When:

Tuesdays 09:00-10:00

How to attend:

Book via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-yoga-for-strength-and-balance-tuesdays-9am-10am-tickets-1222039415789?aff=oddtdtcreator

Room:

Art Room

Accessibility:

Art Room is fully accessible.

The Salisbury Centre’s kitchen door and toilet are now wheelchair accessible. The Garden can also be accessed by wheelchairs via a movable ramp via the Art Room Annex. Please let the organisers know in advance of any access requirements.

About the Event:

You are welcome to this 60-minute practice that can be adapted for all, including those who prefer to practice seated yoga.

Each class will involve breath work (Pranayama), meditative practice, asana, (movement). The intention is for the practice to be joyous and fun!

Yoga mats, blankets, cushions chairs, yoga blocks and yoga bricks are available at the centre.

This strength and balance practice aims to be suitable for all minds, bodies and spirits. Participants are welcome to use a chair for ease of sitting and/or support for balance and movement during some or all of the class.

This practice is suitable for all levels of experience.

This class is donation based. Suggested Donations are:

£4 Unwaged

£6 Standard

£8 Pay it Forward

Please contact the facilitator regarding free places. No-one will be turned away for lack of funds.

About the Facilitator:

Emma (Em) she/her

Mindfulness: Jon Kabat-Zinn, an early and influential proponent of Mindful practice describes Mindfulness as “paying attention in a particular way, on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgementally.”

I first learned about Mindfulness in 2009 via my work as a Social Worker specialising in the fields of addiction and violence. Mindfulness gave me and my clients tools for managing anxiety, strong emotion, pain and insomnia. I was struck by my clients’ positive responses to the techniques in terms of engagement, enjoyment and behaviour change. I was also excited by the changes in my own life. Mindfulness helped me to manage my own long standing panic disorder as I started my journey towards existing more in the present moment.

I am passionate about offering Mindfulness classes and Mindful Yoga practices because the techniques are highly accessible. Even in the early stages of developing a regular Mindfulness practice students can experience positive change in their emotional and mental health.

Yoga: I started practicing yoga in 2014 because years of sitting at a desk, running, and cycling had tightened my back, hamstrings and hips to the point where I was unable to touch my toes. Despite a lack of physical flexibility, I fell in love with yoga finding it both challenging and relaxing. Now I can’t imagine my life without it. Yoga has helped me to manage my mental and physical health through periods of joy, sadness, life changing injury and life-course events. I passionately believe that there is a yoga practice for every mind and body. Yoga is about how it makes you feel. It is joyous, uplifting and fun. It is about taking time for yourself and being curious about the journey. I love to plan and facilitate practices that embody these beliefs.

Qualifications and Practice: In 2019 I was privileged to do my 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training at Sunshine Yoga in Edinburgh. In 2022 I completed a 100 Hour Continuing Professional Development course in Yin and Restorative Yoga at Meadowlark Yoga. Whilst I have previously practiced Ashtanga Yoga, my current practice is grounded in Hatha Yoga. I am currently exploring Hatha Yoga practices at Yogas Got Hot. I offer Mindful Yoga, Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Vinyasa Flow. I have taught yoga at both the Salisbury Centre and Edinburgh Leisure. I also teach group ‘exercise to music classes’ at Edinburgh leisure in my capacity as a qualified general fitness instructor (2002, Sandwell College, VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Health and Fitness Studies).

About Donations: 

Participation in our community-led events is on a voluntary ‘by donation’ basis. This means that nobody is expected to make a payment if they cannot afford to do so.

Any donations received will be shared between the Centre and the facilitator, helping to make the events’ programme sustainable as well as to provide some reciprocity towards community facilitators’ time and skills offered.

Where a “suggested donation” is listed, this is just an indication of what the event might cost if it was ticketed.

This is an invitation to practice ‘Dana’ (generosity) – please pay only what you can afford to attend.

To donate:

• bring cash
• donate online on  www.salisburycentre.org/donate  (Please use reference “EVENT NAME“).
• Card payment option available at the entrance hall (Please enter the event name before making payment)