Yoga
My name’s Nickie and I live in Liddington with my partner and our 2 young daughters. I’ve been practising Yoga and Pilates for 28 years now and teaching for 18 years. I feel so lucky to be able to share my passion and help restore some much needed calm, peace and wellbeing into people’s lives. Throughout my twenties I took several trips around the world with my yoga mat strapped to my backpack. On a journey to India in 2005 I studied yoga in ashrams, and meditation on silent retreats, and later In Bankok, I trained as a traditional Wat Po Thai Massage practitioner in 2007. Back home in the UK I became a Reiki practitioner (2010) and a Shiatsu Bodywork practitioner (2015). Blending my skills, I’m able to bring Thai massage & Shiatsu into my classes, giving effective hands-on adjustments. The style of yoga I teach is fluid and watery, but strong and grounding. We flow through creative sequences lead by the breath, and end with some breathwork, a deep relaxation, and if time, a mini meditation. Tuesdays 10.30 – 11.45am Vinyasa flow in Liddington Wednesdays 1.30 – 2.30pm Chair Yoga in Liddington Thursdays 9.15 – 10.30am Gentle flow in Hinton Parva Thursdays 6.00 – 7.15pm Vinyasa flow in Liddington To contact Nickie visit her lovely web site and be inspired. Click here.
Pilates
Sarah Summers – Pilates Join our welcoming Pilates community, where everybody and their skill level is celebrated. Our expert instructor creates a supportive space for people of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to strengthen their core, improve flexibility, and find their inner balance. Classes are adaptable with plenty of modifications, so you can move at your own pace and honour your body’s needs. Monday Class- Mixed abilities, more challenging class, suitable for improvers. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Class – Mixed ability class suitable for beginners and improvers
Tai Chi
Suitable for all ages and abilities At present there are 2 Tai Chi classes held on a Friday Morning, year-round, in Liddington Village Hall. 1st Class 9.30am – 11.00am 2nd Class 11.00am – 12.30pm If you are interested in trying Tai Chi, please contact the Teacher, Cyla Higley on 01672 512807 or via her website cyla@holistic-reflexology.co.uk Cyla will be able to tell you about any upcoming Beginners courses that are planned, either in Liddington or Marlborough, where she has another class on Thursday mornings. Liddington Fees: £3.00 a class, paid monthly The benefits of Tai Chi Tai Chi is a Chinese discipline which originated at least six centuries ago. It was developed as a way to improve health, but when speeded up it also becomes a form of self-defence. The form of Tai Chi I practise is also a form of moving meditation. As you need to stay focused for the twenty minutes it takes to perform a set, all thoughts of going to Waitrose afterwards get pushed aside. The moves aim to gently correct your posture and increase flexibility in your joints, especially your back. All your major muscles and ligaments are slowly stretched, making them more elastic. This means that practising Tai Chi can generally relieve muscle pain and improve your muscle tone. This combination can help to relieve back pain and improve your joints. Where there is increased muscle tone, improved bone strength and density will naturally follow, naturally helping to fend off osteoporosis. . There are also moves, with lovely names such as ‘Cockerel stands on one leg’, that are based on balancing. They help to strengthen your instep and improve your general stability. They also encourage greater weight bearing in the bones of your legs and stronger thigh muscles. We all have fun working together. Cyla.
Scottish Dancing
Beginners More Detail Want to have fun, get out of your comfort zone, stretch yourself? Scottish Country Dancing has it all. We love helping beginners because we were there ourselves. Just pitch up at a session with low, soft-soled shoes and loose comfortable clothing. We’ll have you dancing in no time. You’ll be all over the place at first, but you’ll be laughing within minutes, and we’ll be laughing with you. See it as flirting, flirting at speed: hand holding, bumping, getting your right and left mixed up. It’s a hoot! After a couple of lessons, you’ll be Lord or Lady of the Dance: I danced in the morningwhen the world was begun,and I danced in the moonand the stars and the sun . . . NEXT SESSION Thursday 19:45 until 22:00 in Liddington Village Hall. Your first session is free. £6 for future sessions. Couldn’t be easier. Bring a partner or come on your own. Scottish Country Dancing is all about mixing. CONTACTS If you’d like to have a chat first, email Lynda Hughes ldhughes2021@outlook.com and she’ll call you back. Our Website has more detail: http://www.wessex-scd.org.uk/liddington/index.php The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) has its headquarters in Edinburgh https://www.rscds.org/Content.aspx Instructions and Diagrams for Steps, Sets and Figures http://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/ Resource for Scottish country dance and music: http://www.strathspey.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7UoHY57df4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snuv9TeWGRY
