Autumn 2026 schedule:
- Mondays 12-1.15pm: Chair yoga, An Sanctoir near Ballydehob
- Fridays 3-4pm: Chair yoga, Skibbereen Community and Family Resource Centre (with the Skibbereen active retirement group)
- Monthly Sundays 7-9pm: Yoga Nidra and Restorative yoga, An Sanctoir near Ballydehob (scroll down for dates and booking link)
- 19th Sept 5pm: Yoga Nidra and Cello, An Sanctoir open day
- 17th Oct 4pm: Yoga Nidra and meditation, West Cork Well-being day
- 22nd Nov 10.30am-1.30pm: Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra mini retreat. Life Balance Yoga, Bantry.
- Private one-to-one and group classes available on request
Chair yoga
Schedule
Mondays 12-1.15pm - Classes resume September 14th. An Sanctoir, Ballydehob.
6 weeks blocks - ongoing. 80 euros for 6 weeks or 15 euros drop in.
September offer for newcomers - your first class for only 5 euros! Pre-booking essential.
Fridays 3-4pm - Classes resume September 14th
Skibbereen Family Resource Centre. Drop in 5eu (Open to members of the Skibbereen active retirement group).
What to expect:
Chair Yoga is a safe, light-hearted and welcoming class suitable for most adults who might wish for gentler movement and a focus on coming home to yourself through meditative awareness.
- Physical movement in the chair or standing: we focus on functional movement: strength, balance, mobility and posture to support you in your daily life.
- Breathing techniques: practices to support you to breathe fully and easily, as well as to create calm and manage stress.
- Relaxation and meditation: tools to support restfulness in body, heart and mind, whatever life throws at you.
- Techniques that aid memory, concentration and brain function.
- This class is also a lovely social experience - the relaxed, friendly, long-term group welcomes new comers warmly!
- Adaptations for those who have more limited mobility. As an experienced yoga therapist with a background in massage therapy I am well-equipped to support a variety of muscular-skeletal problems and health issues - both venues are wheelchair accessible.
To book a place, or to enquire if this chair yoga would be suitable for you, please get in touch.
Call or message Claire Osborne 0862134080
Mondays 12-1.15pm - Classes resume September 14th. An Sanctoir, Ballydehob.
6 weeks blocks - ongoing. 80 euros for 6 weeks or 15 euros drop in.
September offer for newcomers - your first class for only 5 euros! Pre-booking essential.
Fridays 3-4pm - Classes resume September 14th
Skibbereen Family Resource Centre. Drop in 5eu (Open to members of the Skibbereen active retirement group).
What to expect:
Chair Yoga is a safe, light-hearted and welcoming class suitable for most adults who might wish for gentler movement and a focus on coming home to yourself through meditative awareness.
- Physical movement in the chair or standing: we focus on functional movement: strength, balance, mobility and posture to support you in your daily life.
- Breathing techniques: practices to support you to breathe fully and easily, as well as to create calm and manage stress.
- Relaxation and meditation: tools to support restfulness in body, heart and mind, whatever life throws at you.
- Techniques that aid memory, concentration and brain function.
- This class is also a lovely social experience - the relaxed, friendly, long-term group welcomes new comers warmly!
- Adaptations for those who have more limited mobility. As an experienced yoga therapist with a background in massage therapy I am well-equipped to support a variety of muscular-skeletal problems and health issues - both venues are wheelchair accessible.
To book a place, or to enquire if this chair yoga would be suitable for you, please get in touch.
Call or message Claire Osborne 0862134080
Yoga Nidra and Restorative Yoga
Yoga Nidra this autumn:
Deep Peace Sundays: Yoga Nidra and Restorative Yoga
Monthly Sundays, 7-9pm. An Sanctoir, Ballydehob
Grounding meditation and breath awareness practice, followed by over an hour of simple restorative yoga poses which support your body to release deeply held tension, and completed with a long, restful yoga nidra.
Pre-booking for this popular event is essential. Cost: 25 euros
Bookings for each event open a month beforehand. Click on the link below.
What is Restorative Yoga?
During restorative yoga your whole body is completely supported by cushions and bolsters in gentle Yoga poses, so that there are no sensations of stretch or stress, yet the body can gently open and release.
What is Yoga Nidra?
Yoga Nidra is described as the "meditative heart of yoga, It is a guided meditation practice with body and breath awareness and visualisation. It has been shown to affect brain waves and nervous system to bring you into a state of deep rest.
