Yoga with Clara Lemon

Clara's contact info:
ring: 07530 053 543
email: claralemonyoga@gmail.com

Please get in touch with questions or to book a space. 
For current class times, please check the timetable here >

Yoga classes with Clara work to strengthen, stabilise and revitalise the body and mind. We work closely with breath-centred practice and encourage a mindful approach to practicing yoga. The practice is slow, flowing and closely linked to the breath with meditative space and pranayama.

Viniyoga uses traditional yoga postures with time in the practice for suitable alignment and where needed, modification to suit any health issues or limitations. The yoga classes welcome all levels of ability and experience, and the postures are taken step-by-step. I support practitioners to explore challenges to their own level, offering challenging or more accessible options and layers of technique as your skill develops to ensure your practice is suitable. 

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Yoga is very adaptable no matter what your level of experience,  fitness or mobility. Some situations might benefit more from a one-to-one approach rather than a group class (unless it is a very small group). I apply the tools and techniques of yoga to suit your situation and have worked across the health spectrum from Olympic athletes to those with limited mobility and multiple health issues. 

I also teach appropriately adapted yoga during pregnancy and offer yoga therapy, working with individuals to help a wide range of health issues. I mentor other yoga teachers to support them in their yoga teaching and regularly lead yoga workshops and teach at yoga conferences. 

Here is what some of my students say about my classes:

"I feel stronger after classes physically and mentally and for days afterwards."

"Brilliant classes, essential weekly de-stress."

"You're a great teacher and I've found I finally understand about the breath now"

Here is a recent radio interview where I was a guest on Steve Yabsley's BBC Radio Bristol lunchtime show.

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Training lineage
Krishnamacharya
(Forefather of modern yoga. Ashtanga, Iyengar, Hatha, Bikram, Vinyasa Flow all originated from his teachings)
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Desikachar
(Son and long-time student of Krishnamacharya)
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Paul Harvey
(Student of Desikachar for 23 years)
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Clara Lemon
(Student of Paul Harvey since 2005)

Yoga training
I've been practising yoga since 1998. I came to it when living in New York with a stressful job, and I found it immediately gave me more energy and made me feel stronger and calmer, even on hectic days. 

My yoga teacher training was an in-depth 4-year yoga training course with Paul Harvey and I have a yoga teaching diploma from the Centre for Yoga Studies, accredited by the British Wheel of Yoga.

I've also undertaken specialist study in
- Yoga therapy
- Pregnancy / prenatal yoga and post-natal yoga
- Yoga for children
- Yoga and mindfulness
- Yoga Sutras of Pajanjali

I'm a teaching member of the British Wheel of Yoga, a teaching member of the Association for Yoga Studies and qualified as a Yoga Therapist to the level required by the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council. Qualified to Level 4 REPs (register of exercise professionals).
 
I'm committed to continuing my yoga studies and take regular continuing professional development training and also participate in yoga community activities to further develop my knowledge, practice and experience.

I've explored different yoga traditions primarily Viniyoga, but also spent time practicing and studying Iyengar yoga, Ashtanga yoga, Scaravelli yoga, and hatha yoga. 

Website
Personal yoga website and yoga class details:
www.lemonyoga.org

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Find out about the other yoga teachers at Yoga Space >

Yoga Organisation Links:
www.ays.org.uk
www.bwy.org.uk
www.yogastudies.org
www.bristolyogaspace.co.uk
https://www.bwy.org.uk/southwest/