Barefoot Yoga & Therapy
Helen Barefoot is the founder and owner of Barefoot Yoga. Helen found solace in the practice of yoga 10 years ago after a friend recommended a local Vinyasa class in London. It was then that she discovered her true passion forYoga and promoting the stimulation in mind, body and soul. Helen graduated as a Yoga teacher in the Himalayas, the origin of Yoga.
Helen offers a bespoke yoga class tailored to the individual’s needs, allowing people to strive to their physical and mental goals but ensuring that people have fun along the way! Whether you are a Yoga veteran or a Yoga novice, Helen’s aim is to introduce members to her style of Yoga, and in turn help clients to combat their health issues either physical, mental, emotional or spiritual.
BarePaws Puppy Yoga
Founded in November 2022 by Helen Barefoot. Helen is an avid dog lover and the proud Dog Mamma to two pugs Chica and Robin (Mum and Daughter), she has a huge passion for animal welfare and wellbeing. Having bred her own dog and enrolled them in their own puppy yoga classes, she began to see the benefits, progression and development of their dogs both in their social skills, confidence and wellbeing. They immediately fell in love with the concept of Puppy Yoga.
Helen uses elements of her knowledge and experience teaching in Post-natal and Mum & Baby yoga to encourage people to interact with the puppies enhancing the health and wellness of people physically, mentally and emotionally.
Puppy Yoga
Yoga is a transformational practice that encourages the union of mind, body and spirit. It helps us to tune in to our body’s needs, rewarding us with a wholehost of health benefits – both physical and mental.
A typical puppy yoga class will have approximately 8-10 puppies with around 15 participants and the puppies can range from 7-14 weeks old. Puppy yoga classes involve having puppies roaming from one mat to the next, leaping on participants, and tussling with other puppies as you try out different yoga poses.
Often pups are incorporated into some of the yoga poses or they happily roam free throughout class. In the first 3 months of a puppies life it very important to expose your puppies to different, people, new environments, sounds and smells. Puppy yoga is a safe and fun space that aids with puppies socialisation.
Interactions with animals has been proven to be extremely beneficial to our mental wellbeing. The hormone oxytocin is released, in both dogs and people.
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