Anita Lewis
BA Hons Adult Nursing

Anita Lewis BA Hons Adult Nursing, is an experienced Yoga teacher. She has studied in India with the teachers A.G and Indra Mohan and is one of a handful of teachers in the Uk qualified to teach Svastha Yoga. In the Uk she has taken additional post graduate training in the therapeutic application of Yoga, with the Yoga Biomedical Trust.

Treatments
What is yoga therapy?
Yoga Therapy is the adaptation of yoga practices to suit each person’s health and circumstances.
You don’t have to be fit or flexible to benefit from yoga. Yoga Therapy uses gentle movement, simple physical postures, breathing practices, relaxation techniques and meditation.
Your body and breath will set the pace of work so that you will remain comfortable in whatever practice you do.
You can begin to practice yoga and benefit right away, even if you have never done yoga before.

How does yoga therapy work?
When you start yoga therapy for the first time there is an initial consultation so that an appropriate yoga practice can be developed and shaped to suit you.
This may be followed by further one to one sessions or in small groups with individual attention. Between sessions, there is some home practice to do.
Yoga therapy is a holistic treatment that can benefit anyone. Conditions that may respond favourably to treatment include:

Aches and pains
arthritis,
asthma,
cancer,
back pain,
breathing disorders,
depression,
exhaustion,
fertility,
headaches,
high blood pressure and heart
conditions,
HIV and AIDS,
IBS,
ME,
Menstrual pain,
migraines
stress, anxiety, insomnia
TMJ/jaw disorders,
Transition or change,
women’s health issues.

You don’t have to be ill or have any particular symptoms to benefit from yoga therapy.
Through individualised yoga sessions you can care for your own health.

Benefits of yoga:


- Relaxing tense muscles
- Gentle mobilization of joints to promote repair and maintenance
- Strengthening postural muscles to protect the spine
- Strengthening core stability muscles Relaxing and focusing the mind
- Promotion of healing and well-being
- Increased energy and vitality
- Improved sleep

Anita also teaches yoga classes at:

South Oxford Community Centre, Lake St.
Monday 6-7.30pm

St.Albans Hall,Charles st.
Tuesday 6-7.15pm

St.Albans Hall, Charles St,
Tuesday 7.30-9pm