Yoga offerings

Emma offers one-to-one yoga asana sessions and philosophy sessions studying The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

She also leads intimate group study (no more than 5 people per group) of The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, Introduction to Vedic Chanting and Pranayama & Meditation.

Cost: see above.

Private yoga sessions with Emma

Private sessions offer intimacy as they are tailored to your body and your needs.  The sessions are hands on, Emma gives Reiki where she can. There is no set structure and we will generally only focus on a couple of postures. Thus it is a not a class where you might establish a set routine to copy at home, it is more so a therapeutic approach to practice, where we can seek to establish new movement patterns which you can start to integrate into your yoga practice and in daily life. Please bring a notebook if you wish to record what we are practising as I do not provide notes following the class.

Emma’s teachings have been influenced by various teachers and traditions, most notably the teachings of Desikachar and the Scaravelli-inspired approach to practice, with its focus on freeing the spine and the mind, working with the body, not against it, creating greater stillness so that purusha - the transcendental self or pure consciousness - may reveal more of itself.

Private sessions can be taken for 30 minutes (£40), 45 minutes (£60) or an hour (£80). Hour sessions can be booked by clicking the button, otherwise please email Emma at emma@beinspiredby.co.uk

Private Yoga Sutras lesson

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, widely regarded as the authoritative text on yoga, is a collection of aphorisms outlining the eight limbs of yoga.

These ‘threads’ (as ‘sutra’ translates from Sanskrit) of wisdom offer guidelines for living a meaningful and purposeful life. The true purpose of Patanjali’s work is to reduce and resolve suffering, as well as the opportunity to realise our true and highest potential

You will explore with Emma, the first two/three chapters of the Yoga Sutras, discussing various sutras and considering how they might be relevant to your life and whether you can use the insight gained to support your life and anything you are navigating at that time.

While Emma certainly doesn’t claim to be a yoga philosophy teacher, she knows from her own experience how helpful it can be to discuss the philosophical underpinning to yoga, almost like a form of talking therapy, but one that can be embodied, promoting greater consciousness and awareness of Self in the process.

Cost: £75 per session

Spaces: 5 Cost: £90 Time: Six allocated session dates

Yoga Sutras group sessions

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali was the first text written solely on the theory and practice of yoga, complied circa 2,000+ years ago the sage Patanjali in India, who codified and organised the knowledge and wisdom of yoga from much older traditions.

This text is as relevant now as it was then and the study and embodiment of the Yoga Sutras can provide much comfort and support in navigating the problems and challenges that we face today and in understanding more about yoga and the working of our mind especially. 

Emma has studied the Sutras a number of times now and whilst she certainly isn’t an expert, she enjoys sharing what she has learned with others so that they may also benefit – there is great wisdom in this text and it can really help to provide some grounding to our spiritual practice and help us to better navigate our lives. 

The sessions will be friendly and informal, encouraging discussion and interaction as a means to understand the teachings. These sessions are open to everyone, regardless of your level of knowledge of the Sutras or experience of yoga. Ideal for those who wish to deepen their yoga practice and move it beyond the asana.