Hatha yoga is the yoga tradition most familiar to Western culture. The term is derived from the Sanskrit ha, meaning “sun,” and tha, meaning “moon.” The practice aims to unite the active and receptive qualities represented by each celestial being.  Practitioners of Hatha yoga use physical alignment and breathing control to achieve an equilibrium between the active body and its universe. The resulting harmony manifests itself as physical strength, physiological health and emotional well-being. Suitable for all. Benefits: On the physical level this practice improves i.a. balance and flexibility, increases strength and life force. Furthermore, it stimulates the cardiopulmonary function, the digestive, nervous, and endocrine system. Benefits on other levels include a deeper sense of awareness, increased self-confidence and well-being as well as a calm and integrated mind.

This Gentle Yin Yoga class is a slower paced class, designed for those who may be relatively new to yoga, or if you haven’t practiced for a while and are looking to ease yourself back gently or recover from illness or injury and looking for a gentler more relaxing class. In this class, we will explore how soft meditative stretching can be very helpful for easing areas of long term tension. Slow, gentle stretching can teach the muscles to relax, meditation and pranayama can help maintain the softening and reduce inflammation. We will incorporate some traditional Yin Yoga poses that stretch and stimulate the connective tissue rather than the muscles, so enabling very deep work on the ligaments and fascia that more yang (dynamic) yoga practices cannot offer. The postures will be simple and accessible. This is a very relaxing and revitalising form of yoga that is beneficial for both beginners and experienced yogis, and is a great complement to a yang style practice.

Hatha yoga is the yoga tradition most familiar to Western culture. The term is derived from the Sanskrit ha, meaning “sun,” and tha, meaning “moon.” The practice aims to unite the active and receptive qualities represented by each celestial being.  Practitioners of Hatha yoga use physical alignment and breathing control to achieve an equilibrium between the active body and its universe. The resulting harmony manifests itself as physical strength, physiological health and emotional well-being. Suitable for all. Benefits: On the physical level this practice improves i.a. balance and flexibility, increases strength and life force. Furthermore, it stimulates the cardiopulmonary function, the digestive, nervous, and endocrine system. Benefits on other levels include a deeper sense of awareness, increased self-confidence and well-being as well as a calm and integrated mind.

This Gentle Yin Yoga class is a slower paced class, designed for those who may be relatively new to yoga, or if you haven’t practiced for a while and are looking to ease yourself back gently or recover from illness or injury and looking for a gentler more relaxing class. In this class, we will explore how soft meditative stretching can be very helpful for easing areas of long term tension. Slow, gentle stretching can teach the muscles to relax, meditation and pranayama can help maintain the softening and reduce inflammation. We will incorporate some traditional Yin Yoga poses that stretch and stimulate the connective tissue rather than the muscles, so enabling very deep work on the ligaments and fascia that more yang (dynamic) yoga practices cannot offer. The postures will be simple and accessible. This is a very relaxing and revitalising form of yoga that is beneficial for both beginners and experienced yogis, and is a great complement to a yang style practice.

Hatha yoga is the yoga tradition most familiar to Western culture. The term is derived from the Sanskrit ha, meaning “sun,” and tha, meaning “moon.” The practice aims to unite the active and receptive qualities represented by each celestial being.  Practitioners of Hatha yoga use physical alignment and breathing control to achieve an equilibrium between the active body and its universe. The resulting harmony manifests itself as physical strength, physiological health and emotional well-being. Suitable for all. Benefits: On the physical level this practice improves i.a. balance and flexibility, increases strength and life force. Furthermore, it stimulates the cardiopulmonary function, the digestive, nervous, and endocrine system. Benefits on other levels include a deeper sense of awareness, increased self-confidence and well-being as well as a calm and integrated mind.

This Gentle Yin Yoga class is a slower paced class, designed for those who may be relatively new to yoga, or if you haven’t practiced for a while and are looking to ease yourself back gently or recover from illness or injury and looking for a gentler more relaxing class. In this class, we will explore how soft meditative stretching can be very helpful for easing areas of long term tension. Slow, gentle stretching can teach the muscles to relax, meditation and pranayama can help maintain the softening and reduce inflammation. We will incorporate some traditional Yin Yoga poses that stretch and stimulate the connective tissue rather than the muscles, so enabling very deep work on the ligaments and fascia that more yang (dynamic) yoga practices cannot offer. The postures will be simple and accessible. This is a very relaxing and revitalising form of yoga that is beneficial for both beginners and experienced yogis, and is a great complement to a yang style practice.

Characteristics: Yoga Stretch is a concept in which certain postures are used to stretch all the joints and muscles in the body. A very popular class, open for all that know how far they can go in the various deep stretches. Benefits: It’s a unique technique for creating flexibility, loosening of the joints, and muscle toning. The glands are stimulated.