We are having a Yoga Party for children and teenagers at 4.30pm on July 15th. There will be a short class followed by tea and cakes. Everyone is invited: bring your friends, parents, aunts, uncles and neighbours. It is a great opportunity to try a bit of children’s yoga and see what a lovely time we all have. We provide a safe and encouraging environment and we would like everybody to know about how great it is!
Lizzie and Diana went to the BBC to talk about Yogawest and the upcoming workshop with Karen Wilde on Phil Hammond’s show on a Saturday morning in June 2012.
If you missed it, here’s a clip: bbcinterviewJune12
Posted in Health, pelvic floor, Teachers, Workshop, Yoga
5th – 12th May 2013
Heliotrope Holidays invite you to experience Mediterranean Turkey at its most beautiful and unspoilt. Indira and Diana will bring their passion for yoga, knowledge and humour to a week that promises to offer a fantastic yoga experience from these two young and devoted teachers.
The peaceful, mountainous setting and rejuvenating yoga will make this a holiday that you’ll be reluctant to leave. The historic, picturesque beach of Olympos is nearby.
For £440 per person Heliotrope provide a package including accommodation, all yoga classes, use of the pool and traditional Turkish Bath, and brunch and supper consisting of delicious, Turkish, vegetarian food.
“This was the best yoga holiday I have had with just the right amount of yoga balanced with good food, good company and a wonderful setting. I feel totally relaxed and rejuvenated and will certainly come back next year.”
– Polly, Essex
For more information and to book your place please visit
www.heliotrope-yoga-holidays.com
or email info@heliotrope-yoga-holidays.com
tel: +90 216 334 6991
5th – 12th May 2013
Heliotrope Holidays invite you to experience Mediterranean Turkey at its most beautiful and unspoilt. Indira and Diana will bring their passion for yoga, knowledge and humour to a week that promises to offer a fanatstic yoga experience from these two young and devoted teachers.
The peaceful, mountainous setting and rejuvenating yoga will make this a holiday that you’ll be reluctant to leave. The historic, picturesque beach of Olympos is nearby.
For £440 per person Heliotrope provide a package including accommodation, all yoga classes, use of the pool and traditional Turkish Bath, and brunch and supper consisting of delicious, Turkish, vegetarian food.
“This was the best yoga holiday I have had with just the right amount of yoga balanced with good food, good company and a wonderful setting. I feel totally relaxed and rejuvenated and will certainly come back next year.”
– Polly, Essex
For more information and to book your place please visit
www.heliotrope-yoga-holidays.com
or email info@heliotrope-yoga-holidays.com
tel: +90 216 334 6991
Posted in Health, holiday, Yoga, Yogawest Students Abroad
Good pelvic floor health is very important for both men and women and yoga can help promote it.Starts on June 12th. This runs as a 6-week course, although you can drop in to try your first class: email us to book. Once the course is confirmed, you can book for single classes (but drop-in not advised as the class may not be on).
Download June 12th course booking form YW_Preg_Tues10.30_Jun12th
Yoga is a wonderful activity to do when pregnant. It prepares your body and mind for birth, keeps you moving and is a lovely way to meet other Mums-to-be in the area. Midwives and Doulas recognise the benefits of regular yoga when pregnant and we are always delighted when they come to class themselves.
At Yogawest we have 2 antenatal classes a week: one on Tuesday morning at 10.30 taught by Bob (runs as a course), and one on Wednesday evening at 6.10pm taught by Tamara (currently drop-in).
Pregnancy classes are suitable for beginners or those already practising (you need to be 13 weeks or more). Yoga students in other classes who become pregnant can usually continue to attend their normal class well into pregnancy but should talk to their teacher and also consult their midwife or doctor.
The Wednesday evening class is currently a drop-in class (which will change in September to 6-week courses). It’s best to talk to us first so we can confirm details, or you can just drop in (come early on your first time to register with us).
Are you a local midwife or Doula? Would you like to visit us and see a pregnancy class in action? We’d love you to come: email us to arrange.
The monthly pranayama class is this Friday, 8.30>9.30am. Janet Hartley is teaching and this class is suitable for all. If it’s your first pranayama class, then please let Janet know when you come.
Article from The Guardian March 27th 2012
Ryan Giggs has said that practising yoga has kept him in the game for so long and added that he would still love to play another 100 games for Manchester United. The Welshman, who is chasing his 13th Premier League title, told Gazzetta dello Sport that he has had to change the way he thinks on the pitch but that he is still “living the dream”.
“The yoga has definitely helped me,” the 38-year-old said. “It helps me train every day because it gives me the flexibility and the strength not only to play the game but to train as well.
“I rarely miss a training session even [if I do] a little less than the younger players I still go out and train. [When you get to my age] you have to change the way of thinking. I was a quick player when I was younger, now I am not so quick. [You have to] use your experience, use your intelligence on the pitch, to adapt your game and change your game, as I have done.”
The Welshman also confirmed that he wants to stay involved in football after ending his playing career but admitted that taking charge of United may prove a step too far. Initially, at least. “At the moment I am just focused on playing. But whatever happens afterwards, I will be involved in football somewhere,” he said.
“I’ve done my coaching badges so I’ve done all I can really to prepare myself for life after football [as a player]. To manage a team like United … Yes, [Pep] Guardiola has managed [to be in charge of a big club straight away] with Barcelona but even he was coach of the reserve team, the B team, for a couple of years so he had a little bit of experience so… [but] we’ll have to see.”
Giggs, who has already made 28 appearances and scored four goals this season, added: “When I was younger my goal was to play for Manchester United. Just once. The after that you get greedy, you want to be in the team all the team, then you want to score goals.
“Then you get really greedy and you want to win trophies and you want more trophies and all of these things have happened. You realise your dream and at 38 I am still living my dream. You can’t ask for more than that. Records and goals are not a big part of my motivation for going forward. Of course, playing 900 games for United is special but I don’t look too far into the future, I just try to enjoy the moment and to do my best. If that is another 10 games then so be it, and if it is another 100 games then that would be great.”
United’s local rivals, Manchester City, have emerged as the main rivals for the Premier League title this season and Giggs said: “We have the experience but City have the hunger, if we both keeping going like this, everything will be decided in the derby.” And asked which players he had been most impressed with when playing against Italian teams during his long career, he singled out Javier Zanetti of Internazionale and Juventus’s Alessandro Del Piero, calling the former “a complete player”.
Read more here.
A new study has revealed that yoga is a more effective way for people with lower back pain to become more mobile than the treatments currently offered by GPs. The study, which was based on 12 specially designed classes by Iyengar yoga teachers, found that back pain sufferers recorded greater improvements in everyday physical tasks if they did weekly yoga sessions.
The study found that back pain sufferers recorded greater improvements in everyday physical tasks such as walking, bending down and getting dressed if they did weekly yoga sessions.
Participants who had practised yoga reported enhanced function compared with those receiving standard care, even nine months after the yoga classes had finished.
Previous, smaller studies have suggested yoga could be beneficial to back pain sufferers. However, these have often involved just one teacher and have not included long-term follow-up.
Read the full article at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/oct/31/yoga-lower-back-pain-treatments?newsfeed=true
See also:
http://nccam.nih.gov/research/results/spotlight/112409.htm
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15836974