Testimonials

Your yin yoga sessions have really helped me to stay centred during this crazy lockdown period.  LB

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Thanks again for a soothing rising and shining start to the day. The neck ache I had vanished along with other stuff.  I am beginning to think you know exactly what you’re doing!  JB

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I attend Leslie's morning yoga three times a week and it's fabulous.  Very straight forward and accessible for beginners and experienced folk alike.  I really rate her classes for what it's worth!  DT

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I didn't realise how much I needed that [yin yoga] practice this evening until we were doing it.  Thank you!  AB

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I have really enjoyed the classes, it makes such a difference to my day.  ER

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A little bit about my approach to teaching.  I am not super fit, I am not at all good at back bends and my alignment is not nearly as picture perfect as I would like it to be.  You won't find selfies of me on social media in crazy poses.  I am not a vegan or even vegetarian.  I drink, I swear and I have eat chocolate (sometimes lots of...).  Really, I just want to make yoga as approachable and achievable for as many people as possible.

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My classes are aimed at you and I would encourage you to see the opportunity that yoga offers you to really connect with your body.  For this reason I really like to verbally cue you into self adjusting into a pose.  I find that this way you really get a sense of your own body.

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I have been practising yoga on and off for over 20 years and with my body work clients I often drop to the floor and demonstrate a pose that may be beneficial for whatever is going on for them.  Massage and yoga are a perfect union for me so it feels like a natural progression for my career to train as a yoga teacher.  I have a particular love for yin yoga and I can see it being really beneficial for so many of my clients.

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I undertook an intensive yin yoga training in the summer of 2019 with Norman Blair - an incredibly inspiring teacher.  And I am so pleased that, having completed my teacher training, I am now a fully qualified yoga teacher and am able to offer a full schedule of flow yoga and yin yoga, as well as day retreats and other events.

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* Community low cost class 60 minute flow yoga

   9am Mondays - £3.50 payable to the centre

   Park Community Centre, Chelmsford Street, Weymouth (just turn up with your own mat!)

 

* Seize the day 30 minute ONLINE morning yoga:

   7am Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays - £3

 

* Evening yoga 60 minute flow yoga:

   6:30pm Wednesdays - £10 drop in, £9 with a class pass

   in my home studio in Preston, Weymouth

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* Relax & release HYBRID online and in studio 60 minute yin yoga:

   1pm Wednesdays and 6.30pm Thursdays online - £5

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   in my home studio in Preston, Weymouth - £10 drop in, £9 with a class pass

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* Slow and Flow into the Weekend 60 minute yin and flow yoga:

   10am Fridays - £10 drop in, £9 with a class pass

   in my home studio in Preston, Weymouth

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* Weekend yoga 60 minute flow yoga:

    8am and 9:30 Sundays - £10 drop in, £9 with a class pass

    Times will change in May due to Park Yoga

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* Reiki yin yoga and mala meditation 90 minute Reiki infused yin and mala meditation

   4pm on occasional Sundays - £16 and gemstone mala can be purchased for £16

   A mala will be provided if you do not have one or would not like to buy your own

   *** Sunday 7 April at 4pm

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Studio classes are £10 drop in or £54 for a 6 session class pass (£9 per class).  A package of six studio classes at the reduced rate of £9 per class.  All six classes must be used within 3 months.

Your pass can be redeemed against a total of six classes of any combination of:
- Evening flow yoga (Wednesdays 6:30pm)
- Relax & Release Yin Yoga (Wednesdays 1pm & Thursdays 6:30pm) 
- Slow and Flow into the Weekend (Fridays 10am)
- Weekend flow yoga (Sundays 8am and 9:30am)

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Buy your class pass here.

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Seize the Day:  Start your day with a half hour blast of movement. Seize the day, ready to face whatever comes your way.  And you're welcome to show up in your pj's

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Evening & Weekend Flow Yoga:  A gentle and fun yoga practice in home studio.  These sessions are appropriate for beginners as well as more seasoned yogis as where needed progressive options will be given.

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Relax & Release Yin Yoga:  Yin postures are more passive and mostly floor-based which makes it accessible to so many of us.  It has a slow and considered approach, asking you to relax into a pose, soften the muscles and deepen into your body.  Poses are held for a number of minutes, melting tension and taking your deeper into yourself.  This style of yoga targets deep connective tissues and can be quite meditative.

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Slow & Flow into the Weekend:  A gentle and fun yoga practice in my home studio.  These sessions are appropriate for beginners as well as more seasoned yogis as where needed progressive options will be given.  Starting with soothing yin yoga and moving into gentle movement to ease you in the weekend and shake off the tension from the week.

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Reiki yin yoga with mala meditation:  Join me for a blissful way to end your weekend. A mala meditation (with the option of buying your own gemstone mala to take home with you) followed by heavenly yin yoga. During our yin poses you will receive hands on Reiki healing if you wish.

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Online classes are through Zoom which is a fantastic online video conferencing tool and really easy to use.  You can either stream through your mobile or from a laptop.  All I would ask is that you try to set your device up in such a way that I can see as much of you as possible – purely just to ensure you are safe in your poses and to offer options if needed.

 

Book online at www.BelieveinWellbeing.as.me

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GENTLE FLOW YOGA

Join me for a gentle and fun yoga practice.  These classes are appropriate for beginners as well as more seasoned yogis.  Most weeks we have a peak pose that we work towards and your class will usually include a breathing practice, a salutation (and when we can meet in person quite often a bit of Native American flute!).  

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YIN YOGA

So what is yin yoga?  Yin postures are more passive and mostly floor-based which makes it accessible to so many of us.  It has a slow and considered approach, asking you to relax into a pose, soften the muscles and deepen into your body.  Poses are held for a number of minutes, melting tension and taking your deeper into yourself.  This style of yoga targets deep connective tissues and, as it has a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) approach, we can also regulate the flow of energy in the body through targeting specific meridians and acupressure points. 

 

The time spent holding postures can be meditative which, to me, makes it such a beautiful practice.  And it is thought that a practice like this was traditionally used to help promote meditation and long periods of pranayama (breathing exercises) and sitting.  This meditative approach with a physical focus gives us the opportunity to access deeper tissues such as the connective tissue and fascia.  Often this is where we hold deep seated historical tension.  And in my experience as a body worker and Reiki Master this is also where we hold emotions that no longer serve us.  This practice of yoga gives you the opportunity to get close and personal with yourself, with your feelings, with the emotions lying under the surface.  And it allows us to do something we struggle with.... to SLOW DOWN!

 

Yin can also help us with flexibility.  There is no delicate way to put this - the older we get the more our joints lose flexibility.  And yin is a great way to maintain good movement and joint function.  Yin teaches you to listen to your body - something we all need so much.

 

Some of the benefits of yin yoga are:

• Calms and balances the body and mind

• Regulates energy in the body

• Increases mobility, especially the joints and hips

• Lowers stress levels

• Helps lubricate and protect joints

• Impacts on the connective tissue

• Deep relaxation

• Destresses

• Better able to sit for meditation

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