Wellbeing
Go with the ow Marie Isaac and Amelia Carman both turned to yoga to help with stresses in their daily lives. Now they’ve trained as yoga teachers and launched their own classes in North Norfolk. Kate Cleaver finds out more
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FTER moving from Lincolnshire to North Norfolk with her husband and two daughters, Marie launched Wellbeing By The Sea in May. Marie’s ďŹ rst experience of yoga ‘was 20 years ago with a wonderful bright green unitard wearing yogi. It all felt very ‘new age’ and I wasn’t sure about it,’ she says. ‘It was four years ago when my true love and understanding of yoga developed. Life was pretty crazy, always on the go, still mourning the loss of my mother, bringing up two young children, putting everyone else ďŹ rst and being self-critical. ‘I began to feel the need to slow down, to feel more connected and discover a better understanding of who I was.’ After three years practicing Zen yoga, Marie decided to take things further, eventually training with Zen master Daizan Roshi, who studied in the Zen monasteries in Japan. Marie now offers two types of yoga at The Sackhouse in Wells ‘based on the Zen principles of being mindfully present, cultivating wellbeing, developing awareness of mind, body and breath. ‘At Zen Flow yoga on Monday and Wednesday evenings, we practice asanas (poses) such as sun salutations. Connecting each movement to the ow of your breath creates heat and helps the body detoxify and feel puriďŹ ed. ‘Flow yoga stills the mind, reduces stress and tension, improves exibility, strength and endurance, along with concentration. ‘At our restorative/ gentle yoga sessions on Thursday mornings, poses are held for longer, deeply relaxing the body, helping to let go of any emotions stored within our muscles, improving our capacity for healing, balancing the nervous system and boosting our immune system.’ Classes are suitable for all abilities. Marie offers private, bespoke sessions and will soon be starting yoga and mindfulness sessions for children. • Wellbeing By The Sea, 07913 187251 www.wellbeingbythesea.com, Facebook: Wellbeing By The Sea
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MELIA from Heydon took up yoga whilst suffering from anxiety when she lived in London: ‘I decided to give yoga a go. I continued to practice it for eight years, always thinking I would love to teach it, to share its beneďŹ ts with others.’ Last November, Amelia travelled to Goa to complete a 200-hour yoga teacher training course, launching AshVin Yoga this January, teaching a mix of Ashtanga and Vinyasa Flow yoga at her classes. Amelia says: ‘This is a slightly more dynamic, constant moving style of yoga and doesn’t seem to be widely known in Norfolk. It is designed to build heat through the class, achieved by breathing and moving together, while performing poses. ‘People think it will be really difďŹ cult, men think it’s ‘girlie’ and some think it’s just for hippies, but it’s accessible to anyone. You can take from the class whatever you wish, whether it be the physical side, to still the mind or purely for the savasana (relaxation) at the end.’ Amelia holds classes in village halls and yoga studios with venues For more information how mornings, Bodham Village Hall on including Wells Deli in Holt onon Monday to improve health and sports Tuesday evenings, Swanton Novers Village Hall on Thursday evenings, performance contact: plus slots at Beeston Regis Holiday Park. She also offers private sessions. are Dip. many beneďŹ ts of coming to a class including developing Bo‘There Tyler, BA (Hons), NT mBANT Sports Nutritionist and strength and exibility, toning muscles, improving circulation, releasing Nutritional Therapist tension, plus it’s energizing and refreshing.’ bo@bonutritioncoaching.com • Tel: AshVin Yoga 07805 455854, Facebook: AshVin Yoga 07747 008482
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