The Yoga Studio

Restorative Yoga poses that will leave you feeling nourished, peaceful. Then bliss out in Savasana with an healing crystal sound bath.

In this 3 week course you will learn a beautiful style of yoga practice that is internal, still and spacious, based on slow, conscious presence, rather than ‘working out’. Discover a way to undo and deeply unwind the layers of tension that have become the norm for so many of us.

Dates: Thursday 1 Dec 6.45pm - 8.10pm - last class on Dec 15th.

what is restorative yoga

t's a quiet, supported and alignment based style that encourages you to move into a more balanced and even state in both body and mind. Using “yoga props” like blankets and bolsters we support the body to improve circulation and create space, gently stretching and opening and create a feeling of safety.

In addition to the poses we use beautiful breathing practices that switch on the Parasympathetic Nervous System that that frees us from the stress of ‘flight or fight’ mode and takes us to rest and digest mode where deep healing takes place. 

This is a powerful practice, and helps you to take part in cultivating your own well-being. 

Additional benefits

• Boost your immune system
• Improve poster
• Lift your mood and reduce anxiety
• Soothe stress and your nervous system
• Help with insomnia
• Ameliorate menstruation and menopause symptoms

No experience needed but you do need to be able to get up and down off the floor. All the blankets, bolsters and equipment are provided for you. Please email Cheryl@theyogastudio.co.nz if you have any questions.

Yin Yoga Teacher Fi Riley is taking this one hour class.

With Yin Yoga you are working into connective tissue and facia rather than muscles (yang yoga) this is yoga that goes deep. Your'll learn to be be still in the challenge and feel fantastic afterwards with a sense of space and energy. It's very nourishing for the joints and works into areas like fascia and connective tissue that are often neglected. 

if you have any questions about the class please click here to contact Fi

Join Fi for this three hour workshop on Menopause Yoga for hot flushes. Hot flushes are a symptom that women can experience during the perimenopause and menopause as their oestrogen levels begin to drop. In this workshop we use cooling postures and practices to help to cool down the body, and meditation and breathing techniques to help to calm the mind.

Working into spaces in the body that can help to release the heat it is holding, this workshop will help you to feel cooler, calmer and rebalanced. It will teach you tricks and techniques to take away and use for when hot flushes strike in our day to day lives off the mat.

Fi was 38 when she was diagnosed with Primary Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) which triggered early menopause. During this time, yoga teacher Fi found that a holistic approach to managing her symptoms helped her to embrace the changes she was facing, including the support and comfort of her regular yoga practice.

More workshops to help with other Menopause symptoms will follow in January. 

find out more about Fi Riley here

WORKSHOP ONE: Menopause Yoga for hot flushes

When: Saturday December 10

Time: 2- 5pm

Cost: $76

Yin Yoga Teacher Fi Riley is taking this one hour class.

With Yin Yoga you are working into connective tissue and facia rather than muscles (yang yoga) this is yoga that goes deep. Your'll learn to be be still in the challenge and feel fantastic afterwards with a sense of space and energy. It's very nourishing for the joints and works into areas like fascia and connective tissue that are often neglected. 

if you have any questions about the class please click here to contact Fi

Yin Yoga Teacher Fi Riley is taking this one hour class.

With Yin Yoga you are working into connective tissue and facia rather than muscles (yang yoga) this is yoga that goes deep. Your'll learn to be be still in the challenge and feel fantastic afterwards with a sense of space and energy. It's very nourishing for the joints and works into areas like fascia and connective tissue that are often neglected. 

if you have any questions about the class please click here to contact Fi

The aim of this course is to make you feel better in so many ways. 

Find ways to feel more positive and worry less.

Have greater self-esteem and tools to tackle negative thinking

Practice feeling more joyful 

Sleep and Rest more easily

Learn how to deal with difficult emotions

Respond differently to pain 

Have a greater sense of “Self”.

We will be covering a range of meditation techniques including iRest™Yoga Nidra (which is a trauma friendly, scientifically based, secular form of guided meditation) All the meditation practices are very life affirming and enjoyable. 

It's only 6 weeks but if you commit to the course and some of the short audio home practices you will start to feel a real difference and deepen a journey you have already begun or make a fresh start if you have tried before.

When: Thursdays  6:45 pm– 8:00 pm 6 week course  

2 February - 9 March

Cost:    $198 includes work book and audio recordings for home practice