Yoga
I’m a fully qualified Hatha yoga teacher with more than 16 years teaching experience for many different clients including the NHS and professional sport. Hatha yoga is the most commonly practiced yoga in the West and is over 5000 years old. It is non-competitive and can help with increasing general health and well being.
I offer a full schedule of group classes suitable for all levels, needs and abilities from absolute beginners to advanced. For every stage of life – if you can breathe you can do yoga!
Classes are live or through Zoom. 1:1 sessions are available live or via Zoom.
One to one sessions are designed to suit your personal circumstances and are more beneficial than being taught in a class situation. These can be live or via Zoom.
Corporate ‘in-house’ yoga for employees is specially designed to meet the needs of a company and its people. Physical postures, breathing and relaxation exercises can help to keep employees calm and make their experience of work more enjoyable and productive.
Benefits of regular yoga practice are that it:
- promotes physical and mental health and well being
- strengthens and lengthens muscles and fascia
- increases flexibility
- improves posture
- increases the capacity of the lungs
- supports the body’s systems (such as endocrine, immune, respiratory and circulatory)
- improves digestion and elimination
- focuses the mind in the present, offering a relief from every day stresses and strains
- removes the obstacles that may prevent a good night’s sleep.
Class Schedule
I teach live classes and classes through Zoom. Details of all classes below.
Live classes:
Monday 1.00-2.00pm: Yin yoga at Portsmouth Pyramids. You do NOT need to be a member to join. Pay at reception or book direct: Group Fitness Class Timetable | BH Live Active
Monday 4.15-5.00pm Family yoga at Portsmouth Pyramids. You do NOT need to be a member to join. Pay at reception or book direct: Group Fitness Class Timetable | BH Live Active
Tuesday morning: Mum / parent and baby yoga in Southsea 10.45-11.45am. £35 for 4 weeks* / £10 pay as you go at Southsea Shala, 1 St Vincent Road, Southsea PO5 2QR. For more info or to book email louise@hummingbee.co.uk
Wednesday lunchtime: General level yoga in Southsea (good for beginners) 12.00-1.00pm – try your 1st class for £5. £9 pay as you go / £48 for 6 weeks* at Havelock Community Centre, 324 Fawcett Road, Southsea PO4 OLQ. Email louise@hummingbee.co.uk to book.
Wednesday evening: General level Yoga at Southsea Shala (good for beginners) 5.00-6.00pm £10 per session, pay as you go, at Southsea Shala, 1 St Vincent Road, Southsea PO5 2QR. Email louise@hummingbee.co.uk to book.
Thursday evening: General level Yoga at Southsea Shala (good for beginners) 5.15-6.15pm £10 per session, pay as you go, at Southsea Shala, 1 St Vincent Road, Southsea PO5 2QR. Email louise@hummingbee.co.uk to book.
Thursday evening: Pregnancy yoga at Southsea Shala 6.25-7.25pm and 7.30-8.30pm / £15 per session, pay as you go at Southsea Shala, 1 St Vincent Road, Southsea PO5 2QR. Email louise@hummingbee.co.uk to book.
Friday morning: Mum / parent and baby yoga in Southsea 10.30-11.30am. £35 for 4 weeks* / £10 pay as you go at Southsea Shala, 1 St Vincent Road, Southsea PO5 2QR. For more info or to book email louise@hummingbee.co.uk
Friday lunchtime: Hatha yoga (suitable for beginners) at Southsea Shala 12.00-1.00pm / £10 per session, pay as you go at Southsea Shala, 1 St Vincent Road, Southsea PO5 2QR. Email louise@hummingbee.co.uk to book. NO class 25 October.
Fridays @ 5: 1st and 3rd Friday of the month (5th and 19th Dec). Forget the week, float into your weekend. Yoga to de-stress and unwind (suitable for all) 5.00-6.00pm at Southsea Shala, 1 St Vincent Road, Southsea PO5 2QR. For more info or to book email louise@hummingbee.co.uk
Friday evening: Restorative yoga 20 December and 24 January at Southsea Shala 6.10-7.30pm (suitable for beginners). £15 pay as you go at Southsea Shala, 1 St Vincent Road, Southsea PO5 2QR. Gift yourself this class to help manage anxiety, stress and/or fatigue – time out to re-charge. A mini retreat. Email louise@hummingbee.co.uk to book.
