Sinead takes us through a restorative Movement & Mobility class to finish out 2020. Filled with deep breathing and passive stretches, it is sure to help you unwind and relax.

Sinead takes us through a Movement & Mobility focused on improving ankle and hip mobility. Get strong in your end-ranges and improve your squatting back in the gym

Sinead takes us through a recovery-focused Movement & Mobility class. Filled with slow stretches and deep breathing it will help you balance out your higher-intensity sessions.

The majority if not all top athletes and/or elite sportspeople incorporate some form of mobility work into their training schedule

To improve flexibility, we need to stretch (and move)!! Simple as that. Without it, the muscles shorten and become tight so when you call on the muscles for activity, they are weak and unable to extend to their full range. This is where yoga becomes so beneficial.

It’s the measurement of the amount of movement around a specific joint or body part. Yoga works through all planes of movement (sagittal, frontal/coronal and transverse) so that multiple joints and muscles are used in every sequence and this is why it’s so effective in improving our ROM.

Yoga is the sequencing of movements to challenge balance, “MOBILITY,” static motor control and dynamic motor control – these are known as flows. Yoga works through all planes of movement so that multiple joints and muscles are used in every sequence leading to increased mobility and greater range of motion.

Endurance is simply “the ability to persevere,” whether doing an aerobic or an anaerobic activity. We’ve all had that moment when our inner voice shouts, “I can’t do anymore burpees or I can’t run any faster” but by having the ability to keep going, to push through the pain, and driving you to reach your maximum effort for a given length of time is fundamental to your overall strength

Balance and stability are intrinsically linked with yoga but also the majority of other forms of exercise and sport. Not only that but it’s essential for everyday life, try carrying bags of groceries or reaching for an item on a tall shelf without either of the above or kicking a ball or lifting weights, believe me it’s difficult! Balance is your ability to control your body without movement against gravity. Stability is your ability to control your body during movement

Yoga offers a combination of active and passive stretching that is especially helpful for keeping you injury free. Training to get stronger or faster can lead to tight muscles with a smaller range of motion, limited power, and a tendency to get injured more easily. A yoga practice encourages you to take inventory of your body as you practice. The more awareness you have of how your body feels from day to day or from pose to pose, the more likely you are to notice tight or injury-prone areas of the body that need attention before full-blown injuries can occur.

Being mindful is key to living in the present moment and presence is key to concentration and staying focused. Yoga brings our awareness to the here and now and by focusing our attention on our breath, the movement and challenging poses will in turn improve our concentration. Yoga links breath with motion and becoming fully present in mind and body. The practice itself is centred on concentration – focus on the breath, the alignment and movement of the body.

In yoga there is a huge focus on breathing and using movement with the breath especially in certain styles of yoga and this can translate so well to any type of sport. Most competitive sports require high levels of aerobic performance over extended periods of time so when an athlete uses breathing techniques, he or she stabilizes the heart rate and induces a slowing effect.

The downside of any sport or physical activity is sore muscles, DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness) or whatever else you want to call them. We’ve all been that person hobbling around and aching all over after a big match, an intense workout, a long run or a big hike and it might seem like torture when I say that gentle movement or doing some form of light exercise or stretching really helps but it does!

Proprioception is our perception and awareness of the position and movement of the body. It’s knowing where your body lives in space. It’s a sense which allows us to ‘know’ (without looking or consciously thinking) where our body parts are in relation to each other and where our whole body is in relation to the environment around us. Everyone has the skill, however, some are better at it and this can have dramatic effects on sports performance, because it plays a critical role in controlling your joints and muscles during movement.