HOW CAN YOU BENEFIT FROM YOGA?

The correct practice and understanding of yoga can help people of all ages and from all walks of life. It promotes health by encouraging the free flow of life force within the body and therefore has both general and specific applications.

1. It maintains fitness and flexibility and promotes a sense of well-being. By building up resistance to disease it is also preventive.

2. Concentration is improved, awareness heightened and intuition strengthened It brings greater clarity of mind, and cultivates a sense of harmony with life.

3. Yoga helps us to take charge of our own energy, to become masters of life rather than victims of circumstance. While acknowledging and accepting the difficulties it looks for the positive in what we are experiencing and therefore has the possibility of transforming our lives. Our thoughts influence the activities in the body and our experiences of life. By tuning into our calm and peaceful centre and looking at something in a different way, we are able to find the solution we need.

4. It is extremely effective in relieving the stresses of modern day living.

5. As well as its general and preventive nature, yoga is therapeutic and healing:

a. The integration of mind, body and emotions strengthens the immune system and therefore the body’s own self-healing powers and helps to restore the proper functioning of the various bodily systems. Central to this process is the restoration of the natural breath – building up our life force by the correct use of the diaphragm.

b. Medical research has shown that it is most effective for many ailments and it offers a complementary approach to the treatment of disease. Essentially it is a self help therapy giving the person a creative and active role in their own healing process.

c. The practice of yoga can be very empowering for those with chronic disorders and disabilities. It appreciably improves the physical condition and quality of life, generating positive attitudes and bringing peace of mind. It is a great aid in the management of chronic conditions.

d. Yoga considers the whole person and what they are experiencing. Because of its holistic nature a wide variety of conditions can be helped. It alleviates symptoms and gets to the cause of the problem. We need to begin where we are, step by step working towards peace, and fulfillment. For example:

anxiety, states of depression, back pain, neck and shoulder problems, repetitive strain injury, arthritis and joint problems, breathing disorders including asthma, hypertension, heart conditions, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, Parkinson's disease and insomnia.

No previous experience is necessary. If in any doubt please consult your doctor.

All are welcome to come and stay for any length of time to experience the many different aspects of yoga.

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