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<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A four week yoga course for women, with a focus on regulating your menstrual cycle, balancing hormonal fluctuations and alleviating the transition through menopause. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Benefits include:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Stimulation of the lymphatic and nervous systems</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Improved respiration and circulation</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Reduction of anxiety and irritability</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - </span><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Regulation of sleep and mood</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> - Improved self confidence</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Every class will conclude in a healing meditation, to let imbalances settle and encourage a calm mind.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Week 1</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Move gently through sequence of poses designed to support and stimulate the lymphatic system, a system which is the gateway to our biological ageing and affects our weight, energy and fluid retention, soothe the mind and reduce the effects of stress.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Week 2</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Explore yoga breathing techniques (pranayama), restorative poses and face yoga to discover a deeper layer of self awareness and connect to your breath.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Working with the breath and deeply restorative postures </span><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 16px;">improves respiration and</span><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> can instill feelings of safety and nourishment. Opening the heart space supported by props helps to boost your mood while allowing the body to settle in stillness.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Week 3</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Invite some yin into your life to calm the brain and regulate the sympathetic nervous system. Forward bending helps to reduce external distractions and soothe the mind, reducing stress.</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Week 4</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;">A combination of supported inversions and restorative postures. Inversions can help with insomnia, they ground the body’s energy, reduce anxiety and settle irritability. R</span><span style="font-family: 'itc officina sans book', arial, serif; font-size: 12pt;">estorative yoga poses help to regulate sleep and encourage a deep state of relaxation.</span></p>
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