Getting Started
The ideal way to start yoga is with a beginners course. It is a 90 minute class once a week for 9 weeks. You need to book as each course has a limit of 20 students. Wear comfortable clothing, we practice in bare feet. Yoga is easier practiced with an empty stomach, allow 3 hours after a heavy meal or an hour after a light snack. Before class please inform your teacher if you have any physical restrictions, medical conditions or you are pregnant.
Home Practice
For some of you getting to class once a week is a big effort and a great start for your yoga journey. For others coming twice a week really makes a difference. That second class carries you deeper so you don’t feel like each class you are starting over but continuing where you left off.
Ideally a yoga class is a launching pad for your own practice at home. What you learn and do in class you bring home to your mat: you interpret the instruction into your body and digest it further to move into a deeper understanding of your yoga practice...more
Class Levels
Beginner
All ages and fitness levels are welcome. You do not have to have
a certain level of fitness or flexibility to join as the class is designed
for beginners. 90mins
Beginner 2
Consolidates poses taught in beginners especially shoulder stand. 90 mins
General Level
An early morning class for students who have some experience and wish to expand their yoga practice.
Level 1
A wide range of postures are introduced e.g. Headstand. 90 mins
Level 2
A challenging two hour class for students wishing to deepen their yoga
practice. Headstand and shoulder stand variations are taught.
Led Practice
In this two hour class the teacher leads and the Level 1 & 2 students
follow.
Rejuvenating
The rejuvenating class is restorative yoga. It is designed for students
new to yoga and experienced practitioners. The poses are modified
with the use of props so yoga is practice without strain. In comfortable
positions the props help to stretch and relax your body especially
beneficial in times when you feel weak, fatigued or recovering from
illness or injury. Duration 90 mins.
Mother & Baby
These classes are specifically designed for new mums and provide an opportunity to nurture your body and mind and to connect to your baby in a warm and friendly enviroment.
Private
Personal yoga instruction by appointment. Duration 60 minutes.
Yearly Timetable
The
Luna Yoga Studio year is divided into five nine week terms. There is a week break between each term and a three week break over the Christmas period. During term breaks Early Morning Intensives and Workshops are held.
Each course runs for a term and is designed to progressively introduce participants to a series of poses that will prepare them to move onto the next level.
To accommodate your busy and changing schedule students are welcome to make up missed classes at other times in that week, or to do two classes the following week.
Teachers
The teachers at Luna Yoga Studio are certified Iyengar yoga teachers. Our personal
yoga practice is on going including workshops and continuing accreditation appraisals.
Vivienne O'Brien
Vivienne's passion for Yoga began over sixteen years ago. She
qualified as an accredited Iyengar yoga teacher in 1998.
Peter Ayliffe
Peter's dedicated yoga practice has extended over the last
sixteen years. He gained his
Iyengar Yoga teacher accreditation in 2002.
Lynn Holt
Lynn has been practicing yoga for twenty years and has been committed to Iyengar Yoga for the last thirteen years. She completed her Iyengar teacher training in 2007.
Clare Pritchard
Clare is a certified Iyengar teacher and has been practicing yoga since 1995. She also holds a Level 1 & 2 Certificate in the Radiant Child Yoga Program.