There is evidence to support the benefits of hatha yoga being
a preventative and therapeutic medicine.

Conditions such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, rheumatoid athritis, insomnia, high/low blood pressure, weight issues and other health problems experience significant improvement rapidly.

The series consists of 26 postures scientifically designed to work through the
body systematically, each posture preparing you for the next, with each
posture completed twice.

Here are some of the benefits:

  • Teaches you to breath fully and correctly.

  • Builds strength, flexibility, balance and tremendous endurance.

  • Prevents/reduces chronic illnesses and injury.

  • Promotes better sleep.

  • Promotes a deep sense of wellbeing and peaceful mind.

  • Weight loss / toning.

  • Improves posture.

  • Maintains youthful appearance, as the oxygenation and cleansing
    improves skin tone.

  • Works every system of the body; cardiovascular, nervous, lymphatic,
    endocrine, immune, digestive, reproductive, muscular and skeletal.

  • Works every organ, gland, muscle, tendon, ligament, in the body.

  • Reduces stress.

  • Improves heart and lung capacity.

  • Eliminates back pain.

  • Promotes great flexibility of your spine in its full range of motion,
    allowing the central nervous system to function optimally, resulting
    in high levels of energy.

  • Integrates the left and right hemispheres of the brain which improves
    memory, learning, co-ordination and balance.

  • Builds mental strength by holding your mind in a focused, meditative state.

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