Meditation is a practice of mind. During the meditation process practitioners learn to transcend the mind with the help
of mind. As you progress in meditation process, the more calmer and happier you become. Meditation has numerous
benefits, both at the level of mind and the physical body.

Though the actual objective of the meditation practice was different, however, it can be effectively practiced as an
anti-aging remedy in today’s fast changing stressful world.There are different techniques of meditation and all start with withdrawing the attention from the outside world and work on concentration before finally entering the meditative state.

In addition to anti-aging, some additional benefits of meditation are:

* Meditation is good for the brain

* Meditation can help you deal with stress

* Meditation can help maintain calmness.

* Meditation develops intuition.

* Regular practice of meditation will certainly make the will power of the practitioner stronger. When the mind is stronger you can be more peaceful and happier.

So set aside 5 minutes in your day and start your meditation today.

What are the benefits of one to one yoga sessions?

• Fundamentals of yoga
• How to do a specific posture
• Adjusting to in juries
• Progression in your practice
• Stress reduction
• Specific alignment corrections
• Progression in your practice

A forty five minutes practice a day

A regular daily practice is the cornerstone of yoga. A yoga practice every day sustained over time is far more effective than longer yoga practices done now and again. Of course, longer yoga practices can yield more powerful results, done regularly. A life enhancing practice can take as little as 45 minutes a day. Your yoga practice will be fitted to suit your current situation. Over time we can alter the yoga practice and progress step by step towards your goals. A daily yoga practice is a enriching experience. Also, one to one yoga sessions create an opportunity to correct problems that have arisen in class and have perhaps gone unnoticed.

A step towards overall Wellbeing

A yoga practice develops according to a plan. It progresses in steps, and will be constantly refined and reassessed over time. In this way we can improve fitness and wider health, but also address specific health matters and injuries. Yoga done in this way, will help to heal lifestyle issues, practical and psychological problems. The solutions offered to these problems are based on teachings found in the yoga scriptures and alive in this rich tradition of teachers, through our experience, insight and intuition. There is a supportive network of other highly experienced teachers who are applying yoga in this way.

In the past we have been asked to outline what a private yoga session would include. So we decided to put together a little example of what will be integrated in the session. We now offer private sessions for all age ranges.

• Asana (physical postures)- helping with joint mobility,muscle flexibility, strength, balance, circulation and digestion.
• Pranayama (breathing exercises)- to aid respiratory problems, stress.
• Mantra and Affirmations – to help with worry and negative thought patterns.
• Mudras (hand postures)- that focus and direct energy
• Visualisation - to relax and refreash
• Relaxation and Meditation

Some Yoga Wellbeing class focuses

Alignment Based

Sessions with detailed physical alignment are good for beginners who want to start out with a safe practice or existing yoga students who feel they want to go deeper into their bodies through accuracy and awareness.  Classes will involve a great deal of “hands on” adjustments.

For stress related complaints –Langhana practice

This type of practice is great for anyone suffering insomnia or digestive problems. It’s a cooling calming practice that focuses on relaxing the nervous system and helping to move away from a place of agitation. Postures are more likely to involve twists and forward bends.

In need of energy  – Brahmana Practice

For those who lack energy, feel sluggish and may experience depressed moments, this practice is more vigorous and uplifting. Sessons may focus on standing postures and backbends designed to expand vitality to all parts of the body.

Immune boost – Inversions

Those looking to boost their body’s natural defences could try this upside down class! Inversions bring the feet over the head, or the heart below the hips which stimulates circulation and encourages lymphatic drainage help white blood cells to be more efficient.

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Sometimes people often reason that they are too busy to go to the gym or work out at home. These people are at risk to various diseases caused by stress and sedentary lifestyle. As we know exercise helps the body cope with the stress of everyday life, as well as improve overall health. However, the demands of our daily lives increase rapidly as time goes by. These demands take away our time to take care of our health. One to one yoga sessions are the perfect solution.

The good thing about Yoga is that you can do it anywhere. You can do it in your office, in your room, or perhaps even in your car or inside the bus on your way home. For someone who is too busy at work, you can also do Yoga in your desk during your break.

Practicing in the morning will help you revitalize your mind and body, keep you energized and ready for work.Yoga one to one sessions are becoming increasingly popular to practice first thing in the morning to set people up before they make there morning commute.

Try this two minute shoulder opening exercise to help you stay centered on the tube –

• Inhale – relax the shoulders, bringing them forward
• Exhale – bring the shoulders back
• Continue for five more breaths, close your eyes if it helps you focus.

A recent survey from the University of California calculated that we are bombarded with 34 gigabytes of information a day, including roughly 100,000 words (a figure that has doubled in the last ten years). The Future Laboratory talks about information anxiety (fretting about awaited emails) and stuffocation(the state of being overwhelmed by years of consumption).

“In Britain, we work the longest hours and get the least done,” says the Future Laboratory’s Chris Sanderson. An “attention ecomony” has emerged where teh scarce commodity is human attention.

We can all concentrate well and do the job once. We’d leave work earlier. We’d also get more time for the pure pleasures in life like food and music. But avoidance, negative thinking and digital dependance and formed habits can take disipline to stop. Take a look below for a couple of tips to improving concentration;

Some tips on improving concentration

• Practice Pranayama – Try out the Brahamri the Bee or Nadi Sodhana first thing in the morning to set you up for the day ahead.
• Try out the five-more practice – Try reading for more than five minutes, write for five minutes.
• Practice asana – Try out a yoga sequence to improve concentration.
• Rest – Twenty-minute naps refreash the brain.
• Go Rustic – Get out into the green and smell the flowers.

