I attended Sharon's yoga classes for a couple of years while living in the UK. Sharon has extensive knowledge surrounding the anatomy giving her an adept understanding of yoga.
I would definitely recommend booking a private class. This is where I've experienced the most growth in my own practice. It gives Sharon the opportunity to explain the intentions behind the poses and tailor it to your individual needs.
Now, although I'm on the other side of the world, I'm so glad to have her online classes to guide my practice. She ensures I can push myself while also using the best pose for my body and what I want to work on.
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"May we invite peace into our bodies, may we speak words that heal and create peace, may we bring peace to our minds"
Schedule
Online Classes
Embodied Yoga Gentle Flow for healing and mental health wellbeing
Designed to cultivate awareness and presence, help ease away stress & anxiety, and find embodiment.
The first part of the class is spent on the floor doing pranayama techniques, healing mudras, accessible movement and stretches, then we move to standing infusing classical hatha yoga postures with an element of flow, back to the floor with some restorative poses honing in on sensations and awareness and finishing with meditation leaving you more grounded, regulated and balanced.
You're encouraged to listen to your body throughout the practice, to move intuitively, to look at every pose as a way to make a choice and find your own unique expression promoting self awareness.
Thursday, 6pm UK GMT
[Trigger Warning : The above class may be anatomy based and can refer to specific body parts which may be triggering to some people, and I may sometimes mindfully offer the use of a strap as a prop for those that feel comfortable to do so.]
Embodied Yin Yoga ~ Linger for Longer
Yin Yoga moves much more slowly than it’s yang counterpart and stretches more deeply into the body.
Yin Yoga centers around calming, grounding, asana for stretching deeper into connective tissues such as ligaments tendons and deep fascia, combined with holding the postures for an extended period of time, because you perform yin yoga in a more passive manner, you’re encouraged to relax and surrender to gravity allowing for it to target your physical mental and emotional health.
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Everyone's experience with, and reasons for coming to yoga are unique, so should be the approach to treat your body.
One to one yoga classes are a great way to enrich a deeper understanding of yourself, your body, all aspects of yoga and philosophy, whilst supporting you with tools to cope with anxiety, stress, trauma, emotional healing and cultivate mental health wellbeing.
Private yoga classes offer a more personalised approach than group classes can offer and are tailored to your individual needs. Each session is customised to meet you where you are, through your yoga practice you will be guided to explore your body on your own terms, exactly as it is in an inclusive, accessible and integrative approach that includes centering exercises, discussion, gentle movement, breathing practices, meditation, chakras and yoga philosophies, finding safety and freedom within to provide a foundation for embodiment, emotional healing, negative body image and mental health clarity.
Workshops
Healing Restorative Yoga - Rest, Reset & Restore
Heal, Breathe, Release, Bloom with this Healing Restorative Trauma Focused Yoga workshop.
You can expect to start with a short meditation, followed by restorative poses with props, light movement, breathwork and closed with yoga nidra.
When the body is relaxed the mind is more likely to follow.
Slowing down with restorative yoga will balance the nervous system, reduce stress, calm and quiet the mind and improve sleep quality, and we can target fascia and joint health and improve flexibility.
This 2 hour workshop is extremely relaxing and meditative which will help us slow down !It's great for the mind and the body.
Bi-Monthly
Embodied Yoga Healing Circle
This strives to be a space where people of varying experience levels, abilities, ages, races, cultures, sizes, genders, sexual orientations, and gender expression feel included because abuse does not discriminate.designed to empower you to release trapped psychological and physical energies and come back home to your body and feel more comfortable in your own skin.
8 week course
In Person Schedule
Embodied Mindful Movement ~ A path to healing & wellness
Begin your week with Yoga and stretch away those Monday blues with this popular evening class.
This is a mixed levels class - a slow mindful flow with the option to pace yourself and move in a way that works best for you.
You can expect to start the class with centering, followed by a well structured intentional sequence and finished with a guided relaxation, this combination of postures and breath work will remove stagnant energy from the body and mind and leave you feeling good for the week ahead.
This class can be challenging but can also be adapted for bodies that need a gentler practice the goal is to find presence in our bodies with kindness and compassion.
