Chair Yoga

What is Chair Yoga?

Chair Yoga seamlessly combines the wisdom of ancient yoga postures with the comfort and support of a chair. While it's often associated with seniors, our class is open to everyone. No matter your age or physical condition, Chair Yoga empowers you to experience the joys of yoga while seated – Yoga beyond the mat.

Why Choose Chair Yoga?

Our Chair Yoga class is a testament to inclusivity, ensuring that yoga is accessible to everyone. Even if traditional yoga poses on the floor aren't suitable for you, you can still enjoy the profound benefits of yoga in this class. Through synchronized breath and movement, you'll find relaxation, tension release, and heightened body awareness. The emphasis on breath-centered movement has a remarkable impact on your central nervous system, reducing stress, bolstering your immune system, and promoting rejuvenating sleep.

Benefits Beyond MAT & Boundaries:

Joining our Chair Yoga sessions provides more than just flexibility and joint movement. The gentle yet effective movements in our class aid in lubricating joints, easing stiffness, and enhancing range of motion. Utilizing the chair for support, you'll also have the chance to enhance your balance and stability, an essential component of fall prevention.

A Holistic Experience:

Each session offers you an opportunity to delve into various breath and meditation techniques. This holistic approach ensures that you not only nurture your physical well-being but also cultivate mindfulness and tranquillity. Whether you're a complete novice or simply prefer a gentler practice, our Chair Yoga class welcomes you.

In a world where inclusivity and well-being matter, Chair Yoga stands as a testament to our commitment to fostering holistic health for all. We look forward to sharing this transformative practice with you.

See you on the chair!

Celebrating the Autumnal Equinox

Equal hours of light and darkness.

For all that is bad, there is good.

For that which is despair, there is hope.

For the moments of pain, there are moments of love.

For all that falls, there is the chance to rise again.

Depending on your individual spiritual path, there are many different ways you can celebrate autumn.While we celebrate the gifts of the earth, we also accept that the soil is dying. We have food to eat, but the crops are brown and going dormant. Warmth is behind us and cold lies ahead.

 Equinox is traditionally a time of balance. After all, it's one of the two times each year that has equal amounts of darkness and daytime. Because this is, for many people, a time of high energy, there is sometimes a feeling of restlessness in the air, a sense that something is just a bit "off". If you're feeling a bit spiritually unstable with a short meditation you can restore a little balance into your life.

It is also time to celebrate the abundance of the harvest and the bounty of the earth.

No matter how you're celebrating, it's always worth taking a moment to express our gratitude!

For me, Asure-Noah’s pudding is the best way to celebrate the abundance of the harvest and beginning of the autumn and it's a very popular dessert in the Turkish culture.

Noah’s pudding does not have one specific recipe as there are hundreds of variations of the same recipe. This nutritious and delicious pudding is made with whatever you have available. Among these are wheat, rice, beans, chickpeas, dried fruits such as apricots, raisins, currants, figs and nuts.

The nuts in Asure provide your body with iron, calcium, vitamin E and vitamin B. 

On top of that, it is considered really good for the immune system, especially during the winter months. As it is made from wheat, this pudding is rich in carbohydrates and calories that keep you warm and give you the energy you need to stay active and healthy.

Sharing with others is an important aşure ritual. It is always prepared in vast amounts and distributed to neighbors, friends and even strangers.and share it with their neighbours

May we find balance in our lives as we find it in our hearts.

This gluten-free and dairy-free , Blood orange cake will blow you away!

I am so excited about sharing this cake recipe with you. It has blood orange in it, which is only available for a very short period of time each year. And that time is now! I wanted to make something with this delicious fruit. So I made this healthy cake. It is absolutely delicious!

This cake is incredibly simple. If you like citrus and nutty flavours then you will love this cake.

I've used almond flour in this recipe which helps to give this cake a super dense texture.

It’s also high in protein, fibre, healthy fats.

INGREDIENTS;

• 2-3 blood oranges, thinly sliced

• 2/3 cup light muscovado sugar

• 1/2 cup water

• 1/2 cup olive oil

• 1 cup coconut sugar

• 3 eggs

• 1/2 cup coconut yogurt

• 3/4 cup gluten free flour

• 2 cup almond flour

• 2 tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp vanilla

STEPS;

1)Pre-heat the oven to 160°C/320°F Grease a 20cm springform tin, line the bottom and sides with greaseproof paper. Set aside.

2)Dissolve the light muscovado sugar and water together in a pan. Bring the boil and add the orange slices (skin on). Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 8 minutes.

4)Remove from the heat. Place the orange slices around the bottom of the prepared tin. Covering as much of the space as you can. Reserve the syrup in the pan.

5)Place the coconut sugar, olive oil in a mixing bowl and whisk together. Beat in the eggs, one by one.

6)Add orange zest, coconut yogurt and vanilla whisk together until smooth.

7)Add the gluten free flour, almond flour, baking powder and vanilla to the mixture and whisk until well combined.

8)Pour the mixture over the orange lined tin.

9)Bake in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the centre will come out clean.

10)Remove and let cool 5 minutes. Invert the cake onto a serving platter and peel away greaseproof paper.

11)Drizzle the reserve syrup over the top of the cake.

12)Slice and enjoy!