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The Yoga for Back and Core course offers a therapeutic exercise system that focuses on improving mobility of the spine and joints while building muscular strength and stamina. Other benefits include improving poor postural habits, which can lead to back pain, and restoring muscular balance.

This course covers six out of eight progressive levels. Each level contains stretching and strengthening, breathing and relaxation techniques to help control stress and tension. The programme has been developed through collaboration over many years between the author Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda, specialist doctors and physiotherapists.

Great for getting back into physical activity or improving a regular practice. Open to everyone.

Yoga in Daily Life is a unique yoga system designed for all ages and suitable for any level of fitness. 

In this class we will be focusing on gentle stretches, simple yoga postures to strengthen muscles and breathing exercises to help you relax and regenerate. 

Regular practice of yoga keeps the human body vital and healthy into old age. Yoga exercises have a medically demonstrable, stimulating and regulating impact upon all systems of the human body, including the glands, organs and nervous system. They have a purifying and regenerative effect on the entire body.

We focus on a simple, non competitive practice of yoga which makes it accessible to all.

For more advance students of yoga, the focus is on slow, conscious, concentrated practice. Remaining in each position for a longer period of time will enable you to experience the influence of the asanas upon body, mind and soul. You will be able to experience the vital energy that is stimulated in the body through these postures. Meditation in this level helps deepen concentration (dharana), and the pranayama is extended.

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Give yourself the bliss of winding down at the end of the week with the deep physical and mental relaxation experienced in Yoga Nidra. This technique involves lying down on the back for a progressive body scan - cushions and blankets are provided for warmth and support. An additional bonus of the practice is that it enables you to access your subconscious, connect with inner motivations and manifest positive intentions, by using a sankalpa or resolve. We finish with a short peaceful seated meditation - sitting in a chair or up in bed is fine for those who cannot sit comfortably on the floor, after all you are in the comfort of your own home. This class is suitable for all and particularly recommended for those in a healing process.

Yoga now is not just a way to maintain balance and harmony for body and mind but also a spiritual discipline in your life. By this time you will have progressed on your yoga path by the systematic practice of asanas, pranayam and concentration. We learn from experience the importance of keeping focused on our goals and to practice with confidence.

Yoga develops the power to discriminate between good and bad choices and develops our viveka, the part of the intellect which guides us to correct understanding and making the right decisions in life. Yoga ignites in us the light of inner wisdom. You will gain clarity about who you are and the right actions to take in life.

Intermediate/Experienced classes will deepen your practice of asanas, relaxation, pranayama and meditation, providing you with more strength, energy and a sense of wellbeing. The techniques can help correct poor posture, strengthen the body and boost energy, and also help create a peaceful state of mind, building confidence and enabling you to feel calm and strong. You should have completed the YIDL Level 1 Foundation Course or attended at least three months of YIDL Level 1 Beginners and/or Yoga For All drop-in classes before moving into this level, after consulting with your yoga teacher.