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Hatha Yoga back to top
Hatha Yoga at Aditi Yoga Centre is based on the traditional Sivananda teachings.
The beginners course will give you a solid foundation in the basic postures & breathing techniques preparing you for the more subtle benefits of yoga. You will gain flexibility, develop strength, and cultivate a feeling of well being. These classes are for absolute beginners or for those who are new to Hatha Yoga and are looking to master the fundamentals.
The general class is a mixed level class and is suitable for those who have completed a beginners course or have at least three months recent experience of practicing Hatha Yoga elsewhere. Students should be familiar with the Sun Salutation & able to do basic postures. Variations for some postures will also be given for more experienced students. The focus is on breath and body awareness, and developing greater strength and flexibility.
Home practice, in addition to attending the class, is highly recommended and where possible, students at general level should try to attend two classes per week.
There is an option to purchase a CD to aid personal practice at home.
Individual tuition is also available.
Hatha Vinyasa Yoga back to top
The Hatha Vinyasa Class involves a moderately energetic flow of exercises and postures creating a state of stillness and harmony between body and mind. The class uses physical movement to create mental stillness and is essentially a 'moving meditation', the aim being to energise the body and calm the mind.
The class begins with some gentle opening and conditioning exercises followed by a flow of Sun Salutations to generate heat before moving on to various sequences of the traditional yoga postures (Asanas). There is a strong focus on the use of the breath and breathing techniques (Pranayama) to both encourage flowing from one posture to another and to centre the mind.
The emphasis is on a non competitive individual yoga practice where students are encouraged to explore their own boundaries and progress at their own unique pace.
Ashtanga Yoga back to top
Ashtanga yoga is an energetic flowing form of yoga known as vinyasa. Vinyasa links the breath with motion; specific inhales and exhales fluidly link entering into & exiting out of the postures.
The beginners course is a gentle introduction to Ashtanga Yoga covering the Sun Salutations and the finishing postures, preparing you for Level 1 and/or Mysore class.
Following on from the beginners course, the Level 1 class will introduce the standing postures and some of the seated postures in the Ashtanga Primary Series. This class will also prepare and inspire you for Ashtanga Mysore practice or Ashtanga Full talk-thru.
Mysore classes are a beautiful way of practicing yoga in a safe and comfortable environment and is suitable for students of any level. Mysore Style Yoga is traditionally how Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is taught in India today. The class is not led by the teacher, the students pracice at their own pace and the teacher moves around the room giving each individual tuition/modification's if required. This class teaches you to trust in your yoga practice, learn, and discipline yourself to deepen your yoga practice in a way you will move forward, quite quickly, into more advanced postures.
Ashtanga Full talk-thru is a led class of the Ashtanga Vinyasa Primary Series. Students are advised to have some knowledge of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga. This class is building on stamina and strength in yoga asanas and finding fluidity in your yoga practice so it becomes a moving meditation.
Iyengar Yoga back to top
Rooted in the ancient tradition, Iyengar Yoga is an approach to Yoga developed by Mr BKS Iyengar. The classical Yoga postures are practised with emphasis on precise alignment, attention to detail and working safely. The approach is disciplined and progressive. Students are given individual attention and encouraged to use props to help them do the poses mindfully and correctly.
Iyengar teachers follow an intensive training programme, followed by rigorous examinations. All practising Iyengar teachers must belong to the Iyengar Teachers organisation and are required to revalidate their qualifications regularly.
Kundalini Yoga back to top
Kundalini Yoga, once called the science of the serpent power, is the yoga of awareness. It works with our energy system combining physical movement and meditation to develop fitness, self-awareness and awaken consciousness.
Kundalini Yoga will increase energy flow in the body, build the strength of the glandular and nervous systems and achieve inner peace and harmony. Each class will include warm-up exercises, a set of postures (kriyas) and meditation.
No prior experience is required to attend the classes, nor even a high level of fitness. This is not a competitive yoga. Each person is encouraged to practise at their highest level and progress at their own speed.
Restorative Yoga back to top
This gentle yoga class is ideal for those who are looking for a softer and more relaxing class. It is a therapeutically oriented yoga class and will focus on gentle yoga postures, breathing and deep relaxation.
