Emma Major Yoga

I’m really looking forward to starting a new Clinical Yoga Series for

This series will run for 6 weeks from the 21st February and will focus on exploring the health benefits that a yoga practice can bring to your body and mind.

I can’t wait to see you back on the mat!

YOGA AT OCTOBER BOOKS EVERY THURSDAY

Vinyasa Flow Yoga
10-11
FREE FIRST CLASS

Gentle & Accessible Yoga
(with the option to use a chair)
11:15-12:15
FREE FIRST CLASS

There are two different classes available depending on what you and your body need and would like.

VINYASA FLOW YOGA is a class where we move fluidly between poses, linking breath and movement to build strength and flexibility. Each week the class will have a different focus and this week we will continue to explore some of the foundational poses and movements commonly used within a yoga class. Our focus this week will be on some lower limb strengthening poses, as well as developing our balance skills - combining strength and stability.

GENTLE & ACCESSIBLE YOGA is a fantastic class if you want to practice yoga but find some movements or positions challenging, uncomfortable or inaccessible to you. We explore the same flow as in Vinyasa Yoga but with some modifications and the option to take all, or some of the class, from the chair. We find accessible ways to allow everyone to access poses and experience all of the great benefits that yoga offers.

Fancy trying a class or have a question?
[email protected]
Or
www.emmamajoryoga.co.uk

I would love to hear from you!

Yoga this week continues to focus on some of the key elements of a yoga practice.

When people start yoga, they often come to increase their flexibility. But did you know that the flexibility is already there within your muscles? You just need to unlock it in the right way - gently and with curiosity. And did you also know that the key to flexible muscles is strong muscles?

So in class this week we will be taking a class with a focus on how to stretch well and find mobility within your body with lots of forward folds and stretches for the key powerhouse muscles. It's a fab class both for people who are really active and also for those who spend a lot of time sitting at a desk (I know I do 3 days a week!)

Learn where you should feel the sensation of stretch within each pose and explore how to create the right alignment within your body to do so.

I really look forward to seeing you in class this week!

Mixed Level Vinyasa Flow Wednesday 19:45-20:45
St James Road Methodist Church
FREE FIRST CLASS
ONE SPACE LEFT ON THE 1ST FEBRUARY

Live-Stream Mixed Level Vinyasa Flow
Wednesday 19:45-20:45
Via Zoom from St James Road Methodist Church

Thursday 10-11
Mixed Level Vinyasa Flow
October Books, Portswood
FREE FIRST CLASS

Thursday 11:15-12:15
Gentle & Accessible Yoga (with a chair)
October Books, Portswood
FREE FIRST CLASS

For more information or to book:
[email protected]
www.emmamajoryoga.co.uk

“Slow breathing is the anchor in the midst of an emotional storm: the anchor won’t make the storm go away, but it will hold you steady until it passes.” Russ Harris

This week in yoga we have had a real focus on breath and breathing - on slowing it down and connecting to how our breath feels. We have tried using breath to calm as well as to energise.
We experienced how changing the movement and feel of our breath, changed the energy within the body and the mind. Within a Yoga practice this is called Pranayama.
We practised diaphragmatic and nasal breathing and used movement practices within our yoga class to optimise our breathing technique, drawing attention to the rib cage and finding mobility and space within the shoulders and upper back.
Breath is such an important tool that we all have in our pocket to influence how we feel physically and mentally. So often we are too busy to really stop and notice how our breathing pattern may be influencing our wellbeing. By consciously changing our breath, we communicate with our brain - influencing the release or suppression of hormones, the speeding or slowing of our heart rate and so much more, through the autonomic nervous system.
So I invite you today to spend some time noticing your breath and seeing how slowing your breath can change how you feel:
- try to send it downwards into the bases of your lungs, creating movement in your tummy,
- try gently closing your mouth and feel the air moving in and out at the nose
- slow the breath, you don’t need to breathe deeply, just try to slow the rate by lengthening the exhale just a little.

Effective breathing is a magic power!

YOGA AT OCTOBER BOOKS EVERY THURSDAY
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Vinyasa Flow Yoga
10-11
FREE FIRST CLASS

Gentle & Accessible Yoga
(with the option to use a chair)
11:15-12:15
FREE FIRST CLASS

There are two different classes available depending on what you and your body need and would like.

VINYASA FLOW YOGA is a class where we move fluidly between poses, linking breath and movement to build strength and flexibility. Each week the class will have a different focus and this week we will continue to explore some of the foundational poses and movements commonly used within a yoga class. Our focus this week will be on some lower limb strengthening poses, as well as developing our balance skills - combining strength and stability.

