Anna Semlyen BWY Dip, MA PPE (Oxon), MSc Health Econ. Tel: 01904 654355, Email: anna@yogainyork.co.uk |
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Yoga for Weight LossYoga is ideal exercise for someone who is heavy. Heat can be created without impact damaging the joints. This Thursday 11.05 class (until 5/7) and then Monday 8pm class (from 6/9) takes a faster pace and involves more posture work than Beginners & Improvers classes. Focus is on the abdominals. Aims are to reduce congestion, raise inner heat, ignite gastric and cellular fire and improve digestion. Anna teaches a balanced set of hatha yoga postures and practices. These emphasise toning and strength, not flexibility. There is a mix of stretching, breathing and relaxing at the end. It is for those wanting to workout with yoga, to lose weight and develop lightness through strength. Experience of yoga is not essential. Handouts on yoga and Ayurvedic concepts of food and health are offered, for instance on food combinations and cleansing practices.
3 class members have lost 2 stone in the first 5 months. Many others are meeting their weight and shape goals for toning up.
"I have always known about, and believed in, the benefits of yoga, but to find that it can be used as a tool for weight loss is fantastic. Since starting the yoga for weight loss classes, in January, I have lost two-inches (a dress size) all over (in 5 months). The class is great because it aids weight loss without losing the essence and integrity of yoga".
"Anna's weight loss yoga teaches me to stretch and strengthen in a way that feels relaxed, natural and enjoyable. I leave the class with a deep sense of well-being. Losing weight is good. I feel much healthier and happier and this is thanks largely to the yoga classes."
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