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community class timetable

We have compiled a directory of classes that are accessible, low cost and based in communities with kind, inclusive teachers. 

However, BNHF is not responsible for the teachers or content of these classes.

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Vitality Yoga

Time: 10-11am
Teacher: Tanya Saunders
Class description: Gentle beginners yin yoga, a perfect way to start your week, accessible for people new to yoga who would like to focus on the foundation of the practice
Venue: The Manor, Manor Road, BN2 5EA
Booking Details: No need to book, just turn up. More information contact tanyasaunders.yoga@gmail.com
Accessibility: This is a step free venue
Cost: £5 per class

Gentle Hatha yoga class for all

Time: 11.45am – 1pm (term time only)
Teacher: Lee Spearpoint
Class description: This class teaches a range of stretching and strengthening movements. Practice includes breathing, deep relaxation, self-awareness, strengthening, flexibility, coordination and balance. Suitable for all levels, all ages and all body types.
Venue: Woodingdean Community Centre, Warren Road.
Booking details: Contact lee.spearpoint@googlemail.com Accessibility: This is a step free venue
Cost: £50 for 8 weeks.

Yoga class for people with ME/CFS and other related health issues

Time: 2.30-3.30pm
Teacher: Becky Braybrook
Website: https://measussex.org.uk/special-interest-groups/
Class description:  These classes are gentle and restorative, providing an hour of mindful movement, breathing and deep relaxation.
Venue: Cornerstone Community Centre , Church Road, Hove, BN3 2FL
Accessibility: step-free access
Booking details: https://www.yogaforchronicfatigue.org

Cost: Drop-in, £7 per class

Beginners Yoga

Time: 6-7pm
Teacher: Sam Hart
Class description: A community class for those in the local area. Suitable for everyone.
Venue: The Edge Community Centre, Pankhurst Avenue, Brighton
Booking details: tbc

Accessibility: wheelchair user accessible
Cost: £2-£4 per class

Pilates - Beginners to Intermediates

Time: 6-6.45pm
Teacher: Julia Logue
Class description: Pilates is a low impact highly effective system of exercise. The class is inclusive and welcoming to individuals of all fitness levels.
Venue: Hollingdean Community Centre
Booking details: julia.firststepsfitness@yahoo.com
Cost: £7 per session, pay as you go

Gentle chair yin yoga, a great class for people with limited mobility

Time: 10-11am
Teacher: Tanya Saunders
Class Description: Gentle chair yin yoga, a great class for people with limited mobility.
Venue: The Manor, Manor Road, BN2 5EA
Booking Details: No need to book, just turn up. More information contact tanyasaunders.yoga@gmail.com
Accessibility: This is a step free venue
Cost: £5 per class

Yoga Class at Brighton Unemployed Centre

Time: 11.45-12:45pm
Website: https://bucfp.org/courses
Class Description:  A free class for all
Venue: BUC, 6 Tilbury Place, Brighton, England, BN2 0GY
Booking Details: drop in or call 01273 601211
Cost: no charge

Iyengar Yoga

Time: 1-2pm
Teachers Name: Jen Henwood
Website: www.jhyoga.co.uk
Class Description:  A free class for refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant women.
Venue: Community Base, 113 Queens Road, BN1 3XG
Booking Details: jen.henwood@yahoo.co.uk.
Cost: no charge

Qi Gong

Time: 5.45 – 6.45pm
Teachers Name: Sophie Gibson
Class Description: Qi Gong for more calm and less stress. A welcoming class suitable for beginners and those with more Qi Gong experience.
Venue: Hanover Community Centre, 33 Southover Street, BN2 9U
Booking Details: gibsonsophie65@gmail.com
Cost: 4 classes costs £28 or £10 cash as a drop-in (contact Sophie if this i not affordable)

Traditional Hatha Yoga

Time: 7-8pm
Teachers Name: Jane O’Donnell
Class Description:  A great way to end your day. Maintain flexibility, feel calm and strong in your body. A relaxed and friendly class.
Venue: Meadow view Community Centre, Brighton
Booking Details: contact Jane on 07812578181
Cost: £9 drop-in

