ALCHEMY PRIVATE PILATES / YOGA / MEDITATION Sessions: 

Private sessions are taught and curated to your needs, your body and spirit come first here; this is a space of healing and strengthening in whatever area you need. Gisela looks at anatomical habits and unconscious behaviours in order to create better habits and guide the body and mind into a more functional space. Private sessions focus solely on you, whether it’s as simple as wanting to get stronger and leaner or build a stronger core through to rehabilitation after an injury or correcting posture and assisting with back pain and spinal issues this is achieved by incorporating accessories and weights into the mat work and teaching you how to work with and against your own body weight. Gisela is a qualified Vinyasa teacher but teaches a less traditional style of yoga practice focused on correct and gentle anatomical alignment to create a practice that is sustainable and suitable to anyone wishing to explore the many benefits of yoga. As a fully qualified  BASI comprehensive Pilates teacher this knowledge and practice is incorporated into most of her teaching techniques. Meditation classes teach you simple breathing techniques and accessible consciousness techniques to enable you to easily incorporate the benefits of a meditation practice into your daily life. This is your hour, and we work towards your goals whatever they may be.  

​Alchemy Duets, Trio’s or Quads - Pilates  / Yoga / Meditation Classes:

Share your session with a partner or 3, someone who will keep you motivated and committed to your goals. Let’s face it experiences are always more fun with a buddy. The great thing about a group of friends or a partner is that you get to share your achievements with someone and have someone other that your instructor to keep you motivated but still get some of the value of a private class focused on your specific needs.

Alchemy Energy healing Session:

This experience is offered privately only as I work very specifically for each clients energetic and physical healing and needs. It is by far the most powerful and effective work that I do and the results I have witnessed from working with clients in this way is nothing short of transformative. Using restorative yoga props and poses as well as Ascention Oils the session allows and facilitates a space in which you are able to reconnect and drop deeply into the para-sympathetic nervous system and from there to begin to heal on a cellular and energetic level the mind, body and energy centres. We work to realign and clear blockages from the body’s energy system and to shift you back into an optimal state of health and well-being. 

Alchemy goddess Energy course: 

Alchemy Goddess Energy Course takes you on a journey to encounter and connect with your inner Goddess through your body’s energy centres. By using a variety of modalities we work on each energy centre (Chakra) at a time. This is a deeply personal and healing experience for those who seek to truly shift and heal from the inside out. Please see the Courses page for more info or feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.

​Group Pilates/ Yoga / Meditation sessions: 

​Group classes taught by Gisela Bean at Alchemy Movement are limited to 7 people as I want to always be able to give everyone in my class as much personal attention as possible.

Pregnancy and Postnatal Pilates:

Pilates is a fantastic way to stay strong and connected to your body during pregnancy, it is also a safe form of exercise to practice from your first trimester straight through to birth and to aid in recovery after the baby has arrived. Pilates carried me through my own pregnancy and the healing process afterwards and I hope to do the same for the mothers I am privileged to work with. I am fully qualified to work with women throughout the stages of pregnancy both pre and postnatal having completed my Pilates Through Pregnancy and Beyond - Advanced Education Course through BASI (Body Arts & Science Institute) in 2014.

Workshops & Events at Alchemy Movement:

The studio is available to rent for workshops and events. Accommodation on the premises for out of town instructors / facilitators is also available.

​Information and Preparation for Alchemy Cacao Ceremony: 

Please inform me privately beforehand if you are on any medication especially SSRI antidepressants, this will influence the dosage of Cacao that you are given.
 
Please also share with me privately any medical conditions you have that may be of importance, such as epilepsy, high blood pressure, pregnancy, allergies etc.
 
Please come 10 to 15 min early so you can settle in and find your spot.
 
Besides the Ceremonial Cacao, Ascention Oils and Smudges will be used during the ceremony so please let me know if you wish for these not to be used on you.
 
Please bring a journal or notebook and pen with you.
 
Please only ask questions or offer comments when the group is invited to do so. If you have any questions or concerns beforehand I am here to answer them.
 
Please be aware of allowing everyone to share what they feel called to. Sharings are a space to assist all present in processing the experience so please keep judgments, comments or advise for me after the ceremony.
If you do feel the need to leave mid ceremony (beyond going to the loo) please let either me or the assistant know why you are leaving. It's no problem to feel the need to leave, but we care about you and your experience and need to know why.
 
During Shamanic / Inner Alchemy work deep shadow materials may arise, which is absolutely fine, the sacred spaced opened is designed to hold complex processes and releases. In this space you are safe to sit with fear, anger, sadness, depression, whatever arises for you will be held.
 
Although speaking out in anger, judgment or projecting these sensations onto the ceremony will result in you being asked to kindly leave the sacred space.
 
If you have an issue that does not resolve itself through your own process, please speak to me privately after the ceremony so that we may work through the themes and issues that are arising for you and give/receive feedback.
 
There are no "Have-to's" with any of the practices and I support you to trust your intuition and tune into your own needs during this experience.
 
I am here to hold space and guide you on this journey please feel free to ask any questions before or after the experience, I am here for you.