Kath Gibbons Yoga

Yoga for the larger person works on many levels to achieve a healthy lifestyle in a supportive and nourishing way.

The Benefits of Yoga

Yoga for the overweight or obese can do the following:

• Provide you with a safe and effective exercise programme to suit your needs
• Your body will become firm, stretched, strong and toned
• As muscles strengthen the metabollic rate improves burning unwanted unhealthy fat
• The body's systems become balanced reducing food cravings, hunger pangs, mood swings and water retention.
• Keep you focused, motivated and positive.
• Improve your self-esteem and relationship with yourself and others
• Change your relationship with food giving you a healthy balanced attitude to food
• Help you to cope with emotional ups and downs
• Opens doors to new possibilities

What will I be doing at Yoga for the Overweight

All the usual techniques of a 'normal' yoga practice, but the techniques are designed to accommodate the special needs of the larger person.

• Asana (postures) and vinyasa (sequences) adapted to suit the shape and dexterity of the overweight person.
• Pranayama (breathing exercises) techniques which have been found to help with weight loss
• Relaxation techniques to reduce the anxiety and stress that can often beleaguer the larger person
• Meditation practices to keep you focused and give you inner peace and strength

What shall I do now?

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