Wake Up and Wind Down Yoga

 

Our latest Online Yoga video is a Wake Up and Wind Down Yoga Workshop, many of you asked for it at our AromaYoga classes.

Bought as one film, you can wake up and stretch in an 11 minute sequence with Rachel, to send you on your way ready for the day ahead and then later relax and wind down ready for a good night's sleep (18 minutes).

Just £5, yours to download and keep, you can watch it as many times as you need to.

Rachel has a soothing voice and will help you with some breathing exercises and gentle stretches to align your body and mind.

Buy it here

Retreat Day - Forest Bathing

It's been really busy with classes at Treetops this term, so it was lovely on Saturday to have one of our Relax & Restore Retreat days with Laura.

What a beautiful autumnal day it was too!

Our theme for the day was Forest Bathing

Forest Bathing (aka Shinrin-Yoku) is letting nature into your body through all five senses, the woodland and grounds at Treetops are just perfect for this.

In the morning Laura led some grounding Yoga indoors, followed by a delicious and nutritious lunch.

Lunch was inspired by Deliciously Ella's new book

After lunch we had our Wellbeing session where we talked about the benefits of being outside, especially as we head into Winter, how being amongst the trees and nature is so good for our blood pressure, stress levels, immune functions, helping our minds and bodies relax.  Just 15 minutes has proven benefits.

The book below "The Nature Fix: by Florence Williams, is brilliant and I really recommend it.

We headed outside into the woods and Laura led a gentle meditation, listening to the trees and the birds (and the falling acorns landing around us!)

Everyone had some quiet time to wander and collect some autumnal treasures

In the afternoon we made our own Smudge Sticks

Smudging is the ancient practice of burning herbs for spiritual cleansing and purification.

We had lavender, rosemary and rose petals from the garden

Sage and a variety of acorns, sticks and leaves from the woods.

You tie them together with string and wrap them tightly together, leave them to dry upside down for a week or two.  You then light the smudge stick and allow it to smoulder in a dish.

The benefits include improved mental focus (thanks to the rosemary) an increase to your wellbeing, improves sleep (lavender) increases energy, clears negative energy and the air around you.

We finished the Retreat with some meditative candle-gazing and amazing sound therapy under snuggly duvets and warmed eye pillows.  Bliss!

This was our last Retreat Day for 2018 but if you would like to join us in 2019, please send me an email.  Gift Vouchers are now available for Christmas Gifts

Blissful Relax and Restore Yoga Evening

Last night Laura led a wonderful Yoga session.

As the weather had been so lovely, we spent the first hour in the garden concentrating on our grounding and breath, followed by some gentle yoga flow and restorative yoga.

The birds were singing so loudly, or perhaps it seems amplified when your eyes are closed and you are lying on the ground!

We came inside to get cosy with some lovely warming nutritious and delicious soup followed by chai lattes and cacao drinks.

By now the sun had set, the hall was lit with candles and the scent of large jugs of lilacs.

A gentle meditation flowed, and then the best bit, warming eye masks and a duvet for the yoga nidra and sound meditiation.

Thank you everyone for joining us and floating peacefully into the night.

Our next evening is on Tuesday 12 June, 7pm - 9:30pm, £30.

Book soon as places are limited and go very quickly.

Our upcoming Relax and Restore RETREAT DAY is on Saturday 16 June and has 4 spaces left.  11:30am - 4:30pm  £75

Namaste

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