Yoga and Meditation for Wellbeing (E1)

Are you interested in improving your wellbeing? Do you want practical guidance on how to make healthy changes to your lifestyle?
In this course, you will learn about physical exercise, meditation and their benefits on your entire body and mind.
We will learn how to release stress by doing simple yoga poses and breathing techniques.

At the end of this course, you should be able to:
Recognise stress signs and symptoms and choose techniques for relaxation
Identify the benefits of yoga on health and wellbeing
Demonstrate basic yoga poses that increase your strength and help you to relax
Identify a few basic yoga poses that help you to meditate to calm down

Various resources will be used during sessions such as presentations and relaxing music.
You will spend most of the time on the mat practising yoga under the tutor’s supervision.
Regular tutor feedback will highlight achievement and progress. All learners will be asked to complete a short questionnaire about their mood and wellbeing at the beginning, middle and end of the course.

Your tutor will talk to you about what you can do next and we will give you information about other courses you could go on to.

8 weeks

English