There are a few ways to experience Gentle Somatic Yoga(R) with Susie

 

-Book a private 75 minute session

-Join me for my weekly Yoga & Pilates class (20 mins GSY)

-Come along to our Day Retreat - 1.5-2 hours of GSY to start the day

-Attend the 2 hour Sunday Restorative classes (GSY for the first 30-45 minutes. See dates below)

-Book a Bowen Therapy session + learn prescribed GSY movements for your aches and pains

 

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RESTORATIVE YOGA DATES FOR 2023

SUNDAYS

5 FEB

5 MARCH

2 APRIL

7 MAY

28 MAY

3 SEPT

19 NOV

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TIME

2-4pm

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PRICE

$44 

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BOOKINGS

https://www.susieorr.com/bookonline

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MAKE IT EXTRA-SPECIAL

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Coming along to my Somatic Restorative Yoga class? You’re invited to stay for a seated massage at 4:15pm. Choose from a 20 or a 30 minute session. Got a friend in class with you? Buddie up - Susie will set one of you up in a Restorative Yoga pose while the other has a massage (through clothing) + then you can both swap places!

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"I have only had a few lessons from you, and I find the technique therapeutic. At age 72 years, and nowadays in poor shape, I find great benefit from participating in an intelligent activity that promises hope. It’s no longer about longevity for me, but far more important today, is my daily quality of life. You targeted exactly the right parts of my aging anatomy." DJ, 4017

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​GENTLE SOMATIC YOGA

Enhance the results from your massage/chiro/osteo treatments by using SOMATIC movement in-between appointments. With a private session, Susie listens to your concerns and observes your posture, creating a sequence just for you to help you unravel years of chronic tension, to stand taller and feel more free moving through your everyday activities

 

If you sit slumped over a steering wheel or a desk all day without using movements to counteract forward slumped posture, you'll show up again and again with the same old aches and pains

 

Get out of this cycle by learning more about your posture type + your habitual patterns of tension. Address the source with specific movements to take the strain off your joints, muscles and fascia 

 

A slow, gentle practice where we go slower and slower until we stop. And breathe. And rest. And start to repair.

Schedule some down-time into your life so you can constructively slow down before your body screams at you to slow down

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Slow yoga can benefit fatigue, anxiety, depression, chronic pain, auto immune disease and many other chronic health challenges

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Slow helps reduce chronic pain, alleviate depression and anxiety, improve digestion, reduce inflammation, reduce fatigue, lessen the stress on our organs of digestion, respiration and reproduction

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Slow builds more mindfulness and resilience, increases peace and happiness, and helps connect to a clearer sense of identity, meaning and purpose

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Experience the benefits of yoga postures, breathing, meditation and relaxation to help cope with the physical and mental stress of life in this blend of Gentle Somatic Yoga(R) and Restorative Yoga

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Gentle Somatic Yoga(R) is a slow movement class based on the work of Thomas Hanna (Hanna Somatics), Frederick Matthias Alexander (The Alexander Technique) and Moshe Feldenkrais (The Feldenkrais Method). The specific movements can reduce pain, improve posture and increase range of movement

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REGULAR GENTLE SOMATIC YOGA(R) PRACTICE CAN

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-Soothe joint and muscle pain caused by muscle tension

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-Improve posture, mobility, balance + co-ordination

 

-Increase range of movement

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-Regulate breathing which may help anxiety + respiratory issues

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-Reduce the frequency of headaches + jaw tension

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-Relieve plantar fasciitis

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-Boost circulation

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-Calm the nervous system + slow down an overactive mind

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-Create new neural pathways in the brain

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-Teach you how to self-treat chronic tightness + tension

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Classes are self-paced in terms of physical effort. Because this style is slow and gentle, it suits

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 -Everyone and anyone!

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-Beginners are welcome

 

-Adults recovering from injury or with chronic mild pain (please get permission from your Physician before attending)

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-Those with auto immune diseases including Fibromyalgia, Arthritis and Chronic Fatigue

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-People keen to improve their health, wellbeing, range of movement and flexibility

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-Anyone wanting to take control of chronic muscle tension, headaches, pain, plantar fasciitis, frozen shoulder and more

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-Those that wake up stiff and sore and would like to feel younger in their bodies again

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IDEAL CLOTHING FOR GSY/YOGA

 

Clothing that's easy to move around in, layers are best for your comfort - in winter think tracksuit bottoms + two to three layers of tops. Thick socks if you're coming to GSY or Restorative Yoga 

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PROPS FOR STUDIO CLASSES

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​Please bring a blanket or bath sheet to use as a head prop during class

All other yoga props can be supplied or you're most welcome to bring your own mat, bolster, blocks and eye pillow

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NEW STUDENT OF SUSIE'S?

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​Please arrive 10-15 minutes early for your first class to complete a short health history form

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