Life Design Yoga

Looking to de-stress and find your inner peace? Look no further than Emily Lacy's incredible Yin and Breathwork classes! Join us twice a week for an hour of pure relaxation, as Emily expertly guides you through a rejuvenating session of Pranayama, Meditation, and Yin Yoga. Every Monday(5pm), indulge in a transformative hour of Breathwork, Pranayama, and Meditation, and every Friday(5pm), find your inner Zen with an hour of Yin Yoga and fifteen minutes of revitalizing Breathwork and Pranayama. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to enhance your well-being and unlock your full potential!

A training of getting comfortable in the uncomfortable in an open yet safe way. I'll be serving extra online classes over the next few weeks whilst some yogi teacher friends are away. For the updated schedule: lifedesignyoga.com





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We’re getting Stoned on Love ❤️. Excited to have start teaching her online Kundalini Yoga and Meditation class tonight!

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What a delight practising with fellow Life Designers over the weekend 🧘🏻‍♀️🤸🏾‍♂️. We are ready for the week and look forward to guiding your practice - see you on the mat!

To book, click on this link: https://lifedesignyoga.com/timetable

We've been taking the step further during July by building on our awareness of the breath and focusing on finding lightness through connecting each asana with purposeful movement of energy.

As we become more familiar with what grounds us in our asana practice, we explore where we can bring in a sense of fluidity and flight.

To fully articulate a pose, lightness and stability are essential. A good foundation gives room to go further and expand out from the core.

Core encompasses abdominal, back and shoulder muscles, as well as hip flexors. The strength from this region is the anchor which lifts us into flight when engaged fully.

Once we relate the experience of strength with lightness on the mat, we peel away layers of prejudices about how our practice should be.

We slowly let go of fear but not in reckless abandon.

Incremental changes lead to big realisations, we slowly become less forceful and rigid in our ways. We start taking on challenges objectively, giving ourselves the space to act (instead of react). We find strength in our resolve and intention, yet calm and gentle in our words and actions.

Let July be the month of discovering ease and freedom in our movements as we connect to this sense of power through lightness.

“When an asana(pose) is done correctly, the body movements are smooth, and there is lightness in the body and freedom in the mind." BS Iyengar

Live Online Classes From Our Virtual Studio - Life Design Yoga We are Life Design Yoga. We offer daily live online yoga classes crafted by experienced teachers focusing on a theme for each month. Build strength and flexibility in body and mind with our variety of yoga classes open to all levels.

Focus for June: Breath

This month, we delve more into why breath is so vital – not just on the mat.

Modern life usually equates to busyness and as we get to the core of it, we become tense and fixed mentally and physically. Our time on the mat, moving the body through asana practice breaks the mould or patterns we shape ourselves in.

Awareness of breath and conscious breathing fuels the practice, transforming it from a usual exercise routine into a powerful tool for the mind, body, and spirit. It moves the energy and helps the body ease into postures. With controlled, deep breaths we tune in to what arises emotionally and feel the sensations in our bodies. Breathing deeply in yoga helps avoid injury.

Breathing consciously is the essence of yoga as it assists us in connecting with the subtle energy within. The breath is our barometer, our guide through the levels of consciousness.

Controlled breath grounds us to the present moment, releasing our hold on the past and our expectations of the future. It activates the more evolved parts of our brain in the cerebral cortex which has a relaxing and balancing effect on emotions. Controlling the breath nurtures this part of the brain, eventually making it more dominant over its primal counterpart (medulla oblongata).

In essence, by consciously breathing, we become less reactive, more connected with our true selves, and not a slave to the fluctuations of the mind. We become sharper and more focused as we experience a stillness in the mind.

Inhale. Exhale.

Last month, the essence of our practice was steady (sthira) and comfortable (sukha). We explored a balancing act between strength & flexibility, masculine & feminine, intuition & reason. Discovered our capacities to remain gentle and sensitive to our body’s signals even when the practice is strong and energetic. Cultivated a balance in our habitual inclinations with a sensitive understanding of what best serves us in the present moment.

In the month of May, we add a layer and connect to our physical and mental strength through tenacity, perseverance, and maintaining an unwavering focus on bettering ourselves no matter how challenging it can get.

In yoga there is a set of actions and attitudes practiced to achieve liberation from suffering and improve our connection with the outside world; this is known as Niyamas.

Tapas is one of the niyamas – it translates as heat and refers to the burning-off of impurities. This niyama is about going against the grain of habit and complacency and veering away from taking the easy route.

Tapas put into practice is the commitment to face challenges, and a spiritual determination not to give into desires, emotions, and any other influences that move us away from our best self. It is putting in the work of being the best version of ourselves, a practice of self-discipline, but not self-torture.

Use this month’s focus like a compass, to keep us pointed towards our true north, our truest nature.

To rid the body of toxins and our minds & hearts of impurities.

Timetable: https://lifedesignyoga.com/timetable

Live Online Classes From Our Virtual Studio - Life Design Yoga We are Life Design Yoga. We offer daily live online yoga classes crafted by experienced teachers focusing on a theme for each month. Build strength and flexibility in body and mind with our variety of yoga classes open to all levels.

Our focus for March is backbends. Our sequences this month aim to strengthen not just the physical body but also the energy body by concentrating the mind through stillness and opening the heart space.

Focus for March 2021 - Backbends - Life Design Yoga The month of March is a pivotal one in the year, days getting longer and warmer are signs that spring is among us. With this change, we focus on reminding ourselves of the tools that allow us to be receptive, open, and vulnerable to whatever this change brings.

We have a simple guide about our free weekday morning Pranayama + Meditation Sessions, so we can get on with doing the practice together and setting each day with intention. Find it here:

Pranayama and Meditation Sessions - Mon to Fri (8am) - Life Design Yoga A brief guide to the morning pranayama and meditations that take place on Mon to Fri at 8am as to reduce instructions and details so that we can quickly connect with the energy of the practice. These are short practice sessions where we get in and just do the activity.

Our current class packs and monthly subscription options. See you on the mat!