There are many reasons to practice yoga and here are just 10 of them:
Yoga reduces the physical effects of stress on the body. By encouraging relaxation, yoga helps to lower the levels of the stress hormone cortisol.
Studies have demonstrated that practicing yoga asanas (postures), meditation or a combination of the two, reduced pain for people with conditions such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, auto-immune diseases and hypertension as well as arthritis, back and neck pain, and other chronic conditions.
Yoga teaches people to take slower, deeper breaths. This helps to improve lung function, trigger the body’s relaxation response and increase the amount of oxygen available to the body.
Yoga helps to improve flexibility and mobility, increasing range of movement and reducing aches and pains. Yoga also helps to improve body alignment resulting in better posture and helping to relieve back, neck, joint and muscle problems.
Yoga asanas (postures) use every muscle in the body, helping to increase strength literally from head to toe.
Yoga (even less vigorous styles) can aid weight control efforts by reducing the cortisol levels as well as by burning excess calories and reducing stress. Yoga also encourages healthy eating habits and provides a heightened sense of well-being and self-esteem.
Yoga helps to improve circulation and, as a result of various poses, more efficiently moves oxygenated blood to the body’s cells.
Even gentle yoga practice can provide cardiovascular benefits by lowering resting heart rate, increasing endurance and improving oxygen uptake during exercise.
Yoga helps us to focus on the present, to become more aware and to help create mind body health. It opens the way to improved concentration, coordination, reaction time and memory.
The meditative aspects of yoga help many to reach a deeper, more spiritual and more satisfying place in their lives. Many who begin to practice for other reasons have reported this to be a key reason that yoga has become an essential part of their daily life.
Yoga, Yogalates and Meditation Class Timetable
Monday
12.30pm to 1.30pm – Yoga: £5.00
1.30pm to 2.00pm – Meditation: £4.00 (or £2.00 if you attend the above Yoga session)
6.30pm to 7.15pm – Yoga (beginners): £5.00
Tuesday
6.30pm to 8.00pm – Yoga and Meditation: £7.00
Thursday
1.15pm to 2.00pm – PIYO: £6.00
Friday
6.00pm to 7.00pm – Yoga (Kundalini): £5.00
Saturday
9.00am to 10.00am – Yoga: £5.00
10.15am to 11.15am – Antenatal Yoga: £5.00
Classes at Newcastle Chiropractic Clinic.