class descriptions
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All yoga classes offered at Botannix Yoga are holistic in nature, including postures (asana), breathing practices (pranayama), meditation (dhyana) and yoga philosophy (shasrta), and emphasise the power of yoga to enhance physical, mental, emotional & spiritual wellbeing.
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Sunrise Vinyasa Flow
A smooth, balanced mindful, flowing practice, focusing on breath awareness, posture to posture alignment, sun salutations, surya namaskar yoga sequence, movement, mantra, meditation. Sunrise flow aims to create openness, energise the body to focus the mind and conquer fear whilst grounding, calming and relaxing the body for your day ahead. Mixed level practice | Basic to more yoga experience is recommended.
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Vinyasa Flow
A smooth, balanced flowing practice, focusing on posture to posture, breath to breath conscious alignment, movement, mantra, meditation. Vinyasa Flow aims to create openness, energise the body to focus the mind and conquer fear. Mixed level practice | Basic to more yoga experience is recommended.
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Slow Vinyasa Flow
A slow, mindful flowing practice, focusing on breath awareness, longer holds, conscious alignment, movement, mantra, meditation. Slow vinyasa Flow aims to ground down, clam and relax the body to create clarity and peace of mind. Mixed level practice | No experience, to basic yoga experience is recommended.
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Hatha
A mindful practice, focusing on pranayama, breathwork, intention, mediation and mantra combined with gentle slower movements and yoga poses. Hatha aims to align and calm the body, mind and spirit.
Mixed Level practice | No experience, to basic yoga experience is recommended.
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Yin
A grounding, releasing and medicinal practice, focusing on developing a mindful self-awareness through stillness and longer holds of poses. Yin yoga aims to work through the meridian system, working with the breath and chi energy targeting a specific body organ or multiple organs, offering an ideal opportunity to be nourished in a safe environment where physical, emotional and mental healing occur. Open level class | No experience required.
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Meditation
A calming, nourishing, grounding practice, focusing on mindfulness techniques through an intention (san kalpa) on a particular word, object, thought. Meditation aims to train attention, awareness, and achieve a mentally clear, emotional calm state.
All levels welcome | No experience required.
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Pregnancy
A relaxing, earthing, slow practice, focusing on the breath. Pregnancy yoga, aims to prepare mums for the birth of a child, allowing you to connect with yourself and growing baby whilst practicing in a safe supportive space. Moving through a series of gentle poses that release tension in the hips, lower back, neck, shoulders and reduce any anxieties, allowing for a deeper relaxation within the body and improved nights sleep. From 2nd trimester onwards welcome | No experience required.
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Mums and bubs
bonding, calming, slow practice, focusing on the breath. Mums and Bubs aims to re-connect with yourself and go deeper with your baby in a supported, safe environment with other mums on the same path. Moving through a series of gentle poses that are appropriate for your body to relax, release anxieties, tension, whilst restrengthening muscles, abdomen and pelvic floor. All levels of mums and bubs welcome | No experience required.
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