Yoga for Bellydancers | Saturdays 9am, Zoom
with Johara, 60 mins /week from Saturday 4 May
Open to everyone - whether you've got some yoga experience, or have never tried it before. (Non dancers are always welcome too! There’s no actual bellydance in the course; bellydancers will be given extra tips on how to make it relevant to their dancing, but if you don’t dance, it’s still a fabulous Yoga Fundamentals course.)
A regular yoga practice supports the health of your mind and body.
Discover the physical aspects of yoga ('asana' or poses) alongside the philosophical, providing a well-rounded holistic foundation to yoga that builds from week to week. Experience benefits in strength and range of motion, as well as body awareness and mental focus. Johara will offer modifications if you have any injuries, conditions or restrictions. For those who have done yoga in the past, these classes will consolidate your foundations and deepen your practice.
LEVEL: All welcome. Do let us know in advance if you have any conditions that may affect your ability to participate.
Pricing: As this is an online-only course, it’s $120 for 10 weeks. If you’re already taking another class, such as Bellydance or Zumba Gold, the price comes down to just $70 to add this course. The discount will apply automatically at the checkout.
Why do Yoga?
Improve strength and flexibility, balance and posture.
Reduce stress, anxiety and self-judgement
Increase energy levels, concentration and focus
Gain a greater awareness of mind/body and connection to breath.
Improve joint mobility and core strength for greater freedom and ease of movement
Dancers will appreciate all of this, as well as exploring more abstract benefits that can make you a more embodied dancer. Johara has found that thanks to her yoga practise, she can allow the flow of energy from the ground, up the legs and muscles, into the core and then out the rest of the body, giving her dance more texture, feeling, depth and power. Being able to feel many levels of the body, skin, muscles, bones, joints, micro movements in all of these.... feeling all the way to fingers and toes and out. Connecting movements to breath has helped her to feel that breath in the music as phrasing, influencing how she executes the moves to the music. Plus she has uncovered more freedom during improvisation: allowing the body to lead more, with less mental interference.
Doesn’t that sound inspiring?
What do you need?
yoga mat (if possible, otherwise a large towel)
2x yoga blocks… these can be chunky books, or sturdy Tupperware containers
strap or belt
chair
blanket
a towel or two to roll up and make a bolster
enough space to lay down and stretch out
Classes are recorded and available to you for the whole term, so you can use them to practice every day if you wish!
About your teacher:
Johara has a background in dance with a special interest in how the body moves as a whole and how the fascial system impacts breath, flow and ease of movement. Persistent injuries and chronic pain (from both dance and life in general) were the catalysts for investigating other modalities to improve body awareness, strength, flexibility and overall health. Jo has explored a variety of yoga styles, and fell in love Hatha/Vinyasa flow and yin – so much so, she achieved her qualifications to teach both in 2018 at Sukha Mukha Yoga. In her Yoga teaching, she aims to combine her knowledge of body movement with traditional Yoga postures and philosophy: joining breath and movement to quiet the mind and find ease, both on and off the mat. Find out more about your teacher on the About Us page.
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