Photo Artist; Mattia Guarnera MacCarthy @Mattia.guarnera
Dancer: Stephany @birthdayfishtheatre
Inspiral Somatic Yoga Flow
What is Somatic yoga ?
In Greek,soma is "the body" and Somatization means "body-based".
Somatics is relating to or affecting the body, as opposed to the mind, so while it is a body-based practice, it is heavily sensorial and natural movement based.It is also about perceiving what is being sensed.
At its heart, it’s about tuning into the body’s innate wisdom, releasing tension, restoring balance, and move with greater ease and intention.
Somatic Yoga Flow uses intuitive and natural movement, to focus more inwards. In today’s world, we all need to get out of our heads a bit and give ourself more Me time. Combining improvised exploration and set material, the classes are a journey through sensation and alertness, gravity and orientation, fluidity and clarity.
Classes are designed to work with natural movement of one's body in relation to gravity.
This grounding practice invites you to move more freely in your own body by building energy and creating space in your body, visualising, moving from within, using a deeper knowledge of ideokinesis, somatic and experimental anatomy, feel your emotions, and get grounded in your true feelings and desires.
At times taught to fresh soundtracks, with a focus on creating longer sequences, more like a spontaneous dance, using the essential skills of choreography, intension, clarity, motivation, space, timing, energy, phrasing, silence and sounds.
The Benefits
Reduces neuromuscular pain and symptoms related to chronically-tight muscles such as headaches, frozen shoulder, and breathing difficulties.
Using methafors and improvisation skills to heal trauma. ( healing process is a mental and physycal journey.)
Physical pain will most often create a mental (negative reaction).
Reastablishes a deep mind-body-centering connection.
Myofascia release and embodiment.
Restore mobility and breath, and ultimately deeply transform your health.
Boost your body’s innate ability to heal.
Creates greater body awareness.
INSPIRAL SOMATIC YOGA FOR TRAUMA AND STRESS REALIASE
Inspiral Somatic yoga can be a powerful tool for managing stress and anxiety.
Working on a one to one basis, it can be the doorway to conscious embodiment.
It becomes a moment-to-moment experience of ourselves and how we inhabit ourselves.
In the fast paste life that we are living many people are disconnected from that, and they do not really feel themselves.
By moving slowly and mindfully, and by bringing awareness on the breath, we will find ourselves in flow, and that is where we feel embodied. This helps calm the nervous system and reduces the levels of stress hormones.
While not a replacement for professional therapy, a somatic approach is a trauma sensitive yoga and does have therapeutic benefits. It can be a gentle way to work through stored tension and emotions, including trauma. The slow, mindful movements and emphasis on self-awareness create a safe space for processing and healing. combined with somatic therapy can be a very powerful combo towards freedom and healing.
Silver Yoga
Silver Yoga is a wonderful and gentle class for over 50, it brings together the benefit of Yoga and Pranayama with a great element of community.
Yoga classes help the over 50s by providing elasticity to the spine, firming up the skin, removing tension from the body, strengthening the abdominal muscles, and improve the quality of muscle tone and correct bad posture.
These benefits are being increasingly proven by science – and arguably, those who stand to gain the most from yoga’s advantages are the over-fifties. Last week, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, found a three-month course of yoga and meditation was more effective than brain training exercises for minimising age-related memory loss; another found it could improve sleep in breast cancer survivors who had an average age of 54. It’s also an excellent way to stay fit and supple in middle age: last year, Here are some of the ways yoga has been shown to benefit mental and physical health, plus how to get started (lycra leggings optional):
Chair yoga
Chair originated as a practice that made yoga poses available to anyone experiencing limited mobility. However, anyone who spends long periods of time in a seated position can practice chair yoga poses to help reduce pain from sitting.
Chair yoga provides the same benefits as traditional yoga, such as building strength, flexibility, and balance, and helping reduce stress and depression. Because it is a gentle and therapeutic variation of yoga, chair yoga for seniors is often a recommended form of exercise, as chair yoga puts less pressure on joints. People in wheelchairs or those with physical disabilities may also benefit from the added support chair yoga offers. it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Antinatal and Postnatal Yoga
Pregnancy and childbirth are a unique time of significant changes for the body and mind of a woman.My pregnancy yoga is suitable for both beginning students and experienced practitioners. During pregnancy, yoga can play a key role in enhancing the experience of this precious time and empowering the mother-to-be to have the most conscious birth experience. Yoga can help women enjoy their pregnancy with minimal discomfort, cultivate breath awareness and strengthen the body in preparation for labour. Yoga also offers you the opportunity to connect with your baby, and coming to classes is a great way to feel part of a community of pregnant women.
What students say
Laura will lead you through a free blend of mindful flowing sequences, gradually increasing in intensity, synchronising breath and movement. Using her choreographic skills to create fluid combinations, in order to integrate the often fragmentised transition between elements of yoga. Yoga is about bringing wholeness to life! Her teaching method is centred around following the intelligent flow of life through movement and somatic guidance to nurture oneself and develop greater awareness of individual well-being.
Nina, Dancer
‘In the last two years Laura has helped me discover my own body. I am more supple now than I ever have been, even after having practised yoga for over a decade! In trusting Laura, I have learned to trust my own potential to change, and I love the new connections I’ve made in her classes.’
Nicola, Writer
‘I always leave her class feeling energised, flexible and relaxed. She looks at who is in the class, what they need and creates from there. And she moves through the class to encourage and correct. Her positive feedback makes you want to better yourself.’
Sara, Actress