The class is suitable for:
• Anyone suffering back, shoulder or neck pain
• Anyone recovering from illness or injury
• Over 65s
• During menstruation
• Postnatal
Yin Yoga back to top
Yin Yoga is a slow, passive form of yoga that stretches and stimulates the connective tissue rather than the muscles, so enabling very deep work on the ligaments and fascia that more yang (dynamic) yoga practices cannot offer. The postures are simple and accessible, focusing on stretching and strengthening the lower spine and hips, and are held for an extended period of time. This is a very relaxing and revitalising form of yoga that is beneficial for both beginners and experienced yogis, and is a great complement to a yang style practice.
Prenatal Yoga back to top
Our prenatal yoga classes are designed for your changing body and your growing baby throughout all the stages of pregnancy. You can begin immediately upon finding out that you are pregnant and continue until you give birth. Prenatal yoga strengthens the uterus and pelvic muscles, improves circulation, aids digestion, exercise the spine and increase overall comfort. Yoga can also alleviate many of the common discomforts of pregnancy such as nausea, constipation, varicose veins, swelling, back pain, and sciatica. You will learn breathing and relaxation techniques to nourish the body during pregnancy and reduce discomfort during labour.
Individual tuition is also available.
Paid time off work for prenatal yoga classes
Women in full time employment are entitled to paid time off work to attend yoga classes, which are covered by the category 'antenatal appointments and relaxation and parent craft classes'. We encourage students to exercise their right to this time off work. For further details of the legal obligation of employers to pregnant workers, please see:
http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/workandfamilies/maternity-leave-pay/guidance/page21116.html
HypnoBirthing® back to top
HypnoBirthing® is a complete birth education programme that teaches simple but specific self hypnosis, relaxation and breathing techniques for a better birth. With HypnoBirthing®, you'll discover that severe pain does not have to be an accompaniment of labour. You'll learn how to release the fears and anxieties you may currently have about giving birth, and how to overcome previous traumatic births. HypnoBirthing® lets you discover and experience the joy and magic of birth. Most importantly, you'll learn how to put yourself back in control of your birth - rather than turning your birthing experience over to your doctor or midwife. In short, HypnoBirthing® allows you to experience birth in an atmosphere of calm relaxation, free of the fear and tension that prevents the birthing muscles of your body from functioning as Nature intended them to. The programme is a 12.5 hour course split into 4 or 5 classes (click to link to our workshops page for start dates) and is designed for ladies and their birthing partners and is an ideal complement to our prenatal yoga classes and birth preparation workshops.
Individual tuition is also available.
Mum & Baby Yoga back to top
Mum & Baby postnatal yoga classes focus on common postpartum discomforts and the therapeutic application of poses and breathing. Classes promote good posture and specifically focus on regaining physical strength, suppleness and tone in the neck, shoulders, abdominal, low back and pelvic areas. Breathing and relaxation techniques will allow you to enjoy deep rest to compensate for lack of sleep. The class will help bring a sense of well being, alleviate aches and pains, combat fatigue and re-tone the muscles.
Classes may be attended as soon as 4-6 weeks after giving birth.
Baby Massage back to top
Give your baby the best start in life with baby massage. Learning how to massage your baby is both relaxing and rewarding. It is a powerful way to communicate with your child. There is scientific proof that regular massage gives your baby a definitive physical, emotional and intellectual advantage.
The benefits are:
- helps you build a loving bond with your baby
- reduces restlessness, aiding sleep
- helps relieve colic and constipation
- strengthens your baby’s immune system, increasing resistance to illness
- stimulates the circulatory, nervous, gastrointestinal, endocrine and respiratory systems
Suitable from birth to crawling.
Yoga for Children back to top
Yoga is vividly brought to life in these fun, creative classes designed to stimulate the child's growing curiosity. Classes are an equal balance between active & passive poses; a combination of storytelling, dynamic sequences, partner work, animated breathing exercises and imaginative relaxation and meditation activities. Yoga provides children with an exciting new way to explore their creative potential of their bodies and minds and to encourage a deeper sense of body awareness, self-exploration and interpersonal skills.
