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Welcome to in 2 yoga suffolk
Group, corporate and 1-1 yoga classes. Dynamic Vinyasa yoga flow, fluid Yang yoga and restorative Yin yoga.
Is yoga for me?
Yoga is suitable for everyone; any age or ability. There are numerous types of yoga and once a suitable style and instructor are found, it can be an extremely rewarding and beneficial practice.
Raquel aims to create classes that are both fun and challenging and open to all with modifications provided to welcome different levels of ability.
People are often put off yoga believing they must be hugely bendy and flexible at the start but this isn't the case.
It's one of the greatest forms of excercise and often recommended for people who have suffered back issues including herniated discs and various other joint/muscular conditions, as it builds strength and support in the core and also increases flexibility, which is regularly the underlying issue.
Yoga is a truly wonderful practice that promotes good health both physically and emotionally and often encourages a greater understanding and self awareness.
Bringing mind, body and breath together in a focused practice gives a sense of calm, relieves stress and helps to create the feeling of positive well being.
Stress, tension and bad posture are increasingly found within our modern world causing dis - ease within the body. This ancient practice is designed to bring harmony and healing so try yoga and feel the beneifts for yourself.
What is yoga?
A practical healing system bringing mind, body and breath into harmonious unity.
The word yoga means "union" in Sanskrit, the language of ancient India where yoga originated some 4,000 years ago. Its purpose is to help each one of us achieve our highest potential and to experience enduring health and happiness and improve the quality of our lives.
What is commonly referred to as "yoga" can be more accurately described by the Sanskrit word asana, which refers to the practice of physical postures or poses.
Asana is only one of the eight "limbs" of yoga, the majority of which are more concerned with mental and spiritual well being than physical activity. In the West, however, the words asana and yoga are often used interchangeably.
Many people think that yoga is just stretching. But while stretching is certainly involved, yoga is really about creating balance in the body through developing both strength and flexibility. This is done through the performance of asanas, each of which has specific physical benefits. The poses can be done quickly in succession, creating heat in the body through movement such as Vinyasa style or more slowly to increase stamina and perfect the alignment of the pose. The asanas are a constant, but the approach to them varies.
Yoga is non competitive and one of the most difficult, but ultimately most liberating things about yoga is letting go of the ego and accepting that no one is better than anyone else. Everyone is just doing their best on any given day.
The breath (pranyama) is key to expanding our awareness and consciousness during practice. Prana means subtle life force, which gives energy to the mind and body and ayama signifies the voluntary effort to control and direct this prana.
Breath is the main source of nourishment for all the cells of the body. We can live without food for weeks, without water for days, but without oxygen for only a few minutes. By learning how to increase this capacity we can increase the flow of vital energy to various organs in our bodies, build our immunity to disease, and overcome many physical ailments.
The way we breathe also has a profound effect on the nervous system. Our brain cells use three times more oxygen than other body cells. By regulating the breath and increasing oxygenation to brain cells, we help to strengthen and revitalize both the voluntary and autonomic nervous systems. When practiced consistently, pranayama also has a powerful stabilizing effect on the mind, concentration and emotions.
About Raquel
Supporting Fit Villages in Suffolk, Raquel creates classes that are both fun and challenging and open to all with modifications provided to welcome different levels of ability.
Raquel has been practising yoga for many years with her first experiences being at nursery school (a very long time ago!), although it was much later in life when yoga became a focused practice and the benefits of this ancient tradition so valued and inspiring.
Influential teachers for Raquel include Debbie Crank, Bridget Woods-Kramer, Simon Low and Eija Tervonen. Raquel qualified through The Yoga Academy with Yoga Alliance under the guidance of Simon Low, who is one of the UK and Europes most respected teachers and attained the recognised qualification of RYT 200.
Raquels classes are friendly, focused and fun. Infused with asana and pranayama, emphasising precision of anatomical alignment and energetic practice.
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
RYT 200
Service Categories
Yoga - All, Yoga - Vinyasa
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