Santosha courses
Santosha Courses: Yoga & Pilates
Select a course from the list below to book your space. Although they may have already started, there could still be space for you to attend the remaining sessions.
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Please get in touch to book a space for a course already started.
prenatal yoga - online
Mondays from 7.30-8.45pm
17th August - 14th September (no class on Bank Holiday Monday 31st Aug)
4 weeks, £22.00 or £6.00 single session drop in (FIRST CLASS FREE for New Clients)
with Chie Sibbring
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"Chie's prenatal yoga is great for body awareness" - Carla
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Pregnancy is a unique and wondrous time in life. Prenatal yoga can be a great way to prepare for child birth. Yoga can help expectant moms get through their pregnancy with minimal discomfort. It also helps the birth and pt-delivery stages.
In this class you will learn gentle stretching, safe breathing exercises and deep relaxation. Open to all from the 13th week of pregnancy - please check with your doctor or midwife before commencing yoga practice.
Remember that you are entitled to time off work to attend a prenatal yoga class. If you are more than 36 weeks pregnant then you can drop into the class subject to space being available - call or email to check.
Baby massage - online
Fridays from 10.30-11.15am
21st August - 18th September
5 weeks, £30
with Chie Sibbring
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Baby massage is a great way to express love, care and respect with your new baby. Communicating with your baby through touch has been shown to have many benefits to parent-child attachment, relationship as well as the baby's development. Baby massage develops a strong bond that is practiced with your baby and not 'to' your baby. It involves gentle stroke, soft touch and caress over your baby's skin.
Benefits to baby massage:
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Relaxes your baby
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Enhances bonding
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Aids growth and development
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Promotes communication
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Improve sleep patterns
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Offers relaxation for both baby and parent
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Aids wind,colic and constipation
Max number of attendees is 8.
Suitable for babies from 6 weeks old.
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backcare- In studio & online
Tuesdays from 6.15 - 7.30pm
8th September - 20th October (no class on 15th September)
6 weeks, In-Studio £51.00 Online: £39.00
with Fiona McIntosh
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A course designed with your back in mind. This course brings in elements of Yoga, Pilates, somatics, fascial unwinding and breath work to create space and restore movement in the spine, strengthen your back and core muscles and give you overall greater flexibility.
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This Course will be taught simultaneously in-studio and via zoom.
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wellness despite chronic health conditions - online
Tuesdays from 9.30-10.45am
8th September - 15th October
6 weeks, £42.00 & £7.50 for a single session
with Martina Elter
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Cancer challenges you and your family to the limit.
Cancer also often affects your self-image and self-esteem. Possible changes in physical appearance and depleted health can be frightening.
How can well-being succeed in this precarious time?
In terms of your own well being and recovery it is important to try to take good care of yourself as much as possible. Yoga has a lot to offer for this and an increasing amount of research is confirming its huge benefits; especially for the mental and emotional well being.
In its holistic practice, Yoga can support coping with the treatment and dealing with side effects like fatigue or lymphedema.
Equally, it supports managing the experience after the treatments, overcoming fears and finding life goals again. In this course we explore various tools you can use to cope with cancer so you can personalise the practice to your own needs.
Martina is a Yoga teacher and holds a master’s degree in Social Pedagogy specialising in humanistic counselling, community work, education and health promotion.
Just before Christmas 2013 she was diagnosed with breast cancer which turned her life upside down. Her tumour as an ‘uninvited guest’ she used her Yoga practice in a holistic way to support her recovery.
The last two years Martina began to share her learning on this journey by offering a specific workshop and in one-to-one sessions for clients.
Yoga for mums when the children have gone to bed...in studio
Wednesdays from 8.00-9.00pm
9th September - 14th October
6 weeks, £48.00
with Chie Sibbring
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It is difficult for mum's of young children to find time for themselves let alone for their yoga practice. This class is perfectly timed for when the children are (hopefully) in bed asleep and you can have time for yourself. Just bring your mat, a few props and you will be led by our Senior Teacher Chie Sibbring for 70 minutes of active but also restorative yoga that will strengthen you, restore flexibility and relax you for the rest of the evening and a good night's sleep.
