Physical Element by James Hunt

From an early age James has developed a passion for all things movement, from surfing & snowboarding to yoga & adult gymnastics. At the age of 30 James made the transition from running his own electrical business to building his personal training career. He has studied gymnastic strength training and is a qualified GST coach. The importance of breath work was developed while studying freediving in Thailand, which is where James’s passion for yoga was born and more recently has studied the fundamentals of Vinyasa and Yin during a trip to Bali and Australia. To deepen his understanding of the body James went onto gain qualifications in both Thai and Sports massage. Whilst working a labour intensive job James began dedicating many hours to the weights room with the aim of improving his fitness. However, it became apparent through tight shoulders, recurring injuries and restrictive movement that his workouts were not serving
his needs. It was during this period he began to seek a more athletic movement based approach, finding this in gymnastics and yoga. This approach is reflected in his class style where James incorporates his personal journey from strength through movement to flexibility and breath work. The aims of these classes are to not only achieve these elements but to build upon the fundamental connections
between mind and body, to form more conscious driven practice. The primary focus of these classes will be to build the intricate strength and body awareness required for specific asanas such as arm balances, transitions and inversions, while paying particular attention to core control. James specialises in the deconstruction of asanas into movement specific exercises, these asanas are then reconstructed using the newly acquired awareness.