This is a flow class - a class to awaken movement and rhythm in the body.
The essence of Vinyasa Flow is mindful movement. Mindful movement happens when the mind, the body and the breath work together in harmony, creating a flow state that leaves little room for distraction. Starting with stillness to get you present and grounded, you’ll set an intention for your practice, before moving through a sequence of poses linked together by the breath with the ultimate purpose being to still the fluctuations of the mind, so you can develop greater self-awareness and clarity.
In this class Ryan will challenge you to look inwards, question your self-imposed limitations and connect to your body and self.
About this event:
Dates - 10-11am every Sunday.
Pay What You Want Prices - to adjust to the seasons of your own abundance:
Minimum - £3
Suggested - £6
Abundant - £9
Location - Upstairs @ Open House. Please arrive 5-10 minutes before class to settle onto the mat.
Equipment - Yoga mats and equipment will be available to borrow, you’re also welcome to bring your own.
Booking - Limited to 12 spots, to book your spot please click below.
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Ryan completed his 200-hour yoga teacher training in Singapore in 2020, after walking away from an 11-year career as an international finance lawyer. His desire was to bring burned-out corporate professionals like him to the mat so they slow down, reconnect with their inner knowing, and gain clarity on what they wanted in life. He built a small but loyal following of private clients in Singapore before relocating to Sheffield in 2021, where he was invited to be the sole yoga teacher at a new boutique gym.
In addition to teaching yoga, Ryan is also an integrative life coach and meditation teacher with a mission to guide his students and clients back to themselves.
As an ex-lawyer, Ryan turned to yoga to help with the stress of his former career and found his practice gave him a greater awareness of self and brought a shift from living a life of reaction to a life of intention.
Ryan’s classes focus on mindful movement, connecting the mind, body and breath to give students a sense of clarity and tranquillity at the end of each class.
Although yoga is associated with flexibility, Ryan believes that the flexibility of the body means nothing without the flexibility of the mind, and by moving the body with the breath, letting go of the ego and being present, you will gain flexibility of both body and mind.
In Ryan’s view, the yoga mat is a sanctuary from the stresses and distractions of the modern world, where students can reconnect with and find themselves. He encourages students to come to their mat with an open heart and mind and leave preconceptions about yoga, themselves, or others, behind.
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Flow Yoga refers to the styles of yoga characterized by stringing postures (asanas) together so that you move from one to another, seamlessly, with a big focus on your breath - your life force. In flow yoga styles you will feel the benefits of lengthening, twisting, balancing, bending, strengthening, reconnecting and revitalising your body and mind. There are several styles incorporated into flow yoga including Vinyasa, Hatha, Ashtanga and Dru yoga, each one it’s own sacred practice and offering something different for the yogi’s body, mind and spirit.
While yoga is an excellent way to keep your body healthy, mobile and strong (especially your core), it is so much more than a form of physical exercise.
The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit root “Yuj’ which means to join or unite, and in the old Hindu yogic scriptures the practice of yoga is seen as both a discipline and an art form that connects the individual consciousness with the universal consciousness, meaning we feel more in harmony in our own body-mind-spirit, and that we as human beings remember how connected we are to each other and to the rest of nature.
In a world where we see things in separate categories (body or mind, out-there or in-here, work or rest, them or us etc), that feeling of union is pretty amazing, even if it starts as just a feeling for a fleeting hour on the mat. Yoga is a wholeness practice, for every body and every mind, and that’s also why no one can be bad at it.