Experience
The Blessing Of Yoga
Yoga Classes With Shelley
Spirituality and Yoga has been part of Shelley’s life since childhood, she has been teaching for over 30 years. She is known as a yoga & spiritual teacher, mystic, renowned healer and writer.
Beginners are very welcome as Shelley is established and committed to adapting postures to suit every student's ability and needs.
There is nothing more important to me than teaching my regular weekly Yoga students where I live. Travelling the world as a teacher can be a wonderful experience, it looks glamorous and you will meet new students all the time, but for me, teaching my weekly classes over many years, in my local area, and staying put, has given me so many incredible experiences.
Three decades of teaching whilst raising a family and being with regular students for many years during the storms and the rainbows of our lives has allowed me to be tested and to put spirituality and the practice and principles of Yoga truly to the test. My Thursday night class at our new venue went extremely well. I welcomed lovely new students to join my regular group. I feel very grateful to be teaching in a beautiful venue with many beautiful students.
Feel Transformation Within Yourself and Your Life
All the practices of yoga are designed to benefit the student, mind, body and soul, to lift the spirit, raise energy, reduce anxiety, strengthen the body, cleanse the body as all toxins become released and to make one feel more centered and at peace within their world and relieve them from the busyness and stresses of their day.
The way that Shelley teaches is not only thoroughly, giving guidance for every single posture to make one feel comfortable within their body and practice, she teaches competently after many years of teaching an established practice but she teaches spiritually connecting one not only with body, but with mind, soul, spirit and heart.
Her teachings tend to help students engage with their lives more fully and help them to answer the bigger question of life as well as helping students be guided with yoga techniques that help free the body of aches and pains and calm the mind of life’s daily strains.
Yoga Classes
Ashtanga Yoga
Mysore Self Practice
Monday 6:30-8pm
June ~ 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
July ~ 6th & 13th
About This Class
A flowing dynamic class tailored for all abilities. This meditative and soothing practice will increase strength, flexibility and calm the mind.
Shelley Osman is the only Authorised Ashtanga Teacher in Cumbria with Level 2 KPJAYI (Mysore).
Mysore Self Practice is the traditional way in which the practice of Ashtanga Yoga is taught. Any person, any age and any level can start and do this practice. A flowing practice where breath guides the posture and guides the body and where a set sequence of yoga postures are given by the teacher and memorised by the student, each student moves through the sequence at their own pace. Individual instruction is given by the teacher as and when needed. The sequence of postures and correct breathing will be encouraged by the teacher to be followed in a very specific way. The sequence is taught to you individually within a group/class setting and postures are added on slowly to allow you to develop greater flexibility, strength, concentration and focus while sweating helps detoxify your body and you connect fully to the mind and body. Each posture builds on the ones that follow and if the student shows confidence, ease and steadiness in each posture then the student will be gently moved on to the next posture and so on. You will be taught from the very beginning and the teacher will not move you on until she is sure that you have fully understood the postures you have been given and that you are also emotionally ready to move on. The teacher moves around the class keeping a watchful eye, instructing, guiding, encouraging, adjusting and helping. A beginner will naturally be given more instruction than an advanced practitioner but both practice in the same class. Don't worry if you have never practiced Ashtanga Yoga before, just come along, watch and try a class, as the best way to understand this practice is to experience it. In a self practice class, you are not copying a teacher at the front of a class, like in the majority of other yoga classes, so there is no need for you to 'keep up' with the teacher or the other students in the class.
Yoga For All
Thursday 7:00-8:30pm
June ~ 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
July ~ 2nd, 9th & 16th
About This Class
An invigorating and calming Class combining the styles of Hatha & Yin Yoga.