Prepare for birth workshop: Saturday in December (date tbc) 10.30-12.30 at Coastguard Studios, 91 Clarendon Road, Southsea PO4 OSA. Bring your birth partner to a workshop that’s interactive and fun with lots of tools including yoga, breathing practices and relaxation techniques to help you prepare to welcome your baby into the world. £55 for two, includes refreshments. To book your space email: louise@hummingbee.co.uk
Face Yoga workshop: 15 February 2025 10.30-12.00pm / £33 for 2 – a treat for you and a friend / £18 per person (includes refreshments) at Southsea Shala, 1 St Vincent Road, Southsea. A gift of me-time. Email louise@hummingbee.co.uk to book.
1:1 ‘live’ sessions available at £55 per hour, depending on location. Email louise@hummingbee.co.uk to book.
Specialist classes available – pregnancy yoga and post natal/mother and baby yoga
Email louise@hummingbee.co.uk to book.
Zoom classes: Try your 1st Zoom class for just £5 (excludes pregnancy yoga).
Monday morning Zoom: General level yoga 10.30-11.45am (£8.50) / £29* for 1 month
Monday evening Zoom: Beginners yoga 6.45-7.45pm (£7.50) / £25* for 1 month. General level hatha yoga 8.00-9.15pm (£8.50) / £29* for 1 month
Wednesday evening Zoom: Gentle yoga 6.25-7.25pm (£7.50) / £25* for 1 month – suitable for all levels (including pregnancy from 14 weeks) wind down with gentle yoga and relaxation
Wednesday evening Zoom: Pregnancy yoga 7.30-8.35pm / £36* for 4 weeks – pregnancy yoga
Friday morning Zoom: 8.00-8.45am (£5.50) / £19* for 1 month. Energising ‘get up and go’ flow class to set you up for your day and your weekend
Sunday via Zoom: Dec 2024 date tbc 7.30-8.45pm. Restorative yoga and yoga nidra (£8.50). Take time out to recharge, restore, rest and just be. Suitable for all, including beginners and during pregnancy. To join email louise@hummingbee.co.uk .
1:1 ‘live’ sessions available at £55 per hour, location dependent. Email louise@hummingbee.co.uk to book.
Specialist classes available – pregnancy yoga and post natal/mother and baby yoga
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Speciality classes / training
Pregnancy Yoga
Pregnancy yoga classes will gently and safely guide you through restorative poses, relaxation and breathing techniques to help you and your baby get the most out of your pregnancy.
They are endorsed by medical professionals and midwives have reported being able to recognise a lady that has attended pregnancy yoga classes!
Post Natal Yoga
Post natal, mum/parent and baby yoga classes welcome mums, dads, grandmas and carers.
No previous yoga experience is necessary and the class is open to babies up to crawling age.
Children’s Yoga
Children’s yoga classes are suitable for parents, grand parents and carers. Bring along your child and do some yoga together.
Children’s yoga offers the chance to:
- promote creative imagination
- increase your child’s confidence
- exercise with your child in a fun and interactive way
Restorative Yoga
We work very hard in our lives and while we may sleep, we rarely take time to rest. Restorative yoga poses help us learn to relax and rest deeply and completely – much deeper and more powerful than sleep.
I’m a registered Advanced ‘Relax and Renew’ restorative yoga teacher (trained by Judith Hanson Lasater).
Yoga For Sport
In the rush to get on the treadmill or to a spin class, we forget about yoga to condition and prepare our body for sport. Yoga can improve your capacity for sport and your endurance. The more that is learnt about fascia and connective tissue shows cross training and moving the body in more fluid ways (such as in yoga) provides massive gains in the prevention and recovery of injury.
Face Yoga
In our bid to fit time in to exercise the body we forget to exercise the face.
