Every Saturday morning from 9.00 to 11.00 am we practice Divya Yoga- a series of physical and breathing exercises in order to make the body flexible. We take care of our body, mind and soul with positive affirmations, wise stories, motivational poem and our mantra. Yoga is a complete lifestyle

Every last Saturday of month we have a guest speaker from 11.00 to 11.30 and after that we eat together. The food is provided by Vinesh Saxena Family foundation, Meera is cooking for us amazing Indian food, and if you want to share with us a little plate you are welcome.

If it is your first day, please come earlier at 8.30am to take time to complete a information sheet. Mihaela is happy to meet you.

Subsequently please come 10-15 minutes earlier in order to have time to arrange your mat etc, so we can start at 9.00am.

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Please see below a short description of exercises that we practice every Saturday.
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	<li><b>Workout</b> – a series of 12-15 exercises to warm up your body: i. e. bend knee, bend forward, bend backward, bend right, bend left, stretch shoulders, jump, move hands, bend right knee, bend left knee, jumping jack, shake your body, downward/upward dog etc.</li>
	<li><b>Sun Salutation</b> – Surya Namaskar, a flowing series of 12 postures which helps improve strength and flexibility of the muscles and spinal column. These postures also warm up the body and tone the abdominal muscles.</li>
	<li><b>Motivational discourse</b> – our teacher Vinesh Saxena shares with us wise stories and practical advices for a happy, movitated and fulfilling life.</li>
	<li><b>Acupressure</b> (an alternative medicine technique derived from acupuncture)– pressing with rotation your fingertips to relieve sinus problems,  middle of your palm for kidney problems and  under the thumb for the well being of thyroid.</li>
	<li><b>Eyes and neck exercises</b> – we take care of every part of the body.
Eyes: move pupil right, left, up and down; rotate clockwise, then counter clockwise. Stretch right arm in front, thumb up, focus on thumb when bringing hand towards nose and then take it away. Extend both arms infront, gaze on middle of thumb. Move arms apart until you still see-stay in this position for 30 seconds, move arms back<b>     </b>
Neck: bend left, right, forward, and backward, rotate clockwise, then      counter clockwise, look to the right and look to the left.</li>
	<li><b>Seven Pranayamas (</b> breathing exercises) When we do yoga 75% of benefit comes from breathing exercises and 25% from asanas. We integrate 7 breathing exercises during our practice: Bhastrika, Kapal Bhati, Anulom Vilom, bahya(Agnisar Kriya), Bhramari, Ujjayi and Udgeeth.</li>
	<li><b>6 mudras </b>(positioning of fingers) - are used in conjunction with pranayama, generally while seated , to stimulate different parts of the body involved with breathing and to affect the flow of prana in the body.</li>
	<li><b>100 postures, exercises and asanas</b> – with these we increase flexibility from head to toe. We are also doing <b>stretching</b> exercises to help our bodies to stimulate the lymphatic system, focus on key areas of the body including the head and neck area, shoulders, gingers, arms, hips, knees and feet.
We do exercises for relieving arthritis, diabetes, heart diseases, cholesterol, back pains, insomnia etc.</li>
	<li><b>Laughter yoga </b>– with Meera - a revolutionary idea – simple and profound. Invented by Dr. Madan Kataria, a Physician from Mumbai. Today, it has become a worldwide phenomenon with more than 6000 Social Laughter Clubs in about 60 countries. We combine Unconditional Laughter with Pranayama. The concept of Laughter Yoga is based on a scientific fact that the body cannot differentiate between fake and real laughter. One gets the same physiological and psychological benefit.
We also do <b>Super Brain yoga</b> to stimulate brain cells. This form of yoga has been invented by a Virginia doctor and is very popular in medical community.</li>
	<li><b>Shavasana </b>– After the yoga session lie flat on back on the mat:. Shavasana allows the body a chance to regroup and reset itself. After a balanced practice, the entire body has been stretched, contracted, twisted and inverted. The body, mind and soul gets complete rest, power, motivation and happiness.</li>
	<li><b>Motivational poem</b> – is read at the end of the session to keep us motivated, focused and recharge our batteries.</li>
	<li><b>Mantra</b> – at the end we repeat and acknowledge our mantra – IF IT IS TO BE IT IS UP TO ME.</li>
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