15 weeks: Topics include General Posture, Neck and Shoulders, Upper back, Lower back and Forward folding, Restorative yoga for Back Health (a list of topics will be given out at start of the course). Click on the image above to see more information on Yoga for Back Health.
4 weeks: Sitting and Standing poses using a chair. Variety will come with the use of the chair - a fantastic way to make progress. Some of the poses can only be done with a chair. Using the chair - as an option - can be part of your journey.
4 weeks: General poses; Manipura (solar plexus) chakra; Restorative yoga to improve digestion; Yoga breathing practices to promote digestive health
"When the breath is unsteady, the mind is unsteady. When the breath is steady, the mind is steady and the yogi becomes steady".
Hatha Yoga Pradipika
12 weeks: Comprehensive, enjoyable practices
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You may be able to achieve many yoga postures without what are known as 'props' - I did when I started yoga. However, once you learn how to use the props they become indispensible and they help you to keep your body safe and aligned in the yoga postures. There are myriad ways to use the props and this course is also a 'complete in itself' one.
It is important to balance the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. Destressing has many benefits. In the back course, the focus for this topic is on 'undoing' - often our problems are caused by a sort of constant and unconscious 'clenching' action in one of more parts of the body. Click on the image above to see more information on Restorative yoga.
Yoga Kind teaching aims to avoid a "one size fits all" approach. Every pose (or move) can be adapted to suit your own body. At the heart of yoga is that it is a "kind to self" practice.