GENTLE & ACCESSIBLE YOGA is a fantastic class if you want to practice yoga but find some movements or positions challenging, uncomfortable or inaccessible to you. We explore the same flow as in Vinyasa Yoga but with some modifications and the option to take all, or some of the class, from the chair. We find accessible ways to allow everyone to access poses and experience all of the great benefits that yoga offers.

Fancy trying a class or have a question?
[email protected]
Or
www.emmamajoryoga.co.uk

I would love to hear from you!

FAMILY YOGA IS BACK!
After a really successful first session we are so pleased to announce that Family Yoga classes will continue monthly in 2023!
And we have our dates ready for the whole year - with a combination of separate adult and child classes and a couple of specials which bring us all together to share a yoga practice it’s a great way to start a Sunday with the family!

And we’re also in a lovely ✨NEW VENUE✨- Hiltingbury Sports Hall in Chandler’s Ford, with lots of space and lovely views!

NEXT SESSION:
Sunday 19th February
10-11
Hiltingbury Sports Hall, SO53 5NP

Do you struggle to find time to make it to a yoga class due to childcare?
Are you looking for an activity that you can enjoy together as a family?

This class offers an opportunity to make time to practice yoga as a family. Children’s yoga will be run in one room with Lucy and adult yoga will be next door with me! Some months we may come together to practice jointly.

There are so many options
- bring the kids to do yoga with Lucy while you come for some you time with me
- drop the kids off for an hour of yoga fun with Lucy (no need to do yoga yourself)
- don’t have kids or kids don’t fancy yoga? No problem, just bring yourself along for yoga with me!

We are passionate about making yoga affordable for families and offer discounts for multiple adults and children from the same family.

Adult £9
Child £5
Adult + Child £12

Further family discounts available.

Feel free to send me a message for further info or with any questions!

Booking is open - please see my website for details - link in Bio. Booking via
www.lpyoga.co.uk

After a lovely weekend spending time with friends and in the fresh air, it’s another busy week of yoga this week. We will be taking a class which focuses on one of the other key elements of yoga - breath.

This class will focus on noticing, and connecting with, our breath, finding space in our rib cage and upper back and linking breath with movement.

Our breath is a magical tool that we can use to connect our mind and body. Many factors, both physical and emotional, can cause changes in our breathing pattern. These changes, in turn, can impact on how we feel physically and emotionally.

Yoga is a fantastic way to explore this concept, and by deepening our understanding of our breath, we can bring calmness and softness into our body and mind.

This is one of my favourite subjects to explore within a yoga practice and I would love for you to join me!

Here are your options for yoga with me this week:

Physio-Led Yoga
18:30-19:30
Therapeutics Southampton Ltd, SO50 9HT
Booking via Therapeutics

Mixed Level Vinyasa Flow Wednesday 19:45-20:45
St James Road Methodist Church
FREE FIRST CLASS
ONE SPACE LEFT ON THE 25th JANUARY

Live-Stream Mixed Level Vinyasa Flow
Wednesday 19:45-20:45
Via Zoom from St James Road Methodist Church

Thursday 10-11
Mixed Level Vinyasa Flow
October Books, Portswood
FREE FIRST CLASS

Thursday 11:15-12:15
Gentle & Accessible Yoga (with a chair)
October Books, Portswood
FREE FIRST CLASS

For more information or to book:
[email protected]
www.emmamajoryoga.co.uk

YOGA AT OCTOBER BOOKS EVERY THURSDAY

Vinyasa Flow Yoga
10-11
FREE FIRST CLASS

Gentle & Accessible Yoga
(with the option to use a chair)
11:15-12:15
FREE FIRST CLASS

There are two different classes available depending on what you and your body need and would like.

VINYASA FLOW YOGA is a class where we move fluidly between poses, linking breath and movement to build strength and flexibility. Each week the class will have a different focus and this week we will continue to explore some of the foundational poses and movements commonly used within a yoga class. Our focus this week will be on some lower limb strengthening poses, as well as developing our balance skills - combining strength and stability.

GENTLE & ACCESSIBLE YOGA is a fantastic class if you want to practice yoga but find some movements or positions challenging, uncomfortable or inaccessible to you. We explore the same flow as in Vinyasa Yoga but with some modifications and the option to take all, or some of the class, from the chair. We find accessible ways to allow everyone to access poses and experience all of the great benefits that yoga offers.

Fancy trying a class or have a question?
[email protected]
Or
www.emmamajoryoga.co.uk

I would love to hear from you!

Fancy yoga with me this week?

In classes this week we will be continuing our journey back to basics. We will be further exploring some more of the most common poses and movement flows used within a Vinyasa Yoga class.

Our focus this week will be on some lower limb strengthening poses, as well as developing our balance skills - combining strength and stability.

This is a lovely way for less experienced yoga students to few more familiar with some more yoga poses, or asanas. But it is also an opportunity for more experienced students to really bring more of a focus to their practice and to their bodies.