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GENTLE PILATES- In-Studio & online
Thursdays from 10.00-11.00am
10th September - 22nd October (no class 17th September)
6 weeks, £51.00, single session £10.50 (max 10 people)
Online: £39.00 single session £7.00
with Fiona McIntosh
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This is a more gentle Pilates class. Ideal for anyone who is new to Pilates' work or is suffering from more than just the normal daily aches and pains. The class when it was held in the Studio had a maximum number of 8 so that everyone could practice their Pilates knowing they will still benefit from appropriate individual advice/correction. So even though this class is being streamed through Zoom the numbers are restricted so that I can give some individual correction.
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Mum and Baby yoga for recovery - Online
Thursdays from 10.15-11.00am
10th September - 15th October
6 weeks, £30.00
with Chie Sibbring
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The arrival of a new baby is a precious and life changing experience that is full of amazing discoveries.
Mum and baby get to know each other and build a strong bond that to carry with them throughout their lives.
This course offers the time for mum to recover from childbirth whilst being able to develop the strong mum and baby connection. Sessions will include a yoga practice designed to strengthen and recover the body after pregnancy as well as having time to relax and enjoy gentle touch with your baby.
Please bring with you a blanket to lay your baby on along with a couple of toys for them to play with during the session.
*Suitable for babies from 10 weeks to the stage of walking and after your 6 week check.
** If you had a C-Section, please consult with your midwife or doctor before joining the course.
beginners course - in studio
Tuesdays from 10.30-11.45am
15th September - 13th October
5 weeks, In-Studio £42.50
with Chie Sibbring
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This course explores the fundamentals of yoga at a gentle pace. There will be lots of guidance and explanation of the methods and terms, time for questions and a respect for individual needs.
You will learn foundation yoga poses, breathing techniques, meditation and many of the underlying principles of the practice which will allow you to continue to grow, learn and take care of your body and mind.
This is a great class for the complete beginner or novice but also for those returning to yoga after a long break or anyone who wants to rediscover and explore the basics. No previous experience is required and all equipment is provided – just bring yourself!
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prenatal yoga - online
Thursdays from 7.30-8.45pm
24th September - 22nd October
5 weeks, £27.50 or £6.00 single session drop in (FIRST CLASS FREE for New Clients)
with Chie Sibbring
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Pregnancy is a unique and wondrous time in life. Prenatal yoga can be a great way to prepare for child birth. Yoga can help expectant moms get through their pregnancy with minimal discomfort. It also helps the birth and pt-delivery stages.
In this class you will learn gentle stretching, safe breathing exercises and deep relaxation. Open to all from the 13th week of pregnancy - please check with your doctor or midwife before commencing yoga practice.
Remember that you are entitled to time off work to attend a prenatal yoga class. If you are more than 36 weeks pregnant then you can drop into the class subject to space being available - call or email to check.
Baby massage - online
Fridays from 10.30-11.15am
25th September - 23rd October
5 weeks, £30
with Chie Sibbring
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Baby massage is a great way to express love, care and respect with your new baby. Communicating with your baby through touch has been shown to have many benefits to parent-child attachment, relationship as well as the baby's development. Baby massage develops a strong bond that is practiced with your baby and not 'to' your baby. It involves gentle stroke, soft touch and caress over your baby's skin.
Benefits to baby massage:
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Relaxes your baby
-
Enhances bonding
-
Aids growth and development
-
Promotes communication
-
Improve sleep patterns
-
Offers relaxation for both baby and parent
-
Aids wind,colic and constipation
Max number of attendees is 8.
Suitable for babies from 6 weeks old.
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beginners course - in studio
Fridays from 7.15-8.30pm
25th September - 30th October (no class on 16th October)
5 weeks, In-Studio £42.50
with Fiona McIntosh & Rosemary Lewis
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This course explores the fundamentals of yoga at a gentle pace. There will be lots of guidance and explanation of the methods and terms, time for questions and a respect for individual needs.
You will learn foundation yoga poses, breathing techniques, meditation and many of the underlying principles of the practice which will allow you to continue to grow, learn and take care of your body and mind.
This is a great class for the complete beginner or novice but also for those returning to yoga after a long break or anyone who wants to rediscover and explore the basics. No previous experience is required and all equipment is provided – just bring yourself!
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backcare- In studio & online
Tuesdays from 6.15 - 7.30pm
3rd November - 15th December
7 weeks, In-Studio £59.50 Online: £45.50
with Fiona McIntosh
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A course designed with your back in mind. This course brings in elements of Yoga, Pilates, somatics, fascial unwinding and breath work to create space and restore movement in the spine, strengthen your back and core muscles and give you overall greater flexibility.
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This Course will be taught simultaneously in-studio and via zoom.
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