Monday, 8.00pm Lifestyle Studio Matthew Arnold School Kingston Road Staines
[Trigger Warning : The above class may be anatomy based and can refer to specific body parts which may be triggering to some people, and I may sometimes mindfully offer the use of a strap as a prop for those that feel comfortable to do so.]
Embodied Movement Gentle Flow ~ Cultivating awareness, presence & embodiment
The first part of the class is spent on the floor doing pranayama techniques, healing mudras, accessible movement and stretches, then we move to standing infusing classical hatha yoga postures with an element of flow, back to the floor with some restorative poses and finishing with meditation. This class is designed to challenge you within your limits, cultivate awareness and presence, gain a better understanding of how the body works, help ease away tension, facilitate a balanced nervous system and find embodiment.
Each class gives a delicate balance of yoga from the past and present.
Wednesday, 6pm Laleham Methodist Church Hall, Edinburgh Drive, Staines.
[Trigger Warning : The above class may be anatomy based and can refer to specific body parts which may be triggering to some people, and I may sometimes mindfully offer the use of a strap as a prop for those that feel comfortable to do so.]
Neurodiversity
Neurodiverse Yoga
Mental health care needs a neurodiversity lens to account for variations in individual nervous system responses and offer a gentle and supportive environment for neurological differences and disabilities acknowledging diversity.
All my classes take into account sensory and processing differences and acknowledge neurodiversity, these classes are specifically held for neurodiverse groups or as individual classes as there is no one path to healing.
Yoga poses, mudras, pranayama, mantras and mindfulness delivered in a fun relaxed manor for adults with learning difficulties and/or other disabilities, often using themes and games, gentle manipulation only with permission, specialised breathing exercises and relaxation techniques, with variations to suit individual abilities. Yoga invites awareness not only to the body and sensations but also the emotions, it helps benefit our motor, sensory, emotional, immune and psychological wellbeing and can promote growth on all levels, self regulation, social skills, identification, expression, communication and language.
Everything you need for an inclusive healing & wellness practice all in one place for all abilities. Supporting your mental health wellbeing, encouraging a self care routine and offering healing practices for people with stress, anxiety, trauma and those who need a gentle and supportive environment. Providing various styles of Trauma Informed mindful embodied practices to meet you exactly where you are including Yoga, Breathwork, Healing Mudras Meditation & more. Various memberships available.
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The chair can add a wide range of participation to students who may have been discouraged in the past.
I aim to provide an empowering and positive experience for people who think that yoga is not for them.
This online program can help you feel better in the body you have today
Journey through the elements of Earth, Water, Fire & Air and experience the connection Yoga holds to the universe and everything around us.
Fire, water, earth, and air are the four elements of the Universe.
They make up all that is, everything we see around us, and everything we are.
No one of them is better than the other, they each have their own unique qualities as do we.
There are many different ways to connect with, and balance the four elements in your body and life, my favourites being spending time with the elements in their natural surroundings and yoga.
On Demand Yoga
These popular on demand online classes are a great place to start if you’re not yet ready to join a full membership program, classes available for 14 day rental .
If the sliding scale price is not affordable for you, send us an email and we’ll send you details on how can still access the class. You don’t need to explain your financial position; we trust that you’ll only ask if you need to and that you will pay what you can when you can.
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TESTIMONIALS
Sharon is one of the best yoga 🧘♀️ teachers I have had the pleasure of encountering. She is very engaging and knows her stuff. Sharon tailors each practice for both novices and experts, by illustrating modifications to the most challenging poses. After each practice I feel I have pushed myself to my best ability with Sharon’s guidance, whilst being mindful of my own body’s limitations.
Anita Staples
After many failed attempts at trying to get into yoga Sharon came highly recommended to me by a work colleague. After just one class I knew Sharon was the yoga teacher for me. I instantly felt a connection to her due to her calm, kind patient manner.
Sharon has a vast knowledge and years of experience in her field and always keeps the classes interesting and varied, tailoring the classes to all levels and abilities no matter whether you are a novice or an experienced student her patience, professionalism and encourangement make you feel at ease.
Even during the challenging months of Covid 19 Sharon was loyal to all of her students offering live zoom classes and access to an online yoga platform.
The mental, physical and health aspects of yoga have been so beneficial to me and I owe this entirely to Sharons fantastic teachings.
If you are looking to begin or continue your practice look no further than Sharon Cannon Yoga.
Holly Blackwell