Our yoga weekends are relaxing and fun.

They are practical and non threatening. Whatever your ability you are welcome. The venues are picked because they offer great food, fine wines and are in areas of outstanding beauty. So for any non yoga person there is plenty to do.

There are 6 hours of practical yoga instruction spread over 4 classes
Special attention is given in helping you develop a home practice. learning to relax, using yoga to keep your body and mind in good health and lots more.

The classes are suitable for all levels so expect to be challenged in our normal smiley way.
Phil Aston

We are expanding and are looking for additional yoga teachers to help cover future yoga weekends - read more

Benefits of yoga

Summary of research into the benefits of Yoga

Behavioral	Physical	Mental	Physiological	Personality
Reduced weight	Increased Hand steadiness	Increased Concentration	Increased EEG Alpha	Reduced Anxiety
Reduced Nervousness	Reduced reactivity to stressors	Increased memory	Increased respiratory efficiency and competence	Reduced depression
Reduced Health complaints	Increased flexibility	Increased intelligence quotient	Reduced oxygen consumption	Increased conflict resolution
Increased clinical assessment of psychiatric patients	Increased relaxation	Reduced mental fatigability	Reduced respiratory rate	Increased openness to experience
Reduced psychological complaints	Reduced muscular electrical activity (EMG)	Increased performance quotient	Increased lung capacity	Reduced defensiveness
	Increased muscle tone	increased shift in sequence of ideas	increased breathe holding time	Reduced guilt
	Increased fitness		Increased tidal volume	Reduced tension and instability
Students who did yoga 4 times a week which included 10 mins of breathing exercises, 15mins of warm ups and 50 mins of posture work. After just 8 weeks of yoga:- muscular strength had increased by 31% Stamina was up by 57% flexibility had increased by 188% !! Breathing capacities were also up by 7% which is very high for only 8 weeks of yoga. Source: University of California Venice 2002 Ref Structural Yoga therapy by Mukunda Stiles			Increased cardiovascular efficiency	Reduced hostility
			reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure	Reduced submissiveness
			Reduced heart rate	Reduced self-criticism
			Increased blood flow	Increased assertiveness
			increased immune system	Increased body image
				increased self-esteem

Phil Aston is a fully qualified teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga. He is one of most popular yoga teachers in the area, having appeared in Discovery Health, Yoga Magazine and writes regular articles on stress management.