YOGA

I’ve travelled alongside Yoga on and off for over 20 years, using it mainly for movement and the flexibility that I felt I lacked. Yoga was all about doing back then. Not terribly different from my running, swimming or biking. 

Then I could no longer ‘do’. I learnt how to be.

Yoga helped me explore how to exist in my body again after major surgery and illness following my treatment for lobular breast cancer. It started through meditation and breathwork then the Asana practice slowly followed – but in a different way than before. I have gained a far deeper awareness of how to inhabit my physical body through understanding how to observe and create a distance from my mind.

My intention is to share how Yoga might teach you to be in your mind and body, regardless of what you believe you can do or where you start from. 

Through a combination of Vinyasa flow and Hatha yoga, meditation and breath, my classes focus on staying in your body; present in either movement or stillness. A balance of the strength we all have within us and the lightness and ease we need to be calm. As a physiotherapist, there is a focus on alignment, posture and caring for our bodies whilst adding in the appropriate amount of challenge to facilitate learning of what is possible. I hope that any self-inquiry or reflection which may arise will stay with you beyond the yoga mat. 

And fun, oh yes, it is supposed to be fun and bring you joy. The joy of being, living and moving. 

I offer both in-person and online sessions.

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“Overall, the classes have made me want to learn more and really push myself, and I try to practise daily at home, by watching the recap videos that Jacqui emails on a weekly basis. I feel stronger and more toned, and I’m really looking forward to joining the ‘improvers’ class when it starts and would recommend Jacqui’s classes to anyone.”

If you would like to find out more about any of my Yoga Classes and whether they may help or be suitable for you, please get in touch.