Yogahā: Community Ashtanga and Restorative Yoga. Kaitoke Group Classes. Private Sessions. Women’s Wellness Workshops.
Yogahā is an interconnected and holistic approach to hauora (wellbeing) through the teaching of Yoga and Wellness practices. Yogahā classes and workshops integrate mind, body and spirit through breath and asana (postures). Classes promote a deep sense of relaxation and unity, with the aim of enhancing stillness and calm in the mind while building strength and body alignment. The meaning of the word yoga derives from Sanskrit and refers to unity. The word hā is Māori and refers to breath and essence. The intention of yogahā is to support the cultivation of wellness and unity in everyday life.
Courses
Yogahā offers regular weekly classes during school terms as well as wellness workshops. Yogahā offers weekly classes led by Jessica Hutchings.
Restorative and Yin Yoga: This is a slow paced and gentle class suitable for those wanting to experience the benefits of yoga in a non flow based class. Asana (poses) are seated and a range of props such as bolsters, blocks and blankets are used to allow the body recover and restore. Restorative and Yin yoga are perfect companions for calming the mind and the nervous system, focusing on breath and a turning inward to the self. This class is suitable for those recovering from injuries, health incidents, sleep issues, anxiety, low blood pressure and warding off depression. Classes are suitable for all ages, stages and abilities – nau mai haere mai.
Ashtanga yoga classes: These classes follows the half primary series Ashtanga yoga sequence with sun salutations, standing and seated postures. Ashtanga yoga is a yang practice. The aim is to provide you with a yoga practice you can do at home. All classes are guided and finish with the practice of pranayama (meditation and breathing). Classes are suitable for all levels from beginners to those with some yoga experience.
Bookings for all classes is essential, please use the contact from. Additional group and private classes can be arranged at times to suit – please contact Jessica.
Yogahā Studio Director, Jessica Hutchings
Jessica Hutchings (Gujarati and Ngai Tahu)
I have been practicing ashtanga yoga for 20 years and have a devotional love for the practice. This love has unfolded the placing of yoga and wellness at the centre of how I live and in 2016 I opened the Yogahā studio on our hua parakore organic farm in Kaitoke. My aspiration is to safely share the gift of ashtanga yoga and wellbeing with others in the local community. In 2016 I travelled to India to study yoga therapy and in 2017 I completed a 200 yoga teacher training with Nico Luce. I am a dedicated life long learner of both yoga and the sister science of Ayurveda. In my teaching I am committed to working with students of all abilities to deepen their own sense of wellbeing, relaxation and unity through an enhanced understanding of how to move the body and to work with the breath. Students are encouraged to work at their own level with a focus on softening mind and body allowing for an integration of the self. I am a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) with Yoga Alliance. For more about me see: www.jessicahutchings.org