Described by many people as one of the most beautiful places on earth. From art to food, from stunning and varied countryside Italy has so much to offer. This is the country that brought us Slow Food, devoted to the promotion of fresh products and fine traditional, cooking.

With 44 sites, Italy has more Unesco World Heritage sites than any other country on earth. Its great cities of art, like Rome, Venice and Florence, have been attracting visitors for centuries. Milan is up and coming creating one of Europe’s  biggest and most modern trade fairs and is planning a major residential development, the CityLife complex, in the heart of the city. Venice, the city of romance, is possibly the city that has, in appearance, changed least down the decades but it has recently opened a sleek new bridge over the Grand Canal.

Alongside Italy’s art treasures, you’ll find plenty to keep you busy in the countryside. You can ski in the Alps and hike the Dolomites. But as much as all of this, a trip to Italy is about lapping up the lifestyle. Taking a moment with a coffee and people watching is all you need on a bright sunny afternoon.

The gesture Namaste represents the belief that there is a goodness within each of us. The gesture is an acknowledgment of the soul in one by the soul in another. “Nama” means bow, “as” means I, and “te” means you. To put it simply Namaste means “I bow to you.”

How to perform Namaste

To perform Namaste, we place the hands together at the heart charka, close the eyes, and bow the head. It can also be done by placing the hands together in front of the third eye, bowing the head, and then bringing the hands down to the heart. This is an especially deep form of respect. Although in the West the word “Namaste” is usually spoken in conjunction with the gesture, in India, it is understood that the gesture itself signifies Namaste, and therefore, it is unnecessary to say the word while bowing.

Why do we perform Namaste?

For a teacher and student, Namaste allows two individuals to come together energetically to a place of connection and timelessness, free from the bonds of ego-connection. If it is done with deep feeling in the heart and with the mind surrendered, a deep union of spirits can blossom.

Ideally, Namaste should be done at the beginning and at the end of class. Usually, it is done at the end of class because the mind is less active and the energy in the room is more peaceful. The teacher initiates Namaste as a symbol of gratitude and respect.

Most yoga centres offer tailored programmes and Private Yoga Classes to offices or homes across London. Bringing  classes and the benefits of Yoga directly to you, at a time of your convenience. Realign, recharge and re-balance whilst boosting your overall health and well-being. Attentive to your individual needs our Yoga Classes can leave you smiling from the inside out.

Private yoga classes in South London

Focusing on a yoga style

The first step is to work out if you would like to focus on a particular yoga style. You could always speak to the yoga teacher before your session to give them a clearer idea of your intentions.

Anatomical focus

Would you like to work on a  particular part of the body throughout your private yoga sessions? Or even change the anatomical focus every week to suit your mood. Every day is different with yoga.

Share the experience

It’s always a good idea to share any experience. Some yoga teachers in London offer the opportunity for you to share your Private yoga session with a friend for the same price. Very yogic!

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Yoga Wellbeing step by step

The Staff pose(Dandasana) is a great pose to refocus on your alignment throughout your practice

1. Sit on the floor with your legs together and extended in front of your torso. If your torso is leaning back, it may be because tight hamstrings are dragging the sitting bones toward the knees and the back of the pelvis toward the floor. It may be helpful to sit on a blanket or a bolster to lift the pelvis.

2.A simple way to check alignment is to sit with your back against a wall. The sacrum and the shoulder blades should touch the wall, but not lower back or the back of the head. Put a small rolled-up towel between the wall and the lower back.

3. Sit towards the front of the sitting bones, and adjust the pubis and tail bone equidistant from the floor. Without hardening the belly, firm the thighs, press them down against the floor (or your support), rotate them slightly toward each other, and draw the inner groins toward the sacrum. Flex your ankles, pressing out through your heels.

4. To lengthen your front torso perpendicular to the floor, think of energy streaming upward from the pubis to the sternum, then down the back from the shoulders to the tail bone. Then imagine the tail lengthening into the floor.

5. Imagine your spine as the “staff” at the vertical core of your torso, rooted firmly in the Earth, the support and pivot of all you do. Hold the pose for one minute or longer.

Yoga in Lambeth

Are you looking  for yoga classes or courses in Lambeth, Brixton and throughout the South London area? Our lovely yoga pals have mentioned what a relief it’s to find a class in South London alot of yogi’s/yogini’s have mentioned that more of the classes are based in North London and they have been looking around for years for the right class.

How to get started looking for Yoga in Lambeth

If you can’t find a suitable class, ask local studios whether any of their teachers are qualified to teach special-needs students. If a studio receives enough such requests, it may create a class; if not lots of yoga teachers in South London offer private lessons to you or to a group you create.

Look Online

The internet is an amazing tool to find out about yoga classes. There are local yoga directorites like yoga nearby that makes it quick and easy to find classes all over London.

Try something new

Yoga can do much more than give you physical strength; it can also help you heal emotional wounds.

One of the most powerful limitations to starting or restarting a yoga practice can be your own fear. Certain types of yoga encourages you to formulate positive intentions like ‘I am becoming stronger and more stable. This influences the subconscious and can have a very positive outcome.

Feelings of anxiety and depression may ease as you get in touch with your body in a inquiring way as you start taking steps to improve your health, and as you see your efforts making a difference. You may become more accepting of yourself, less focused on your limitations, and more grateful for what your body can do. At the same time yoga can help you recognize that you’re more than just your body, which is particularly valuable when you have physical challenges. One of the most basic tools of all, is yoga can help you learn to enjoy movement again.

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