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Tadasana Why Yoga?
Anyone can practice yoga. You don’t need specialist equipment or clothes, just a space and a strong desire for a healthier more fulfilled lifestyle. The practise of Yoga builds self-confidence and awareness. Yoga can restore self esteem and a feeling of value for one’s achievements.

Trikonasana
Where does Yoga come from?
Yoga’s powerful techniques were slowly developed over thousands of years in India as a means of balancing and harmonising body, mind and emotions.

Virabhadrasana I
What are the benefits of Yoga?

Yoga is a powerful discipline that can improve health and fitness. Yoga postures can increase flexibility, stability, stamina and strength, both physically and emotionally. And this importantly helps you develop and recognise your own immense personal potential.

Ardha Chandrasana
Who can do Yoga?

Yoga is beneficial to all ages from young children to older people - no one is ever too young or too old to start. Everyone can do Yoga.

Urdhva Prasarita Padasana
Health and Stress Management
The holistic Yoga principles of harmony and unity have made it successful as a form of complimentary therapy in the treatment of such conditions as asthma, diabetes, back pain, headaches, digestive disorders and stiff hips. As the body learns to work more efficiently problems like these can be alleviated. Yoga also works on the emotional level as many people suffer from stress and trauma. Yoga techniques can help to release tension and teach us methods of coping with the demands of modern day living.

Dhanurasana
Flexibility
Yoga is non-competitive – i.e. every posture is practised to the best of that person’s ability. As the Yoga practise progresses, students find their flexibility improves greatly but gently.

Sirsasana
Regular Yoga practise

There is no minimum or maximum recommended time. However, attending a weekly class is a good starting point and the teacher can give gentle asanas (postures) to be practised on a regular basis at home.


			Why Yoga? Anyone can practice yoga. You don’t need specialist equipment or clothes, just a space and a strong desire for a healthier more fulfilled lifestyle. The practise of Yoga builds self-confidence and awareness. Yoga can restore self esteem and a feeling of value for one’s achievements.
			Where does Yoga come from? Yoga’s powerful techniques were slowly developed over thousands of years in India as a means of balancing and harmonising body, mind and emotions.
			What are the benefits of Yoga? Yoga is a powerful discipline that can improve health and fitness. Yoga postures can increase flexibility, stability, stamina and strength, both physically and emotionally. And this importantly helps you develop and recognise your own immense personal potential.
			Who can do Yoga? Yoga is beneficial to all ages from young children to older people - no one is ever too young or too old to start. Everyone can do Yoga.
			Health and Stress Management The holistic Yoga principles of harmony and unity have made it successful as a form of complimentary therapy in the treatment of such conditions as asthma, diabetes, back pain, headaches, digestive disorders and stiff hips. As the body learns to work more efficiently problems like these can be alleviated. Yoga also works on the emotional level as many people suffer from stress and trauma. Yoga techniques can help to release tension and teach us methods of coping with the demands of modern day living.
			Flexibility Yoga is non-competitive – i.e. every posture is practised to the best of that person’s ability. As the Yoga practise progresses, students find their flexibility improves greatly but gently.
			Regular Yoga practise There is no minimum or maximum recommended time. However, attending a weekly class is a good starting point and the teacher can give gentle asanas (postures) to be practised on a regular basis at home.