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The sanskrit word yoga comes from the root word Yuj - meaning to link, join, yoke.

But link what to what? Body to mind? Body, mind and spirit? There's no definative answer except your own.

And this can change over time. Yoga may mean different things to us at different times in our lives.

  • Discovering the potential of body and mind
  • Improving or maintaining health and reducing stress
  • Time for reflection and meditation
  • Finding a harmonious way of living within ourselves and the world around us

Usually we consider yoga to be about postures (asanas) and the physical body. Other aspects of yoga are concerned with the energy of the body, the mind and using it and the deeper aspects of the Self.

 

Yoga and its philosophy encompasses big questions like "who am I?", "what is my potential as a human being?" "how can I live a fulfilled and happy life?". In Yoga these aren't theoretical questions and answers but part of a practical approach. To understand the answers means, in Yoga terms, to do it and experience it, to learn (and maybe re-learn). To uncover the essence of being human - the negatives, positives and potential.

British Wheel of Yoga
The BWY is recognised as the national Governing Body for Yoga in Great Britain by the Sports Council. The Teacher Training Diploma is a professional teaching qualification awarded after successfully completing a 500 hour national occupational standard that can take 2 to 4 years. Annual in-service training and competence in First Aid are requirements for BWY diploma holders.
aYs

The association of Yoga studies is a community of teachers and students whose practise is inspired by the teaching of T. Krishnamacharya, his son T.K.V. Desikachar and their students. It was founded by Paul Harvey in 1981 and was formerly known as Viniyoga Britain.

This approach emphasises the individual nature of yoga as a practice that can be adapted to ones abilities, current state of health and circumstances.

This approach also includes using yoga for therapeutic purposes.

An Approved Practitioner has successfully completed an approved aYs teacher training programme, usually of 700+ hours over 3 to 4 years and continues to meet the annual in-service training requirements.