Yoga in the Village

Time: 8-9pm
Teachers Name: Indie Foolheea
Website: https://www.indiewellness.co.uk/
Class Name:  Yoga in the. Village
Class Description:  The focus is on creating space in all ways. Through slower movements, you’ll move through different shapes that help release
Venue: Portslade Village Centre, 3 Courthope Cl, Portslade, Brighton BN41 2LY
Booking Details: https://www.yogainthevillage.co.uk/
Cost: £8 x 1 class/ £26 x 4 classes

Hatha yoga (mixed ability)

Time: 7.30-8.30am
Teacher: Vashti Greenwood
Class Description: Mixed-ability classes are suitable for all levels. These sessions will help you build strength, stamina, and improve your flexibility and mobility. Classes include a mix of stretching, flow, breathing and relaxation.
Venue: Exeter Street Hall, Brighton
Contact: https://www.seasideyoga.co.uk/
Cost: £8 drop-in. £30 for block of five/£60 for block of 10

Beginners yoga class

Time: 10.00-11.15am
Teacher: Camillia Morgan
Class Description: This class is for complete beginners and will involve mindful movement, breathing practices and relaxation. Booking is essential.
Venue: Hollingbury Golf Club, Ditchling Road
Contact: https://www.yogawithcamilla.com
Cost: Full rate is £12 drop in or 6 classes for £66. Concession for 6 classes for £42 or £8 drop in

Chair Yoga

Time: 10-11.15am
Teachers Name: Lisa Rider
Class Description:  A gentle breath focussed class using chairs to support, elevate and liberate your practice. This class is for anyone seeking a restorative yet enlivening class, those recovering from illness, or with less mobility. All welcome
Venue: Brighton Buddhist Centre, Titchbourne Street,  Brighton
Booking Details: https://brightonbuddhistcentre.co.uk/yoga/
Cost: £10 per class (£8 conc.) No booking required, just turn up

Seasonal Qigong on Zoom

Time: 12pm – 12.40pm
Teachers Name:ClaudiaCahalane
Class Description:  Qigong and mindful movement for wellbeing, stress relief, mental and physical heal All welcome
Venue: Zoom
Booking Details: https://vitalityqigong.org/
Cost:£10/ £7 (concession).

Community Nourishing Lunchtime Class

Time: 12-1pm
Teachers Name: Tammy McCann
Website: www.yogawithtammy.co.uk
Class Description: A weekly accessible lunchtime class to explore the beauty of the yoga path. This is a community class and suitable for everybody.
Tammy’s approach is friendly, playful, and joyful, with an emphasis on kind awareness of your body as it is in the moment.
Venue: ReBalance, 22 Old Steine, Brighton.
Booking Details:  https://www.rebalancebrighton.co.uk/ or drop in.
Accessibility: a few steps to enter the building, otherwise step-free.
Cost: £5

yoga 4 health

Time: 4.15 – 5.30pm
Teachers Name: Flo Winterflood
Website: https://www.rebalancebrighton.co.uk/
Class Description:  his class, an accessible adaptation of the Yoga4Health Yoga on prescription programme supports anyone in the community who would find it helpful, as well as NHS patients, to gain self-care skills by learning yoga breathing, relaxation and mindfulness techniques. No prior experience is needed, and the gentle stretching and strengthening yoga postures can be done in a chair or on a yoga mat.
Venue: ReBalance, 22 Old Steine, Brighton.
Booking Details:  https://www.rebalancebrighton.co.uk/
Accessibility: a few steps to enter the building, otherwise step-free.
Cost: £7 / £12

Pranayama for all bodies of Colour

Time: 6:30-7:30pm
Teachers Name: Indie Foolheea
Website: https://www.indiewellness.co.uk/
Class Description:  A space to share, connect and breathe together. We’ll start with a short check-in, followed by practice together, closing with time for reflection or sharing. This is for anyone that identifies as Black, Brown, a person of colour or part of a racialised community.
Venue: BMECP Centre, 10 Fleet Street, Brighton and Hove, Brighton, BN1 4ZE
Booking Details: https://www.yogainthevillage.co.uk/
Cost: £8 x 1 class/ £26 x 4 classes

