautiful experience.
Contact me at mindingmewellness@gmail.com if you have any questions at all.
Laura has created a beautiful healing space for all of the Front of Line staff on Sunday the 19th of July at 1pm and she would for you to join.
Quartz crystal is known for its healing properties, and it’s ability to support clarity. Whilst the crystal bowls and tuning forks are made from quartz crystal they are also tuned to the frequency of the chakras, thus making them a potent companion in healing and manifesting.
Through meditation we will acknowledge the year that has been, and open to all that lies ahead in both our head and heart.
Whilst lying on a yoga mat snuggled in your blanket you will be bathed in the relaxing healing sounds of Crystal Bowls, Crystal Tuning Forks, and a variety of different sound healing instruments such as the Himalayan Singing Bowls, Gongs, Drum, Zaphir Chimes, Solfeggio Pipes to support you through this sound journey, before allowing a deep state of stillness to set in.
As each instrument is played the sound is absorbed inwards, working on the chakras, enabling the body, mind and spirit to move back into a deeper state of balance, and who doesn’t want more balance?? Through use of these sounds we begin to shed the dense heavier energy of daily life, thus rising our vibrational energy, allowing us to effortlessly attract higher frequency people and experiences into our lives.
Contra-Indications: please note this workshop is NOT suitable for people with a pacemaker, inflammation, advanced stages of cancer, cancer tumours, metal implants, having had surgery within 3 months and in the first trimester of pregnancy.
Passionate and inspirational, Elaine will bring a creative energy to this class. Her therapeutic approach is student focussed and celebrates the unique challenges of each and every body.
She is really looking forward to guiding you through this flow class as a heartfelt thank you for all that you have done and are continuing to do. This class is on Saturday the 18th at 10am and we would love to add you in.
Mixed level class. Some experience of yoga is beneficial, but not essential
In vinyasa yoga, each movement is synchronized to a breath. The breath is given primacy, acting as an anchor as you move from one pose to the next. Each movement in the series is cued by an inhalation or an exhalation of the breath.
Yoga with Aoife Moore is an enriching practice of ‘acceptance of self’ through Hatha yoga.
She has volunteered her time especially for you, the front line staff who have tirelessly worked around the clock to keep us safe, fed, warm and well. This class is on Sunday the 19th of July at 3pm and we would love to add your name down.
The class is less about achieving aesthetic alignment and more about connecting with your true self and focusing more on functional alignment.
In this class Aoife invites you to increase awareness in your body and breath while bringing you through mindful asana movements, progressing naturally to pranayama (yoga breathing techniques) and ending with a centering meditation.
The result is a heart-opening, body-strengthening, grounding experience.
Knowing that yoga is not what you see…yoga is what you feel.
I look forward to meeting you on the mat.
ॐ Namaste ॐ
Edel has designed this two hour free workshop especially for the Front Line Staff open weekend as her Thank you to all of you. All going well this workshop will take place on Sunday the 19th of July at 10am. We are now taking names.
Home as an extension of ourselves: feng shui, colour and essential oils to clear stagnant energy, create balance and uplift and invigorate every area of our lives.
Our homes are an extension of ourselves, our surroundings are our outer skin. When we consider our internal and external worlds both are one, not separate but energetically entwined, each interconnected with the other; each breathing the energy of the other in, like an in-hale and exhale; we experience our spaces as a reflection of our inner selves.
In this presentation we will consider
Edel Cleary
Interior designer and feng shui practitioner
I have been sitting here trying to find ways to help everyone while the centre is closed and while doing this, I realised I have been doing it all along.
Breathing. The art of mindful breathing is age old but I decided to do a daily breathing technique over on my Facebook and Instagram pages over the the weeks that we were all in a cocoon during Covid-19.
This first part will introduce to 8 incredibly easy breathing techniques, you don’t need any fancy equipment and you can do most of them from you desk, couch, bed or on the yoga mat.
I hope you get something from them
Claire
Find a place to do this breathing exercise for 15 to 20 minutes. Sit in a comfortable position with your back straight. You will monitor your heart beat to keep a good rhythm and do at least 10 breath cycles. Each cycle will be comprised of three stages.
When you breath in, make sure that you’re breathing in through your stomach first and your stomach second. The slow, managed breaths are very calming. Holding your breath also helps regain your C02 levels to reduce some of the effects of hyperventilation.
PLEASE DON’T PERFORM THIS BREATHING EXERCISE IF YOU HAVE A HEART CONDITION
Sometimes all we can do is nothing and from that nothing can come something special.
As a thank you to everyone who are working tirelessly to keep us safe, warm and fed.
I would love to offer a weekend especially dedicated to you the front line staff.
I thought by putting a date to this weekend, 18th and 19th of July, it will help remind you that this will end and something kind can come out of it.
We will be offering free treatments in Reflexology, holistic massage, osteopathy, cranio-sacral therapy, facial reflexology, IET, Sports massage, Aromatherapy, Reiki, Bio Energy and Indian Head Massage to mention just a few.
On top of this we will be holding free classes in Hatha Yoga, Yin Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Gentle Yoga, Meditation, Mental Health workshop, feng shui with colours and essential oils, Introduction to pilates, yoga flow classes and hopefully a lot more.
If you or someone you know is part of the amazing front line teams that are astounding me everyday and you would like to let them know that they deserve a day at our little sanctuary, then please message me here or email claire@riverholistic.ie and let me know what treatment and or class you would like to recieve.
All of my thanks and blessings.
Claire
*one treatment per person to allow as many people to receive their much deserved safe space*
*Date subject to change, but hopefully it won’t*
*Must have proof of being front line staff*