A guided class, each week working on a slightly different sequence of Hatha and Yin postures with guided mediation and relaxation also offered in the class. These will evolve over time and suit all levels. This yoga class is designed to allow the mind to become quieter, to help restore and rejuvenate the student and to bring a sense of peace and feeling of centredness. Yin yoga targets the connective tissue and is like an overall body massage, bringing one to a feeling of contemplation and a sense of groundedness. This style of Yoga often brings one to explore matters of the heart and life. You can gain answers to many questions about how to calm the mind, heal the body and can help one to deeply connect with the body compassionately and meditatively and to learn to breath correctly. Still challenging the body, it tones the body, helps the body to become more flexible and supple, working energetically on balancing the kidney, liver, gall bladder and urinary tracts and unblocking areas of the body that have become imbalanced. An energising, cleansing, healing style of yoga that goes deeply into the skeletal structure of the body to help with aches and pains and heal and prevent injuries as we hold several postures for set times. This yoga ends with a beautiful relaxation. It's an amazing style of yoga that Shelley has been teaching for many years. This class suits all levels and is especially for those who feel they'd like to have a calmer approach to yoga, yet still challenge their body in order to become more flexible and toned. Yin Yoga is the practice of long-held, deeply relaxing ‘stretching’ poses that unblock the energetic pathways of the body and enhance the organ systems, restoring joint mobility too. The technique also activates and gathers Prana (life force) and releases stuck emotional and physical trauma in the body. Most forms of yoga today are active practices, designed to work only half the body, the muscular half, 'yang' tissues. Yin yoga allows us to work the other half, the deeper 'yin' tissues of our joints, deep fascial networks, ligaments and bones.
Please complete the health questionnaire to secure your space.
Testimonial
I started to notice changes in my body that I simply didn’t feel prepared for. My joints began to ache, my strength was compromised, and my body just felt uncomfortable. To make matters worse, I had managed to injure my left arm from my shoulder, which over time led to lower back nerve pain and a twitching leg at night. Sleep became a struggle, and I found myself desperately wanting to feel like the “old me” again. That’s when I found Shelley and her local yoga teachings. After explaining everything I had been experiencing, Shelley asked some thoughtful questions and suggested I come along to one of her yoga classes. I started with the Monday Ashtanga class and then attended the Thursday All Yoga class. After just two sessions, I could already feel a real difference. For the first time in a long while, I slept through the night — no twitching foot, no constant discomfort. The pain in my arm had eased, and I noticed I was carrying myself differently. I felt more connected to my body. But it wasn’t just the yoga. It was the way Shelley teaches. The Ashtanga class is about practice, but it is also very much about the individual. Positioned at the front of the class, I initially felt awkward and shy, but that feeling didn’t last long. Shelley talked me through the movements and poses before encouraging me to practise them through my breath. Within minutes, I had completely forgotten that anyone else was in the room. Throughout the 90-minute session, Shelley regularly checked in with me, talked me through different movements, introduced me to new poses and, most importantly, worked with my body. I never felt pushed beyond what my body was ready for. Everything was adapted to what felt right and safe for me. The Thursday All Yoga class was very different. It was a group class where everyone had different levels of ability and experience but it there was more movement, strength building and, for me, it complimented the Monday class beautifully. Shelley has such a gentle personality and is incredibly easy to listen to. Her knowledge and understanding are remarkable, and she has a wonderful ability to make you feel completely at ease. Shelley is not simply teaching yoga — she helps people reconnect with their bodies, build confidence and feel like their best selves again. I’m glad that I reached out to Shelley and signed up to her classes as it’s had a positive impact on my wellbeing. Thanks Shelley.
HOW YOGA WITH SHELLEY WILL BENEFIT YOU
Testimonial
"It was funny that you mentioned last night that you had received some emails after last Thursday's class. I did indeed sleep soundly and did last night too. The Yin class has a strange trance like effect and I disconnect from rushing around though life. I very much value your expertise and knowledge. The skills you have are considerable!" ~ Gail Best (2018)
You may attend whichever class you feel suited to, you are welcome to try a class and then decide.
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‘Yoga is about steadiness within the constant flow of all things' ~ Shelley Osman
About Shelley
Shelley is an established, highly qualified and experienced local Yoga Teacher and practitioner and is the only Authorised Ashtanga Teacher in Cumbria with Level 2 KPJAYI (Mysore).
Watch Shelley's demonstration of 2nd + 3rd Ashtanga Series to give you an idea of a persons level of advancement over many years of practice and from being fully devoted spiritually.
