About Yoga with Sarra

Yoga is an embodied practice involving movement and stillness. It cultivates awareness of who we are from the physical, mental & emotional towards the wise inner part of our Self. 

Yoga awakens the intelligence of the body. Healing comes from accessing the deeper layers of ourself through the body. This process of purification supports well-being and personal development.

In a Yoga class we practice physical postures- Āsana (pronouced Ars-ana). The other aspects of yoga from conscious action to meditation are woven into this practice.

  • Svejar Asana Library – Virabhadrasana I

    Conscious Action

    Personal & social conduct

  • Svejar Asana Library – Chatushpadasana with belt

    Physical Postures

    Āsana

  • Svejar Asana Library – Pranayama Svastikasana

    Breath & Energy Work

    Prāņāyāma

  • Svejar Asana Library – Pranayama Savasana 2

    Concentration & Awareness Practices

    Meditation

  • Svejar Asana Library – Siddhasana

    Peace & Love

    Connection

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Why Practice Yoga?

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    Inner Strength

    Cultivate mental and emotional stability amidst lifes ups and downs

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    Cultivate Compassion

    Live from the heart for greater awareness and connection in relationships

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    Authenticity

    Enjoy living your authentic self, being comfortable in your own skin.

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    Self- Care

    Know how to care for yourself so you have the ability and the energy to do what you love

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    Healthy Body

    Develop strength and stability in the your body whilst increasing flexibility

Doing yoga postures can be just an athletic exercise


You will gain more freedom and strength in the body. 

Through the clear progressive method of Iyengar Yoga and the watchful eye and guidance of the teacher, Yoga will work on you. Its affects are far deeper than we can ever first imagine.

What do you do in an Iyengar Yoga Class?

Yoga Classes include Asana, Pranayama and Relaxation.
You will experience skilful actions which extend and align the body.
You will develop mindful co-ordination of the whole body with your breathing

 

  • Svejar Asana Library – Virabhadrasana I

    Āsana

    Yoga postures

  • Svejar Asana Library – Pranayama Svastikasana

    Prāņāyāma

    Breath awareness & practices

  • Svejar Asana Library – Pranayama Savasana 2

    Śavāsana

    Relaxation

Asana
Sanskrit word meaning ‘comfortable seat’

They are psychophysical positions of the body

In a Yoga class we are doing  conscious movement into the posture, staying in the posture and coming out.

Yoga postures develop your strength, flexibility and help to balance the hormonal, immune and nervous systems. The choice of postures and the order that they are practiced in (the sequence) affect how you feel and the benefits.

The Classic Guide to Yoga Asana is ‘Light on Yoga’ written by BKS Iyengar in 1966. It classifies more than 200 postures with over 600 illustrative photographs. This significant resource has informed and inspired many modern approaches to posture work.

The syllabus and methodology of yoga postures taught in an Iyengar yoga class follows the direct guidance of BKS Iyengar, his family and senior teachers.

See Class Timetable

Prānāyāmā

Prānā is life force energy in all of nature.
Yāma is to restrain, or extend’

Life force energy is present in every breath. It involves Breath awareness and practices that are purifying and interacting with the energy body.

Essentially it is the practice of being aware of different parts of the body breathing and its mental and emotional effect. The volume, velocity, duration, texture and pattern are all aspects of breathing to explore in the body.

Feelings of peace, emotional stability and an open heartedness, even exhilaration, are some of the experiences of Pranayama as well as Savasana.

As a Beginners Yoga Postures , and esepcially Savasana, is where we first learn  observation and awarenss of the body breathing.

Drop-in to Breathing Body Online Class