Brazilian dance

Time: 7-8pm
Teachers Name:Rosaria Gracia
Website: https://rosaria-gracia.com/classes
Description:  Energising and vibrant, we explore dances from around Brazil.
Venue: Bhasvic Drama Studio, 205 Dyke Road. BN3 6EG.
Booking Details: rosaria-gracia.com
Cost:£8 x 1 class/ £28 x 4 classes

Gyrokinesis

Time: 10:30-11:30am
Teachers Name:Rosaria Gracia
Website: https://rosaria-gracia.com/classes
Class Description:  Movement fluid method that stimulates the nervous system, increase range of motion and create functional strength.
Venue: Samurai Centre
Booking Details: rosaria-gracia.com
Cost: £9 drop in/ £40 for 5 sessions

Gentle/Holistic yoga

Time: 1-2.15pm
Teacher: Vashti Greenwood
Class Description: A slower practice with gentle posture (asana) work, and additional time during each session for constructive breathwork / pranayama, meditation and relaxation exercises to calm the nervous system.
Venue: St Luke’s Church (Font Room), Brighton
Contact: https://www.seasideyoga.co.uk/
Cost: £8 drop-in. £30 for block of five/£60 for block of 10

Vitality Yoga

Time: 2-3pm
Teachers Name: Tanya Saunders
Class Description: Hatha Yoga – for those who already have some experience of yoga.
Venue: The Manor, Manor Road, BN2 5EA
Booking Details: No need to book, just turn up. More information contact tanyasaunders.yoga@gmail.com
Accessibility: This is a step free venue
Cost: £5 per class

Gentle Yoga for Stress Relief

Time: 5:30-6:30pm
Teachers Name: Tammy McCann
Website: www.yogawithtammy.co.uk
Class Description:  A therapeutic class to unwind stress in body and mind. It includes mindful movement, breathwork and restorative postures. Tammy’s intention is that this class accessible, inclusive and suitable for all.
Venue: Rebalance, 22 Old Steine, Brighton.
Booking Details: https://www.rebalancebrighton.co.uk/ or drop in.
Accessibility: a few steps to enter the building, otherwise step-free.
Cost: £11 or £6 with karma card (Rebalance community card)

Friday Fitness

Time: 09:30 – 10:30 am  
Class Description: Cardio, strength and stretching to support everyday life. An accessible class suitable for those who have been inactive or older exercisers.
Venue: Hollingdean Community Centre
Booking Details: julia.firststepsfitness@yahoo.com
Cost: £4 per session, pay as you go

Functional Fitness

Time: 11-11.45am

Class Description: A circuit class for a full body work out
Venue: Hollingdean Community Centre
Booking Details: julia.firststepsfitness@yahoo.com
Cost: £7 per session, pay as you go

Free Yoga Class at Brighton Unemployed Centre

Time: 11.45-12.45pm
Website: https://bucfp.org/courses
Class Description:  A free class for all
Venue: BUC, 6 Tilbury Place, Brighton, England, BN2 0GY
Booking Details: drop in or call 01273 601211
Cost: no charge

Hatha Yoga with Pilates

Time: 2-3pm
Teachers Name: Ester Natzij
Website: Yoga with Ester
Class Description:  A class to support strengtening your core to avoid or work with injuries.
Venue: Unit 4, 20-26 Round Hill Street, Brighton.
Booking Details: Contact Ester to drop in: EsterNatzijl@gmail.com
Cost: First class £6, then £8 drop-in

Dance

Time: 5:30-6:30pm
Teachers Name: Rosaria Gracia
Website: https://rosaria-gracia.com/classes
Class Name:Dance
Class Description:  Rhythms from all eras, styles and around the world.
Venue: Zoom. 
Booking Details: rosaria-gracia.com
Cost: £5