Yoga Breathing 

​​Next course starts Saturday ​8th January 2022

Five Week Online Course
Discover how to use simple yoga breathing practices to help manage your mood and energy levels
30 minute classes

​​Five ​weekly 30 minute livestream classes on zoom*
After practice, wave & go or stay for Q&A

​* Livestream classes take place on Tuesday mornings at 9.30am. ​No worries if you can't make the time. ​ All classes are video recorded and uploaded to your Resource Centre the same day - so you can follow your classes any time that suits you.​

Is this course a good fit for you?

Breathing does far more than just supply oxygen to the brain and body. The way you breathe can change how you think and feel, within seconds. Here are five things that simply learning how to control your breath can do for you…​
1. Reduce your stress levels and combat anxiety
Calm down the thoughts racing through your head by lowering your heart rate and reducing your fight or flight response. It will break the vicious cycle of panicked thinking and make you feel in greater control of your mind and body.

2. Improve your memory and decision-making
Controlling the way you breathe has been shown to improve memory and enhance problem-solving ability. If you need to think more clearly in the moment, try slowing your breathing. Your thoughts should then clear. 
One study involving a group of students at a business school found that deep breathing exercises improved their decision-making by nearly 50%, after two minutes of the exercise!

3. Help reduce feelings of pain and discomfort
Chronic pain and chronic stress are closely linked. The more stressed you are, the more your body will be in a state of arousal, making you more sensitive to pain signals arising in your body. ​One way to break this cycle is to focus on your breathing and lower your resting stress response.
4. Help you get back to sleep
If you find yourself waking up in the middle of the night and struggling to get back to sleep, slow breathing can help calm down the brain, lower your alertness and help you get back on the journey towards sleep.

5. Bring long-term benefits
A regular yoga breathing habit can have long lasting benefits. Aside from making you better at controlling your response to stress, over time it can put your body into a calmer resting state, with a positive impact on your overall health.
​If you're interesting in exploring these benefits for yourself, this course should be a nice fit for you.

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Fantastic small yoga practice. Great beginners class so you can start from scratch with regular classes to follow on. Fran is a fabulous teacher and you can put in as much (or as little) effort as you want in each class - there is no pressure or competition. Highly recommended to both new and experienced yogis x

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Totally agree with Zoe's description of Fran's classes. Also, ...
I could only attend Fran's classes for a while as I moved counties - which is such a shame. Fran has so much knowledge and her classes are very welcoming and nurturing. I was very impressed with the way Fran taught a range of abilities seamlessly in the same class - each of us being able to practice our own yoga according to our own abilities. Looking now at her online classes, I can see that these are just as wonderful and accessible for all. Hopefully I shall move back one day and be able to practice with Lotus Leaf Yoga again....

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​"I really like the yoga itself but Fran was brilliant. Her instructions were clear and she demonstrated the poses leaving me in no doubt how to do them. I liked how she described the process we were aiming for of body awareness and she said at anytime a pose hurts or doesn't feel right for you don't do it. I liked when she said your body,your yoga so we can adapt the poses to suit our bodies.There was so much I liked about my Lotus Leaf experience and nothing I didn't like."

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"Dear Fran, Yoga teacher extraordinaire. Thank you so much for last Friday's class. Quiet, calm and meaningful. I am looking forward to Monday next week to carry on with Yoga. I am amazed at how gentle your Yoga style is and your teaching style is perfect . Thank you." 

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​"If you are looking for a yoga class, I can thoroughly recommend Lotus Leaf Yoga. Fran Keeley, the instructor, is a lovely warm person who puts everyone at their ease and teaches to all levels and abilities." 

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"I have really loved attending the classes and find yoga such a source of strength and tranquility. I'm sure that a large part of that is down to your teaching - you are such an amazingly gentle and inspiring teacher. Thank you so much for everything you have done." 

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​"Am so enjoying my Tuesday evening yoga - just what I have been looking for for a few years now - good explanations and demonstrations, a soft calming voice and atmospheric surroundings . Looking forward to continuing Fran Thanks a million."

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"Thank you so much for giving me the experience of yoga. I felt so calm, peaceful and happy after your class. I can't think of anything that I'd like to change or cut out... I enjoyed all of the session and loved the way I felt after. 

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"Thank you for this morning. It was an amazing practice. Something felt different, but I'm not sure what! Funnily, I was chatting with M. as we left and she felt the same. So, many thanks for whatever it was you did. It was lovely!" 

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​I'm really looking forward to the privilege of supporting you in your mind-body practice. If you have any questions in the run up to your course you're always welcome to send me a line and I'll be happy to help.