36 Courses in Bristol

breath voice body song

TYPICAL WORKSHOP Breath-work Everything starts with the breath. Many people breath incorrectly without even knowing it, and improper breathing can lead to a myriad of mental and physical health complications. In this workshop Molly will guide you through some simple diaphragmatic breathing techniques to reduce anxiety and stress levels, support heart function, boost the immune system and reduce inflammation in the body.  “the most important aspect of breathing wasn’t just to take in air through the nose. Inhaling was the easy part. The key to breathing, lung expansion, and the long life that came with it was on the other end of respiration. It was in the transformative power of a full exhalation.” ― James Nestor, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art [https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/74281999] Voice and Sound Sound and vocal resonance has been an integral healing modality in indigenous communities for millennia. Now modern studies have shown that singing, and sound therapy improve health and well-being, and have been linked to neuro-chemical changes effecting reward, motivation and pleasure, stress and arousal, immunity function, and social affiliation.  In this workshop Molly teaches vocal techniques to release tension in the body using an ancient Chi Gong energy exercise meditation. This meditation uses the voice to naturally support the breathing technique learned at the start of the workshop, and sound and vibration to allow our electricity to easily move through us. Singing Singing is a natural anti-depressant. It has been proven to reduce stress, boost the immune system, enhance memory, and stimulate the release of oxytocin which is the love and connection hormone. Singing in a group is especially good for this, as oxytocin is released when we bond with each other. Oxytocin has amazing health benefits, including helping wounds heal faster, and slowing down the aging process, and is also a cardioprotective hormone. Oxytocin lowers blood pressure, and acts as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory for the cardiovascular system. In this section of the workshop Molly will teach easy songs to bring everything together so we can easily use the breath and the voice to promote health and wellbeing. Singing together lifts people up, and you can see the difference in people at the end of the workshop. You don’t need to have any previous experience in music or singing. Everyone is welcome, and exercises will be simple and easy to learn. 

body and breath

BODY AND BREATH Body and Breath mindfully creates a variety of health and wellness focused exercise classes and personal training sessions for small groups and one to one in the Bristol area.

lushtums_keynsham pregnancy yoga

Birth.Body.Breath - Home | Yoga Birth Body Breath is a pregnancy yoga service in Bristol specialising in Post natal doula, yoga and antenatal. Covering Bristol and surrounding areas we can cater to all your needs including birth doula packages and pregnancy yoga.

mindful lives

My name is Claire-Louise and I have been teaching Scaravelli inspired hatha yoga classes in Bristol since 2006. I see yoga as more of an art form than a form of exercise. If we can engage our curiosity whilst moving with the breath, then yoga is like experimenting with the melody, tone, volume and pitch of the body.

mischa

Yoga | Let Go Yoga | Dursley Let Go Yoga with Mischa, Hatha Flow, Yoga for Mothers. Classes with Mischa explore and honour the breath centred vinyasa tradition. With a focus on Hatha Flow and Yoga for Mothers Mischa will support and progress your yoga practice and your journey of health and wellness.

common sense yoga

My lovely mum sent me to a yoga class in my late teens. She planted a seed and the seed grew. Having practised yoga since 1993 and taught since 1999, I have an understanding of how yoga and healing are fundamentally the same. Curing is what mainstream or complimentary medicine may or may not do. Healing is what happens after the Doctors, medicine, surgery and technology have finished. Healing comes from within. I have been through many life experiences including illness, surgery, bereavement, divorce, loss of job, loss of income and bringing up two lovely daughters now in their twenties. Yoga has given me inner strength at times of stress and difficulty for which I am grateful. This has taught me to take life's ups and downs as periods of growth and change. As a teacher I offer my experience of yoga to help explore the possibilities for you. I have contracts to teach yoga to employees of several large Blue Chip Corporations. I currently teach group classes each week in Bristol, as well as private one to one sessions. The breath is the heart of yoga practise. Breathing affects every cell of our being. It brings vital energy into the body. As we learn to watch our breath we let go of old patterns and new energy flows creating new possibilities.

breathe meditation

Breathe provides meditation sessions to businesses in the workplace, schools, colleges & in group & private one to one sessions in tranquil meditation studio in the Chew Valley, near Bristol. Paula Hewitt who established Breathe and now runs sessions throughout the Bristol area has a background in health & fitness having previously being owner manager of a fitness health center and being a qualified exercise to music teacher. Having also worked in corporate companies where she saw how stress had an impact on the overall health and well being and performance of staff and seeing the benefits exercise had not only physically but also mentally on those with a regular fitness regime Paula became increasingly interested in a holistic approach to health and well being and was aware of the utmost importance of the mental as well as physical health.

air breathwork trainings

breathing space mindfulness & wellbeing

breathworker, rebirther, shiatsu massage therapist, supervision