Happy New Year & New Yoga Teachers

Happy New Year!

Bristol Yoga Centre is re-opening from Wednesday 2nd January but please check our timetable carefully as some classes are starting later. We are really happy to announce that Jemitra and Shuna are joining us from 2019.

Jemitra is a senior yoga teacher who’s been practicing yoga for over 20 years and recently assisted in creating an excellent yoga teacher training course. She’s great at helping you to deepen your practice but can also accommodate beginners. Jemitra’s class is on every Wednesday at 7:30 - 8:45pm.

Shuna completed 200 hour yoga alliance accredited teacher training with Dylan Ayaloo in London and specialised in a strengthening vinyasa yoga. She has subsequently completed further CPD trainings in Forrest Yoga and Mindfulness based meditation techniques.  Shuna will be teaching on Wednesday at 7:45 - 8:45am and on Thursday at 4:45 - 5:45pm.

You can join our classes as a drop in, term bookings or purchase our 5 class pack. See here for more information on our prices. We are also available on MoveGB and ClassPass.

See you soon!!

New Yoga Classes & Workshops

I hope you're enjoying Christmas and enjoying a lovely time with your loved ones. We have lots of different new yoga classes and workshop starting from next year. New Yoga classes are:

Wednesday 07:45-08:45am - Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Shuna

Wednesday 19:30 - 20:45pm - Yin & Yang Yoga with Jemitra

Thursday 16:45 - 17:45pm - Vinyasa Flow Yoga with Shuna

Thursday 19:30 - 20:45pm - Community Hatha Yoga with Amber (donation based class)

Sunday 17:00 - 18:15pm - Yin & Yang Yoga with Tash

New Yoga Workshop in the New Year:

Intention Setting & 101 Sunsalutation with Tash on Sunday 13th January

Scaravelli Yoga with Katie on Sunday 20th January

Mindful Yin Yoga with Emilia on Sunday 27th January

Happy New Year 2019! We hope you have an amazing New Year.

Christmas & New Year Opening Times

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We are now closed until 1st January and some classes will re-start from 2nd January 2019. Please check the timetable carefully to see our opening times.

We have lots of new classes and workshops starting in 2019 and we look forward to see you soon!

Best wishes from Bristol Yoga Centre

Sustainable Flow Yoga Class: Creating a strong, stable practice.

Tailored Yoga for the hypermobile, the super bendy & the injured.

Monday at 7:30 - 8:45pm with Leonora

This class is open to all, but is especially designed for the hyper mobile, the super bendy and the injured who wish to create or maintain a longevous, sustainable Yoga practice.

As a recovering hypermobile myself, during my 32 year personal practise, I've learnt (the hard way) how to adapt and create a more supportive way of doing Yoga, which incidentally has made me a lot stronger! As a teacher, over the years I've seen a great many people (especially women and fellow Yoga teachers) drawn to Yoga precisely because of their hyper mobility, unaware that a certain way of moving is not only unsustainable but could lead to long term joint instability and/or injury. But we can turn this situation to our advantage, becoming stronger, more self aware, and increasing our movement repertoire and choices. In this way our Yoga can accompany us throughout our whole lives.

Using slow, strong, conscious movement, with attention to detail, this class aims to develop stability and strength, to clarify and improve healthy ranges of motion and joint stability through proprioception, increased movement repertoire and choice through new and different ways of moving, as well including movements to favour the circulation of synovial fluid to help keep joints supple. This could be a stand alone practice or support your current practice, whatever style of Yoga or sport that may be.

Suitable for all levels. Previous experience with Yoga, Pilates, Martial Arts, Dance or Gymnastics is advisable. Please note this is a Flow class. It is not gentle Yoga.

Yin & Yang Yoga class

New weekly Yin & Yang yoga class starting Wednesday 3rd October with Tash from 7:30 -8:45pm. This class interweaves the clarifying energy of yang to the rejuvenating qualities of yin. The combination of passive (yin) and vigorous (yang) yoga practices, is rooted in the idea that, in order to create balance in your overall practice, it is necessary to alternately exert and quiet yourself. We will begin by moving through strong dynamic postures, and end with a deeply immersive yin practice, where postures are held for longer periods. 

