Breathing Place Yoga

Had a yoga class last night, felt sore last night and still am this morning but feel great also, after the class which is tough but you feel like your really are achieving a complete body workout without all the running etc. I cannot say enough good things about this forest yoga class, its amazing and I am so delighted I’ve started yoga, I’m using muscles I didn’t even know I had. Love it.
Jill Carroll

I reserved writing a review about this place as I had nothing to compare it to until recently. Now I am fully equipped, I feel it is my duty to let everyone know how brilliant this place really is!
I started my yoga there about 4 months ago… A first timer, I always thought I was a zen-​creature and this should be the perfect form of exercise for me, very little movement and lots of breathing and chanting– I was right! I took to this like a duck to water! Mind you it was alot tougher than I expected and I definitely feel that I have worked out!
Walking up the stairs I am always greeted with the wafting of incense– off with the shoes & socks and into the room I go. The room is bright with wooden floors and a real sense of serenity. The walls are adorned with Yoga pictures some almost like the «success isn’t the way your stand» type encouraging mantras. Statues of Budda and other yoga and «OM» symbols are dotted about the room. The room is always cozy and warm with plenty of heaters to combat the joys of the Irish weather and it never feels to stuffy. As the class begins to fill up the room never feels too crowded (max 12 to a class). Geraldine Kinane is the instructor; she takes us into mediation and stretching we become aware of the whisper of relaxing music helping us to further relax and unwind. Ger is very clear in her instruction and encourages to reach as far as we can to our limits with out pushing. She explains all the poses clearly without taking us away from our breathing or relaxation. The class runs for an hour and a half ended with Savasana (meditation). Her gentle voice allows to to deleve deeper into relaxtion and use the power of our class and breathing to achieve a greater sense of balance and reward.
Now I know that this might sound hippie-​dippie to some of you but believe me, it’s truely fantastic. Not only do you feel relaxed, well rested and energtic, after completing her class my mind (for the first time) felt quiet and I had actually stopped going over my to-​do list in my head and was able to hear the music on the radio while driving home!
It’s a great place and affordable too! Can’t say enough great things about it! If I did have one problem is that the hallway is quite narrow when you are trying to put your boots on after the class… A small thing.
Ger teaches two types of Yoga, Forrest and Hatha and also has classes for children and pre-​natal