Kathleen’s Yoga offers general yoga, prenatal pregnancy yoga, post natal recovery yoga (with your baby), and one to one yoga sessions for men and women.
Yoga Classes - Monthly Yoga Class - Pregnancy Yoga - Birth Preparation Day - Post Natal Yoga - Shiatsu - About Me
Yoga Classes - Monthly Yoga Class - Pregnancy Yoga - Birth Preparation Day - Post Natal Yoga - Shiatsu - About Me
Yoga Classes
The hatha yoga I teach is influenced by Vanda Scaravelli’s approach to yoga.
This style of yoga approaches the same asanas (postures) as hatha yoga but with much more emphasis on how your individual body needs to approach such poses.
Time is taken to ‘undo’, so releasing physical and mental tension with particular focus on the breath and gravitiy before building on postures. Cost per class: £14.00 Or £44.00 for 4 weeks in advance.
I am a registered and insured practitioner for all aspects of my work and have over 20 years experience of bodywork as a Shiatsu Practitioner and 15 years as a Yoga Teacher and Doula.
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Monthly Yoga Class
Scaravelli inspired……
A 2 hour Yoga Class
Open to all whatever your ability or previous yoga experience come on your own, or with your partner or a friend. With Kathleen Beegan.
Sundays 9.30 – 11.30, 2012.
Dates: Jan 22nd, Feb 19th Mar, 25th Apr, 29th June, 10th July 8th.
Each month will be themed starting January: Lying postures(asanas) breath(pranyama). February: Sitting postures & breath. March: Standing & Balances. April: Twists. June: Forward Bends. July: Back Bends. At the end of each session there will be a guided relaxation (Yoga Nidra).
Cost £25.00 per session or if you book 6 classes in advance the Cost is £120.00 includes light refreshment at end of class.
In this 2 hour yoga practice you are we invited to take a fresh look at postures that may be familiar to you or not, to develop a more integrated approach with less force yet still developing strength and flexibility. The class will have a maximum of 8 people allowing all to receive good guidance.
Venue: Kathleen’s Studio 41 Stanthorpe Road London SW16 2DZ
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Pregancy Yoga
Pregnancy is a wonderful time to practise yoga. It helps to keep the body supple without straining. Yoga breathing helps you to relax, improves circulation and will help to relieve the pain of labour in childbirth. YogaBirth classes provide not ‘just an exercise class’, but offer pregnancy yoga together with a wealth of knowledge about pregnancy and birth. This helps you to prepare for the transition to parenthood, both physically and emotionally.
YogaBirth teachers offer regular weekly classes for pregnant women. Our classes include:
- Yoga
- Relaxation
- Breathing – Hypnobreathing
- Pelvic floor exercises
- Refreshments and a discussion
- Information about pregnancy and birth
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Birth Preparation Day
Couples & Partners Birth Preparation Days are held on a Saturday or Sunday from 9.45am – 4.00pm. Maximum Group 6 couples minimum 2 couples. For dates please e-mail Kathleen on kathleenbeegan@hotmail.com or Tel 07753700435 or 0208 769 3613.
Venue: Kathleen’s Studio 41 Stanthorpe Road London SW16 2DZ
The emphasis of these workshops is on ‘Keeping Birth Normal’.
This is a practical day for you both. Every woman whether she plans to have a hospital or home birth will need to begin the early part of her labour at home and feel confident and relaxed allowing her labour to come to her in familiar comfortable surroundings – she can rest eat and drink and conserve her energy for when she needs it.
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Post Natal Yoga
Everyone who attends the pregnancy yoga class will be sent details of this six week block of Post Natal (recovery) Class.
Women bring their baby’s to this class and the focus is on the mother’s post natal recovery, pelvic floor, core muscles, shoulders and lower bck issues. The post natal period is up to 6 months for these group classes, women with older children may wish to attend a one to one session beyond 6 months if they did not get to attend a group session.
At 2 of the post natal classes we do a half hour session of baby massage for which you will need to bring a large towel. Tea and refreshments are provided. These classes offer yoga, support from other women with baby’s, sharing experiences which can be invaluable and the beginnings of long friendships.
These classes are open to women who did not attend pre natal yoga classes.
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Shiatsu
Shiatsu is a traditional hands-on Japanese healing therapy. It is deeply relaxing and helps address both physical and emotional tension. Regular treatments can help prevent this build up of tension.
The philosophy underlying Shiatsu is that vital energy (Ki) flows throughout the body in a series of channels called meridians. For different reasons Ki can stop flowing smoothly and freely and this can result in a symptom.
As the quality of Ki changes following treatments the symptoms associated with a lack of flow will improve; some swiftly, some more gradually.
As a practitioner I will consider your state of health, the symptoms you are experiencing and depending on your constitution and general energy levels, will use a variety of techniques to improve your well-being.
These may include gentle holding, pressing with palms, thumbs, fingers, elbows, knees and feet on the meridians and, when appropriate, more dynamic rotations and stretches.
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About Me
Kathleen Beegan became interested in a more holistic and body centred approach to health whilst working for the NHS in Haematology in the 80’s and was drawn to study Shiatsu and Macrobiotics, qualifying as a Shiatsu Practitioner in 1991. www.shiatsu.org.
Following the birth of her 2 children and the inspiration of attending Active Birth Classes, she completed a 2 year training with Janet Balaskas and qualified as an Active Birth Teacher in 1997. Wishing to further her understanding of Yoga she embarked on a 2 year Teacher Training course with tutors inspired by the work of Sandra Sabatini a pupil of Vanda Scarevelli.
Kathleen has been practising Shiatsu & teaching Yoga classes in South London since the 1990′s. Her work as a Doula informs her pre natal classes and birth preparation sessions, she is a course tutor on the Yogabirth Teacher Training Course and a Yogabirth Committee Member. As M.S.L.C representative at St Thomas’s & King’s College Hospital London I attend meetings about improving and updating maternity services.
Kathleen also teaches a breath and posture session for the Midwives as part of their Ante Natal preparation at Gracefield Gardens PCT.
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Service Categories
Acupressure, Doulas, Pregnancy Yoga, Shiatsu, Womens Health, Yoga
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