Why practise yoga?
Yoga is for everyone - all ages and levels of fitness and ability
For those who prefer gentler exercise yoga is ideal, gradually improving strength and flexibility, balance and co-ordination, self-confidence and relaxation - for many people this is the main reason for practising yoga and certainly one of its greatest benefits.
For others who play vigorous sports, dance or work-out in the gym yoga also offers a way to improve stamina and endurance. It eases tense muscles, strained ligaments and helps prevent injuries.
Yoga works not only on the muscles, bones and joints but on the inner body too, helping to balance the respiratory, ciculatory, nervous, hormonal, digestive, excretory and reproductive systems. This balance brings mental peace and enhances intellectual clarity.
There are many different yoga asanas (postures) - standing, sitting, twists, backbends, inverted and lying down - which have different effects on the body. The benefits of Iyengar yoga are both immediate and progressive and from the first class you will have increased self-awareness and the knowledge of some basic postures. These can also be practised at home to relax the body and calm the mind.
Whether you come to yoga to improve your general level of fitness, to relieve a bad back or reduce stress you will leave class feeling calm and relaxed. A common remark from people just starting yoga is that they have more energy and sleep better than they have in ages!
Come and experience the benefits of Iyengar yoga for yourself - it's changed my life and it can change yours too.
