Who Do You Think You Are?
Personality and Advanced Colour Workshop
Saturday March 4th 2017 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
With Penny Elger from House of Colour
Find our your ‘clothing personality’
Discover why you have things in your wardrobe that are “just not me”
Find out how to make the most of your colour palate
Just £ 5 for an afternoon of fun – including a glass of fizz and nibbles
New L2 Pilates Class
Starting Monday 13th March 2017
9.30 – 10.30 am
Who is this class for?
*Clients who are ready to move up from their L1 class
*Clients currently attending a L2 or L2/3 class who need an extra class or can’t make their regular class some weeks. (You can ‘mix & match’ classes)
*Already booked in on another day and would prefer this new class? Please email Sue with your requirements.
susan@bodynurture.co.uk
Freeing Your Lower Back, Hips & Legs – a Hanna Somatics Workshop
Chronic muscle tension in the centre of the body places undue pressure on the hips, knees & ankles. Over time this leads to muscle and joint pain, inflexibility and reduced mobility. Explore gentle, floor based movements that will relax your back, waist, hips and legs and experience greater ease of movement, suppleness and balance.
Who is this workshop suitable for?
Anyone who has experienced or is experiencing tension and stiffness in the hips and legs who would like to learn gentle movements to regain flexibility, balance and ease of movement. This workshop is also for those who sit for long periods (desk, computer work, driving). It is for anyone interested in moving better.
It will be of particular benefit to walkers, cyclists, golfers, runners and/or yoga practitioners who would like to improve the way they perform in their chosen activity.
Features of this workshop:
* Learn why unconsciously held, habitually tight muscles in the centre of the body cause excess tension, stiffness and pain in the hips and legs
* Explore slow, gentle Hanna Somatic Movements to relax the back, waist, hips and legs for more fluid walking, running, balance and ease of movement
* Release accumulated muscular tension from sitting, stress and other habitual patterns
* Integrate the upper body with the legs and hips for greater stability and co-ordination
What do I need to bring?
Comfortable clothing you can move and breathe in.
Venue: Body Nurture
Date: Saturday 11th February 2017
Time: 10.00 pm – 2.00 pm
Cost: £40
Participants: Maximum 12
Light refreshments provided
Teachers: David Fleming & Amanda Franklin
Booking Contact: Sue on susan@bodynurture.co.uk to reserve your place – or sign up on the notice board list. Everyone welcome.
Pilates with Props
New Pilates Class
Starting Monday 19th September 6.00 pm – 7.00 pm
A challenging class using Arc Barrels, Pilates circles, Weighted balls, Foam rollers, Flexi bands, Swiss balls, Soft balls…. Not all at once!
Suitable for existing Body Nurture clients who have attended regular classes.
New clients would need to attend a one to one session plus at least 6 regular classes before joining an equipment class.
Cost for 6 classes £42
To book or for more details email Sue on susan@bodynurture.co.uk
Restorative Yoga
Restorative Yoga Taster Session
Monday 15th August 10.30 am – 12.00 here at Body Nurture with Sue
Thinking of trying yoga? Come and join us for a gentle, relaxing one and a half hours of restorative bliss. Suitable for complete beginners. Just £5 for this trial session.
Classes starting in September – Mondays 10.30 – 12.00
Contact Sue - susan@bodynurture.co.uk for full details
Hanna Somatics Myth of Ageing Workshop
with David Fleming
A lovely follow up if you attended the first workshop at Body Nurture in June – also suitable for complete beginners…..
The Myth of Ageing refers to the belief that as we get older our physical ability declines and we become more and more restricted in our movements. This need not be the case!
During this Workshop you will be introduced to the 8 basic exercises originally presented by Thomas Hanna in his book Somatics – Reawakening the Mind’s Control of Movement, Flexibility & Health. These are commonly known as the Myth of Ageing series, hence the name.
During the four hours we will be moving through the different areas of the body and the muscles that control them. You will be developing a new awareness and therefore a new ability for understanding and controlling your own living body.
Although this is a movement workshop we will be working with the messages sent from the brain to the muscles. These messages can become habitual and ‘stuck in a loop’ which can result in pain and stiffness that can then lead to chronic pain and injury.