By practicing yoga, children learn to channel their boundless energy into positive activities and can blossom into healthy and well balanced men and women with strong bodies, clear minds and pure hearts.
Classes are held for:
• 2-4 years
• 5-7 years
• 8-12 years
Individual tuition is also available for children and can help to overcome specific issues, e.g. sleep disturbance, breathing problems, anxiety, lack of concentration, lack of self-esteem, problems at school/home etc.
Yoga for Teenagers back to top
This new Teens class is the perfect way to relax and unwind after school - especially if you have exams looming. Learn some flowing yoga moves, tone your body, improve flexibility and much more. This is all incorporated in one blissful class.
For strength, flexibility, balance, poise and confidence in both body and mind, nothing can match yoga practice. Yoga can help tremendously when the body is developing quickly, especially during puberty, by regulating the glands that control the hormones responsible for such physical & emotional changes. Yoga can also help teenagers cope with stress at school or at home by learning simple relaxation techniques which will improve focus, concentration and self-esteem. Yoga allows teenagers to channel some of the boundless energy generated during puberty into positive channels, and allowing them to blossom into healthy and well balanced men and women with strong bodies, clear minds and pure hearts.
Individual tuition is also available for teenagers and can help to overcome specific issues, e.g.
sleep disturbance, breathing problems, anxiety, lack of concentration, lack of self-esteem, problems at school/home etc.
Yoga Nidra back to top
Yoga Nidra takes you into a deeply relaxed state, finding a stillness and silence beyond the activities of the mind. Yoga Nidra induces complete physical, mental and emotional relaxation. It is practised lying prone, following the spoken instructions of the teacher. You are taken to a state between sleep and wakefulness, where you maintain a conscious awareness at a deeper level, while remaining fully awake and alert. This state of conscious awareness is extremely beneficial; for releasing stress, resolving suppressed conflicts or memories and for experiencing the joy of subtler spiritual explorations or experiences. You come out of the class feeling more rested than you would after a good night's sleep.
Meditation back to top
Meditation is a focusing of the mind on a single object, creating the cessation of all thought. As thoughts dissipate, the mind becomes quiet, and we are able to be fully in the present moment. The mind is naturally restless but if we can master the mind, a dynamic and vast resource of potential energy, we have access to a powerful resource. The techniques of meditation are simple and easy to learn, but the ability to keep the mind focused takes time, patience and practice. The benefits of a regular meditation practice include reduction of stress, tension, anxiety and frustration, as well as improved memory, concentration, inner peace, replenished energy levels and clarity of thought. By entertaining positive and creative thoughts we can bring about vibrant state of health and a peaceful, joyful mind. A positive outlook on life can be developed by practising meditation; you will become happier and healthier by calming the mind and bringing the focus inwards.
Individual tuition is also available.
Pilates back to top
The Pilates technique is a system of movements and therapeutic exercises developed by Joseph H Pilates. The
method works by toning muscles, in particular the core postural muscles, developing alignment without putting stress on the joints. Pilates stimulates circulation, muscular flexibility, proper musculoskeletal alignment and joint mobility. In addition it promotes a heightened body awareness and more precise co-ordination. All of these combine to help reduce and in some cases completely alleviate chronic pain.
Tai Chi back to top
Infinite Tai Chi is a gentle but powerful form of flowing movement that will restore your inner peace of mind, strengthen and revitalize your physical body, reduce stress and calm your emotions. Some of the many benefits gained from practising Infinite Tai Chi are: rejuvenation, longevity, natural health, inner strength, grace and beauty.
Mantra Chanting back to top
The power of mantras comes from their direct vibrational effect on our body’s physiological and energetic systems. Sanskrit is an energy based language and mantras are spiritual formulas for working with this energy and focusing the mind. They are designed to eliminate obstacles as we progress spiritually and help us to connect our individual consciousness with the greater universal consciousness. The act of chanting is extremely uplifting and healing… perfectly uniting body, breath, mind and speech.
Come and experience this wonderful practice to create a profound inner stillness and sense of contentment, peace and joy!
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