The Danielle Collins Face Yoga Method is a natural way of looking and feeling younger and healthier with an added sense of relaxation and wellbeing. It is a combination of face exercises, face massage, face acupressure and face relaxation. It focuses on wellbeing techniques for the mind, body and soul.
Contact me to find out more and to book your place.
Pregnancy Yoga
Pregnancy yoga classes in Southsea Thursdays 6.25-7.25 and 7.30-8.30pm. Cost £15 per session at Southsea Shala, 1 St Vincent Road, Southsea PO5 2QR. Limited numbers each session. Email to join louise@hummingbee.co.uk
Online via Zoom. Wednesday evening at 7.30-8.35pm. Cost £36 for 4 weeks, payable in advance. Limited numbers each session. Email to join louise@hummingbee.co.uk
Prepare for birth workshop Saturday in December (date tbc) 10-12.00pm at Coastguard Studios, Southsea PO4 OSA . Bring your birth partner to a workshop that’s interactive and fun with lots of practical ideas including yoga, breathing exercises and relaxation techniques to help you prepare to welcome your baby into the world. £55 for two, includes refreshments. To book email: louise@hummingbee.co.uk
I’m honoured to have been teaching pregnancy yoga classes for over 14 years and have a great amount of experience and knowledge.
If you would like to book a space or some more information please email louise@hummingbee.co.uk
Pregnancy yoga hints and tips
If you are less than 13 weeks pregnant please allow some time at this early stage to let your body adjust. There will be plenty of time to practice after you’ve reached 14 weeks.
If you are over 13 weeks you may now begin practicing, here’s how to get the most out of your pregnancy yoga class:
- Eat a snack before class, like a banana or cereal bar, this will keep up your blood sugar levels.
- Avoid lying on your stomach or very deep twists at the waist.
- Also avoid abdominal exercises until after your baby is born.
- Don’t stretch too much. Pregnant women secrete relaxin hormones that make their ligaments and tendons looser. Protect your joints by always working to your minimum.
- Breathe, never hold your breath. Take nice long breaths at your own breathing rate.
- Lower back pain is a common pregnancy complaint. Avoid deep backbends that may not help the condition.
- If you are over 30 weeks pregnant you are to avoid any deep unsupported squatting exercises. For the relaxation part of the class it is recommended you lie on your left side.
But don’t worry about trying to remember all that, I will guide you safely through.
The most important thing is you take some time out to relax, enjoy the class and let the magic of yoga benefit both yourself and your baby.
If you would like to book a space or some more information please email louise@hummingbee.co.uk Thank you.
Why practice pregnancy yoga?
Pregnancy, though an amazing time, can be overwhelming. Yoga is a wonderful tool to help you and your baby cope. Breathing techniques, gentle movement exercises and relaxation can really help you on your journey through pregnancy and into motherhood.
Pregnancy yoga can help bring about a state of peace and calm and help you bond with your baby.
Physical benefits of yoga practice during pregnancy include:
- Keeps body supple without strain
- Boosts energy
- Relieves stress and anxiety
- Relieves common minor ailments during pregnancy such as swollen joints, heartburn and lower back pain
- Promotes relaxation and restful sleep
- Can be used to relieve pain in labour and childbirth
- Can help expectant mums to bond with their unborn babies through breathing and visualisation techniques.
Classes will gently and safely guide you through restorative poses, relaxation and breathing techniques to help you and your baby get the most out of your pregnancy.
If you would like to book a space or some more information please email louise@hummingbee.co.uk Thank you.
Paid time off work for pregnancy yoga classes
Did you know that women in full time employment are entitled to paid time off work to attend yoga classes, which are covered by the category ‘antenatal appointments and relaxation and parentcraft classes’. You can exercise this right to this time off work.
For further details of the legal obligation of employers to pregnant workers, please see this link.
