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The Benefits of Yoga
Yoga offers physical and mental health benefits for people of all ages.
For patients going through an illness, recovering from surgery or living with a chronic condition, yoga can become an integral part of their treatment and potentially hasten healing. Yoga can support the healing process and help the person experience symptoms with more centeredness and less distress.
Breathing, yoga-based movement, and mindful meditation, helps children, youth and students bring their attention to the present moment and prepares them for learning time.
Yoga helps elderly people find their centre and strengthen their core, leading to improved balance that can help reduce risk of falling. Group yoga can also provide a space for greater connection and community.
Overall, yoga can be adapted to all types of bodies to bring about physical and mental benefits. Yoga helps individuals to find greater openness in their bodies and confidence in themselves.
1. Total 12 students today with 1 male, 3 YTT observers. We focused on deeper stretching today after much CNY celebration, they said their body became stiff. Everyone did so well as always, happy way to start the practice in the beginning of new year.
2. Students tried gong sound bath for the first time. They shared their positive experiences and were asking if more sessions could be organised. They shared that they were able to fully relax and they felt restored at the end. We started with gentle joint releasing movements and calming breathing before the gong. We ended with some cool down shoulder opening and calming breath practice.
3. Students enjoyed a sequence working for overall body especially hamstrings and lower back strengthing and stretching, happy vibe before the CNY!
4. 5 men; 19 ladies total 24 patients, a full sequence class today, happy vibes before CNY. Wishing our team a happy CNY, forever healthy; full of blessings ,thank you Heidi, Carina, May and Tanny great assistance
5. 16 students today with one male. We have one new student joining us, she did very well, even though she never practiced before, but she enjoyed the class so much. We started with pranayama, standing asana, practicing by the wall, seated to laying down on the mat with blocks asana, ended with pranayama & meditation. They always give me so much motivation, so happy to teach this class.
6. We started with some gentle stretching as warm-up, then try with 2 rounds of Sun Salutation (Chair Yoga version), then closing with lateral stretching & twisting, plus eye glazing exercises. The students did well and the sun salutation created good energy for them
7. 4th class of the batch, 8 females and 1 YTT observer. Last class before CNY holidays, we focus on reviewing what we practiced before, how to remember the sequence, so they could self practice during the holidays. We did chair yoga with seated and standing asan, they are starting to familiar with the sequence, being more confident and enjoying the class.
8. We did gentle Hatha yoga with a modified sun salutation that suits beginner students. The feedback from participants was very good, they enjoyed a flow that is slightly more challenging than usual and felt energized at the end of the class.
9. 7 participants attend yoga class. Breathing exercises, lateral stretching, core strength, and balancing are sequenced to make them energetic.
10. The yoga class was practiced entirely on chairs, allowing everyone to relax and focus on each pose without worrying about balance.
11. Even though the weather isn’t good
We having a great practice from the beginning and the end of our practice
12. 8th class of this batch, with 1 male and 7 females. The patients are so happy we could practice today before typhoon hits. I review the chair sequence today, also a few pranayama practice, hope they will have some times to self practice during the typhoon period.
13. Hatha style class - full range of standing, kneeling, seated and laying postures. Full focus on strength and mobility. Students all gave great energy and focus, lots of fun.
14. The ladies enjoyed the class. I can see how excited they are because they arrive very early. I also enjoyed every hug after each class.
15. It was my first time helping out for this project and thank you Fiona the project leader for explaining the patients’ conditions to help me understand how to better help each student and what to avoid due to some individual pain conditions.
16. Today was the first class which I assisted to lead the warm up session. It was a fun and great experience. It was so a pleasure to meet some new faces in this new batch and year of 2025.
17. Today was the last session before Christmas and 2024 year end. All the ladies greatly appreciated the AYC classes offered to them and AYC volunteers/project leader bought Christmas gifts for the students. Everyone left the class with great joy and gratitude.
18. AYC teaching volunteer Fiona led various stretching exercises and techniques for the students which were of much therapuetic benefits to them.
19. Although a few students found certain yoga poses quite challenging and struggled a bit, overall, it’s very encouraging to see that everyone made noticeable progress in their pose alignment!
20. The students said they loved the session because it was a great full-body exercise that worked everything from head to toe.
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