Yoga for Every SEND
Yoga’s Power of 5
Yoga’s unique power is that it works physically, emotionally and mentally. Physical and art therapies are wonderful but yoga has a holistic, direct and long-term effect on:
Brain organisation
Stress reduction
Strength and flexibility
Emotional release
Inner peace and confidence
Most importantly, these benefits are for you as a parent as well as your child - in fact for any person - whether typical or with a special educational need!
#1 - The impact of movement
Slow breathing
Child = 2 x 45 min classes per week
Price: £840 for 12 classes (£70 per class)
#2 - Stress reduction
Give yourself the gift of yoga too! You also deserve to feel better physically, mentally and emotionally. Plus I truly believe a happier, healthier parent, is able to care even more for their gorgeous child and family.
Child = 2 x 45 minutes classes per week
Parent (or couple) = 1 x 1-hour class per week
Price: £1,080 for 12 child classes (£60 per class) + 6 parent classes (£60 per class)
#3 - Happiness
Get your child’s sibling in on the action too! The benefits for siblings to also have 1:1 classes are immense.
Siblings provide a, steady and loving support for children with SEND. It’s my wish and aim that they also experience growth and greater confidence!
Child = 2 x 45-mins classes per week
Sibling = 1 x 45-mins class per week
Parent (or couple) = 1 x 1-hour class per week
Price: £1,320 for 12 child classes (£55 per class) + 6 sibling classes (£55 per class) + 6 parent/couple classes (£55 per class)
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Hatha Yoga is the traditional term to describe doing the asanas (yoga poses) and pranayama (breath control) together.
So actually almost every class you might go to is Hatha yoga!
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They follow a classical Indian structure - passed down through a lineage much like a martial art - which also includes chanting mantra, eye exercises and ending with 10-minute Yoga Nidra (deep relaxation).
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All these elements work together to create a meditative style of practice and work to bring mind, body and breath into harmony.
This is the feeling we experience when we walk out of yoga class on a cloud - the inner peace of mind and connection to the heart - that is the very essence of why we practice yoga.
Yoga means to unite. As soon as you have united mind and body through the breath, you are there!
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Full workout and extension for the spine and improved posture
Increased strength and mobility
Boost in blood circulation, providing increased oxygen and nutrients around the body
Twists and compressions working the digestive system and nervous system
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Deepening and lengthening the breath during class calms the emotions and your mental chatter
Yoga activates the left side of our brain, our intuition and creativity
Practicing focus and concentration improves it off the mat too
Proven better coordination and memory
Yoga lineages
Similar to martial arts, yoga is traditionally passed down through a lineage directly from teacher to student.
The Yoga for All Abilities lineage goes back to Swami Sivananda, who was a great saint in India at the turn of the century and was responsible for sending a number of his disciples to the West to spread the philosophy of yoga.
Sivananda trained as doctor, serving poor rubber plantation workers in Malaysia for many years, before founding his famous ashram in Rishikesh, North India.
Here he helped and took in many people, training them in yoga philosophy, Hatha practices of poses and breathing techniques and in living a life of joy and service.
One of them was the guru of Sonia Sumar, Swami Satchidananda, who founded Integral Yoga and delivered the opening speech at Woodstock Festival in 1969.
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