This restorative yoga practice is designed to help you sink into deep rest and relaxation.

With supported yin yoga poses, breathwork and yoga nidra, this practice provides an opportunity to pause the busyness of life, to journey within, and find peace, stillness and balance.

This class will nurture you physically and emotionally from 12 - 42 weeks +, regardless of your fitness level.
No experience of yoga is necessary.
The class is a time to relax, focus on your new baby and prepare for birth, it’s also a great opportunity to meet other expectant mums.

Benefits include:
- Reduced aches and pains
- Improved quality of sleep
- Improved posture and body awareness
- Better bonding with unborn baby
- Increased confidence approaching birth
- Proven to reduces birth complications
- Boosted ability to cope with labour

Each woman is different, every birth is different but whatever your plan, or your experience, the more you know your body, the more you can trust and relax when the day comes.

What to expect: All of the Yoga classes begin with a warm-up session to stretch your back, arms and legs. After that, postures will help to boost your strength and endurance. As well as classic yoga poses, you'll focus on positions for labour, breathing and relaxation techniques.
Classes usually end with a relaxation or guided hypnobirthing mediation session to help you to wind down and feel refreshed.

This class is taught by Claire Harvey, baby yoga, baby massage and pregnancy yoga expert.

This class is a slow, flowing movement meditation combined with deeper, longer holds with use of props.
Expect to unwind, feel freedom of movement and complete relaxation. This class is taught by the beauty of candle light.
Poetry, stories, yoga, music and deep relaxation are all guided into this session. An hour of candlelight magic.

The season of Autumn is a great time for reconnecting to your own self-care routines and develop practices that deeply nourish and nurture both body & mind.

In this Autumn yoga retreat day we will be combining a number of different modalities to explore ways to nourish and support ourselves as we move towards Winter.
A wonderfully relaxing day providing the perfect opportunity for you to rest, re-connect and spend some quality ‘you time’ and meet like minded individuals.

The day will comprise of:
Yoga practices in the Morning and Afternoon with Melanie a Manchester based teacher who specialises in Yin Yoga .
AM – Support, Grounding, Nourishment …A Yang to Yin slightly more dynamic practice will move between grounding and stillness combined with soothing sounds, autumn poetry and essential oils in savasana assists. The element of Autumn is Metal so expect breath work including upper body work.

PM – The afternoon Yoga session will be much more relaxing as we settle in with some Yin Yoga working on the lung meridian and large intestine the element to let go and surrender into winter time.
Sound bath to finish to float home with Sabira the very talented musician with a wealth of knowledge who many of you may have met. Her sound baths and soothing voice are so delightful to experience and a popular choice in Manchesters yoga studios .

Expect to feel a sense of grounding, slowing down, finding support and letting go. The retreat also includes -
Walk in Nature (*optional and weather permitting)
We will take a short time out the Studio to spend a little time in the fresh air, getting back to nature and appreciating the beauty around us. You may even fancy an ice cream on route at the famous Grandpa Greens.

Lunch :A wholesome, healthy, Vegetarian Lunch to nourish mind and body and keep you going for the rest of the day .
All yoga equipment, food and drink Herbal tea / builders tea / coffee is provided on the day as well as a welcome treat and afternoon snack. Just bring yourself some water ( and your wellies /hiking trainers/boos for the walk!) and savor the time to simply take in what you need, restore and replenish your body, heart and mind. I guarantee you will leave feeling grounded, nourished and rejuvenated on all levels.

If you are having any financial struggles payment plan in 3 is also available but please reach out to hello@missyogamel to find out more on this.

Investment - £115.00

Slow Down Sunday Yoga class is a gentle, meditative journey designed to bring you back to a state of inner calm and tranquility, preparing you for the week ahead.

Join us for a blissful hour of unhurried movement, deep breathing, and mindful stretching. A chance to release tension and restore balance, allowing yourself to sink into each pose at your own pace.

Guided by soothing music and gentle cues, this class invites you to reconnect with your breath and body. This class is open to all levels, welcoming beginners and seasoned practitioners alike.

Slow down Sunday is a morning of pure soothing magic for the body, mind and soul. A chance to slow down, unwind and rebalance.

Suitable for all