Lisa Valentine Yoga

Teaches Monday Morning at Middleton Cheney and, Monday evenings, Wednesdays and Fridays at Manor Farm Studio, mindful flow, vinyasa, slow flow, Hatha, flow n restore, yin, menopause workshops and pregnancy yoga
Yoga has deeply affected my life in so many ways, I do not know where I would be in life without it, the wonder it’s done and continually does to my mind, body, and spirit. Yoga keeps me grounded through the hard times, rejoices me in the good times, and heals me in the sad times.. My mat is a place I always belong. It is a time of stillness when I need calm; it is a place of energy when I need uplifting
As well as earlier training since 2009, Lisa has recently graduated 300hr IYTT @catherineannisyoga and has started to weave Scaravelli inspired yoga into her class’s!! A beautiful way to truly connect to mind and body.
The scaravelli approach focuses on “the intelligent heart” an innate sense of our natural patterns of movement to bring harmony & ease to the postures. Lisa, teaches this gentle yet powerful form of Hatha yoga which uses gravity & breath to release the spine & energise the body.
Lisa’s mindful flow classes use creative & thoughtful transitions moving at breathing pace. The mindful aspect comes from the way the student is guided to move with awareness of the breath & the sensations of the body. Lisa offers options within the practice to work at more depth or more ease, to add on or take away, meaning mindful flow practices are suitable for all levels of practice.
Yin Yoga incorporates the principles of traditional Chinese medicine theory, something that Lisa is particularly drawn to and has a keen interest in sharing. The passive, longer held postures of a yin practice activate the connective tissues of the body, opening restrictions physically & energetically. This encourages the tissues of the body to become more flexible & the energetic channels to open.
All of Lisa’s classes draw on her 14 years of teaching experience and include parts of all her different trainings and styles, My class’s are well planned with a weekly or termly theme, sometimes just intuitive, feeling the energy and adapting to suit individuals in class, one class might be dynamic and flowing, another slower, mindful or more alignment approached. My love of Mindful yin yoga often appears with longer held postures to open the energetic pathways. All of my class’s will include short meditations and breath awareness to help you feel and sense in to your bodies.
One of Vanda Scaravelli’s great gifts to our yoga practice was freedom. She gave us permission to follow our own inner teacher, liberating yoga practice from the restriction of rules and traditions. She encouraged students to understand that, ultimately, we are our own best teachers – all we have to do is listen deeply and increase our awareness.
Lisa’s current qualifications (800hr), recognised as a senior yoga teacher by Yoga Alliance Profiessionals from her years of teaching and trainings.
200hr Vinyasa Yoga , European Yoga Alliance certificate completed in 2009 with Still Flowing Yoga, Pre and Post Natal yoga, Oct 2016 with Bliss Baby Yoga,. 30hr Mindful Yin Yoga in February 2017 with Jennifer Raye, 110 hr TT Yin Yoga level 1 and 2 with Sarah Lo in October 2017 & November 2019. 30hr Restorative Yoga TT in 2018 with Bliss Baby Yoga. Reiki 1st degree with Caroline Dearlove 2019. 30hr Chinese Medicine for Yoga with Jennifer Raye 2019. 300hr with Intelligent Yoga TT with Catherine Annis, graduated 2022. Currently studying Dynamic Spiral Yin Fascial Yoga with Beta Lisboa.. 2023.