By the end of this workshop you will have a basic awareness of the simple movement which will gently release and realign your body. Over time these movements will bring you more in touch with your body and give you the ability to sense for yourself if there is stiffness and deal with it before it leads to pain and restriction. This is an empowering process giving you the knowledge to maintain your own physical wellbeing on a neuromuscular level.
The Workshop is appropriate for all, regardless of general physical ability. The only requirement for attending these classes is the ability to get down and up from the ground and to be able to lie on your front, back and/or sides for a period of time.
It will especially be of benefit to anyone experiencing muscular aches and pains, and accompanying restricted and inhibited movement, who would like to learn new ways to diminish and eliminate pain and expand and enhance their quality and range of movement gently and easily.
Venue: Body Nurture
Date: Saturday 27th August 2016
Time: 12.00 – 4.00pm
Cost: £40
Participants: Maximum 12
Light Refreshments included
David will also be available for 121 appointments on Friday 26th August.
Please email Sue on susan@bodynurture.co.uk or call 07887922356 for further information or to book.
Somatics Workshop
We are delighted to offer this amazing Introduction to Hanna Somatics Workshop at Body Nurture with David Fleming.
Introduction to Hanna Somatics is a rapidly effective form of neuromuscular (mind-body training) movement re-education that goes directly to the root cause of most chronic muscular pain: the brain and the way in which it senses and organizes the muscles and movement. By learning to regain both awareness, sensation, and motor control of muscles – an educational process that can only be achieved through movement – the brain can remember how to relax and move the muscles properly. This process of sensory motor training creates improved muscle function and enhanced sensory awareness.
Chronically-tight muscles that have learned to stay contracted due to repeated and reflexive response to stress such as accidents, injuries, surgeries, repetitive tasks, and on-going emotional stress results in Sensory Motor Amnesia.
The resulting patterns of muscular contraction that develop can result in common conditions such as chronic back pain, neck, shoulder and hip pain, limited mobility, joint pain, poor posture, shallow breathing, and uneven leg length.
Hanna Somatics Movement Education particularly helps relieve pain and disability associated with common health complaints such as: headaches, stiff or painful joints and muscles, fatigue, poor posture, breathing problems, impaired movement, accident trauma and whiplash effects, back pain, repetitive use/stress injuries.
This workshop will introduce you to the basic concepts of Somatics as developed by Thomas Hanna. You will be experientially shown ways to recognise the impact of Sensory Motor Amnesia (SMA) for yourself and then you will be guided through sequences of simple easy movements designed to help release SMA from the front, back and sides of the core of your body.
Venue: Body Nurture
Date: Saturday 25th June
Time: 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Cost: £30
Participants: Maximum 12
Light refreshments provided
Contact: Sue on susan@bodynurture.co.uk to reserve your place – or sign up on the notice board list. Everyone welcome.
Summer Solstice 2016
Evening Yoga Class
Join us on Monday 20th June 9.30 – 11.00 pm
A late evening yoga class to celebrate the Summer solstice at 22.34 GMT
A gentle class suitable for all to honour this special time
£10
Email susan@bodynurture.co.uk to book
Dawn Warriors Yoga 2016
Early Morning Yoga
Get your day off to a lively start with our 5 week Dawn Yoga Course
We start our practise in silence - or ‘mouna’ to help us to have better control over the expressions of the senses.
This hour long yoga session will leave you feeling energised and ready for your day.
Places limited – £10 per session. Book as many or as few as you wish.
6.00 am – 7.00 am on:
15th, 22nd, 29th June
6th, 13th July
Email susan@bodynurture.co.uk to book
New Pilates Mat Class
L1/2 Improvers Wednesdays 12.30 – 1.30
New class starts Wednesday 13th April
Suitable for those clients who have attended a L1 class for a minimum of 12 weeks and are ready to progress.
Also for existing L2 clients who can’t make their regular class or fancy a change!
Small equipment – toning balls, Pilates circle, foam roller and bands will be used in this challenging class.
Email susan@bodynurture.co.uk for more information