It’s intelligently designed to leave you feeling calm, grounded and centred, having a powerful effect on your energy systems building stability and mobility through asana, pranayama and deep relaxation.  Each week we will focus on a theme varying from joints and body parts to working through chakras.   

Everybody is welcome to the class as Tash can cater for all levels through modifications and intelligent use of props. 

New Slow Flow Yoga Class!

Bristol Yoga Centre is starting two new slow flow yoga classes in September with Leonora Zotti. Leonora has been teaching yoga for over 20 years and run successful 200 hour recognised teacher training courses. 

Slow Flow Yoga class explores conscious, sustainable movement to build strength and awareness. Unhurried breath to centre and ground. An open level class suitable for anyone that likes to move and has some knowledge of yoga, whether it be basic or advanced.

Leonora's teaching style is deeply influenced by the other mindful movement practices she has studied and focuses on embodied awareness and personal inquiry.

Slow Flow Yoga with Leonora

• Monday 19:30 - 20:45pm

• Tuesday 13:00 - 14:00pm

Summer Timetable at Bristol Yoga Centre

Now that summer is in full swing, we have now updated our website with information about our Yoga and Pilates classes.

We tried our best to keep most classes going but some will be closed for summer so please take the time to check our timetable carefully. Our teacher's need a bit of a break too!

Sorry, most of our classes will be closed for Bank Holiday Monday 27th August 2018.

Our monthly Scaravelli Yoga session will be taking August off but will be back from 16th September on a monthly basis.

New Hatha Yoga Class

We are starting a new Thursday evening Hatha Yoga Class with Amber from 19th April 2018.  This class is suitable everyone including beginners and more advanced students. 

Amber's Hatha yoga classes draws influence from meditative restorative yoga and will use some stronger poses to help bring focus into the present moment. You will be working with pranayama (breathing techniques) and students will be encouraged to tap into their own breath to enable them to feel more deeply into physical postures. Whether you are new to yoga, a regular yogi, or have not been to a session in years, this class is open to all. 

Drop in students and MoveGB users welcome! Concessionary rates (NHS workers included) are available.

New Pilates Class

We are adding two new Pilates classes soon as all our existing Pilates classes are so popular!  Jo Batten will be teaching on the following times:

• Monday 2:45 - 3:30pm starting from 9th April

• Friday 12:45 - 1:30pm starting from 13th April

Jo's Pilates classes pay particular attention to the details of each exercise, every movement is deliberate and considered to maximise its effectiveness and minimise unnecessary effort and tension. In addition everyone is encouraged to work at their own pace and in a way that best supports them. 

The overall aim of the class is to help improve balance in the body; releasing muscles that tend to overwork (for example the shoulders and lower back) and strengthening the often less used weaker muscles, particularly those that support the joints.

Get in touch with Jo to book your space. Fees will be £1 cheaper than our day rate as this is a 45 minute class. See here for details on our prices. The classes will also be available on MoveGB!

Bristol Yoga Centre 2018 Term dates

It's hard to believe but we are now coming to the end of the Winter term and new Spring term starts from next week Monday 26th February.

3rd Jan - 25th Feb (8 weeks)
26th Feb - 22nd April (8 weeks)
23rd April - 10th June (7 weeks)
11th June - 29th July (7 weeks)
30th July - 31st August (5 weeks)
3rd Sept - 28th Oct (8 weeks)
29th Oct - 21st Dec (8 weeks)

Signing up for the term is the most cost effective way to attend the class and guarantees your space so take a look at our timetable and get in touch with the teacher to book your space.

You can also starting the term mid-way as the fees are pro rata and you can organise to do two class swaps within a term if you need to miss classes.  

Please see here for more details on fees