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Yoga Classes in Banashankari
Yoga here is practical: building usable range of motion, strength through that range, and breathing that helps you settle. It stands on its own, and it is also the single best thing most gym members could add to what they already do.
- Session
- 60 min
- Suits
- beginner, intermediate
- Format
- group
What to expect
A session, start to finish
- Breath and centring to start — brief, not ceremonial
- Progressive sequences building heat and opening the hips, spine and shoulders
- Held postures where strength through range is the point
- A genuine relaxation at the end, not a token two minutes
If you are stiff, you are the target audience
The belief that you should get flexible before starting yoga has it exactly backwards. Postures are adjusted, blocks and straps exist precisely so that the shape is available to you today, and nobody in the room has the range they would like. Being stiff is the reason to come, not the reason to wait.
What it does for people who lift
Most lifting problems that look like strength problems are position problems — a squat limited by ankles, a press limited by the mid-back. Working those positions under control, regularly, unlocks more than adding another training day does. It also gives your nervous system somewhere to go after a hard week, which is not a small thing.
Timetable
When Yoga runs
Class times move with the season and the coach roster, so check with us before your first visit.
Timings change with the season and the coach roster.
Rather than publish a schedule that might be out of date by the time you read it, message us and we will send you this week’s actual timetable.
Get this week’s timingsQuestions
Yoga — common questions
Do I need my own mat?
Is this spiritual or religious?
I am pregnant. Can I attend?
Worth reading first
Before you book
Written to be useful whether or not you train here.
6 min read
Starting again after a break
Coming back after months or years off is a different problem from starting for the first time — you remember what you used to lift, and that memory is the single most reliable way to get hurt in week one.
7 min read
Strength training after 40
The advice most people over forty are given — walk more, take it easy, protect your joints — gets the priority backwards. Strength is the thing that protects the joints, and it is the capacity that declines fastest if nobody trains it.
Try Yoga for free
One full session, no commitment, no pressure to sign anything on the day.