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Acroyoga and Partner Yoga


Is this for you?

  • Are you looking for ways to connect with your partner this Summer?
  • Have things been too busy to manage quality time together?
  • Do you find life takes over and your hobbies have dropped away?
  • Are you looking for something to do together that will bring you closer together, get your fitter and healthier, and bring some fun and joy into your lives? 
  • Are you already practising Acroyoga together and want to step it up a gear? Message me now!


What are the Benefits of Acroyoga, Partner Yoga and Thai Yoga Massage?

The main benefits are that you will replace any stress, disconnection and tension with a connection, meaning, fitness and fun!  You will learn more about one another in an hour of practice than a year of conversation.

Learn sequences you can take home with you, connect on a deep level, play and have a laugh together whilst spending quality time together with your partner. You don’t need to be a couple – you’ll feel the benefits whoever you do your practice with. But if you want to go to a deeper level with your partner as a couple, this might just be the perfect tonic.

Build trust, improve communication, feel the healing power of touch and learn new skills that complement living a mindful and conscious life. And snap some impressive selfies while you build up each other’s confidence!

What is Acroyoga?

Acroyoga is an inspiring, challenging and fun practice that combines the practice of yoga with partner acrobatics and the healing arts of Thai yoga massage.  Learn to base or fly and have the option to mix up the roles too! Acroyoga builds confidence in all areas of life to be more present, courageous and see the playful side of life. Sessions are all about safety too and one of the main principles is spotting and communicating and one of the main guidelines of the practice is “If it feels good, it is good”. Try something unique and inspire each other!

What if my partner has never done yoga?
No worries! Partner yoga suits all levels! If your partner is less fit, flexible or less confident part of the joy of it is that there are poses and flows to suit all levels, so we’ll find the right ones that suit you both without anyone being embarrassed.

Watch your relationship grow and deepen in profound and inspiring ways with partner yoga.  Or simply learn some partner yoga and acroyoga sequences for fun together that are accessible to all fitness levels.

What is Partner Yoga?

Partner yoga is where you do yoga in pairs, supporting one another in a stretch or doing a yoga flow with your breath and your bodies synchronised.  Partner yoga flows can be fun and hardcore to build your core strength or slow and sensually relaxing to connect and drop into a deeply meditative state together.  Whatever your preference, Cat can cater for you and all abilities and fitness levels.

Why pick us?
You can make your own mind up. Nine Lives Yoga Founder, Cat Duval, specialises in bringing people together, she loves to share the practices of partner yoga, acroyoga and Thai yoga massage with couples and friends to facilitate your connection, build your skills and feel alive!

Cat is a Senior Yoga Teacher with the Yoga Alliance and started teaching in 2009, she fell in love with Partner Yoga and Acroyoga a few years later and since then collaborative yoga practices have become her life.

She teaches all over Europe and lives in Brighton working with clients such as Google, Microsoft and the NHS; being featured in Om Yoga Magazine, the BBC, Channel 4 and invited to host at leading events for NLP World, British Yoga Festival and the London Mindfulness Summit. She also loves to do Coaching with select clients working 121.

Cat offers retreats, workshops, team bonding opportunities and Nine Lives Yoga Raves for all over Europe within the wider conscious community and chooses to work with clients who want to go deeper in their practice from her home studio in Hove, or via Zoom.

What is Thai Yoga Massage?

Thai Yoga Massage is colloquially called lazy man’s yoga for a reason! You can deeply relax and unwind and have the yoga be done to you! Learn massage techniques and feel what it’s like to have a luscious massage routine to do on one another in this session. This session gives you a sequence each that you can take home and do on one another when you feel stressed or need to relax, creating more peace and nourishment from day to day. 

Want to explore a deeper connection?
Cultivate unconditional love together and explore deeper awareness through breathwork, fluid flows and tantric practices that will awaken your spark and your fire together. Learn these skills in the safety of a guided session and then take them home to practice them in the privacy of your own home. 

Partner practices bring out the best in you, as you learn the technical skills to give and receive openly and freely and having fun in the process! It is the ultimate balancer and it is the gift that keeps on giving. As you can take home what you learn in the sessions and practice for free at home! With Acroyoga you can do hours of fitness training without even noticing because it’s just a lot of fun!

Explore the magic of collaborative practice with friends and loved ones

Acroyoga

Partner Yoga

Thai Yoga Massage

All gift vouchers last a maximum of 3 months from the date of purchase before booking.