Forthcoming Events, 'Taster Sessions', Workshops & Courses at HC2
Booking essential for all courses, but not all courses require advance payment. Telephone the clinic on 0121 472 3712 to book your place on any course. (Limited number of places available to ensure plenty of working space and individual attention). Yoga mats, blocks, belts, blankets and cushions available for all yoga courses.
Courses and Classes at HC2
- Baby massage, Baby Yoga & Toddler Yoga Classes
- Birth Art Cafe™
- First Aid - Baby and Child
- Introduction to Solids Workshop
- Mindful Guitar Workshops
- Mindfulness for Stress Reduction Course
- Pilates
- Yoga - Hatha, Iyengar, Toddlers, Yin Yoga
- Zhineng Qigong
See below for more information about any of the courses.
BABY MASSAGE
With Julia Richardson
Next Courses
FEBRUARY 2019
Fridays 1.30-2.30pm, 8th, 15th, 22nd Feb and 1st March 2019
Cost: £25.00 for the 4 session course, including massage oil for use in class and to take home.
Please bring a changing mat and 2 towels.
More info, please see therapies explained - baby massage. To book, please contact Julia on 07711 697877 or email jfearon08@gmail.com.
With Julia Richardson
Songs, nursery rhymes and yoga-based exercises work with your baby's expected development - but most of classes are fun! You and your baby will also learn to relax together and some gentle yoga breathing and stretches are included for parents. For more info, please see therapies explained - baby yoga
Classes for babies aged 8 weeks to crawling:-
Mondays 1.30-3.00pm starting 28th Jan 19
Tuesdays 10.30-12.00 noon and 1.30-3.00pm
Wednesday 1.30-3.00pm
Wednesday 10.30-11.30am
AND
Baby Yoga with My Dad!
Occasional Weekend Classes
Next class: TBC
Come and see what your partner and baby get up to together at baby yoga - Come on your own with your baby or bring your partner for moral support! Booking essential for all baby yoga classes please. To book, contact Julia on 07711 697877, or email jfearon08@gmail.com to secure your place.
See and review any of my baby/toddler classes on Netmums
BIRTH ART CAFE™
By joining the Birth Art Cafe Group you are much more likely to have an easier and more fulfilled birth experience, and a much happier start with your baby.
Birth Art helps greatly to prevent complications during the birth process and the dreaded “baby blues” afterwards.
Friday, 4.30-6.30pm
Please contact Margarethe for next dates.
Cost: £12.00 per two hour session–first session half price! It is not necessary to attend all of the 6 sessions, you can dip in and out.
Run by NCT in partnership with Mini First Aid. Instructor: Lorraine Dyer
2 hour class covering; CPR, Choking, Bumps, Bleeding, Breaks, Burns, Febrile Seizures & Meningitis Awareness.
To book please contact Lorraine Dyer lorraine@minifirstaid.co.uk
INTRODUCTION TO SOLIDS WORKSHOP (Run by NCT, open to all)
10.00-12.00 Next Date: Wednesday 20th February 2019
With Justine Richardson
Cost: £23
Open to all, not just NCT members
Concessionary rates are available if your household income is under £28,190 or you are in receipt of certain benefits.
Confused about when to wean onto solids?
Want to know what food to offer and when?
The NCT "Introducing Solid Foods" Weaning Workshops for parents of babies aged between 3-6 months old. The workshop is run by an qualified NCT Practitioner. The course is for both bottle fed and breastfed babies.
We cover everything you want to know about introducing solid foods to your baby including:
What, where, when and how
What to do about milk feeds
Allergies
Baby Led Weaning
To book: please contact Julia Gilmour on bookings6d@nct.org.uk, stating your name, address and baby's birth date and name and which session you'd like to attend to book your place.
You don't need to be a member to attend these workshops, or local branch events so if you have any friends who may be interested please ask them to contact JUlia Gilmour.
With Louise Rapata
Monday 8.30-10.00am (resuming 7th Jan 2019)
With Ewa Burgess
Tuesday 8.15-9.45am
Polish translation available at this class if required
NEW! With Ewa Burgess
Wednesday 7.15-8.45pm
Polish translation available at this class if required
With Ewa Kubiak
Thursday 8.30-10.00am
With Julie Baker
Friday mornings 10.00-11.30am. (resuming 4th Jan 2019. Julie is in India to February but her classes are being covered by Louise and Ewa B)
NEW! With Chris and Ewa Burgess
Sunday afternoon 5.00-6.30pm.
COST: £9 pay-as-you-go.
Iyengar yoga emphasises the practice of asana (postures), focusing on extension and alignment, improving your health, uniting your body and mind. This tradition uses more in the way of props to ensure proper alignment in every posture.
Julie and Ewa are trained to modify postures according to your level of mobility and individual health requirements, so this class is suitable for all levels of fitness and experience.
For more information, please contact Julie at jbyogauk@gmail.com
To book, please contact the clinic.
Booking is essential please. Contact Julie jbyogauk@gmail.com or the clinic to book.
