Full Moon Fierce Free Flow & Yoga Nidra ONLINE

Full Moon Fierce Free Flow & Yoga Nidra 

Tuesday 5th May 2020 5-6:30pm

Zoom online (link sent on booking) ☾ 

An invitation to stay connected to the seasons and cycles of our bodies and nature through movement and rest amidst all of the uncertainty and change. 

NOTE: As part of my insurance I can only offer this practice to women I have taught before but if you are new to my classes I would just need to have a consultation of sorts with you first. And everyone needs to fill in and return the health form before joining the session. Thank you so much for understanding ♥  

Feel free to invite anyone you might like to join you ♥ 

Download the health form and learn more about Wild Woman Yoga here: www.moonforestflow.com/wildwomanyoga 

Learn about my online classes here: www.moonforestflow.com/onlineyogaguidance 

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LUNAR PHASE FOR THIS PRACTICE  

FULL MOON ~ the peak of the lunar cycle calls for celebratory and soothing work. The full moon is typically a time of abundance, completion and celebration. With awareness heightened, all emotions magnified and shadow realms more accessible this can be a potent time for self-enquiry, insights and understanding. 

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PRACTICE FOCUS: Grounding into our Animal needs, Opening the heart to compassion and taking the pressure off <3 

We are animals with animal needs and there is a part of us that knows the key to life is simplicity but it’s so easy for it to get complicated because we’re often far removed from the wild simplicity of our basic needs.

We’ve also been domesticated and domesticated animals are never quite as in touch with their wants, needs and natures as their wild counterparts. They tend to struggle and suffer somewhat when taken from their natural habitats, however beautiful and spacious their enclosures.

On a normal day our domesticated lives in captivity can make it difficult to listen to the needs of our animal bodies (our 'baby needs' as my friend Cherry calls them) but even more so now when so many of us are restricted in our movements and removed from the contact we so desperately need as human animals.

So this week as I remembered this I decided to go easy on myself, to myself some grace, to let myself off the hook, offering permission to get things wrong, to not take care of myself in the way I usually might, to feel a whole range of complicated and often conflicting emotions, to be an animal in captivity the best I can. And by the best I can I don’t mean trying really hard, I mean showing up for yourself with understanding, tolerance, patience and compassion.

Through our practice we will explore grounding - connecting to our bodies and our needs and heart opening - offering ourselves compassion, understanding, tolerance and patience (and/or of course whatever you personally want to offer yourself today!). 

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FIERCE FREE FLOW 

Fierce Free Flow is a fiery, playful and feminine approach to flow that seeks to ignite the inner fire, unleash wildness and liberate movement and energy.  

An invitation to invoke your inner wild woman, incite rebellion and surrender to the flow. This practice invites you to release stuck energy, shed inhibitions, and liberate yourself to explore intuitive primal movement. 

Dynamic, fluid and playful asana to a diverse and danceable playlist.  

Open to women (including any person who identifies as women inclusive of nonbinary/trans people) of all ages, life stages and cycle phases, including babies and young children.  

Suitable in pregnancy (after 14 weeks) if you have an established practice and know how to take care of yourself. The adaptive and intuitive nature of this style of practice invites you to move in the ways that suit and serve your body in this particular season of life. 

This is dynamic women's yoga practice which is more suitable for the spring, summer and autumn phases but the adaptive and intuitive style invites you to move in ways that suit and serve your body whatever season of the cycle of life you find yourself in.  

Learn more: www.moonforestflow.com/wildwomanyoga 

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WHAT TO EXPECT: 

Zoom as a platform offers us the chance to each see each other face to face as a group no matter where in the world we are! You can mute your end at any time and turn off your video! The link will be sent to you via email on booking. It's free and super easy to use. Please download in advance and test your audio/video to avoid any delays on your end. 

Arrive early for a tea, a chat and some card pulling if you want to anytime from 16:45

Opening check in ~ at the start of the session we'll do some centring to land and arrive and then split into breakout rooms of 2-3 to share for 2-3 minutes each like we would in a women's circle, holding quiet space for each other without response or comment. Totally optional - you can always choose to not join a room and move, breath, lie down, drink tea, journal instead! 

