Private sessions

Following the ancient tradition of one teacher to one student, we work intimately to customise a practice built around your specific needs.

 Please contact me for availability
 At my home (SK17): £30 per one-hour session
 At your own home (within 20 miles of SK17): £35 per one-hour session
 Please contact me for details of prices for a small group

Meditation…
Meditation is the direct experience of your own mind. For most of our waking lives we experience the thoughts, emotions and sensations that fill our minds, but this ever-changing stream of distractions is no more the mind than the water in a glass is the glass. In meditation we learn to distance ourselves from this flow rather than identify with it. We become the observer instead of participant. As the practice develops, the stream becomes a trickle and sometimes ceases altogether and a calm, clear awareness replaces the distractions, tranquility replaces confusion. We realise that the mind is still present even when thoughts are not and we discover the bliss of simply being.

I use a variety of meditation techniques including simple breath awareness, metta bhavana (a Buddhist technique to cultivate loving kindness), chakra balancing, visualisations, mudra and mantra.

Yoga for pregnancy…
Yoga postures, breathing exercises and meditation will keep you physically healthy, emotionally well-balanced during pregnancy, labour, birth and the post-natal recovery period and will strengthen the bond between you and baby. The physical benefits of yoga include improved strength, muscle tone, posture and balance; suppleness and flexibility in the entire musculo-skeletal system; the stimulation of glands which control hormone production; massaged internal organs, increased blood flow and improved circulation; excellent breath and mind control and improved sleep. The breathing exercises and meditation promote a general feeling of well being, calm and contentedness, along with a positive outlook on life.

If you have been practising yoga for some time, or are a regular exerciser with no history of miscarriage, it is in most cases safe to practice from the first trimester. However, if you have not practiced yoga before, do not exercise, or have a history of miscarriage, you should wait until the second trimester to begin practising yoga.

Yoga for parents & baby…
Practising yoga with your baby builds a profound bond and it boosts yours and baby’s vitality, mobility, physical health and emotional well-being.

Yoga therapy…
Yoga therapy sessions are for people who have special needs or an emotional or physical condition/illness that prevents them from attending a mainstream class. Therapy includes specifically targeted postures plus breathing techniques, relaxation and meditation.

Beginners…
Sometimes beginners feel a little overwhelmed when they first start practicing yoga. Instead of diving in at the deep end you may wish to take private 90-minute sessions to learn the basics, so you can join a class feeling confident and able to participate.

You can take as many private sessions as you need. They are recommended for beginners but not compulsory.

Personal coaching…
We all lose our way sometimes and need help now and then to get back on track, or take a different path. Personal coaching incorporates yoga principles and techniques with advice and coaching to help you find your goal in life.