Post Natal Yoga
Post natal, mum / carer and baby yoga classes in Southsea Tuesdays 10.30-11.30 and Fridays 10.45-11.45am at Southsea Shala, 1 St Vincent Road, Southsea PO5 2QR. £35 for 4 weeks. £10 pay as you go. For more info or to book email louise@hummingbee.co.uk
This class includes yoga for mum/carer and yoga for baby. Highly qualified teacher with over 13 years experience of teaching these classes. Please bring a yoga mat if you have one and a blanket for your baby. Hot drinks are provided after class offering the opportunity to meet other Southsea parents.
This post natal, mum/parent and baby yoga class welcomes dads, grandmas and carers.
If you would like to book a space or some more information please email louise@hummingbee.co.uk. Thank you.
No previous yoga experience is necessary and the class is open to babies up to crawling age.
Post natal yoga offers you the chance to
- strengthen the abdominal area
- restructure/re-align the pelvis
- improve posture
- develop flexibility and strength
- quieten a busy mind
- connect with your baby
- have fun and meet other parents
Classes are given in the yogic spirit of non-competitiveness and non-judgment. We expect crying and feeding to carry on as usual even though you’re in a yoga class. The class environment aims to be supportive and fun.
To book or for more info email: louise@hummingbee.co.uk if you’d like a place. Payment is taken in advance.
Baby yogi stuff for your little ones:
Baby Yogi yoga mats – made specially for babies
SALE £5.00 each Colours: purple and yogi orange. Collection only.
Baby yogi t-shirts – soft, organic cotton, 3-6 months
SALE £3.00 each / 2 for £5 Colour: cream, 2 styles ‘dog wagging my tail’ and ‘tummy time’. Collection only.
email: louise@hummingbee.co.uk
Children’s Yoga
Family Yoga Mondays 4.15-5.00pm at Portsmouth Pyramids. You do NOT need to be a member to join. Pay at reception or book direct: Group Fitness Class Timetable | BH Live Active
If you are a school group or club and are interested in your own class please email me at the address below.
Approximate workings could be:
For age ranges (approx) 4-9 years – 45 minute class
For age ranges (approx) 9-13 years – 45 minute class
13 years and over – 60 minute class
No charge for babes in arms and toddlers.
Email: louise@hummingbee.co.uk to join or for more info.
Children’s yoga classes are suitable for parents, grand parents and carers. Bring along your child and do some yoga together.
Classes are held subject to demand. Regular bookings are available for schools and nurseries.
Please note as a parent / guardian you will be required to take part too so please wear some loose, comfortable clothes.
To book a space or for more information please email louise@hummingbee.co.uk. Thank you.
Children’s yoga offers the chance to:
- promote creative imagination
- increase your child’s confidence
- exercise with your child in a fun and interactive way
Toddler yoga classes run subject to demand and during school term time. Currently no classes are scheduled.
If you are interested in setting up a class or would like more information please email louise@hummingbee.co.uk. Thank you.
No previous yoga experience is necessary and the class is open to babies up to four years old.
Toddler yoga offers the chance to:
- promote creative imagination
- increase your child’s confidence
- do gentle exercise with you and your little one in a fun and interactive way
- meet other mums
Yoga is featured on children’s TV programme Waybuloo.
Restorative Yoga
We work very hard in our lives and while we may sleep, we rarely take time to rest. Restorative yoga poses help us learn to relax and rest deeply and completely – much deeper and more powerful than sleep.
Restorative class dates: Friday 20 December and 24 January 2025 6.10-7.30pm at Southsea Shala, 1 St Vincent Road, Southsea PO5 2QR. £15 per session. Give yourself the gift of this class to take time-out and recharge. A mini retreat.
I’m a registered Advanced ‘Relax and Renew’ restorative yoga teacher (trained by Judith Hanson Lasater).
I was honoured to study regular and advanced restorative yoga teacher training on two separate occasions with Judith Hanson Lasater in London.
During deep relaxation the whole body benefits by:
- reducing stress levels, the overall effects of stress and cortisol (stress related hormone)
- reducing blood pressure, serum triglycerides and blood sugar levels
- increasing “good cholesterol” levels
- improving digestion and elimination
- can improve fertility due to stress reduction
- reducing muscle tension, insomnia and general fatigue.
