Yorkshire Coast Yoga
Yorkshire Coast Yoga provides yoga and meditation classes for all levels, ages and abilities. We offer classes for adults and children, beginners, intermediate and advanced, group sessions and private lessons. All classes are taught in convenient, comfortable venues by an experienced British Wheel of Yoga teacher.
What is Yoga?
"Yoga is an immortal art, science and philosophy. It is the best subjective psycho-anatomy of humankind ever conceived for the experience of physical, mental, intellectual and spiritual well-being." (B.K.S. Iyengar)
The word ‘yoga’ is Sanskrit for ‘unified’, ‘brought together’, ‘joined together’. It refers to a set of practices designed to ‘unify’ the various aspects of the self – specifically, the mental, spiritual and physical aspects – in order to develop greater peace, calm and well-being. Most people coming to a yoga class will experience some of these psychological benefits alongside the varied and remarkable physical benefits brought about by regular yoga practice.
In the west, we are primarily familiar with yoga as a set of physical practices. In India, however, yoga developed over thousands of years and referred to various means of bringing the self to its ultimate potential. These means might have been physical, but they were just as likely to involve meditation, study, ethics and other spiritual disciplines.
So yoga is more than simply performing balances and postures. In essence, it is a lifestyle that may incorporate physical exercises as part of a set of practices leading to peace and happiness. In a yoga class, you will be taught physical exercises, and you are also likely to be introduced to relaxation and meditation techniques and breathing exercises. As you advance, you may also want to consider some of the lifestyle implications of yoga.
Yoga is suitable for everybody, including those with disabilities.
The Benefits of Yoga
Provided yoga is practised with care, it is a very safe activity and provides a great many benefits for the whole body. It can be modified to suit a person in any state of disability, ill health or injury. Some of the benefits of regular yoga practice include:
- Increased body awareness, strength and stamina
- Enhanced mobility and flexibility
- Better muscle tone
- Improved coordination and balance
- Increased lung capacity and better lung function
- Decreased fatigue
- Greater mental clarity and peace of mind
- Reduction in stress and tension
Yoga can also help with behavioural problems and has been used to good effect in cases of ADHD and autism.
Keep in touch!
Please leave your email address so that I can keep you up to date with my classes – just click on this link: news@YorskhireCoast.yoga-classes.info
Links
Useful yoga websites include:
Other useful sites, connected with Buddhism and meditation, include:
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