Healthy Options

Healthy Options at home – Free online Yoga classes

Karen, who is Joe’s delightful wife and talented Yoga teacher, and Emma, our excellent Pilates instructor, are offering free online Healthy Options classes on Zoom. What better way to get through the lockdown by working on your health at home?

To join the class, make sure you have the correct meeting ID and passcode for Zoom, both of which you can find below. Make sure to join in at the start of the class, otherwise you won’t be able to get in!

Most classes are interactive meetings, where you don’t just see the instructor but also the other participants, and they can see you (provided you turn on your camera). To enter these classes, you need to use the website from Zoom or install their application. You can find more information and register for free on the Zoom. The only exception is Friday’s Stretching for Sailors class, which is live on YouTube and is more like a broadcast.

Beginners Hatha Yoga with Karen

Every Tuesday
18.30-19.45 (Belgian time)
Meeting ID 829 5531 5356
Password 088710

This class will run as a course from 5th May, however feel free to drop in and out as you like but please do be advised that joining week on week for a month will have the most benefit. In this class we will look at the use of our breath, the technique of the main groups of postures and how to modify them - including standing, backbends, twisting, seated and supine postures. How we can create safe transitions in our sun salutations and how we can modify them and progress our practice. It will aim to build not just flexibility but also strength and stability through your practice. We will also lightly explore our meditation practice and how to build this practice up over time. This class aims to assist you in building a solid foundation in your yoga practice, I hope it will enable you to feel confident in a group all level hatha or flow class in the future.

Flow Yoga All Levels with Karen

Every Sunday
11-12.30 (Belgian time)
Meeting ID 840-7012-0804
Password 309106

This is a medium paced hatha-flow based class, each week will have a different theme aiming to wake you up and get you glowing from the inside out and ready for you forthcoming day. Please feel free to drop in as and when you can. Some experience of yoga is advisable, so this is not the ideal choice for complete beginners, but please do take a look at our Tuesday evening class as this is aimed to prepare you for our flow classes.

Pilates with Emma

Every Thursday
11:00-12:00 (Belgian time)
Meeting ID 777 0560 6283
Password 223877

Emma’s Pilates classes will be accessible to all levels and will be a lovely way to start your day. We will be designed to stretch, strengthen and tone your body. Each class will be different every week with a different focus on each class.

Stretching for sailors

Every Friday
16.30 (Belgian time)
On YouTube, no password necessary

Also, every Friday, Karen is running a special ‘stretching for sailors’ class on Joe’s Joyrider YouTube channel. You can join in live or see a recorded version of this and Joe’s amazing selection of sailing videos and top tips at his YouTube channel