New weekly online class incorporating yoga and Oxygen Advantage breathwork with traditional Pranayama. If you can’t make the time, video recordings will be available to watch back at your leisure. We will focus on the energies of the season using Chinese Traditional Medicine meridian theory to boost and strengthen our immune systems, prepare for the winter and optimise the functioning …
relax + heal weekly class
This gentle weekly class will help you get centred, relax and encourage optimal functioning of the body’s natural healing mechanisms for physical and mental wellbeing. We will work on soothing held yin yoga poses to enhance circulation, deep tissue stability and organ health. We will supplement the yoga poses with gentle breathing exercises to relieve stress, calm down and build …
Breathwork 101 – Pranayama Basics
(Hybrid workshop: online as well as in person) As a fundamental part of life, the breath is with us from the moment we are born until the day we die. While there is an abundance of different breathing techniques available and it can be difficult to know where to start, breathwork doesn’t have to be confusing. In this workshop, we …
Functional Breathing for Musicians | Online
What is this? As we go through our day, musicians rarely really stop to think about how we breathe. Pianists and string players are not normally taught to connect with the breath, which is so helpful for phrasing and technique. Even those who are trained in maximum breath efficiency during performance such as singers or wind and brass players are …
Functional Breathing for Musicians (Thursday Group) | Online
ONE PLACE REMAINING What is this? As musicians, we rarely really stop to think about how we breathe (unless perhaps we are singers or players of woodwind / brass instruments). However, even those of us who are trained in maximum breath efficiency during performance are still not as likely to question our breathing at rest and while going through our …
Introduction to Functional Breathing for Musicians: free webinar
Free Webinar As musicians, we rarely really stop to think about how we breathe unless we are singers or players of woodwind / brass instruments. However, even those of us who are trained in maximum breath efficiency during performance are still not as likely to question our breathing patterns at rest and while going through our daily lives. Whether you …
Functional Breathing for Musicians (Saturday Group) | Online
Sorry, but THIS COURSE IS NOW FULL. We can still accommodate one more person in the Thursday stream or in Befriending Performance Anxiety. Alternatively, please email Xenia to be placed on the waiting list or express interest in the next time the course will run. What is this? As musicians, we rarely really stop to think about how we breathe …
Befriending Anxiety: movement, breath, focus | Online
Led by concert pianist and wellness coach Xenia Pestova Bennett together with senior yoga instructor, dancer and choreographer Eleonora Ramsby Herrera, this session brings together approaches to tackling generalised anxiety and performance anxiety. We will look at practical methods to help take stock and rebalance while starting to understand, accept and befriend anxiety. During the workshop, we will revise and …
Befriending Anxiety | Belfast
Anxiety can manifest in many different areas of our lives – we are currently battling an international anxiety epidemic, identified is the most common mental health issue along with depression. According to Anxiety UK, one in six of us are affected, and the Mental Health Foundation estimates that anxiety is among the primary drivers of disability worldwide. In personal as …
Befriending Anxiety | London
An interactive workshop combining gentle movement and breath work. Open to anyone interested in working on general or performance anxiety. More information: https://www.dragonfly-yoga.org/workshops/befriending-anxiety