On special occasions I am joined by Cellist Lea Miklody, who's sensitive and gifted playing add another layer of depth and richness to the experience. Not to be missed!
- Yoga Nidra and Cello: 19th September 5-6pm, with cellist Lea Miklody. An Sanctoir anniversary celebration. A day of free classes, time on the land, music and community to celebrate 30 years of this beautiful community venue. For more details click here
- Yoga Nidra immersion: 17th October. 4-5pm. West Cork food and wellness festival, Westlodge Hotel, Bantry. Day tickets 25 euros. For more detail and booking click here
- Deep Peace Retreat Morning: 22nd November 10.30am-1.30pm. Life Balance Yoga, Bantry. Details and booking click here
Deep Peace Sundays: Yoga Nidra and Restorative Yoga
Monthly Sundays, 7-9pm. An Sanctoir, Ballydehob
- September 13th
- October 11th with Cellist Lea Miklody
- November 8th
- December 6th
Grounding meditation and breath awareness practice, followed by over an hour of simple restorative yoga poses which support your body to release deeply held tension, and completed with a long, restful yoga nidra.
Pre-booking for this popular event is essential. Cost: 25 euros
Bookings for each event open a month beforehand. Click on the link below.
What is Restorative Yoga?
During restorative yoga your whole body is completely supported by cushions and bolsters in gentle Yoga poses, so that there are no sensations of stretch or stress, yet the body can gently open and release.
What is Yoga Nidra?
Yoga Nidra is described as the "meditative heart of yoga, It is a guided meditation practice with body and breath awareness and visualisation. It has been shown to affect brain waves and nervous system to bring you into a state of deep rest.
On special occasions I am joined by Cellist Lea Miklody, who's sensitive and gifted playing add another layer of depth and richness to the experience. Not to be missed!
My approach
Drawing on the 8 limbs of Yoga, including the philosophy of yoga and self-enquiry, I offer a mindful, holistic practice that meets you where you are at. My aims are to support you with self-awareness, healing, holistic well-being, the ability to stay with what cannot by changed and accessing our potential for transformation.
I see Yoga as a journey inwards into the heart of our being, as well as a journey outwards to connect us more intimately with the world.
It is a way of returning to and remembering who we truly are.
My personal practice and teaching is mindful, somatically and anatomically informed. I combine skills acquired from yoga therapy, my background as a massage therapist and practice of Amerta movement.
Mine is a traditional approach informed by contemporary wisdom, incorporating Hatha and Tantra yoga, alongside yoga pioneered by modern-day practitioners such as Peter Blackaby, Angela Farmer and Victor Van Hooten, teachers of the Vanda Scaravelli lineage, Donna Farhi, Judith Lasater, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli
My teaching honours the 5 koshas, or layers of our being. These are: the physical body, the breath and energy body, the mind and emotions, our inner wisdom/insight/intuition, and our connection to joy / bliss / spirit.
I include the 8 limbs of yoga and yogic philosophy, using techniques that support a holistic path: breath-work (pranayama), asana (movement and postures), still and moving meditation, yoga nidra, self-enquiry and reflection on daily life.
I specialise in:
I see Yoga as a journey inwards into the heart of our being, as well as a journey outwards to connect us more intimately with the world.
It is a way of returning to and remembering who we truly are.
My personal practice and teaching is mindful, somatically and anatomically informed. I combine skills acquired from yoga therapy, my background as a massage therapist and practice of Amerta movement.
Mine is a traditional approach informed by contemporary wisdom, incorporating Hatha and Tantra yoga, alongside yoga pioneered by modern-day practitioners such as Peter Blackaby, Angela Farmer and Victor Van Hooten, teachers of the Vanda Scaravelli lineage, Donna Farhi, Judith Lasater, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli
My teaching honours the 5 koshas, or layers of our being. These are: the physical body, the breath and energy body, the mind and emotions, our inner wisdom/insight/intuition, and our connection to joy / bliss / spirit.
I include the 8 limbs of yoga and yogic philosophy, using techniques that support a holistic path: breath-work (pranayama), asana (movement and postures), still and moving meditation, yoga nidra, self-enquiry and reflection on daily life.
I specialise in:
- Restorative Yoga
- Yoga Nidra
- Chair Yoga, for people who prefer not to use the floor or with mobility issues
- Womens well-being and cyclical wisdom: practices and support to navigate significant life transitions such as relationship changes, pregnancy, post-natal recovery and menopause.
- Elders
- Adults with special needs
- Trauma-informed work