About
Sandy:
Sandy is a Registered General Nurse, Registered Midwife,
Health Visitor, British Wheel of Yoga Teacher (BWY 3 year
diploma is endorsed by the Sports Council UK). She is also a qualified Aquanatal teacher and has undertaken studies at both Degree and Masters levels.
Sandy has continued with her studies and has qualified as a Sports, Swedish and Pregnancy masseur. Sports massage training has been with the North London School of Sports Massage and she has been working with The Northampton Saints Rugby Club since July 2006, initially for work experience and now as part of the massage team.
Currently Sandy works as a Community Midwife in Milton Keynes
and teaches antenatal yoga for the Milton Keynes General NHS
Trust. Sandy also runs an Antenatal yoga class in Northampton as well as an Aquanatal class for pregnant women. She also runs a Postnatal mum and baby yoga and baby massage class in Northampton. In addition to this she also teaches various general
and specialised classes in the Northamptonshire area.
Sandy has been practising yoga for approximately 15 years, coming
to yoga as a form of therapeutic exercise and for relaxation and meditation.
Yoga opened a window, which has changed her whole life in a very positive
way.
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Sandy
Yoga - Northamptonshire & Buckinghamshire Areas
Yoga is for everyone. Hatha Yoga promotes the attainment of true health and
happiness by working with the mind and body in harmony.
Whatever your starting point and wherever you
wish to take your yoga journey to, yoga is a non-competitive regime. It aims
to enable you to understand your own underlying potential and to realise your
natural abilities. Yoga is a life long gift to yourself, opening up the opportunity
to attain greater balance, strength and flexibility of mind and body, enriching
and empowering you to discover more of your own inner resources and potential. |
What Sandy Teaches:
Sandy's teaching is based on the tenets of Hatha Yoga, combined with numerous
years of experience as a health professional, both in the hospital and community
environments.
Hatha Yoga is the main form of Yoga practised in the West. Hatha Yoga embraces
the learning and practice of Patanjali's eight limbs of yoga. Part of this journey
incorporates learning to have compassion and respect for others (Yamas), self-restraint
(Niyamas), postures (Asanas), breathing exercises (Pranayama), sense withdrawal
(Pratyahara), concentration (Dharana), meditation (Dhyana), and contemplation
(Samadhi). Yoga practice also incorporates relaxation and visualisation. |
The
meaning of Om
Om defines transcendental balance, the sound that resides
in all beings.
Om is a mantra (chant) or the chorus to meditation in yoga.
Om is the sound of harmony. Chanting Om invokes a feeling of harmony and primal
vibration at a clear and basic universal level.
The repetition of Om as a mantra in meditation helps clear the mind in a way
that transcends other conscious thinking.
The repetition of Om brings together the awareness and elements of breath and
mind, taking you to a deeper state of meditation, rising to a more complete and
timeless place of consciousness. |
