Fitness and Exercise: Yoga to improve core strength

This Yoga for Core strength course will help you to

understand what the core actually is and how it helps to keep the spine and pelvis

stable. Strengthening the core can help to relieve back ache, improve your posture,

balance and stability and make you less likely to injure yourself when doing daily

activities such as lifting. Women often find that their lower core muscles can

weaken due to pregnancy , child birth and also due to the menopause. This course

will provide a safe and accessible approach to strengthening the core through

yoga, practices will be adapted to meet individual needs allowing you to create the

right degree of challenge for your body.

You will learn a balanced range of practices that both strengthen and release your

core muscles. You will learn that releasing and relaxing core muscles is as

important as strengthening them. You will learn how breathing influences the core

muscles and how to engage and relax the core as you breathe. This is a mat-based

course that will include standing, floor based and seated poses. At the end of each

session, you will relax through a guided Yoga Nidra practice.