1-1 Private Yoga Sessions
I’ve been working with students on a 1-1 basis for 10 years. Many come with issues and conditions that require extra care or more focused attention. I provide 1-1 tuition with fully adaptable practices to help you feel more empowered in your healing process. I completed Long Covid training in 2021 and I’m currently undertaking Charlotte Watts course - Yoga & Somatics for Healing & Recovery - moving beyond stress, trauma, burnout, anxiety, fatigue and post-illness through embodied awareness. I will help give you the tools to manage your condition, to interrupt the processes of stress and to soothe your nervous system. None of the practices are complicated or require specialist equipment and many of the practices can be done wherever you are and can create good new habits of breath and body awareness - helping you to access more of your life. Healing only comes when you’re gently caring for yourself - make the start today.
“Working 1-1 with Helen has really helped me in my recovery following a serious accident and resulting PTSD. She engages with me as a whole, integrating practices of body, breath and mind. She’s patient, compassionate and insightful. Her emphasis on integrating playful, mindful movement and breath with strengthening and balancing work has been transformative for me, helping me to build my strength both physically and mentally, and engage more productively with other treatments” Anon, 2023
Chronic fatigue, Long Covid, Burnout, Anxiety….
Enough. These few words are enough. If not these words, this breath. If not this breath, this sitting here. This opening to the life we have refused again and again until now. Until now - David Whyte
What will a session look like?
Depending on how you feel on the day, our session could contain some or all of the following;
Bed Yoga - simple stretching, hands-on massage and breathwork practices to motivate ‘getting up’
Vagus nerve stimulation - sounds, breathwork and body stroking to improve vagal tone
Visualisation - for when you’re feeling like movement / exercise is impossible
Restorative Yoga - holding postures fully supported by yoga props (pillows, bolsters) to soothe the nervous system
Standing postures / movements - when you need to feel the strength of your own two feet / legs. Motivating ‘movement’ and shifting from states of anxiety.
Ground flows - repeated flowing movements done on the ground for when you get stuck in repetitive thought patterns
Breathwork - to soothe your nervous system and provide a tool to switch you from stressed to calm
You won’t need any special equipment to start- yoga bolsters are lovely but so are pillows, cushions and blankets. There might be a few items that could be useful as we progress - such as yoga blocks, eye pillow and a small inflatable ball. Can discuss this as and when needed.
Pause, Rest. Be…..Octavia F. Raheem
Costs and booking ….
1-1 in person - private studio in Kenilworth £55
1-1 in person - in own home £48
1-1 Zoom 60 minute sessions x 3 £135
1-1 Zoom 60 minute sessions x 6 £250
Those experiencing strong symptoms of fatigue may prefer shorter practices, in this case I offer 30 minute zoom sessions
1-1 Zoom 30 minute sessions x 3 £90
1-1 Zoom 30 minute sessions x 6 £160
