Yoga Over 45 - Preventive Yoga

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Feel fitter, stronger, for longer

Preventive yoga is about helping maintain the vigour and good health associated with youth.

It is a fact that as we age our bodies tend to become more rigid and inflexible. Some people in their twenties can already find they suffer from stiff joints and back pain, often from their sedentary lifestyles or working hunched at desks or computers for long periods of time.

The loss of the capacity to move and bend with flexibility is the defining hallmark of old age.

Of all the different types of exercise ever devised, yoga has shown itself as a system which can preserve our youthful suppleness and physical well-being AND our sense of emotional well-being better than any other.

Learn a routine you can fit easily into your everyday life.
Assess your own strengths and weaknesses and develop a plan which is right for your body and your lifestyle.

Whether you’re a fit 45 year old, interested in increasing your strength or flexibility, or a fit 65 year old, if your general health and fitness level is good and you want to know how to maintain it, this programme is probably the right one for you.

Read on and learn more about the preventive programme.

Our belief: We have more control of our age than we sometimes think!

This programme is good for you if :

You are fit, active and/or into competitive sports.
Your life is high pressured and you feel a sense of stress or anxiety.

What you’ll experience:

An individual assessment of your current flexibility, strength and any health issues.
An initial 10 session programme which will give you your own plan to:

Increase flexibility in your muscles and joints
Strengthen your spine, reducing risk of back pain
Learn how to relax muscles to release stress or tension from life pressures or after strenuous exercise
Improve balance
Ease aches and pains in joints

How programmes work:

Ideally, join a "kick-start" programme first.

You'll learn enough in these 10 sessions to be able to continue on your own at home if you want to.

You don’t have to attend specific dates - but you do have to attend 10 sessions over a 16 week period. This is to help you really get used to the new exercises, to set your personal health goals, establish your own personal routine and begin to encourage new habits which will stick.

After your 10 sessions you can continue either as a drop in, or choose one of the discounted regular user options.

Find a class and book your place now.

What our students say ...

" I want to thank you for an experience that has certainly altered my life.I was a little apprehensive at the outset but you put everyone at ease.I enjoyed and immersed myself in every minute of the tuition. "

Steve (Cantley beginner course)

" Loved the session tonight. It was so informative and instructive and looking forward to the rest of the course. We have tried a couple of other yoga studios and, although they have been enjoyable, they have been quite fast paced and we've never been sur "

Erika (Cantley Beginner class)

" I feel very lucky that I stumbled upon you and your beginners class back in January, there really is something in it! "

Paula

" I would like to say to you that I really enjoy your classes, the way you instruct, demonstrate and support. From one teacher to another I would like to say how good you are and I am pleased to have found your classes. "

Cherryl (Cantley class)

" I’d just like to say how much I enjoyed the trial yoga session on Monday evening, at Bawtry. I couldn’t believe how powerful your words were when you said, “When you step on the mat it’s your time!” I felt it gave me ‘permission’ to enjoy and relax. I "

Lisa Suter

" Thank you for 2 inspirational classes today, they were thoroughly enjoyable and absorbing! Could I put my name down to reserve a place for the day retreat on Saturday 20 Jan please? The last one was fantastic and can't wait to do another one! "

June Borrowdale

" I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed today's yoga class. I loved the restorative exercises and found them so relaxing. "

Gill Hafford

" I've only been to one class so far and I can't wait for the next one! Shona is an excellent teacher and very encouraging. Lovely atmosphere in the hall, very calming. "

Loretta West

" My motivation is to maintain my health and strength for as long as possible while coping with MS. The classes have really transformed my approach to exercise and inspired me to carry on. Shona has a very gentle and capable approach and her instructions a "

Lisa Scott

" I'm not sure you always know how wonderful we all think you are Shona! you have an incredible talent for making 14 individuals feel like a team, but also the beneficiaries of totally bespoke and individualised attention. You are very, very clear! You ex "

Noreen D'Rozario

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Interested In Therapeutic Yoga or more personalised sessions?

If you suffer with a severe medical condition it may be that therapeutic and restorative sessions which teach you more restorative postures and breathing techniques in smaller groups or 1-1 might be best for you - at least initially.

If you'd like more information or want to register your interest in these sessions, then simply complete the form below and we'll get back to you very shortly.

(For general enquiries, contact us here)