Here are your options for yoga with me this week:

Physio-Led Yoga
18:30-19:30
Therapeutics Southampton Ltd, SO50 9HT
Booking via Therapeutics

Mixed Level Vinyasa Flow Wednesday 19:45-20:45
St James Road Methodist Church
FREE FIRST CLASS
Fully Booked on the 18th January but availability on future dates.

Live-Stream Mixed Level Vinyasa Flow
Wednesday 19:45-20:45
Via Zoom from St James Road Methodist Church

Thursday 10-11
Mixed Level Vinyasa Flow
October Books, Portswood
FREE FIRST CLASS

Thursday 11:15-12:15
Gentle & Accessible Yoga (with a chair)
October Books, Portswood
FREE FIRST CLASS

For more information or to book:
[email protected]
www.emmamajoryoga.co.uk

So excited to be collaborating with the fabulous tomorrow! Just a couple of spots remaining if you want to grab one at the last minute!
Sunday 15th January 10-11
Children’s class with Lucy!
Adult class with me!
We would love to see you whether you come as a family, just drop the kids for yoga with Lucy or come child free for yoga with me. 2 classes, same venue!

Booking:
https://www.lpyoga.co.uk

YOGA AT OCTOBER BOOKS EVERY THURSDAY

Vinyasa Flow Yoga
10-11
FREE FIRST CLASS

Gentle & Accessible Yoga
(with the option to use a chair)
11:15-12:15
FREE FIRST CLASS

There are two different classes available depending on what you and your body need and would like.

VINYASA FLOW YOGA is a class where we move fluidly between poses, linking breath and movement to build strength and flexibility. Each week the class will have a different focus and this week we are going back to basics and exploring some of the key yoga poses and movements which we use within yoga.

GENTLE & ACCESSIBLE YOGA is a fantastic class if you want to practice yoga but find some movements or positions challenging, uncomfortable or inaccessible to you. We explore the same flow as in Vinyasa Yoga but with the option to take all, or some of the class, from the chair. We find accessible ways to allow everyone to access poses and experience all of the great benefits that yoga offers.

Fancy trying a class or have a question?
[email protected]
Or
www.emmamajoryoga.co.uk

I would love to hear from you!

Fancy yoga with me this week?

In classes this week we will be going back to basics. We will be taking some simple flows and exploring some of the key yoga poses. This is a great way for beginners to start to enjoy yoga and for more experienced yoga students to slow down and reconnect with their body and breath in familiar poses.

Here are your options for yoga with me this week:

Mixed Level Vinyasa Flow Wednesday 19:45-20:45
St James Road Methodist Church
FREE FIRST CLASS
Fully Booked on the 11th January but availability on future dates.

Live-Stream Mixed Level Vinyasa Flow
Wednesday 19:45-20:45
Via Zoom from St James Road Methodist Church

Thursday 10-11
Mixed Level Vinyasa Flow
October Books, Portswood
FREE FIRST CLASS

Thursday 11:15-12:15
Gentle & Accessible Yoga
October Books, Portswood
FREE FIRST CLASS

FAMILY YOGA
Sunday 15th January 10-11
Chilworth Village Hall
With
This is our first session but we hope to run these monthly

For more information or to book:
[email protected]
www.emmamajoryoga.co.uk

As routines start to go back to a bit of normality and we settle into 2023, fancy joining me for some yoga and adding a regular yoga class to your week?

My new look timetable for January 2023:

Physio-Led Yoga
Monday 18:30-19:30
Therapeutics Ltd
(Alternate weeks taught by Kim)

Mixed Level Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Wednesday 19:45-20:45
St James Road Methodist Church
Live stream available!

Mixed Level Vinyasa Flow Yoga
Thursdays 10:00-11:00
October Books, Portswood, Southampton

Gentle & Accessible Yoga
Thursdays 11:15-12:15
October Books, Portswood, Southampton

With options for pay as you go or a 4 class pass that can be used across a variety of classes (excludes Physio led Yoga) there is lots of flexibility for when life gets busy.

And your FIRST CLASS IS FREE so you can come along and see what you think. Classes are friendly and welcoming ☺️

For more information, or to book:
www.emmamajoryoga.co.uk
[email protected]

Just a little reminder that this week’s Online Yoga class was the last one and from next week (11th January) we will be moving to a Live-stream from my in-person class at St James Road Methodist Church.
Every Wednesday from 11th January
19:45-20:45
FREE FIRST CLASS

£6 Pay as you go
£20 4 class pass

It’s been so fab to be back to in person classes this week! And it has been lovely to meet new people and to see beautiful familiar faces ☺️
Thank you to everyone who has joined me to look forward to 2023 with flexible intentions, knowing it’s ok if we are human some days (every day) ☺️😉