It's true, there are some vigorous yoga classes, but experienced yoga therapists often find that people with no experience in yoga make quicker progress than those with years of experience. Yoga is not about "going for the burn", or pushing yourself: instead it's about listening to your body and gently moving into postures. With guidance from a good teacher you can learn how to stretch and increase your flexibility and strength without risk of injury.
Join the wonderful world of Yoga and find some rest and relaxation as well as wonderful postures to stretch and strengthen the body and mind. Beginners aways welcome, please message us for any further information by text or e-mail. All classes are Hatha Yoga, meaning general yoga. The class consists of breathing exercises to calm our mind, physical asanas (poses) for strengthening and stretching the muscles & joints, completing with restfull relaxation to bring together body and mind.
My name is Michelle Griffiths, I have been an avid Yogie since I was five and in my early teens, began Pilates to deal with the fact that I was born with twisted lower limbs. After years spent in & out of hospital, I turned to yoga & Pilates as a solution to my pain. Together, they worked so well, I was pain free by the time I was 20 and my posture was corrected.
Yoga for you gives you the chance to come to class and commit to looking after yourself better physically, mentally and emotionally. Bringing an enhanced feeling of positive health, strength and vitality to your daily life. No matter what physical condition your are in, Yoga for You can be a shining light to take you forward in life so that you can develop naturally, de-stress and deepen your relationship with everything around you.
I used to have real pain after long car journeys. I would get out and be hobbling. I have done loads of car journeys now and it has been fine, so it really has made the difference. It does help me and the other people in the class were all saying the same thing.
We are tucked away behind the Bishopthorpe Road shops, just off Scarcroft Rd. Turn down Scarcroft Rd at the traffic light junction with Bishopthorpe Rd, take the first left up Nunmill St, and turn left up the alleyway just past the green railings. See map for parking suggestions.
Classes help you get in touch with your true nature. You can be happy with who you are rather than who you think you should be. And when you are in tune with yourself you will find it easier to make the right choices. Choosing to live healthily and respectfully so we can enjoy more energy and zest for life. We can be in touch with what really matters to us. With passion and purpose we are motivated. I bring over 20 years of professional practice of healing, hypnotherapy and NLP.
My name is Anne-Marie Barnes, I teach Baby Massage and Baby Yoga classes in the Ossett, Horbury Wakefield Kirklees and West Yorkshire area. Baby Massage is suitable from birth onwards and I am a Baby Massage CIMI qualified instructor. Baby Yoga is suitable for babies from 8 weeks to fast crawling. I also teach Toddler Yoga from walking to 4 years of age. I have been Teaching parents in small relaxed groups from my home since 2008.
Katherine started practising yoga in 2005 whilst living in Australia. She loved practising outdoors, in the early morning to set herself up for the day. Over the years she has continued to practice with different traditions, including Hatha Yoga, Anusara Yoga, Sivananda Yoga and Kundalini Yoga. Yoga is a great activity for people who are living with physical or mental health conditions and want to live a better quality of life.
Lilley's been teaching since 2006 but her first experience of yoga was in the early 1990s when she took part in a pioneering therapeutic programme for asthmatics. Lilley considers yoga as being the single most effective tool in helping her to recover from an auto-immune disorder, which at its peak left her too weak to walk.