Join Vanda for a Hatha yoga session on Sunday May 12, 2013 at 3:30pm during the Mind Body Spirit Festival to be held May 11-12 at the Singapore Flyer! Vanda and many others are coming together for a two day celebration of love and good health.  Registration for the festival is now open and will close on May 8th. In addition to the Hatha yoga session with Vanda, the Festival will include yoga and Pilates workouts, a fitness marathon and other workshops.  
So, get ready to grab your mat and spend a weekend nurturing your mind, body and spirit!   
Register on the website: http://www.mindbodyspirit.com.sg/ or call Tel: 65 6842 6198 for details.

We are pleased to introduce our new Prenatal Yoga day time classes!
It will be on Tuesdays 11:30am-12:30pm, 12:30pm-1:30pm and Thursdays 11:15am-12:15pm, 12:15pm-1:15pm at Level 3, 90B Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore 088511, walking distance from Tanjong Pagar MRT.
One time trial classes are available for newcomers at least 16 weeks pregnant.

This is great for ladies working nearby and would like to attend Prenatal Yoga classes during lunch breaks. This also suits ladies who prefer to start the day with some stretches to keep themselves energised.
Class size is kept small to ensure more personalised attention, so spaces are limited!
A minimum class size is required before commencement.
Please contact us today to book your space!  

The practice of yoga is becoming increasingly mainstream, not only for physical fitness, but as a way to treat mental and nervous system imbalances such as depression, stress and anxiety.   Scientists are taking notice.  For example, this new study at the University of Adelaide in Australia is aiming to find out if practicing hatha yoga relieves stress in individuals.  In their new trial, called The Yoga for Stress Study: The Effectiveness of a Hatha Yoga Practice on Biochemical Markers of Oxidative Stress in a Chronically Stressed Population, researchers will recruit women to participate in 16 hatha yoga classes, measuring whether there is a decrease in the amount of biochemical markers of oxidative stress at the end of the study.  The participants must be new to yoga, women, and between the ages of 35-65. 

We’ll be looking forward to hearing the results, although we expect they will be in favor of a regular yoga practice in reducing stress.  In this increasingly hectic world, a regular yoga practice has become extremely beneficial.  It provides a time for practitioners to forget about their busy schedules, step away from technology like cell phones and e-mail, and focus on only one thing – the breath.  It’s a time for the body and mind to recuperate.  We believe the researchers will find a decrease in the markers of oxidative stress as each participant inhales, then exhales.