Increase your body awareness, improve posture, strength, flexibility, stamina and breathing. Learn to relax, helping you reduce feelings of stress in daily life. Learn how to focus on your body alignment and improve your posture. You will practise a variety of yoga asanas (postures), Pranayama (breathing techniques) and relaxation. This course covers standing, sitting, supine, prone and upside down (inverted) postures. You will practise forward and backward bends, twists, side stretches and balancing This course will help to increase your strength, flexibility, body awareness, posture and enhance general well-being. Attending a weekly yoga class will improve your general health and well-being. Enter, feeling tired and achy maybe, leave refreshed, relaxed and energized. You will learn how to become more confident and assertive in yourself. Please be aware the classroom for this course is on the first floor of the Brockley Rise Centre. We are in the process of arranging for the lift to be replaced, so temporarily there is no lift access. If you have mobility issues please contact our enquiries line 0208 3143300 or email adultlearning@lewisham.gov.uk for help and advice before enrolling.