GAY DIAMOND YOGA
Welcome everyone who has just joined GAY DIAMOND YOGA.
Classes schedule
MIXED ABILITY:
Every Wednesday 6.30 pm and 8 pm at SUKA SPORT in SOHO ( 47 Beak street)
Every Sunday 5.00 pm at SUKA SPORT in SOHO ( 47 Beak street)
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If you interested in Yoga and looking for ONE 2 ONE Yoga I offer session especially tailored to your needs. Private classes are a fantastic way to learn yoga at your own pace, focus on a specific health or alignment issue, or deepen an existing practice.
Each body is different and to solve each problem you and your therapist need to analise it together and then apply a treatment - postures chosen specifically for you. ARE YOU A BEGINNER? Very often we join yoga classes at the gym doing yoga postures without detailed understanding of the alignment or basic yoga principles. ONE to ONE Yoga it is your time to ASK QUESTIONS
50£ 1,30 min
My name is Rad and I am very passionate about YOGA. I'm trained HATHA YOGA teacher and recently inspired by ANUSARA YOGA. I love people and life. I think there is so many amazing things to learn and discover. LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE!I know how much Yoga has influenced and changed my life and I am here trying to inspire you to give it a GO!
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GROUP REVIEW / YOGA EXPERIENCE
"Can't imagine a Wednesday without yoga now!! I've now been practising yoga for 6 months. Rad teaches anusara yoga, which is challenging but incredibly rewarding. I've learned that just like riding a bike the first time you do something you have no real idea of the principles involved - going through the motion should be enough. But with yoga it's much more than that. Opening (your heart) to embrace those around you and opening yourself to be the person you know you truly are, are just two of the positive effects of yoga. I've gained confidence, calmness (and an ability to choose calm, which was something that I previously thought that I didn't have a choice in making). My thought processes are clearer and more defined, I'm sleeping better, I'm stronger at the other sports I play and I'm a happier person. This has all been from yoga. "
Rob, Clapham
"I started doing Yoga with Rad almost 1 year ago. It was a time of great change going on in my life, and I wanted to try something new with my physical fitness routine as I was a bit bored of years of going to the gym. In addition to helping me keep fit, Yoga also helped make this time of change easier for me to deal with. I discovered that not only are their physical benefits of Yoga, there are mental and spiritual benefits also.Rad is a patient and kind teacher, and has also gently pushed me to advance in my Yoga. He always explains the benefits of Anusara which I also find helpful. Its been a rather life-changing discovery and I'm grateful to have found it. Thanks!"
Kris , Hackney
"Yoga is the integral part of my daily chore how can i live without it. As heat cannot be separated from fire and light cannot be separated from sun similarly practise of yoga cannot be separated from the divine as it is part and parcel of every living entity. Rad , Anusara Yogi Teacher, has been expert in attempting to balance mind and body through various asanas by means of physical practise and controlled breathing. This has truly benefited me physically and mentally. The immense flow of energy during the practise has improved my flexibility and concentration tremendously and made me over come my stress and anxiety in my daily life. This has further enhanced my relationship with the world itself and how to embrace who we are and be grateful and appreciate the life that is given to us.I only wish that i can continue to strive further and deeper into the spiritual realm and take every opportunity to cultivate the practise in the most ecstatic and blissful platform. As Bhagavad Gita states yoga is the purest and the topmost and gives the direct perception of self realization and everlasting joyful to perform"Darshan,Barking
I am so pleased that I found this yoga group, it has impacted my life hugely in a short space of time! Rad is a wonderful instructor - he really knows how to pay attention to individual needs, and always makes time to provide individual encouragement and corrections in the class. This is so important, as it gives you the confidence to know you are doing things safely. Rad also manages to brings so much passion and enthusiasm to the classes, taking the sessions beyond just a physical workout, but something that goes deeper. For me the Anusara yoga has helped give me more strength and flexibility, and also a sense of freedom. I love the feeling of being able to improve over time and that it's the start of a life-long journey. The classes have a very welcoming and friendly atmosphere, and it's more like a community than a random exercise class. The social side has been just as encouraging for me - it's provided the chance to meet fascinating people and make new friends. I'd recommend the class to anyone. Phil, Greenwich
Yoga is Union of our attention with the Divine.Its techniques of controlling and awakening our body mind and soul.Yoga is such wonderful experience and challenging in my life.Its change a lot and learn more how to calm my self and get rid of my stress and make me feel better and happy person .I am with yogi Rad with anusara last 4 months he is such a wonder ful teacher(yogi).Practice make sence i am always look forward challenging asnas and i love yoga.
