ENERGYBODi provides a number of specialist Holistic Health and Fitness Workshops in Rossendale, Lancashire. If you are interested in having Heather come to your area and present one of these workshop please email for details and further arrangements. Heather also offers Personal Training in Pilates and Nia.
5 STEPS TO NIA BODY CONDITIONING
SAT 25th Feb 10.30-1.30 £25 venue TBA
I have had a request about learning more technique while moving with Nia to optimize your workout.
With this in mind I have developed a workshop that will improve your technique, to improve your body conditioning and results from Nia.
We will pick out some of the 52 moves and look individually at which muscles and how they are being conditioned to change your body shape and your improve your movement.
Learn how to recruit more of the 'core' when moving to condition the muscles that support the spine and abdominals.
I would be delighted to put this together along with your input and questions so I can personalize this workshop for you.
Please email or chat to me after class about any aspects of this so the workshop can evolve and so you can get out of it what YOU want.
PELVIC FLOOR WORKSHOP
Rossendale lancashire
15th October 2011 4.30pm-6.30pm £25
by Heather Parsons
This workshop is for women only - to improve control of the pelvic floor- whether you are looking to help incontinence, or your awareness of the pelvic floor, to improve your overall core strength, or to improve your sex life , wanting anti or post natel information, this workshop will give exercises, and knowledge about the pelvic floor. It will also include a discussion about pelvic floor exercise equipment eg cones/ weights/ ben wa balls.
More than 20 million women suffer consequences of weakened pelvic floor- its nothing to be embaressed about- here we provide options and discussions and the confidence with what to do with your pelvic floor!!!
Breath of Inspiration
Saturday 18th June 2011 11am-1.30pm
The way we breathe directly affects our sense of vitality, our energy , our moods, our emotions, brain chemistry, our nrevous system, our hormones
and our sense of feeling 'ALIVE'
Stress, emotions and incorrect breathing can lead into an ever perpertuating loop that leaves us unable to break the stress cycle which can result in a huge a array of health problems including IBS, panic attacks, high blood pressure, palpatations, sleep problems, anxiety. The cycle can be broken with simple techniques , and knowledge of how we breath , to bring about change helping the above conditions thus improving health and increasing our vitality.
We will go into detail of
- The anatomy of breathing,
- Why breathing supports our core muscles
- Diaphragmatic breathing....how to take a real deep breath ( most of us only use 10/20 % of our lung capacity.
- The balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide, Why we need Carbon Dioxide.
- Learn a re centring breath which can be used at any time, quickly and effectively.
- Various breath techniques from around the world.
- The effects of breath on the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.
BOOK NOW BY PAYPAL Below
or post cheque to Heather Parsons at 15 Staghills Rd. BB4 7TX
Getting to the Core
Essential Pilates
workshop in Rossendale
5th March 2011
10.30- 1pm £30
at Unitarian Church, Bank St, Rawtenstall.
This workshop is Essential if you are new, or need refreshing before you join the Pilates classes in Rossendale and is aimed at men and women.
Often People have develped strength in incorrect muscles to protect back pain, or simply learned 'bad' habits of moving, causing stiffness, inflexability, restriction, adding long term to our instability, therefore causing pain.
The 'six pack' muscles that are often desired in our western society by some men and women are muscles which are actually the icing on the cake and not the substance of a toned and supporting, functional waist and back.
The strengthening and use of the pelvic floor is often overlooked and misunderstood in its value for men and so often when asked to use their pelvic floor muscles , men are often baffled as to why or what they are. Men have pelvic floor muscles just the same as women and yes it is true they are not put under as much strain they are still valuable to your health (prostate health) and sex life. However ....
The pelvic floor are part of the ' team' muscles required
for core stability and strength.
Find out what the team muscles are, support your back, create ease in your movement, and therefore more energy in your life!
Find out why we need those curves in your spine.
Relearning our movements can take time and patience as well as being informed about how our body moves and is aligned.
This course will give you a good foundation for your practice. There will be several handouts, including a sheet of exercises for you to take away for your home practice. Hence this workshop is valuable whether you intend to come to regular classes or you just want your own home practice.
Essential Back care and exercises in Rossendale.
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Strong, Supple, Sensuous, Spine.
This workshop looks at a part of ourselves we don't see very often, our back, but is essential to our overall wellbeing. Our BACKS can be the source of much pleasure and an often overlooked area of sensuosness and erotic beauty. Our spines provide the core of our support , and protect the spinal cord. Nerves travel down the spine and then emerge to various parts of our body- eg skin, organs, muscles. All senses are activated by the spine and its nerves that communicate with the external and internal world. Movement increases the rate and amount of information your body can process.
