The Art of Living Well - 5 Week Course
A 5 week course to re-start your health & wellbeing routine
Build your inner strengths drawing on the wisdom of yoga and the science of wellbeing. A specially designed course to meet your social distancing needs. Starts Tuesday 2nd June 7.15pm — 8.45pm.
This course will help you If..
You are looking for a plan to boost your health and wellbeing
You want to increase calm, peace, clarity, healthy habits and realise your greater potential
You are on a path of personal growth and want to deepen your practice.
You enjoy sharing with others in a small group setting to find positive health and wellbeing solutions.
What will you learn?
This unique course will combine both body and mind practices to help you boost your health and wellebing. We will get out of our head and into your body utilizing the combination of ancient yoga wisdom and wellbeing science techniques will help you release tension and grow inner strengths.
Over 5 interactive sessions with your teacher you will learn:
Why we get stressed & how yoga and wellbeing practices can help us
Build resilience : Top up your ‘Wellbeing Bank Account’
Habits: How to build good habits and break bad ones
Heart Practices: How to not be so hard on ourselves, and how to experience more joy.
Find your why: Clues for finding meaning and purpose
You will learn these specific skills and techniques:
Yoga and breathing practices for finding inner calm
The scientific benefits of wellbeing practices
How to regulate your emotions
Learn to use our inner strengths as powerful resources for building resilience.
Mind and body practices for relaxation, sleeping better, and getting clarity of mind.
What is yoga and Wellbeing?
Yoga helps restore balance in our body and mind. When life gets challenging, or we have a fearful situation in front of us, we get out of balance and we experience stress. The experience of stress affects our breath, our immune system, and our general state of health
Its important that we know how to bring ourselves back to a place of balance and vitality. Over time with regular practice people find the poses in yoga help shift the energy in the body to feel more overall wellbeing and energy for daily life.
Wellbeing practices help us become more present, more at peace, and more self aware. When we practice mindfulness for example, it grounds the mind to become calm and clear, where we get better perspective. Overtime we 'rewire our brain' for the better. Science tells us that mindfulness neurologically changes the brain to better cope with stress and build our level of resilience.
What are the benefits of yoga & wellbeing techniques?
Stretching and strengthening the body
Reduced stress
Improve sleep
Relaxation and calming of the mind and body
Experience more vitality and joy
ABOUT YOUR TEACHER
Jo Jarden is a certified personal trainer and yoga teacher in Christchurch and the founder of Heart and Mind Yoga studio. She has 10 years’ experience in health promotion in New Zealand and Australia including management and promotion of national chronic disease prevention programs. She now helps people one on one with their wellbeing through yoga teaching, personal training, workplace yoga and wellbeing workshops.
Qualifications include:
Certified Yoga Teacher Santosha Yoga Institute, Registered Australian Yoga Alliance 2017
Certificate in Advanced Personal Training, Fit College New Zealand, 2016
Bachelor of Science with Honours Public Health. University of Canterbury, New Zealand 2006
Bachelor of Arts Mass Communication and Psychology. University of Canterbury, New Zealand 2005
When and where is it?
Starts Tuesday 2nd June 2020 7.15pm-8.45pm, and held every Tuesday for 5 weeks. For the virtual course, content will be sent to you weekly.
Location: Heart & Mind Yoga 13/21 Bealey Ave Christchurch
$135 for 5 weeks
Some yoga will be included. If you are completely new to yoga, or have been doing yoga for a while - this course is suitable for all levels.
What do people say about Jo’s courses?
‘The atmosphere in the class was relaxing and safe. At the beginning of the course I was experiencing very low mood but stuck with it. My mood has improved a lot and I even found myself smiling last night and being a bit more like my usual self. My body is getting stronger and I am looking forward to carrying on my yoga practice. - Debbie
‘Jo focusses on both body and mind which I think is the best part bout Jo’s classes! And being a personal trainer herself, Jo understands and respects everyone’s body and their limitations. There is no competition in the class, but a sense of wellbeing and healing for everyone.’ - Abhi
‘I just wanted to thank you for yesterdays workshop. It was just what I needed to reset and start the term well. You are an inspiration and a delight.’ - Erin
BOOK TO ATTEND IN THE STUDIO OR ONLINE
OPTION 1. I wish to attend this course at the studio (only 10 spots available!). Can’t make every session? No worrries, yes, you can mix and match! Recieve the videos for the sessions you can’t make at the studio and replay them at a time that’s convenient for you.
OPTION 2. I wish to attend virtually. Receive online weekly yoga and wellbeing videos, a work book, and take home practices to do at a time that’s convenient for you.