Yoga For Sport
Yoga is sometimes seen as a bit of stretching, a bit of relaxation and some key moves/postures thrown in to make you feel good.
In the rush to get on the treadmill or to a spin class, we forget about yoga to condition and prepare our body for sport. Yoga can improve your capacity for sport and your endurance. The more that is learnt about fascia and connective tissue shows cross training and moving the body in more fluid ways (such as in yoga) provides massive gains in the prevention and recovery of injury. Particularly the practice of yin yoga.
Benefits of yoga for sport:
- Injury prevention focus and improved body awareness
- Develop core stability
- Improve stamina and co-ordination
- Compliments current training schedules, for example maintaining strength and stability
- Encourages deep, full breathing – increasing overall lung capacity.
Live classes:
Monday 1.00-2.00pm Yin yoga at Portsmouth Pyramids, Southsea. You don’t need to be a member to join. Book direct: https://www.bhliveactive.org.uk/class-timetable/
Wednesday 12.00-1.00pm try your 1st class for £5, £9 pay as you go, general level yoga (suitable for beginners) at Havelock Community Centre, 324 Fawcett Road, Southsea PO4 OLQ
Wednesday 5.00-6.00pm and Thursday 5.15-6.15pm or Friday 12-1.00pm £10 per session pay as you go, general level yoga (suitable for beginners) at Southsea Shala, 1 St Vincent Road, Southsea PO5 2QR
Zoom classes: Try your 1st class for £5
Monday evening beginners yoga class via Zoom 6.45-7.45pm (£7.50) or general level yoga class via Zoom 8.00-9.15pm (£8.50).
Wednesday evening via Zoom 6.25-7.25pm (£7.50) gentle yoga, suitable for absolute beginners.
Friday morning 8.00-8.45am (£5.50) a flowing class to set you up for the weekend.
You will need your own yoga mat.
Just wear some loose, comfortable clothing. Email louise@hummingbee.co.uk if you’d like more information.
I have been the yoga coach at Hampshire County Cricket Club for the Academy under 19s and I ran their Professionals 2017 pre-season yoga training. Experience also includes teaching Stanley High under 18s football team.
I have completed specialist Yoga for Sports training through YogaCampus with international sports yoga teacher Jim Harrington.
Nutrition and Holistic Sports Nutrition : I have BSY Diplomas in Nutrition – BSYA (Nutri) and in Holistic Sports Nutrition – BSYA (Hol.Sn).
One to one sessions can be designed to suit personal circumstances and are more beneficial than being taught in a class situation.
Corporate ‘in-house’ yoga classes can be specially designed to meet the needs of an organisation / employees. Physical postures, breathing and relaxation exercises can help to keep prevent injury, promote mindfulness and make their experience of sport / work more enjoyable and productive.
Face Yoga
Face yoga workshop 15 February 2025 10.30-12pm at Southsea Shala, 1 St Vincent Road, Southsea PO5 2QR. £33 for 2 people – treat a friend and yourself or £18 per person (includes refreshments). Email louise@hummingbee.co.uk to book.
Face yoga consultations are available via Zoom or in person.
I’m a qualified face yoga teacher in the Danielle Collins Face Yoga method, the world’s leading face yoga expert.
The Danielle Collins Face Yoga Method is a natural way of looking and feeling younger and healthier with an added sense of relaxation and wellbeing. It is a combination of face exercises, face massage, face acupressure and face relaxation. It focuses on wellbeing techniques for the mind, body and soul.
An initial one to one ‘live’ face yoga consultation lasts 80 minutes and costs £75*. This includes the Danielle Collins face yoga method wall chart (RRP £10) for you to take home to help you practice. Zoom prices vary according to length of time and content.
For more information or to book a consultation email: louise@hummingbee.co.uk
Items for sale:
Danielle Collins Face Yoga method wall chart – £10
Danielle Collins Face Yoga method 10 minute natural face lift DVD – £15
(prices quoted does not include postage)
*dependent on your location and my travel time