She is passionate about sharing Yoga as a sacred spiritual discipline that people practice with integrity and humility.
Shelley has created The Full Ashtanga Primary Series & Guidance as MP4 downloads to enable you to practice at home and keep forever.
Find out more here
Shelley Has Studied Asthanga Yoga With Richard Freeman, Sharath Jois, Pattabhi Jois and Brian Cooper
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As a child Shelley was always interested in Spirituality and she started her Yoga practice in her teens. Shelley was self taught for 20+ years and learnt Ashtanga Primary, Second and Third Series by consistently devoting hours every day to her practice 6 days a week and included other forms of yoga into her practice. After the many years of having no teacher she met Richard Freeman, a worldwide renowned teacher.
Shelley was qualified by Richard Freeman and spent two months with him in Colerado and much time in his presence over many years and attended several of his workshops in the UK and Scotland. Shelley was asked by Brian Cooper to be his assistant and she spent 18 months in Mysore, India, where she was blessed by Sharath Jois and Pattabhis Jois the main and only recognised school of the Ashtanga Yoga Tradition in the world.
She is one of only a few blessed to be qualified with the Level 2 Ashtanga qualification to teach this practice in the UK and all over the world.
It is very rare to find, but Shelley is one of the very few women who have reached this high standard in Ashtanga Yoga having devoted herself to many, many years to an established practice.
The Art Of Adjusting
Shelley was asked by Brian Cooper (after only meeting him twice) to be in his book 'The Art of Adjusting', published in 2006.
Here you will find pictures of Shelley in his worldwide famous book which was the first of it's kind.
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To Help You With Your Ashtanga Practice
Shelley created a beautifully designed Asana poster for you to refer to while you practice
Deep Rest
Shelley has been teaching Yoga Nidra for many years (way before it became popular) and is fully qualified in Yoga Nidra. Shelley created the term 'Deep Rest', which is a beautiful form of Healing whilst using a combination of several methods and techniques of yoga Nidra and Relaxation. In 2014 Shelley created her Deep Rest CD which is available to buy, alternatively you can purchase the audios here.
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‘Whether young, old or very sick or debilitated, one who is vigilant attains success in all the Yogas, by means of practice’. Hatha Yoga Pradipika. I:64
Over many years Shelley has organised and taught an array of yoga workshops for all different styles of yoga such as Yin Yoga, Hatha, Ashtanga Flow/ Dynamic Yoga. Shelley also created two of her own styles called Embodied Yoga and Yoga For All.
Shelley is also an avid yin yoga practitioner, which she practiced alongside Ashtanga yoga for over 23+ years to give a balance for which she felt was the yin and the yang of her yoga practice.
Shelley has taught many, many workshops across the country on different styles of yoga, asana adjusting, chanting, spirituality, yoga philosophy, healing, yoga for women, anxiety, relaxation, meditation and breathing.
Please remember, that Yoga should be practised consistently, at least once a week under experienced guidance. Some students attend classes twice a week, which is fantastic!
Yoga is an important part of life and assists greatly with our well being. It should be something that one commits to and should be a priority if one is to reap the benefits from one of the oldest healing & spiritual disciplines.
Disclaimer
Yoga provides great benefits, but only you know your own body and limits. Like any exercise, please consult your health care professional with any questions or concerns before starting any exercise program. When participating in any exercise or exercise video, there is the possibility of physical injury. Not all exercises in Shelley Osman's classes/ videos are suitable for all persons. The creator of The Connection Way ~ Shelley Osman Yoga videos/programs, classes, Ashtanga Asana Posters, marketing materials, and all accompanying materials are not liable for any injury, accident, or health impairment befalling and viewer of these videos/programs, or any individual utilizing the techniques suggested in these videos. Shelley Osman is not a licensed medical care provider and represents that she has no expertise in diagnosing, examining, or treating medical conditions of any kind, or in determining the effect of any specific exercise on a medical condition. Shelley Osman makes no representations or warranties with regards to the completeness of information on this website or any linked websites, classes, books, videos, apps, or other products represented herein.