This workshop on Back Care in Rossendale will cover the anatomy of the spine and surrounding muscles and how we can provide strength, support and alignment to our body. We will explore ways of how we can keep our backs supple, fluid and an awareness of how and where we direct the energy flow through our spine and our body.
The Nia routine danced will be 'Sexi' This workshop will allow much more awareness of the spine and allow to to delve deeper into the benefits of the Sexi routine.
Expect to feel Sexy, Sensous , Supple and Strong !
Inspirational Breathing
'Inspire' originates from the latin 'to draw in Spirit' Our breathing directly affects our feeling of inspiration and our sense of feeling 'alive' The way we breathe affects how much energy we have and the ways in which we use this energy.
What does our breath affect? -
Emotions/ our brain chemistry/ bodies PH balance/ our digestion/ our hormones/ heart rate/nervous system and therefore a whole range of aspects of our health.
Stress, emotions and incorrect breathing can lead into an ever perpertuating loop that leaves us unable to break the stress cycle which can result in a huge a array of health problems including IBS, panic attacks, high blood pressure, palpatations, sleep problems, anxiety. The cycle can be broken with simple techniques , and knowledge of how we breath , to bring about change helping the above conditions thus improving health and increasing our vitality.
We will go into detail of
- the anatomy of breathing,
- diaphragmatic breathing....how to take a real deep breath ( most of us only use 10/20 % of our lung capacity.
- Learn a re centring breath which can be used at any time, quickly and effectively.
- Various breath techniques from around the world.
- The effects of breath on the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system.
- The benefits of making sound and how it can promote health , well being and vitality.
The Nia routine used with this workshop is 'Prana' which is an Ayurvedic word, the Chinese equivilant of 'Chi' meaning life force- energy.
Saying Yes to Life,
Opening Heart and Groovin Hips
Dancing Nia - the 3 body weights.
Head Chest Pelvis
The alignment of the 3 body weights affects your health and your overall sense of well being. Every organ in your body is affected by the 3 body weights. A head out of balance inhibits eyesight and adds stress to vocal chords. a chest out of alignment fatigues the body, a pelvis out of alignment reduce core strength and creates overall body weakness due to immobility of the spine. To heal your body, the organs and your spine keep the 3 body weights softly aligned. This workshop will give you chance to explore the 3 body weights individually so you have time to get a sense of the them, how they feel, where they are, the expression of each in stillness and in movement.
Moving from our core, the inside out, we generate energy, and derive more pleasure as we move.
The 9 Movement Forms Of Nia
Nia blends Freedom with Form.
The form allows us to express and explore many diverse aspects of ourselves-physical, emotional and spiritual. Sometimes we find new discoveries about ourselves, adding to the richness of our dance, and our lives overall.
The Form allows us to stay focused and to remain body centred.
By playing with the 9 movements in Nia it allows us a sensory taste of each one.
3 Martial Arts- Focus, Intent, Precision
Tai Chi - Tae Kwon DO - Aikido
3 Dance Arts- Emphasizing Expression
Jazz, Duncan, Modern.
3 Healing Arts- Emphasizes Healing
Feldenkrais, Alexander Technique, Yoga
This Playshop will give you the opportunity to isolate and explore each movement form, with time to sense the energy and expression of each. There will be an opportunity to inspire yourself, to create new ways of healthier alignment, to open up undiscovered energy channels, and new ways to heal.
Bring more Joy to your Nia and to your life.
So come and dance with Tai Chi, Yoga and more in Rossendale, lancashire.
Belly Love
Loving our Feminine Centre
This course is about discovering, affirming and being true to
who you are. The course is not about making yourself 'better' but
enhancing who you are, and choosing changes if they nourish,
magnify, illuminate and celebrate who you already are.
Western culture has shamed womens bellies
for hundreds of years,with media targeting
abuse at women in womens magazines-
by the time they are 10 years old 80%
of girls in the US are dieting.
Honouring our bellies is an
act of cultural
renewal.
Chakra Dancer
There are seven power centers in your body, called chakras. The stateof each chakra reflects the health of a particular area of your body.
It also reflects your psychological, emotional and spiritual well-being.
Every thought and experience you've ever had in your life gets filtered through these chakra databases. Each event is recorded into your cells. In other words, your biography becomes your biology." When chakra energy is blocked or misdirected, emotional and physical illness can arise.
Each Chakra has an associated vibration. These vibrations correspond to specific frequencies produced by the brain. Sound is a very effective way of healing and balancing the chakras- Ideal for those of us that do Nia!
Workshops, Pilates classes, Nia and Fitness classes are taught by Heather Parsons in Rossendale, Lancashire with 20 years of continued development and teaching experience.
