Regular practice of yoga promotes strength, endurance, flexibility, balance, and facilitates characteristics of friendliness and greater self-control, while cultivating a sense of calmness and well-being.
Regular yogic practice enhances muscular strength and body flexibility, promotes and improves respiratory and cardiovascular function, promotes recovery from and treatment of addiction, reduces stress, anxiety, depression, and chronic pain, improves sleep patterns, and enhances overall well-being and quality of life.
Sustained yoga practice also leads to important outcomes such as changes in life perspective, self-awareness and an improved sense of energy to live life fully and with genuine enjoyment.
Yogic practices include breathing techniques, postures, relaxation, chanting, sound healing, and meditation.
Experience a journey of self-discovery
Yoga is a meditative process of self-discovery and liberation comprising a diverse collection of practices that aim to control the mind, see ourselves clearly, understand what is true about who we are, and to let go of anything that does not serve us.
Coming to a yoga class is an excellent way to meet like minded people who come together to practice this wonderful ancient form of mind-body medicine. Healing our minds is as important as healing our physical body and sometimes we need to heal one before we can truly heal then other.
Alternatively, private 1:1 sessions allow your practice to be tailored to your specific needs whether these be physical, mental or spiritual and work well in blocks of 4-6 sessions with a specific goal or theme in mind such as stress reduction, relaxation, or physical progression.
A guided meditation is a lovely way to experience the benefits of meditation particularly if you are new to meditation and for those who already have a regular practice because the level of energy, connection, and vibration created by a group meditating together is more powerful than the sum of the individual parts. Meditation evenings are timed to coincide with the changing of the seasons and begin with a pranayama practice and gentle yoga to prepare the body for meditation, followed by guided meditation and relaxation before closing.
Seasonal Meditation Evenings in Hertford
Begin with a calming breath practice, followed by a short, gentle yoga practice to prepare the body and mind for meditation, 1st guided meditation, oracle cards, break for hot drinks/nibbles, a 2nd guided meditation, and closing relaxation.
Fridays 7pm-9pm.
Dates for 2025:
28th February, 6th June, 12th September, 5th December.
Includes refreshments.
Just bring your mat and a cushion to sit on!
(chairs are available)
Price: £25 per session.
Yoga helps us access our inner resources to teach us about self-awareness, acceptance, compassion, patience, gratitude, forgiveness, humility, love, peace, and joy.
The 4 basic principles that underlie the teachings and practices of yoga's healing system compliment the 6 key principles of naturopathy that underpin naturopathic nutritional therapy:
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The human body is a holistic entity comprised of various interrelated dimensions inseparable from one another and the health or illness of any one dimension affects the other dimensions.
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Individuals and their needs are unique and therefore must be approached in a way that acknowledges this individuality and their practice must be tailored accordingly.
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Yoga is self-empowering, the student is his or her own healer. Yoga engages the student in the healing process by playing an active role in their journey towards health. Healing comes from within instead of from an outside source and a greater sense of autonomy is achieved.
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The quality and state of an individuals mind is crucial to healing. When the individual has a positive mind-state healing happens more quickly, whereas if the mind-state is negative, healing may be prolonged.