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Hatha Yoga (Shadow Yoga School)
Regular courses which teach you step by step, this increasingly influential system of hatha yoga. Dynamic, grounding, and perfect for releasing tension in the hips and stabilising the spine.
It works your body strongly without leaving you full of aches the next day, due to it's integral use of the breath and attention to the internal workings of the yoga practise.
The school of Shadow Yoga is distinctive in its use of preparatory groundwork, in the form of dynamic sequences, or "preludes".
Beginners will appreciate shadow yoga's straight forward effectiveness in breaking down tension in the body whilst building stamina,
and how through the use of focused breath work, it helps calm the mind, leaving it in a restful state.
The preludes particularly build leg strength and openness in the hips, firmness in ones 'centre', and stability in the spine.
They also develop the rhythm and focused awareness necessary to free the mind from its habitual grip on the body.
This breaks down both mental and physical tension and restrictions, so that one may move unhindered into the practise of asana.
The preludes involve a lot of turning and nonlinear movements, and amongst the more familiar yoga postures,
the casual observer might discern elements of the martial arts.
Such elements are used for their power in producing specific results in the physical and/or energetic body.
The more experienced practitioner will appreciate the extensive use, and development of uddiyana banda,
whilst learning how to apply knowledge of the marmas (vital points).
They will refine their breath, develop concentration and build a greater awareness of the body's subtle forces.
It is through this internal work that one finds a greater depth to the practise of asana.
The school of shadow yoga is founded by Zhander Remete.
