Marine Udayoga
A practice that respects the body, inspired by yoga therapy, traditional teachings, ancestral medicines and the cycles of Nature
Passionate about yoga for many years, I am keen to share with you all the benefits of this discipline through different practices, to support you on your well-being path.
Yoga is much more than a physical practice, it is a tool for personal exploration. Through breath, movement, silence and stillness, we explore our inner world as a journey in itself. Yoga also opens the way of accepting ourselves, who we are and acepting our body. A wonderful practice whose benefits extend beyong our mat.
HATHA YOGA & HATHA FLOW
"Hatha Yoga" means union of our body & mind, our solar energy "Ha" and our lunar energy "Tha". This discipline harmonizes these two opposing energies in order to create a certain balance in our body, our heart and our mind.
Hatha Yoga is a traditional practice, during which postures are held for several breathing cycles. It is a practice whose rhythm can be relatively slow but it can also be demanding in maintaining postures. Hatha Yoga allows us to work the body in depth, to develop our sense of grounding and
to get the specific benefit of each posture. Each movement, each posture is done with conscious, slow and deep breathing, with precise alignment of the body, which allows you to refocus on yourself, to reconnect with your body, with your breath.
During a Hatha Yoga class, breathwork (pranayama) is combined with physical postures (asanas) to remove certain blockages and let our vital energy flow, our prana, throughout our body. Asanas and pranayamas are also combined with mudras (hand positions), mantras (chants) and meditation (dhyana).
Hatha Flow is a more fluid, more dynamic practice than Hatha Yoga while respecting the principles of this traditional practice. During a session, static movements and postures follow one another, consciously, while always focusing on breathing and the precision of the asanas.
YIN YOGA & SOUND HEALING YIN
Yin Yoga is a practice that invites you to slow down. The postures are held for between 2 and 5 minutes, which provides a deep stretching of your body, your tissues. Physical tensions are thus released, which helps to ease the mind. This practice is closely linked to Chinese medicine, which is based on a system of meridians, energy channels in which our vital energy circulates. The meridians are associated with different organs, elements and emotions. Each Yin yoga posture therefore acts on different meridians, by performing a compression/stretching system on them. Emotional release work therefore also takes place through this practice.
Yin Yoga invites of letting go and to a deeper connection with our physical but also emotional and energetic body.
My Tibetan bowls and other instruments conduct this practice to allow you to let go even more, to relax while maintaining the postures, which can be demanding, but also to guide the release of physical and emotional tensions from each part of your body.
MEDITATION &
YOGA NIDRA
Meditation is a powerful tool for stress management; this practice brings us back to the present moment, frees us from the stress of the future or the suffering of the past, allows us to calm our mind for the duration of the practice and thus cultivate more inner peace. Regular practice extends the benefits in everyday life out of our mat and helps us better manage our stress and emotions.
I guide different types of meditations: traditional Tibetan meditations, traditional Indian meditations, therapeutic meditations as well as energetic meditations.
I also teach Yoga Nidra, which is a form of guided meditation. This practice is done lying comfortably on the floor. No movement or effort is required during the practice, which makes it very accessible. Yoga Nidra, translated as "sleep yoga", is a state of consciousness that lies between sleep and wakefulness. We experience this state every day, before falling asleep and before being fully awake.
This practice induces a very deep and complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. It is a very restorative practice, physically and mentally revitalizing, which offers many benefits physically and mentally.
RESTORATIVE YOGA & CHAIR YOGA
In the desire to share yoga to all, I teach restorative yoga and chair yoga.
Restorative yoga is a very gentle yoga that is done only on the floor, sitting and lying down.
The foundations of Hatha Yoga (asanas, pranayamas, mudras and meditation) are applied with an even gentler approach.
The goal of this practice is to stretch the muscles deeply to release accumulated tensions, physical tensions but also emotional tensions. The body and mind relax through breathing exercises and postures performed slowly.
This type of yoga is very suitable for people who do not practice sports at all and for people with reduced mobility. It is also suitable for athletes who want to relax and recover physically more quickly.
It is a practice accessible to all.
Chair yoga also takes up the foundations of Hatha Yoga, with a more therapeutic approach. This practice is for people with low mobility so that they can enjoy the benefits of yoga, while respecting their limits, to create physical and mental balance.
YOGA FOR SURFERS
In love with the Ocean, I have been surfing for a few years and I have noticed that practicing yoga has brought me many benefits in learning to surf and still brings me a lot today, in my evolution in the Ocean, on my board.
I am therefore keen to share these tools with to you.
Yoga and surfing are two complementary disciplines that reconnect us with our bodies and with Nature.
In the practice of yoga, our movements are in tune with the rhythm of our breathing. In surfing, our movements are guided by the rhythm of Nature, the ocean, the waves. These two disciplines bring us back to the present moment and help us find our balance, on our mat, our surfboard but also in our life.
PRE SURF yoga allows you to warm up properly, strengthen your body, develop your balance, your ability to focus and control your breathing.
POST SURF yoga allows you to stretch deeply after a session, to avoid muscle and joint pain and recover more quickly.
Find the benefits of yoga in the practice of surfing here ;)
MANTRAS CHANTING
Originating from Hindu and Buddhist traditions, "Mans" means thought and "trana" means protection.
Mantras are sacred sounds, words or sentences used repeatedly in yoga practice to calm the mind, clarify the spirit and find inner peace.
Mantras chanting is a part of Bhakti Yoga, the yoga of devotion. They are addressed to Indian Gods, but beyond their specfic meaning, trhough the syllabes pronounced, the frequency, the sound and the intention behind them, the chants have a profoundly liberating effect.
Freeing our voice is also freeing who we are, freeing our emotions, our truth, our stress, in order to find and nurture our inner peace.
Singing is an inviation to reconnect with peace,
with joy,
with Universal Love,
with our own voice,
with our essence
I guide you with my voice and instruments (guitar, harmonium), with love and kindness. No singing experience is necessary, your simple presence, intention and attentive listening are enough to benefits from this practice.
