SLEEP AID COURSES
SLEEP AID SESSIONS
Extended Sound Healing with Crystal Bowls
Level: All levels
Equipment: Somewhere comfortable to sit or lay. You may want to use cushions and blankets. Make sure you are warm as your body temperature will drop as you remain static. I recommend wearing a jumper and warm socks.
Pace: Starfish
Deep full body stretches held for 2-3 mins
Level: All levels (great for beginners in particular)
Equipment: 3-4 Cushions
Pace: Starfish
A meditation to connect to your heart and deepest truths
Equipment: Somewhere comfortable to sit (in a chair, with a wall behind you or in the center of the room). Cushions, blankets and yoga bricks can be used.
Level: Beginner
Pace: Starfish
Level: Complete Beginner
Equipment: A comfortable place to sit. Feel free to sit on a cushion/yoga brick, in a chair or with a wall behind your back.
Pace: Starfish
Deep stretching to release underlying tension from the lower back and surrounding areas. You can look forward to long, held passive stretches in seated and laying positions.
Equipment: 4 x Cushions (possibly more), 1 x Yoga bolster, 1 x strap OR towel, 2 x yoga bricks and 1 x yoga block
Level: All levels
Pace: Starfish/Slow tortoise
Transition from a busy day to a mellow evening and sound sleep. A mellow stretch focusing on stretching the inner thighs.
Level: Beginner
Equipment: 1 x Yoga block and 2 x Yoga bricks (all optional)
Pace: Tortoise/Slow Dog
Take some time for you to relax and let go of what no longer serves. An ideal class to help you relax before heading to bed.
Level: All levels
Equipment: Cushion(s), blanket, a wall, a chair or bed. Prepare yourself in a comfortable seated or laying position. Feel free to sit with your back against a wall or in a chair when sitting.
Pace: Starfish
Also known as ”the body scan”, this technique has shown to be one of the most effective ways to relax both the body and mind. Designed to focus your awareness on the body, assisting you drift into a state of calm.
Regain balance of your body, mind and soul with this mellow yoga practice.
Level: Beginner
Equipment: 2 x Yoga Bricks
Pace: Dog
Relax into your week with a whole body flow. A practice that soothes your body from the inside out. Yoga helps prevent burn out through allowing you time and space to let go of unnecessary stresses. Some things you can change but what is out of your control, is it worth spending all that energy worry over when we can use that energy for other things. Your energy flows to what you focus your awareness on. The yoga practice teaches us how to direct your energy most efficiently.
Diaphragmatic breathing calms the nervous system and balances hormones. Feel at ease in just 15 minutes through this powerful breathing technique.
Level: All levels
Equipment: 2 x Cushions (one for under the knees and one for under the head if laying) and 1 x Blanket
Pace: Strarfish
Studies show that diaphragmatic breathing is one of the most effective ways to calm the nervous system. When your nervous system moves into a relaxed state, lowering your stress hormones, adrenaline and cortisol.
Calm the mind and body in preparation for a deep and restful sleep.
Level: All levels
Equipment: A comfortable place to sit or lay
Pace: Starfish
It’s time to let the World fall into the background and focus on you.
In this class we use breathing techniques to activate the body’s relaxation response. These exercises lower your heart rate and blood pressure, allowing you to float soundly to sleep. Research has shown that these exercises help us fall asleep.
A basic, slow paced class to release tension in the hips. In this class we stretch the large muscles groups in and around the hips including the hamstrings, quads and glutes.
Level: All levels
Equipment: 2 x Yoga bricks, Cushions or bolster
Pace: Starfish/Slow Tortoise
Why is it important to stretch the hips?
Stretching reduces injury, improves blood circulation, range of motion and release tension from the body.
Sitting down at a desk or performing repetitive movements can cause hip tightness. This can have a domino effect on the rest of the body, especially the lower back.
Loose and supple muscles are an important factor to feeling good and preventing injury so you can carry on doing the things you love.
Find calm, whatever the weather. The only certain thing in life is change, with a sense of inner peace you can remain calm and grounded even with external change.
Level: All levels
Equipment: Cushion(s), a blanket, a wall or a chair. Prepare yourself in a comfortable seated or laying position. Feel free to sit with your back against a wall or in a chair when sitting.
Pace: Starfish
Inner peace is the state of peace within you. It’s the sanctuary you can always return to no matter what is going on in your life. Eastern practices talk about the many transient things in our life; our thoughts, emotions, appearance, jobs, identity. All of these things change over time but what will always remain is the peaceful sanctuary within you that you can always return to.
For those nights when the mind is going in circles, a guided relaxation session designed to lull you into a blissful sleep.
Level: All levels
Equipment: Cushion(s), a blanket, a wall, a chair or a bed. Prepare yourself in a comfortable seated or laying position. Feel free to sit with your back against a wall or in a chair when sitting.
Pace: Starfish
Sleep isn’t just about quantity, it’s also about quality too. This meditation creates a relaxed internal environment to facilitate a truly rested sleep.
To improve your sleep quality further, you can integrate this session into you sleep routine each day to encourage a daily routine of relaxation the body can recognise.
A meditation to ease stress and give you space to relax.
Level: Intermediate to advanced
Equipment: Cushion(s), a blanket, a wall or a chair. Prepare yourself in a comfortable seated or laying position. Feel free to sit with your back against a wall or in a chair when sitting.
Pace: Starfish
We all know that stress and anxiety can influence our sleep, mood and general state of wellbeing. This meditation shows you how to manage stressful thoughts and situations.
Sitting in chairs all day can cause our lower back to become tired and stiff. Increase blood supply and remove toxins with just 10 minutes stretching.
Some of the main muscles used to support our back are working all the time, making small adjustments to keep us safe and happy. Just like us, they can get tired and need some nurturing. In this video we increase circulation to the muscles surrounding the back.
Level: All levels
Equipment: 1 x Strap or towel
Pace: Tortoise
40 Minutes of relaxation and reflection with the soothing sounds of crystal bowls and koshi chimes
Level: All levels
Equipment: Somewhere comfortable to sit or lay. You may want to use cushions and blankets. Make sure you are warm as your body temperature will drop as you remain static. I recommend wearing a jumper and warm socks.
Pace: Starfish