Breathe In, Breathe Out 'Asana is that perfect moment when the body is utterly still, effortless; sensation and breathing suspend themselves so that time comes to a halt.
Then: happiness in a moment of infinity.'
Patanjali, Yoga Sutras II, 47
Patanjali's Yoga Sutra (Penguin Classics)
Pregnancy Yoga
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CLIFTON HAMPDEN
Enjoy a special time with your baby.
Beginners/confirmed practitioners: all welcome!
Group/one to one sessions available on request.
- Breathing awareness can help you during labour and delivery.
- Regular practice helps with concentration and relaxation.
- Simple stretching exercises relieves backache and make you stronger physically and emotionally.
Please contact Laurence on
01865 407 661 or 075 546 35 112
yogin67@gmail.com.
Come enjoy our friendly sessions.
Tariffs CLIFTON HAMPDEN
Drop in: £9 each session (90 mins)
Four classes card: £32 (to be used within five weeks)
Four Pregnancy classes: £40
Ten classes card: £80 (to be used within eleven weeks. If used within 10 weeks, eleventh class is FREE)
Group and One to One sessions also available. £25/ one to one. £36 / one to two. Milage not included.
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Japan Butoh Dance
By Laurence Nagy, on 30 September 2009
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Swiss Butoh dancer Imre Thormann
 I was introduced by Yumiko Yoshioka to noguchi gymnastics, the physical training leading to Butoh dance. I still find it inspirational for my Yoga practice
Butoh acts as a radical challenge and catalyst for a deep and personal enquiry into the moving body. Butoh is not about doing movement but about being moved. Concentration is turned inward, away from the external mirror image of the body, to encourage a deep connection to the origin and impulses for movement. Participants are introduced to the value and power of working from imagination and from guided poetic imagery and butoh -fu as tools for transformation. The body can discover many selves and extend into animal, plant or non-human entities. Each session begins with a short body training session incorporating yoga, voice and Butoh techniques that concentrates on wave, spiral and circular movement patterns allied to breath and voice.
Marie-Gabrielle Rotie, Butoh UK
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Biography Laurence qualified in Vinyasa Yoga with Gérard Arnaud, Paris, in 2008 after 12 years of regular practice in the UK, Japan and France. She also qualified in Pregnancy Yoga with the British Wheel of Yoga in 2011. For her own practice, Laurence regularly attends workshops at the Iyengar Institute in London and in Oxford.
Opened to various styles, Laurence has a preference for Vinyasa sequences which involve connecting postures with breath-synchronised movements. As a teacher, Laurence is aware that Vinyasa can be too strong for complete beginners or students with a medical condition. Her close experience with Hatha Yoga and Iyengar "styles" allows her to adapt her practice to mixed abilities. Her classes are up and running in South Oxfordshire, where she lives with her husband and three children. She loves teaching and hopes to share all the benefits she gets from yoga with her students.
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