Classes at suryalila

Vinyasa Flow, 8am - 9.30am, every day

Suryalila founder and master yoga teacher Vidya Heisel has created her own dynamic style of Vinyasa Flow rooted in Eastern Yoga Philosophy, which she teaches on residential trainings at Suryalila via her well-established yoga school Frog Lotus Yoga International (FLY). The majority of the teachers at Suryalila have been trained in this FLY style which creates the foundations for our morning classes. The class typically opens with a nourishing seated pranayama followed by a long juicy body warm up. The energy builds as the teacher guides you through a creative standing sequence, then inversions, a cool down and lastly a relaxing shavasana. The classes are sprinkled with poetry, music and inspiring quotes and suitable for all levels, ages and abilities. There is a strong emphasis on doing what feels right for your body, and you’re encouraged to use modifications, and props to help enhance your practice.

Restorative or Yin, 5.30pm - 7.00pm, Mon, Weds, Fri 

Melt into the mat with our relaxing afternoon classes. Lovingly curated to help you to rest and restore, these 90 minutes of bliss draw on Yin yoga or Restorative Yoga postures held for longer period of times from 3-10 minutes to help activate the parasympathetic nervous system lulling the body into ‘rest and digest’ mode. Although Yin Yoga and Restorative Yoga both help to calm the mind, relieve stress and connect with your inner self, they are very different. Yin Yoga uses stretches to target the deepest connective tissues of the body - ligaments, joints, bones, the deep fascia networks of the body and the meridians - helping to release stagnant and blocked energy, improve flexibility and lubricate the joints. Restorative yoga, on the other hand, is all about fully supporting your body with props like bolsters, blankets, blocks and sandbags, enabling the release of tension in the mind and body. Our teachers often bring their own relaxing touches to these afternoon classes to create a truly nurturing atmosphere with massage, live music, chanting, singing bowls, aromatherapy, breathwork, writing and reiki. 

Private classes are suitable for all levels and people book a private lesson for a wide range of reasons. Whether you want to gain better awareness of your posture, improve your strength and flexibility, work on specific poses and breathing techniques or releasing particular areas of tension and to establish your personal practice. Whether you’re joining as a complete beginner looking to start a strength training routine or want to discover what style of yoga suits you best, a private class can offer you the tools you can always use as you further establish your personal practice. Often private classes move at a slower pace as we focus on alignment and challenges that are specific to you. Most importantly, we will give you tools you can always use on or off the mat.

Learn how to get stronger and to build better form for everyday activities, lift your mood and energy levels, help to combat the loss of bone and muscle mass, build stronger connective tissues and tendons as well as stabilising joints. Strength training benefits every body and is an essential part of our movement practice. In this class we look at postural alignment then move through a mobility focused warm up to improve posture and strengthen the end range of motion in your joints using various techniques and simple movement then follow structured strength training exercises using weights and bands to strengthen all planes and ranges of movement.