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Dynamic yoga

Tuesday 7.15 - 9 pm at St Columbas Church Hall, Priory Street, off Micklegate, York.
An energetic class. This class is suitable for those with experience of yoga and for adventurous beginners with no health problems.
Each class is £7.50, payable in blocks of 6 weeks. Please bring a mat if you have one, but mats and blocks are available to borrow.

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Thursday 10.30 - 11.45 am at St Columbas Church Hall, Priory Street, off Micklegate, York. A calm, flowing class with emphasis on breath, alignment and inner steadiness. Suitable for all. Sleeping babies are welcome. Each class £6, payable in blocks of 6 weeks. Please bring a mat if you have one, but mats and blocks are available to borrow.

No need to book, just turn up, and you can join at any time.

Yoga is life's most remarkable health system, based on simple principles that have stood the test of time. It originated around 5,000 years ago in India, where it was (and still is) practised as a psycho-spiritual discipline. The word 'yoga' is a Sanskrit term meaning 'union' - union of body, mind and breath, and of the individual with all aspects of existence.

Historically, Yoga has been an esoteric and multifarious practice, offering its students many different paths towards the goal of 'union', which could be gained through the enactment of good deeds, for instance, as well as through devotion, scholarship, or meditation. Another path is that of 'hatha' yoga, which focuses on the body itself as a means to yogic union. It is hatha yoga which has recently seen a huge growth of interest in the West, where it is practised as a balanced system of health for body and mind.

At yogaCo we teach a dynamic form of hatha yoga, linking postures in a creative flow and building up heat in the body to effect deep and safe transformations of body and mind. You will develop fitness, stamina, strength, flexibility and lightness. Another important aspect of our classes and workshops is the focus on present moment awareness, which is the real key to a sense of personal equanimity. Pranayama (breathwork), chanting, meditation and deep relaxation are also integral, leading to feelings of upliftment, greater concentration and increased vitality.

The principal teacher at yogaCo is Sophie Carr BA(Hons), BWY (Preg). She has been practicing yoga for 18 years and teaching for 11 years. Her main studies in yoga have been in India where her principal teachers have been BKS Iyengar, Dr Sasi Kumar, Shandor Remete and Clive Sheridan.