• It’s time to unwind from your busy week.
• This program combines the benefits of stretch therapy techniques with the relaxation methods of yoga and some light strengthening exercises.
• Regular stretching will improve your circulation, promote a healthy heart, and improve your posture and overall well being.
• Stretch Yoga is suitable for all fitness levels.
• Yoga is a discipline that connects you with your body and with your soul.
• Yoga strengthens the body, increases flexibility, decreases stress levels and brings about a sense of peace and harmony.
• Yoga is part of a system of Indian philosophy which appeared as far back as 2800BC.
• Yoga is a holistic practice - literally translated from the sanscrit language yoga means "to yoke" or "to bind" and regular practice helps to integrate the physical, mental, spiritual and emotional aspects of self.
• Yoga is not just for the flexible.
• In fact if you are feeling stiff, tight or restricted in your movements then it is the perfect practice for you!
• Physically yoga helps strengthen and tone muscles.
• It improves balance which tends to decline as we age.
• Mentally it creates the possibility of clearing the mind through focusing on breathing, energy flow and the alignment of the postures.

• Feeling unbalanced, slow or tired, then yes a yoga class will help you regain your stability and energy.
• Yoga does wonders to increase flexibility, stretch ligaments, lubricate joints, and tone muscles. Just ten daily minutes of the sun salutation sequence will eventually cure your morning stiffness.
• Some of the asanas, especially forward bends, have a capacity to trim your tummy.
• Yoga is a wonderful way to restore elasticity of the spine and improve posture tree, bridge, and plough are the most effective postures for the health of your back.
• Headstand and shoulderstand both aid to the flow of blood to the brain, which results in better thinking and improved memory.
• Almost all yoga postures massage internal glands and organs, which helps the proper functioning of various body systems, including the most vulnerable endocrine, digestive, and cardiovascular ones.
• Regular meditation at the end of your yoga session helps to calm your mind and decrease anxiety and depression.
• Breathing exercises, or “pranayama“, an essential part of yoga practice, will expand your lung capacity and improve the flow of the vital energy (“prana“) within your subtle body.

Ring or email today and book in for a free assessment with one of our instructors. Then join a Yoga program to lose that tired, depressed or stiffness feeling today!

• Postmenopausal Women-Resistance Training Increases Bone Mass.
• Even though walking and other weight-bearing aerobic type exercise is effective in slowing bone loss, progressive strength training has been proven to increase bone density at the intertrochanter hip site.
• It is recommended as an additional approach to preventing osteoporosis in combination with other treatments, in postmenopausal women. [Journal of Bone & Mineral Research, 2001]