The most commonly practiced yoga in the West is Hatha yoga. Hatha yoga is 5000 years old. It is non-competitive and it teaches us self-discipline and self-awareness.
Benefits of regular yoga practice are that it
- promotes physical and mental health and well being
- strengthens and lengthens muscles
- increases flexibility
- improves posture
- supports the body's systems (such as endocrine, immune, respiratory and circulatory)
- improves digestion and elimination
- increases the capacity of the lungs
- focuses the mind in the present, offering a relief from every day stresses and strains
- removes the obstacles that may prevent a good night's sleep.
Classes
Monday evening 5.15- 6.30 pm. Surrey County Council staff, Kingston upon Thames
Tuesday evening 7.00 - 8.30 pm. LA Fitness, Epsom (Ruxley Lane)
Wednesday morning 11.00 - 12.15 - yoga class in Worcester Park library
Thursday evening 6.30 - 7.45 pm - pregnancy yoga class in Ewell, Epsom, Bluegates Scout Hall, London Road KT17 2SA
Friday morning 10.30 - 12.00 - yoga in Carshalton Beeches, Queen Elizabeth Foundation Mobility Centre, Damson Drive, Fountain Way, Carshalton Beeches, Surrey SM5 4NR www.qef.org.uk Drop ins and 6 week courses available.
Saturday morning 11.15 - 12.45. LA Fitness, Epsom (Ruxley Lane).
One to one sessions can be designed to suit personal circumstances and can be much more beneficial than being taught in a class situation.
Corporate 'in-house' yoga classes can be specially designed to meet the needs of a company and its employees. Physical postures, breathing and relaxation exercises can help to keep employees calm and make their experience of work more enjoyable and productive.
For further information please email info@hummingbee.co.uk
Me and yoga
I have been practicing yoga for over 12 years, I initially started as I was working in a highly stressful job in London and was searching for relaxation and a way to escape the daily grind. Now it has become my way of life.
I am a qualified British School of Yoga Hatha Yoga Teacher - BSYA. I have been a member of the British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) since 2005 and have completed a BWY Foundation Course with them.
I have completed specialist pregnancy yoga training through Yogacampus with the UK's leading expert, Uma Dinsmore Tuli www.yogacampus.com
I am listed with the Independent Yoga Network as a Yoga Registered Teacher (YRT) www.independentyoganetwork.org
I am listed as a Yoga Teacher with the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS)www.exerciseregister.org
I am a registered Hatha and pregnancy yoga teacher, based in Worcester Park, Surrey, with Yoga Pages www.yogapages.co.uk This a useful place to get more information about yoga related issues.
I hold valid first aid certificates for adults and children.
I am influenced by many yoga styles and regularly attend classes in Astanga, Hatha and Iyengar traditions which I find keeps my practice fresh by sharing ideas with my fellow teachers and students. I also regularly attend yoga workshops.
I feel I am privileged to have discovered yoga and to be able to share it as wonderful gift with my students and my teaching friends.
For further information please email info@hummingbee.co.uk
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