Om Shanthi Raj ,Plastow
I think I have never felt this before - as this groups has a very honest and loving vibe/feeling - all your actions/poses you teach us seem to reflect peace and harmony and being in a loving state no matter what poses we are doing.I also feel the effects afterward - rejuvinated, alive, aware, and sleep very well too!A few words come to mind:
- Peace/calm
- Controlled
- balanced
David, Reading
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Why we practice YOGA?
Why is it that yoga has changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, including myself?
Because it shows you how to radically change the way you look at life.
One of the most powerful aspects of Anusara yoga, and its first principle, is choosing to look for the beauty in every moment. Even in the most difficult and painful times we can find a way to turn towards the light.
Its also about CONNECTION with other people and with yourself. Yoga gives you a chance to connect with very essence of your being . Who you really are?
Ultimately, we become our own best Soul friend, learn to love ourselves and love each other. This is the highest teaching.
Many people in our society go after jobs for the money rather than following what they know in their heart what they are naturally good at and letting those gifts guide them. As a result, they are miserable and their overall energy, enthusiasm, creativity and even health is diminished.
When we align with our gifts and talents and offer them to others, we feel joy, we feel happy because we are, in essence, offering the deepest part of ourselves and nothing could be more in alignment and more fulfilling than that.
I would like to invite you all to join this beautiful journey with me!
My love affair with yoga started only a few years ago and looking back at this time I can see this massive progress and transformation in my life and that is one of the reasons I teach YOGA to share that incredible experience with others.I want all of my students to leave my class feeling better about himself , empowered by the revelation of his Divine nature
Would you be interested in connecting with like-minded people to learn and practise yoga in small informal classes? This will be a chance for both men experienced in yoga and total beginners to practice in a safe and supportive environment. There is also a social element to the group, with the opportunity to make new friends
Please if you interested send me your details and I will add you to my mailing list and send you updates gaymensyoga@yahoo.com
I've adopted this term of the DIAMOND YOGA used to describe the process of refining both the physical body and “energy body” through the practices of yoga. Like the intense heat and pressure needed to form the pure, luminous crystals of a diamond, the physical and energetic body are cleansed and refined to a radiant strength of clarity through yoga
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My YOGA Classes
My intention is to serve YOU by helping you to open and soften your heart, to align with the bigger energy around you and to feel a sense of empowerment. You will learn specific bio-mechanical alignment principles which will afford greater opening, helping to prevent injury and allow for greater freedom in your yoga postures.
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Drop in class 10£
Book 6 sessions for the price of 5 ( 1 session free)
Book 10 sessions for the price of 8 ( 2 sessions free)
Payment to be made at first session . Sessions can takes anytime within 3 months period,
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MIXED ABILTY CLASS
Every Wednesday 6.30 pm and 8 pm at SUKA SPORT in SOHO ( 47 Beak street)
Every Sunday 5.00 - 6.15 PM at SUKA SPORT (47 Beak street) in SOHO
(please allow plenty of time before the class to get change and settle in)A 75 minute class combining more advanced physical practice. This class design to work the entire body, concentrating on the essence of every organ, bone, joint, muscle, ligament, tendon, blood vessel, nerve and gland. Incorporating strength, balance, and flexibility and stimulating the mind and restoring and shaping the body.
Drop in class 10£
Book 6 sessions for the price of 5 ( 1 session free)
Book 10 sessions for the price of 8 ( 2 sessions free)
Payment to be made at first session . Sessions can takes anytime within 3 months period,
9 amazing benefits of regular YOGA practice
What happens when you practice yoga positions in the right way (holding them steady, and relaxing into them) is that you
(1) breathe deeply. Since any time you remain steady and relax deeply, your breathing will also deepen as a natural consequence.As your body lets go of unnecessary tension (which is absolutely inevitable with practice, because it’s simply not possible to hold an asana whilst also holding on to stress) there is a deep
(2) ‘letting go’. Emotional stress that was locked away in the muscles and tissues of the body, especially the fascia, dissolves. This is why people sometimes cry or feel emotional during yoga practice; usually however the ‘letting go’ is on a more subconscious level.
