Beginners Yoga in Market Deeping
New to Yoga? Start Here.
This four-week Beginners Yoga Course is designed to teach you the basics properly, so you can understand what you’re doing rather than simply trying to keep up.
You’ll learn some of the movements and poses you’re likely to meet in a yoga class, how to use props and adaptations, and how to find the right level of challenge for you.
You don’t need to be flexible, fit or know any yoga poses before you start. That’s what the course is for.
4 weekly classes
60 minutes each
Small group
The Yoga and Strength Studio, Market Deeping
£39 for 4 classes
You don’t need to get flexible before you start yoga
Being a beginner simply means you’re new to yoga. It doesn’t mean you’re unfit, incapable or need everything made easy for you. You need the opportunity to learn, practise and work out what appropriate challenge feels like for you.
You might find some movements surprisingly comfortable and others much more challenging. You may balance easily on one side and wobble on the other. Downward Dog might feel completely unfamiliar the first time you try it.
That’s all useful information.
During the course, you’ll learn how to adjust a movement, use a prop, try a different version and recognise what an appropriate challenge feels like for you.
The aim isn’t to make every pose look perfect.
It’s to start understanding how to practise. Here’s four concepts that you can take into any yoga class.
What will we do during the four weeks?
Week 1: Start making sense of yoga.
Learn some of the movements you’re likely to meet again and again, including poses such as Downward Dog, Warrior II and Tree. We’ll look at how to set yourself up, how to use props and how to recognise when something needs adjusting. It really isn’t as woo woo as you think….
Week 2: Find your challenge
We’ll revisit familiar movements and begin linking some of them together. You’ll experiment with different versions and start working out when to stay where you are and when you’re ready to try a little more.
Week 3: Notice what’s changing
Repetition gives you more space to notice. You may need to look at the teacher less, recognise poses more quickly, balance differently, or find that something which felt completely unfamiliar two weeks ago now makes much more sense.
Week 4: Know how to practise
By now, the aim isn’t for you to have “mastered yoga”. It’s for you to have enough understanding to make decisions for yourself. You’ll practise familiar movements with less demonstration and leave knowing how to continue.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The course is taught in a small group, so there is time to explain movements properly, answer questions and help you find options that work for you.
There’s time to chat before and after class, but during the practice we keep the room fairly quiet. This gives you the chance to listen, concentrate and gradually become less dependent on watching the teacher.
We’ll move, practise poses and sequences, explore some simple breathing techniques and finish each class with Savasana, a period of lying down and being still before you head back into your day.
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My teaching is primarily practical and movement-focused. I’ll explain what we’re doing, why we’re doing it and what you might notice, while giving you room to work things out for yourself.
You won’t be expected to chant, know Sanskrit pose names or understand yoga philosophy to take part.
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The Beginners Yoga Course isn’t designed as a pregnancy-specific yoga programme. If you’re pregnant, please contact me before booking so we can discuss whether this particular course is appropriate for you.
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This is a general group Beginners Yoga Course rather than an injury rehabilitation programme.
If you have an injury, health condition or anything else that makes you unsure whether the course is appropriate for you, please get in touch before booking so we can talk about it.
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Yes. You’ll need to be able to get down to and back up from the floor independently, although it certainly doesn’t need to look graceful.
A lot of the course takes place on a yoga mat, and we’ll regularly move between standing, kneeling, sitting and lying positions.
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No. Mats and the props we use are available at The Yoga and Strength Studio.
You’ll also learn why we might use a block, strap or other prop rather than simply being handed one because you can’t do something.
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Then you’ll have something to practise!
Balance isn’t something you either have or don’t have. You may find one position easy and another difficult, or feel steady on one side and surprisingly wobbly on the other.
We’ll explore balance during the course and give you opportunities to practise it rather than expecting you to arrive already good at it.
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Anything comfortable that allows you to move freely. You don’t need special yoga clothes, and there’s no expectation that you turn up looking like someone in a yoga advert.
Layers can be useful because you may feel warmer while moving and cooler when we slow down at the end.
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Four weeks isn’t about becoming “good at yoga”. You may still wobble, forget the name of a pose or meet movements you can’t do.
What should change is what you do when that happens.
Instead of immediately thinking “I’m no good at this,” you’ll have more ways to investigate: adjust something, use a prop, try another version, practise part of the movement or simply recognise “I can’t do that yet.”
That ability to keep learning is far more useful than being able to make every pose look perfect.
Client Testimonials
“I was surprised how quickly the time went by in the sessions and I liked how I could be myself and not feel judged by my ability..”
— Val“There’s a real sense that everyone is supporting and encouraging each other, which makes the sessions even more enjoyable.”
— Sophie“I value the other information Gemma shares, around mindset and thinking… I guess what I'm saying is I feel in very safe hands.”
— Fiona