Category: Yoga Blog

1. Express Yoga

   Posted on 10:14am Saturday 8th Feb 2014

   Lunchtime yoga sessions are becoming increasingly popular and are frequently being offered in the workplace.

   Many companies now recognize the value of yoga and are even offering classes to their employees as part of their stress reduction and corporate wellness programs during the workday.

   According to Yoga Journal, such companies include Chase Manhattan Bank, Forbes, HBO, GE, Wall Street brokerage firms, and dozens of Fortune 500’s like Nike, Apple, Harpo, Motorola, Google, Forbes, and General Motors!

   The benefits of yoga for the employees include improved concentration, decision-making and multi-tasking skills, improved alertness and productivity and the ability to react more calmly in demanding situations. In addition yoga can relieve head, neck and back strain, carpal tunnel syndrome, insomnia, high blood pressure and work-related injuries from repetitive motion, sedentary job environments and/or lifting and moving objects. All these things lead to more a more productive, harmonious work environment and leave you feeling happier in the afternoons.  Jonathan Cain
   

2. Yoga and Insomnia

   Posted on 6:43pm Friday 7th Feb 2014

   
   Yoga has always been able to help people sleep better and now scientific evidence is building to support these claims.
   
   More than half of us struggle to nod off and women are three times more likely than men to suffer say new statistics from the Great British Sleep Survey, which suggests the nation's health is suffering as a result of insomnia.
   
   Professor Espie of Glasgow University, co-founder of sleep organisation Sleepio, which commissoned the survey, said the results pointed to a "real medical issue that should be taken seriously".
   
   A quarter of those with insomnia had suffered for more than 11 years and it brings added costs to the NHS in sleeping medication prescriptions
   
   

   Yoga can help with specific gentle postures, breathing and meditation that settles down the nervous system.

   Stress, hormonal change, medical and emotional problems and certain medications can cause insomnia and while there is no blanket solution yoga can be a great helper. Also, make sure that you choose the right mattress for sleep. 

    

3. Charity Yoga Event

   Posted on 7:46pm Wednesday 22nd Jan 2014

   

   After it's all over time to draw the raffle

   

   Happy people feeling great after donating to charity and getting a great yoga experience

   

   With time for a chat with amonst old friends and new found ones too.

   Some a bit camera shy

   

   Whilst others are up for it

   

   And yet more unaware

   Is this like the fishermans tale?

   

   Browsing the goods

   

   And a big sigh of relief for a successful day

4. Yoga Mantra (Chanting) 9th May

   Posted on 9:20am Friday 10th May 2013

   

   Only one thing went wrong with the Yoga Mantra classes.  The video recording didn't work.  we would have loved to have given you a sample of what it was like.

   Loved by all who attended (even the reluctants who were dragged along by someone else - (you know I mean you) so much so that it is going to become a regular monthly class on our calendar. So look out for the next one.

   To try to describe the experience would be futile but Barry was quite correct in saying that it clears the cobwebs from your mind and I for one feel really refreshed and invigorated by the experience - even after a good nights sleep.

   Maybe some of the other attendees will be able to give a better description.

5. Free yoga classes SAt 27th April

   Posted on 12:57pm Saturday 27th Apr 2013

   We were very pleased with the attendance at our free Yoga classes on Saturday.  Especially the people who travelled quite a distance to support Mandy.   The first class was full and the second was almost full.  This was despite Jayne the schedulesd teacher being ill and a bit of confusion about whether the class was cancelled or not.  Mandy stepped in and took both classes.

   We are really grateful to the people who attended as they provided an invaluable experience for Mandy who is a trainee teacher with us on the Yoga Teacher Training course.

   She throughly enjoyed the experience once she got over her nerves too.

   We wish Jayne a speedy recovery so that she too can begin to experience the pleasure of the experience.

   We will be having more free classes so keep an eye open and get signed up soon.

    

6. Yoga Competition

   Posted on 9:16pm Thursday 25th Apr 2013

   Competition to win a free yoga class.  Simples

   Just look at the picture below that has a number of pictures of Barry in Yoga postures,

   Look carefully and see how many poses you can spot Barry in.  Be careful some may be upside down postures, sideways or back to front poses (he gets himself into all sorts of positions!).  But they are all real postures and the orientation of each is correct. i.e. we've not turn the photo upside down (just Barry).

   Tell us how many you found and name them.

   The winner will be the first person out of the bag  who correctly counts the postures and names them.  Respond to this blog with your answer

   Competition closes 31st May or if there are no winners as so

   on as we get a correct answer after that date.  Check the blog fo

   r updates.