TNN x Heinok YOGA FLOW

Taking part in physical activity can improve mental health in many ways; better sleep, happier moods, managing stress, anxiety, and intrusive thoughts, improved self-esteem, and connection to the community, to name a few.

Move Partners is a collaborative project between The New Normal and organisations, professionals, and athletes. We aim to reinforce the connection and the importance of moving to help support our mental health. We are striving to open up conversations and continue to encourage people to reflect on their relationship with exercise and their mental health. We know how important the emotional is alongside the physical.

We aim to make fitness for mental health accessible in Hong Kong. Proceeds from these classes will go to helping The New Normal deliver free mental health and grief support in the Hong Kong community. Proceeds pay trainer Heinok and cover the rental of the space allowing us to offer these classes for free for those experiencing financial hardship.

YOGA F L O W

You can expect a 60 minutes class yin yang style: fun, functional, and fluid yang movement that ends with softer & static yin stretches and a sound bath led by Heinok. Open to all levels, with the following themes each week for you to progress through or just drop into:

1. 29/02/24: Feet & balance practice

2. 07/03/24: Hip hip hips (with Charlie leading sound healing portion)

3. 14/03/24: Core & twists

4. 21/03/24: Heart openers & backbends (with Mina leading movement portion)

5. 11/04/24: Shoulders & binds

6. 18/04/24: Spinal care (with Valarie leading sound healing portion)

*Please note we are off for 2 weeks (28/03 and 04/04) due to Easter & Ching Ming Festival.

Classes are donation based. The suggested donation is 100 HKD, but you can pay a lot less or a little more. You can also attend the classes for free if you are experiencing financial hardship. You can pay via Eventbrite or in person using PayMe, FPS, or cash.

NOTE please cancel your spot if you can't make it so someone else can come.

The New Normal Charity

The New Normal Charity is a Hong Kong registered S88 charity 91/19147. We offer free peer support to connect adults through their mental health and grief. We aim to help and support one another through life's difficult moments. Our meetings are peer-to-peer, no professionals, just people sharing their experiences.

We feel that one of the best forms of therapy is simply speaking. We facilitate conversations between individuals who find themselves with similar experiences. Nobody should ever feel alone, and there is always somebody who can empathetically relate to your story.

Heinok

Coach Heinok is a yoga instructor with a focus on vinyasa, yin, and singing bowls. She’s a YTT200 yoga instructor with a further 50 hours yin training and is currently working towards her YTT500 with Yoga Medicine. Expect to feel blissful after her classes for all. As a keen learner and healthcare professional, she has always had a particular interest in medical and wellness concepts - thus, you will find her class full of anatomical cues through her progressive flows as part of her life goal of sharing ‘movement is a form of medicine’. Heinok started her yoga practice 10 years ago with her family as a space to stretch and alleviate stress from school. Up until today, yoga has been a part of her life as a tool to support her mental and physical health, disconnect from the worries of the fast-paced life in Hong Kong, and connect with the present and body. She has been teaching since 2020, and she aspires for her students to walk out from a class feeling in complete bliss like she does as a student.

IKIGAI

IKIGAI is a boutique wellness studio brand with 2 locations in Central and in Causeway Bay. Tucked away within the hustle and bustle of Hong Kong, our goal was to create simple yet powerful spaces that feel like your own little home, offering an opportunity for individuals to relax, explore and grow.

Reception & Check-in on G/F (Please enter via East Sharp Street) Times Square MTR station Exit A

If you have any questions contact [email protected]

@tnnhongkong @ikigai.hk

www.thenewnormalcharity.com

Host or Publisher The New Normal Charity Hong Kong