Slow down your flow

Our Gentle Vinyasa classes take place twice a week with two wonderful teachers – Amy Hughes on Monday mornings and Josh Bolding on Thursday evenings.

In a Gentle Vinyasa class, you will move through a series of poses, or asanas, while focusing on your breath. The movements are gentle and flowing, with an emphasis on building strength, flexibility, and balance, while also promoting relaxation and stress relief.

Gentle Vinyasa are light-hearted, slow-flow classes with lots of options for modification so you can choose what suits your body and your energy levels. The classes are often themed around a bio-mechanical alignment principle, so you evolve your understanding of the postures. Pranayama (breathing practices) and meditation are woven into the fabric of each class.

About This Class

  • 90 mins
  • Restorative

Mondays | Gentle Vinyasa at 10-11:30am, with Amy Hughes

and Thursdays | ‘Grounded Vinyasa at 6:30-8pm, with Josh Bolding

“Suitable for everyone, come as you are”

Gentle Vinyasa Yoga is a form of yoga that focuses on a slow and gentle flow of movement synchronised with breath. It combines elements of both Vinyasa and Hatha yoga, with a focus on a more slow-paced and gentle practice.

This style of yoga is particularly beneficial for beginners or those with physical limitations, as it allows for modifications and variations to accommodate individual needs. It can also be a great choice for those looking for a more meditative and calming practice.

Our Gentle Vinyasa classes typically includes a series of standing, seated, and supine poses that are linked together in a gentle and fluid sequence. Some common Gentle Vinyasa Yoga poses include Sun Salutations, Warrior I and II, Tree Pose, Downward-Facing Dog, and Child’s Pose. The pace of the practice is slow and gentle, with each movement flowing smoothly into the next.

For those who enjoy the flowing movements of Vinyasa Yoga but may need to slow down somewhat, Gentle Vinyasa is the perfect way to go. Excellent for beginners, people with limited mobility, those recovering from injuries, or those re-establishing their practice.

A great way to kindly energise the body and mind in the morning and effectively wind down in the evening.

Some benefits of practicing Gentle Vinyasa Yoga include:

  • Improved flexibility and range of motion
  • Increased strength and muscle tone
  • Reduced stress and anxiety
  • Improved balance and coordination
  • Enhanced relaxation and better sleep
  • Increased self-awareness and mindfulness

 

Class Schedule

What To Bring / How To Prepare

  • Yoga mats, blankets, bolsters & blocks are provided, alternatively please feel free to bring your own.
  • We have a very limited number of eye pillows so please bring your own if you would like to.
  • Please wear comfortable clothes in light layers as you will warm up as the class progresses – something that you can easily move and stretch in.
  • *Suitable for all levels, however you will need to be able to get up and down from the floor independently.
  • If you have any questions please contact us on 07774 311 227 or email info@limehouseyoga.com
I attended a class with Kitty and she was amazing. She is a wonderful teacher who really makes you feel welcome and cared for. I couldn't recommend this class enough!
Rebecca

Your Teachers

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Amy Hughes

Amy began yoga with her mum in 1997. It’s been her refuge for grounding, healing and awakening ever since. Amy’s practice since 2008 has been Ashtanga and this remains the heart of her morning ritual. She teacher trained in the Ashtanga Self Practice method with John Scott and apprenticed for three years with Sarah Durney Hatcher. She completed Ashtanga’s fourth series under their generous guidance.

Amy’s practice is rounded out with pranayama, chanting and meditation and she loves to share these where she can. As an Ashtanga teacher Amy specialises in helping people to build an Ashtanga self practice suited to their constitution and life. She believes in keeping it accessible, maintainable and joyful. In this way the practice nourishes and supports the student’s growth rather than the student attempting to conform to an idealised image of each pose.

This individualising of self practices in Ashtanga draws not only on gems from her Ashtanga teachers, but also on her own self practice, her Trauma-Informed Training and outreach work and on her first training in Anusara Yoga with Bridget Woods-Kramer in 2005, which had a strong emphasis on bio-mechanical alignment.

Amy’s current Vinyasa Yoga classes are also deeply informed by this method; offering meditative flow sequences cued with an emphasis on alignment, energetics and breath. Amy also loves rest and recuperation practices and shares Restorative Yoga alongside her dynamic teachings at Lime House when opportunity presents itself.

Amy teaches:

Mysore (Self-Practice): Mondays | 7-9am

Gentle Vinyasa: Mondays | 10-11:30am

Mysore (Self-Practice): Fridays | 7-9am

 

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Josh Bolding

Josh Bolding is a graduate of Lime House Yoga’s 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training programme and his teaching style is full of both fun and compassion.

He is also co-owner at Cabilla Cornwall and lead facilitator at Both Sides Retreats.

Josh aims to create spaces that are simultaneously grounded and expansive, offering an opportunity for self-enquiry through a curious exploration of movement, stillness and breath.

 

Josh teaches at Lime House:

Grounded Vinyasa: Thursdays | 6:30-8pm

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