 

Wild Woman Yoga - Fierce Free Flow ~  

~ Dynamic and fluid asana invitations 

~ Time to explore moving freely (ie. doing whatever you want - yoga, dance, a nap, a cartwheel outside!)  

~ Movement to liberate stuck energy and support energy (Well Woman Yoga inspired)  

~ A loud, diverse and danceable playlist (will be emailed or choose your own!)  

~ Deep rest through Yoga Nidra to bathe in the afterglow Read more here: www.moonforestflow.com/wildwomanyoga 

Yoga Nidra ~ 

Our practice will end with a Yoga Nidra, a practice of deep rest through wakeful sleep that blends the benefits of deep sleep, deep meditation and deep relaxation into one effortless practice.  

Read more here: www.moonforestflow.com/yoganidra 

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MY TEACHING STYLE  

When it comes to yoga I love to work hard, play hard and rest incredibly hard! I like to sweat, dance, roll around, laugh, cry, try things I don't think I can do, explore things I love and liberate myself from the confines of structure and form to invoke feelings of freedom and wildness. 

My intention as a teacher is to invite the exploration of freedom and unearth the many individual pathways to liberation through movement, self enquiry, meditation and breath. Exploring resistance, defences and patterns through the lens of movement, meditation and relaxation to discover the freedom to breathe well, move well and live well. ​ 

I seek to offer an inclusive, supportive, autonomous and nurturing environment which offers the space and freedom to explore the practice in a way that suits and serves our ever shifting mental, physical and emotional needs. 

I love to explore challenge as I feel yoga can reveal to us that we are capable of so much more than we think we are and helps to challenge self-limiting beliefs. 

I offer movement inspired by our wild nature; playful, spontaneous, fluid and self-guided and regularly weave stories, themes and ideas from daily life and nature into the practices. My teachings are very much rooted in the modern day whilst also drawing inspiration from the traditions of the practice and the old ways. 

I choose to bring the truth of how I feel to each and every class because I truly believe the more human we can be with each other, the easier it becomes for us to be human. 

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INCLUSIVITY 

Explorations of the Feminine are inherently inclusive and as such these circles are open to all who identify as women including trans, non-binary or any other expression or identification of femininity. These circles value diversity of expression, experience and perspectives. 

 

Open to all ages, life stages and cycle phases, including babies and young children (with adults). 

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LOGISTICS 

How to Attend:  

~ Click ticket link, register and choose your ticket price based on your income/situation right now 

~ Choose manual payment for bank transfer, bank details will be emailed to you automatically on booking or Paypal if you prefer 

~ A Zoom link will be sent to you in the confirmation email you will simply need to download the software and sign in before the time of our call 

Exchange: 

FREE to anyone who needs it via Suspended Yoga - choose the SY ticket option ♥  

FREE to all Patrons - choose the Patron ticket option ♥  

£10 high wage  

£6 medium wage  

£3 low wage  

Location: Zoom (link on booking) 

Preparation:

~ Your space doesn't have to be perfect, silent and without interruption because that's just not always possible, especially right now! ~ But if you are able to carve out this time just for you that would be a real treat ♥ ~ You might like to make sure everything's working at least 30 mins or so before the call so that there's time to troubleshoot

~ It might be nice to set up your space with your mat, blankets, cushions, eye cover, candles, special items, cup of tea/hot choc/cacao/coffee to make this a comfy, cosy time just for you

To bring: 

Props: ~ Yoga mat ~ If you have eye cover, at least 1 blanket, a cushion for your head and perhaps one for under your knees that would be great for our nidra but equally it can be a low key affair too! Other bits: ~ Fully charged laptop/device with audio and video capacity if possible 

~ Hot drink / water ~ Playlist (link earlier in email or your own tunes if you want music) 

Carly x

www.moonforestflow.com