Yoga

You may first approach Yoga as a way to achieve a great body or to keep fit and that is perfectly alright. Yoga really does help improve your health. Stretching can tone your muscles, exercise your spine and your entire skeletal system.

Yoga encourages you to reflect on yourself and to find your inner peace. It exercises not just your body but your mind as well. With a healthy body and mind, you're on your way to a more fulfilling life.

Hatha Yoga

The term Hatha Yoga has been commonly used to describe the practice of asana (postures). The syllable 'ha' denotes the pranic (vital) force governing the physical body and 'tha' denotes the chitta (mental) force thus making Hatha Yoga a catalyst to an awakening of the two energies that govern our lives. More correctly the techniques described in Hatha Yoga harmonise and purify the body systems and focus the mind in preparation for more advanced chakra and kundalini practices.

The Hatha Yoga system includes asana along with the six shatkarmas (physical and mental detox techniques), mudras and bandhas (psycho-physiological energy release techniques) and Pranayama (pranic awakening practices). Fine tuning of the human personality at increasingly subtle levels leads to higher states of awareness and meditation.
 
1. Yogasana (yoga positions)
2. Six shatkarmas (physical and mental detox techniques)
3. Mudras and Bandhas (psycho-physiological energy release techniques)
4. Pranayama (pranic awakening practices)

Ashtanga Yoga

The basis of ashtanga yoga is the Yoga sutras (Sanskrit Verses) of Patanjali. We will consider the different aspects of yoga while remaining under the guiding principles of Patanjali's Yoga (Ashtanga Yoga). The Asana, Pranayama, Dharana, Dhyan & Samadhi or the Yama and Niyama are systematically described by Patanjali in his Sanskrit Sutras (verses).  
 
The classes are being ran by Richard Coats. Richard coats has more than 6 years experience in yoga and massage therapy, training in India and Scotland. He has trained in traditional Hatha and Ashtanga yoga at the University Yoga Vidya Gurukal (India). Richard also trained in Sweedish, Deep Tissue, Sports and Remedial massage at the Western School of Massage in Scotland.

Yoga Class Every Wednesday 7pm - 9.30pm

Price: £8.00 for 1.5hr session

Discount for Block Booking for 8 classes - £54 (payment in advance required, expiry 12 weeks, not to be shared).