My Yoga Story

Hi my name is Jean and I live in Harrogate.  I’ve been attending the yoga sessions for 4 years and I really love coming along.

Yoga helps me with my breathing and the movement helps with my arthritis and my balance.

When I first came along to the Yorkshire Yoga session I felt awful but I went along with a friend and really enjoyed it.  The sessions are really fun and I’ve made friends and I enjoy mixing with other people – they are a great group of girls!

The physical exercise is good for me but meeting up with other people is nice.  I try some of the exercises at home – sometimes whilst watching the TV.  It’s good for my joints and keeping mobility levels good.

At the end of a session you feel great – sometimes I ache a bit but that means I must be doing something right!  I’m 76 years old and I think anyone can really benefit from Yoga.  I’d encourage anyone to come and try it out – its fun and that’s what its all about.

Hi I’m John and this is my yoga story…

I take part in a range of yoga activity at Yorkshire Yoga as I find it helps me sustain my muscle tone, flexibility, balance and general wellbeing. I have muscular and skeletal challenges and the physical aspects of yoga helps me with that.

Yoga is a bout balance and control and certain moves really help me and helps keep my motor neuron pathways open.

I like the physical aspect of yoga and the stretching exercises help with pain I have in my back but get a lot of peace and positive feedback from taking part.

I’ve done Tai Chi and a little bit of yoga in the past and I’ve found one of the moves in yoga triggers a euphoric response.

I’m doing Naga Yoga and taking part in Yogart – a creative workshop combining yoga and art.  I find chanting really helps.

I see yoga as a treatment for some of the physiological issues I’m facing and adds to the medical therapy I receive through the NHS.

I find the positive effects of taking part happen over time but I really noticed it when I stopped coming to sessions over the Christmas break.  I recently went up the Matterhorn with my daughter and the yoga I do really raises my energy levels and helps a lot – it helps motivate me and keeps me connected socially.