MINDFUL GUITAR WORKSHOPS
With Dr Joanna Orzechowska
4 dates to choose from, Saturdays 4-7pm
24th November
8th December
12th January 2019
23rd February 2018
Cost: £99 for the 3 hour session
(plus booking fee, no booking fee if you book with Joanna direct)
*Benefit from the Special Black Friday Offer*
Manage Your Emotions Through Music And Discover Your Creative Self!
"I am not capable to learn playing an instrument",
"I am not musically talented",
"My fingers are too big/too small",
"Learning to play guitar is difficult and takes time"
The innovative teaching method and mindful approach makes guitar learning easy, quick and efficient for everyone. Except of creating music yourself you will also benefit form the meditations and mindfulness principles.
On this workshop you will learn to play 3 songs and cover 3 meditations.
This course is for ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS, adults only.
YOU DON’T NEED YOUR OWN GUITAR!
Now Special Black Friday Discount available! *Pay only £75 instead of £99! Use the promotional code: BFD while booking!
Book your workshops here:
www.chi-tar.co.uk/guitar/#Workshops or by contacting CHI-Tar directly - no booking fee for booking this way.
Read more on: www.chi-tar.co.uk/guitar
Ask Asia on 07445358710, asia@chi-tar.co.uk or message on www.facebook.com/MindfulnessAndGuitar/
Please, familiarise yourself with our terms and conditions here: www.chi-tar.co.uk/termsconditions
MINDFULNESS for STRESS-REDUCTION: 8-WEEK COURSE
With Michael Roberts
Wednesdays, Feb 13th – Apr 3rd 2019 inclusive, 7.15-8.45 pm
This course introduces the basics of mindfulness practice, focusing on how mindfulness can reduce stress and support mental wellbeing. It is suitable for beginners and those wishing to reinvigorate their practice.
Mindfulness is the art of paying attention to the present moment, without judgement. Practising mindfulness helps us reconnect with the actual contents of our lives, instead of dwelling upon the past or worrying about the future. Through mindfulness we can develop a more balanced, unrushed approach to life.
Based upon the principles of MBSR and MBCT, this course introduces how mindfulness can:
· Deal with stress and difficult emotions
· Increase focus, wellbeing and creativity
· Calm the chattering mind
· Develop compassion for self and others
Cost: £150 / £110 concessions
For more information, additional courses, and to book, visit themindfulnesstree.org.uk or contact Michael directly (Tel: 07552 689706 Email: info@themindfulnesstree.org.uk)
Cost and to book: please contact Physioart.
Email: admin@phsyioart.co.uk or call 0121 687 3079.
YIN YOGA
With Lenora Darlison
Mondays 6.45-8.00pm
Cost: £48/6 weeks* or £9 pay-as-you-go
Yin yoga is different!
Unlike other forms of yoga, Yin Yoga acts on the fascia and connective tissues. This activates many of the body’s self healing processes to reduce inflammation, increase joint flexibility and promote physical and emotional wellbeing.
Suitable for most people. Yin Yoga includes:
- Mindfulness meditation
- Yoga asanas – postures
- Pranayama - breathing techniques
- Chinese meridian theory to unblock energies and promote organ health - acupuncture points are stretched and held for 3-5 minutes in the yoga pose
Booking is essential as places are limited.
Book through the clinic 0121 472 3712 or info@hc2bham.com.
For more information, please contact Lenora on: 07482 918410 or
lenoradarlison@hotmail.com Website: www.lenorayoga.com
*If you are paying in advance at the beginning of a 6 week block, you may nominate and NOT pay for up to 2 weeks of the six (e.g. if you know that there is a week/weeks you are unable to make due to other commitments), so the cost would be £40 for 5 weeks or £32 for 4 weeks. However, once classes are booked and paid for in advance, sorry if you have to miss a class no refund is possible.
With Julia Richardson
Fridays 3.30-4.15 or 4.30pm. Classes currently suspended.
Cost: £5 pay-as-you-go. (For 2 participating children, £7.50).
ZHINENG QIGONG FOR HEALTH AND WELL BEING
With Jim Mitchell
Wednesdays 6-7pm. (Resuming January 9th 2019)
Join Jim Mitchell’s qigong class at HC2. This health and wellbeing qigong is accessible to all, regardless of fitness issues. Everyone is welcome!
Cost: £24/6 week course or £5 pay-as-you-go. Concessions available for the unwaged.
Jim does not charge for teaching this class. Once the cost of room rental is covered, any extra monies taken will be donated to the charity Moxafrica www.moxafrica.org
This is a class where we need ease of movement for gentle stretching, so please wear loose fitting, comfortable, clothes. Indoor shoes (no black rubber soles) socks, or bare feet are suitable, dependent on preference, as mats are provided.
To book your place please contact the clinic on 0121 472 3712 or info@hc2bham.com
For futher information about the class, please see Therapies explained - Zhineng Qigong or please contact Jim jim.zhineng@gmail.com