Yoga
Yoga is a spiritual practice and non-competitive in approach. All it asks of you is to turn up exactly as you are and practice, practice, practice!
While yoga is magic, it is only when you regularly practice that you will start to experience its many benefits.
Emma actively encourages you to take responsibility for your own yoga experience with the intention of allowing you to explore your own needs. It is hoped that the practice will leave you feeling calm, centred and with a renewed sense of connection - linking - between body, mind and soul so that you may hear more of your inner truth.
Class schedule
Weekly Tantra classes
Other yoga offerings
Private yoga sessions & intimate learning groups
Class info & FAQs
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General classes are held upstairs in St Martin’s Community Centre, with the intimate yoga sessions held at Styx. Please turn off mobile telephones and remove shoes before entering the space - thank you!
All weekly yoga classes are drop-in - no booking required. The intimate classes require booking with Emma directly.
As is traditionally recommended, you may like to refrain from eating two hours prior to class. If you do need to eat then fruit is OK.
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£13 drop-in for adults and £8 per student, or 5 tokens can be purchased in advance for £60 and used in any of our classes.
Payment can be made in cash or by bank transfer - please ask Emma for bank details. Sorry, no payment by card.
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We recommend wearing comfortable tightly fitting clothes such as t-shirts or vest-tops with leggings or shorts, bringing a jumper and socks for relaxation.
Classes are practiced barefoot.
Please bring your own mat if you can, for hygiene reasons, but we do have ones you can borrow if needed.
Bolsters, blankets, eye pillows etc. can also be borrowed.
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With injuries or loss of physical wellness, yoga offers an opportunity to help you get to the root cause and will offer the opportunity for healing and understanding yourself on a deeper level.
We have various tools available to us and a myriad of postures, to make the practice accessible.
You will feel undoubtably better from practising yoga, and whatever your problem is, it will not overtake you; yoga will help you to take care of your body, your mind and your breath and you will likely have more energy.
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Beinspired only accepts pregnant women with an existing yoga practice into our weekly classes. It is essential that you let Emma know, in confidence, that you are pregnant, regardless of the stage of pregnancy.
We know what it’s like when you’re keen to get to a yoga class to support the postnatal period but on-demand breastfeeding or bottle feeding dictates otherwise. For this reason, at Beinspired we are keen that postnatal women are given the opportunity to bring their babes in arms (babies who pretty much stay in one place, so not crawling or toddling) to our classes so that they can be fed as needed.
Yoga style
For Emma, yoga is about freedom and this underlies her teachings. She has been inspired in recent years by the teachings of Vanda Scaravelli as imparted to her by her teacher, Louise Simmons and studies Vedic chanting and philosophy from Helen MacPherson of the Desikachar lineage.
The emphasis is on freeing the spine and releasing stuck energy, which ultimately frees the mind. In this way we can link with a deeper aspect of self, beyond our many conditionings and unhelpful patterns. Over time our lives begin to change in ways we never previously imagined as we realise more of our potential. Essentially we come to know ourselves on a deep level, which positively shifts our perspective and understanding of all of life, improving the quality of our relationships, especially with our Self.
Ultimately this is a Tantric approach to practice, free of dogma and limitation.
Free practices
Online practices
Over the years we have filmed an extensive collection of videos for you to practice yoga from the comfort of your own home.
Meditation / relaxation audios
Emma has recorded many free relaxation and guided meditation audios which you can find below.