Find Out More About Yoga Yoga is popular throughout Britain, so there
are classes near you. Always choose a certifi cated teacher. The Yoga Alliance offers a 200 hour programme in order to become certifi cated.
Yoga and Health
Yoga can be used to treat cancer patients to reduce insomnia, depression, pain and anxiety. Mindfulness teaching often incorporates yoga to help reduce stress. The emphasis on exercise, meditation and breath control in Hatha yoga can be helpful for heart patients.
First hand Experience
Best You writer Matt Wingett, one of the staff of Best You performed an experiment by attending yoga classes and performing yoga exercises for one month. Matt reports back: "At fi rst I found the control of breathing alongside physical exercise surprisingly strenuous. I suppose I'm a bit of a couch potato, and getting up every morning to do half an hour of stretching was pretty alien to me. About a week in, however, I really began to notice differences. After doing my yoga postures, I found my mind was sharper, that I was able to concentrate for longer and that my general sense of wellbeing lifted. "I stayed the course for the full month,
and by the end of it I felt more agile, more generally relaxed and happier. I found that I got on with workmates better, too. Overall, I'd say it was a positive experience, and I will do it again in the future."
Celebs love yoga!
Celebrities have embraced the power of yoga, including Mick
Jagger, Jennifer Aniston, Sienna Miller and Russell Brand.