`Mellulah Therapy & Yoga

Mellulah yoga is some of best yoga I have found anywhere . I have been lucky enough to practice yoga all over the world with some wonderful yogis. Saira is unquestionably one of the best teachers I’ve encountered. She has huge integrity and humility. How lucky I am to have found her. X Catty Lowsley-Williams’ Read More
CHILLED OUT VINYASA FLOW YOGA IN DORSET
Give yoga a try and experience all of its amazing benefits! Relaxed classes where you will feel comfortable, welcomed, safe and looked after. Yoga is for all ages, sexes, abilities and sizes, no matter if you are flexible and fit, or stiff and haven’t exercised in years, you can enjoy Yoga in Dorset!
Regular weekly, chilled out Vinyasa Flow classes with Saira Francis at:
Dorchester yoga centre
Milborne St Andrew Sports Pavilion, Lane End, DT11 0JA
Hazelbury Bryan Village Hall
 
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Monday 
7.30-9pm Mixed Ability Vinyasa Flow @ Dorchester Yoga Centre, Trinity Street, Dorchester (above Coffee #1
Tuesday
9.30-11 am Mixed Ability Vinyasa Flow @ Hazelbury Bryan Village Hall DT10 2DP

Friday
9.30-11 am Mixed Ability @ Milborne St Andrew Sports PavilionAlso a zoom online class

Prices
Classes are £10for a Drop in
Or buy a class pack:
5 classes for £45 (£9 per class) to use within 3 months
10 classes for £85 (£8.50 per class) to use within 6 months
Private classes 1hr £50 or 90 minutes £65.
 
VINYASA FLOW YOGA
The Sanskrit translation for ‘vinyasa’ breaks down into ‘nyasa’ meaning “to place” and vi “in a special way”. My yoga classes are relaxed, chilled and will leave you feeling rejuvenated, energised and peaceful. Classes are Vinyasa Flow combining breath with movement to create a moving mediation. We will spend time
meditating and relaxing at the beginning and end of each session. We will also explore Pranayama, breathing techniques to lower stress levels and encourage serenity and mindfulness in our yoga practice both on and off the mat. We often use the practice of Yoga Nidra at the end of a class, during Savasana (relaxation). Yoga Nidra translates from Sanskrit to Yogic Sleep, heaven!
I practice Mindfulness is my own daily life and find it helps me to cope with the pressures of modern day living, I bring this practice in to my yoga classes all the time. Yoga is Mindfulness and I believe that as a teacher it is my role to help you become more aware of your body and your mind. By practising Mindfulness we can learn to release stress and tension from the body and we can learn to understand that we are not our thoughts and we do not have to let our thoughts control us negatively.
Yoga can help us transform ourselves and our lives. Yoga is not like any other form of exercise that we practise in the West, Yoga works on many levels, it is healing, therapeutic and fun. Classes can be challenging at times and that feels good for the body, we are working through the asanas to release muscle tension and over time you will notice a real difference in flexibility both in the spine, the hips, shoulders, neck, the whole body.
I like to try to create a nurturing, non-competitive environment for us to practice yoga together, offering a challenging class that will lift you energetically and with lots of lovely relaxation and meditation to send you home with a little more peace and tranquility to carry on your day.
 
WHAT IS YOGA?
Yoga is a pathway to peace and healing, the postures have been handed down to us by Ancient Yogis who lived thousands of years ago and we are now blessed to have yoga to use as a tool to help us cope with modern life. Yoga stretches and warms the body to allow release of blocked energy, called
Prana. Prana is life force energy that runs through every living thing on Earth.
Here are some of the benefits of practising yoga:

Improves flexibility
Builds muscle strength
Perfects your posture
Prevents cartilage and joint breakdown
Protects your spine
Helps your bone health
Increases your blood flow
Drains your lymphatics and boosts immunity
Ups your heart rate
Drops your blood pressure
Regulates your adrenal glands
Makes you feel happy!
Lowers blood sugar
Aids concentration
Relaxes your nervous system
Improves balance
Releases tension in the limbs
Aids deep sleep
Great for the lungs
Prevents IBS
Gives you a sense of peace and calm
Eases pain
Gives you inner strength
Builds awareness and mindfulness
Encourages self-care
Brings change and transformation

 
IS YOGA FOR YOU?
The answer is YES! One thing I am noticing more and more, is that many people are put off yoga because they believe you must be young, female, thin and more of a circus acrobat than a yogi!  Its fantastic that yoga is becoming so popular in the West and brilliant that some people have the body type that allows those kind of really advanced postures, but we are not all made that way and that is not what yoga is really about. Yoga is fun, non-competitive and the ‘asanas’ or postures are only a small part of yoga. Yoga is a lifestyle choice, it is non-religious but it is spiritual and I bring much of those elements into my classes, sharing the principles of yoga with you.
As you get stronger with practice, you can try new poses and take the slighter stronger modifications that I will show you during the classes. If you arrive feeling tired and stiff, you take it easy, if you come along feeling full of energy on that day you might try more. In a mixed ability class, I offer lots of alternatives to every pose we try, you just take the one that suits you on that particular day, there is never any pressure to do more than you feel you can and I encourage you to listen to your body rather than look around the room at what anyone else is doing.
We are all different, yoga embraces and encourages that!
I am a fully insured Yoga Teacher having trained with the BSY (British School of Yoga) and I am a member of the CThA  (Complimentary Therapists Association).
I also run yoga retreat weekends and days in Dorset, please see the website for full details.
Contact me today to book your class and sign up to our newsletter to be the first to hear of new class dates and times. 07809 141815 saira@mellulah.