Relax, Rejuvenate and Re-energise with Yoga

Yoga is a non-religious practice that supports the unification of mind and body on a journey towards spiritual and physical wellness. It can greatly enhance the health of mind and body and leads to a peaceful inner awareness by:

• Reducing tension, depression, anger and anxiety
• Increasing flexibility, vitality and concentration level
• Promoting restful sleep
• Maintaining good physical and mental health
• Exercising the glands, organs and endocrine system
• Lengthening the muscles, tendons and ligaments
• Keeping blood oxygen at an optimum level

With diligent practice, you will experience the health, energy and vitality that yoga can bring into your life.

asana

Asana Yoga is a form of yoga comprising of physical postures that are practiced together with deep breathing to allow a full and deep relaxation of the body, while increasing blood flow and oxygen to the area being worked on. Asana will also strengthen, balance and stabilize the body. Using different movements and postures, the Asana practice uses the physical body as a primary focus for integration. It has certain therapeutic effects, even going so far as to gently massage the internal organs. The mental well-being of the student is also enhanced as each posture requires the student to incorporate proper breathing and mental concentration. Not only will you feel more physically fit, you will also experience clarity of mind. It also helps to cure disorders of the nervous system; generally bringing peace of mind.
For an effective Asana practice that results in steadiness and comfort, strength and flexibility,

Use your breath to recognize and reduce resistance, to evaluate the intelligence of your effort, and to determine whether you are accomplishing your aim.

Class Scehdule

Fees: S$160 for a block of 8 lessons (10 weeks Validity)
Please bring your own mat.

Register personally at basic essence or
phone us on 64684991

* Strictly Beginners Yoga on Tuesday

About the Teachers.....

SuDehPa Stoney Tham is a very experienced yoga teacher who has taught yoga full-time since 1998. Her students learn yoga with her over the years and have shown significant improvement in their overall well-being through consistent yoga practice. By focusing on self-awareness, i.e. being mindful of the moment and being in touch with our body, Sudehpa support her students to know themselves better, while they experience incresed flexibility and strength.

In 2005, SuDehPa develop Motion 5, a range of motion exercises which combines the Western medical model with Eastern-based yoga and qigong. She went on a Chinese morning programme to demonstrate Motion 5 to help stroke patients regain mobility. To improve herself in the field of yoga, SuDehPa goes for yearly training with her guru in India. In addition, she makes keen observation during her yoga classes and explores other types of alternative therapies. With all these studies and teaching experience, she offers mind and body health consultancy to people with health issues. Besides applying specific yoga posture and prescribing herbal tea to address health issues such as bloating and insomnia, her consultations also include dietary recommendations and lifestyle changes to achieve optimum therapeutic effects. In the past couple of years, SuDehPa has used this customised therapy programme successfully with cancer patients, helping them to reduce their pain and improve their health.

SuDehPa is also a spiritual retreat organizer to India and Nepal. She brings groups to these places twice a year and provides them the experience of the great nature and vegetarian diet. With yoga, meditation and sharing of stress management techniques throughout the 10-day retreat, participants return home feeling rejuvenated, inspired and revitalized. Last but not least, SuDehPa is an active volunteer, both in Singapore as a counsellor to inmates and a volunteer teacher with Dover Park Hospice as well as in Nepal, where she leads volunteers on a school project ( Little Sunshine ) for the past 7 years. Besides improving the general facilities and the school environment, the group also provides free text books and sets up a library ( Little Sunshine Library ) in a nearby village in Nagarkot in Mar 2008