Yoga

Jill Tolhurst is the Yoga instructor here at Life Essence Natural Therapies and Counselling Centre. Jill has been practising yoga for 16 years and teaching for 6 years. She is a qualified yoga teacher whose qualifications include-

• British School of Yoga
• Radiant Light Yoga
• Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (Chennai, India)

About Yoga

The essence of Yoga is to develop a personal practise that allows individuals to remove imbalances in the body providing an opportunity for healing and growth.

Progress on the path of yoga means different things to different people. Transformation occurs through the intelligent application of yoga asana (postures) and pranayama (breathing), so goals are achieved step by step.

Therapeutic Yoga seeks to create the uniting of

Breathing is the key to unlocking body awareness. From this connection evolves focus and clarity.

Therapeutic Yoga may also utilise a variety of tools such as:

• Meditation
• Relaxation
• Self Enhancement
• Cognitive Therapy
• Creative Journalling
• Goal Setting

Therapeutic Yoga

Therapeutic Yoga is an individual yoga practise developed to suit the needs of those:

• Recovering from illness
• Restricted due to injury
• Troubled by depression
• Feeling Anxious
• Experiencing woman's health issues
• Suffering chronic fatigue
• Concern about weight
• Limited by poor mobility or flexibility

If you would like more information about Yoga or would like to talk to Jill about her classes, click here.

Yoga classes are held every Wednesday night, 7pm - 8.30pm. The classes are appropriate for people of all ages, and levels. Jill also holds Yoga workshops regularly, for more information please call Life Essence.