New Yoga Teacher: Joey Scherr

We like to welcome Joey Scherr to the Bristol Yoga Centre from August. She will be teaching Vinyasa Flow yoga on Thursday night from 7:30 - 8:45pm.

Joey is a 500hr accredited yoga instructor, Birthlight teacher-in-training and Sacred Feminine Facilitator. Expect fun, invigorating shapes, nourishing flows and deep connections between body and breath. Joey’s classes come straight from a warm, open heart to create safe sacred spaces in which to explore creativity in breath, awareness and movement.

Her class will start from Thursday 3rd August 2017!

Yoga for Balance Workshop

After the success of yoga for relaxation and stress relief workshop, I have decided to schedule another yoga workshop. The next workshop will be on balance and I will shortly be posting a new blog on this topic too.

The workshop will cover postures, breathing practice, relaxation techniques and meditation. We will take a look at the philosophy of the five points of yoga and explore how to create a balanced yoga practice. This workshop will allow you more time than usual to delve into your yoga practice more deeply.  Everyone is welcome including beginners and more experienced students.

Click here for more information on this workshop. It's recommended to book early as there is limited spaces available.

Welcome Doug to Bristol Yoga Centre!

Bristol Yoga Centre would like to welcome Doug Karson to our team of yoga teachers! He will be teaching Himalayan Hatha Yoga on Tuesday morning at 7:15 - 8:15am and Friday evening at 5:30 - 6:45pm

More about Doug

Doug's mother was his first teacher and she has been guiding him from early on in the ways of breath.  He has very old and precious memories of her calming him down with 3 deep breathes into the belly.

In 2012, Doug met his Guru Yogi Ashokananda.  He taught him how to be compassionate and bequeathed him with his yogic name; Dayananda.  It means the bliss of mercy.  Much of Doug's teaching style, tone, and knowledge come directly from his lineage.

With Prana Kriya, Himalayan Hatha, and meditation techniques, Doug continues the practice of how to be present, past and future.  He has completed 500 specific teacher training hours with Yogi-ji and am a Senior Ashokananda School Teacher.

Yoga is a practice.  Regular and constant.  Like any other practice, the goal is not to become perfect but to have constant improvement.  This sometimes comes in the form of acceptance and recognising our already perfect nature.  Doug's classes are challenging and humorous.  He likes to play and laugh and this comes through my teaching.  He hope to see you in the studio and perhaps we can laugh together :)

7 week term starting next week!

7 week term is starting next week at the Bristol Yoga Centre. We have many different classes available from Prenatal and Postnatal Pilates to Restorative Yoga. In fact, new led Ashtanga class is starting from Thursday. Take a look at our latest timetable for more information.

Signing up for the term is cheapest and best way to attend classes as it will encourage you to go regularly. We also offer two class swaps within a term so if you need to miss one or two classes, you can arrange to go to another class. You can also join the term mid way too and pay pro rata.

There are an option to do drop ins or purchase a multi class card at the studio. Click here for more information on fees.

We accept MoveGB on most of our classes too!

Competition Winners!

Thank you everyone for participating in Bristol Yoga Centre prize draw. I'm really pleased to announce the winners! 

1st Prize £48 class voucher: Jean Pollard

2nd Prize £24 class voucher: Molly Bee

3rd Prize Lovely yoga mat: Tracey Stone

Congratulations!!

Yoga for Relaxation & Stress Relief

We have just organised a new 2 hour relaxation and stress relief yoga session on Sunday 4th June 2017 from 2-4pm. The class is taught by Naomi Hayama at our new tranquil yoga studio, Bristol Yoga Centre. The profits from this event will be donated to Bristol Mind, Mental Health Charity.

All welcome including complete beginners. The class will be kept to a small group size so that you can receive maximum attention and benefit.

Early booking is advised as there are limited spaces available in the class. Click here to find out more information

New Prenatal & Postnatal Pilates class at Bristol Yoga Centre

At Bristol Yoga Centre we now offer specialist prenatal & postnatal classes. If you are new to Pilates or Yoga, it’s best to attend these specialist classes. Our group classes are kept small to allow individual attention and safe practice.

Our lovely Pilates teacher Celia Stubbs is a chartered physiotherapist with over 11 years experience and a special interest in women's health.

Celia's classes are:

Monday 17:00 - 18:00pm Pregnancy Pilates starting 8th May 2017

Thursday 19:30 – 20:30pm Postnatal Pilates starting 4th May 2017

If you have any questions or would like to discuss anything please feel free to contact her.

May Bank Holidays @ Bristol Yoga Centre

Bristol Yoga Centre is closed on Bank Holiday Monday 1st & 29th May but we do have a Meditation & Mindfulness workshop on Sunday 28th May 2017 with Kay Baxter from 10 - 4pm.

We hope you have a wonderful Bank Holiday! 

New Classes from May @ Bristol Yoga Centre!

There are lots of exciting new classes starting at the Bristol Yoga Centre from May 2017. Here's the details:

Mondays 5:00 -6:00pm Pregnancy Pilates with Celia starting from 8th May

Thursdays 4:30 - 5:30pm Gentle Yoga with Pauline starting from 11th May

Thursdays 7:30 - 8:30pm Postnatal Pilates with Celia starting from 4th May 

Fridays 5:30 - 6:45pm Women's Yoga with Mel starting from 5th May

Saturday 11:30 - 12:30pm Hatha Yoga with Pauline starting from 6th May

We are really pleased to welcome new Yoga and Pilates teachers Pauli Hambelton, Celia Stubbs and Mel Skinner. They are very experienced and highly qualified teachers so I'm sure you will really enjoy their classes.

We are proud to now offer classes for prenatal and postnatal women in our studio and Celia is a chartered physiotherapist with over 11 years experience and a special interest in women's health.

Mel's new Friday evening Women's Yoga (Shakti Yoga) is also suitable pregnant women as well as menopausal women. In fact, this class is excellent for all women including beginners and more experienced students.

Pauline has been teaching yoga for 15 years and trained as a classical ballet dancer. She will be offering gentle yoga and Hatha yoga.

For more information on Bristol Yoga Centre's classes, click here.

Bristol Yoga Centre is now fully equipped!

I'm excited to announce that the Bristol Yoga Centre studio is now fully equipped. We now have eye pillow, yoga blocks, lots of clean mats, yoga belts and bolsters!

I have been teaching in this studio for the last 7 years and have always wanted more props so that there were options to do supported and restorative postures. 

Thank you, Laurie Gibbs for building the oak shelving in the fire place. It looks great :)

We are going to continue to make improvements to the studio and timetable so watch this space!!