As the body breathes more and more deeply, the lungs expand and contract more fully, gently and rhythmically
(3) massaging the internal organs and glands. They are toned; toxins are released; and all the systems in the body – the endocrine system (hormones); nervous system (stress + relaxation); circulatory system (energy) digestive system, and metabolism – are balanced.
As well as this internal massage, the yoga postures are also well known for the wonderful
(4) external massage that they give: stretching. The muscular skeletal system is rebalanced completely; the main reason why yoga is known to be quite simply the best remedy for a bad back. Problems with alignment are corrected automatically, as the body remembers it’s proper relationship with all it’s various parts.
Another reason why yoga helps to fix a bad back, apart from the stretching aspect of the exercises, is that it
(5) strengthens the body, especially the core of the body. The core muscle groups are the ones that hold the body internally, maintaining good posture and balance. Look at an experienced yoga asana practitioner, and you’ll see physical poise, balance, and lightness of limb. Yoga is known as ‘skill in action’, and certainly physical mastery is one of the results.
Inverted postures (such as shoulderstand and headstand) reverse the effect of gravity on the blood flow in the body, bringing
(6) much needed nutrition and energy to parts of the body that may lack them, rejuvenating the upper regions – heart, throat, and brain.The heart is especially benefited by these inverted postures due to the effect known as Starling LAW, which states that the more the heart muscle stretches, the more it in turn contracts. The large volume of blood entering the heart (carried freely by gravity from the legs, pelvis, and abdomen) stretches it greatly so that it then contracts strongly, and is given wonderful exercise; without any stress on the nervous system and knees, which other more aerobic cardiovascular exercise is guilty of.Heart disease, formerly thought to be irreversible, has been demonstrated to be not only reversible but also cure-able with the help of yoga.
I mentioned hormones above. Most people don’t realize how important the endocrine system (system of glands which produce hormones to regulate many of the functions of our organism) is: it is responsible for our moods. That’s why we sometimes put unpredictable behavior down to someone being ‘hormonal’!In short, when you practice yoga, the endocrine system is balanced, toned, and stimulated, so that
(7) the correct levels of specific hormones are produced: to dissipate stress, and induce relaxation.
Yoga also brings our attention to any issues that we have – physical and emotional. It’s very hard to do a full yoga class and not notice tension in the body, or anger in the heart. The nature of these postures is that they
(8) bring problems, weaknesses, and stress to our attention. By way of example: if you have a weakness in your knee, which may well go unnoticed until you run for the bus and damage the joint, practicing yoga will undoubtedly bring the problem to your attention. You will then have to adapt your practice to accommodate the injury, and soon you will find that the problem is gone, as the postures soothe, stretch, and strengthen the ligaments, muscles, tendons, and tissues around the problem.
Practicing the physical aspects of yoga brings clarity, focus, and balance to the mind. Asana practice is really meditation too. It brings us mindfully into the present moment, with ease and grace, so that
(9)magic happnens: our body and mind integrate again. While most people think of themselves as a mind and a body; or perhaps a mind in a body; the truth is that the mind and body are one. There really is no separation between the two: they are like two sides of the same coin.The reality is that human beings are pure consciousness, pure vibrational energy. The body is a dense manifestation of that consciousness. The mind is a subtle manifestation of that consciousness. Both are essentially pure consciousness. So what happens when we practice asana is that in some kind of magical way, perhaps as a result of the cumulative effect of all the above points together, we suddenly feel ourselves more integrated; more comfortable ‘in our own skin’.
WHY DO I DO YOGA?
My love affair with yoga started only a few years ago and looking back at this time I can see this massive progress and transformation in my life and that is one of the reasons I teach YOGA to share that incredible internal experience with others.…simply to help people feel better ...to make a diffrence...It all started in not very happy period of my life, I felt lost, insecure, I lost my drive and purpose and I knew i need a change,shift I needed a miracle.What do I want in my life?
It all started for me with meditation and that opened enourmose potential withing me. I started seeing things more clearly, become more aware and with that I ve started making choices. I commited myself to my gym yoga classes and every time I left the class I felt this overwhelimg feeling of extacy similiar to the one you might have after taking recreational drugs or alcohol. My vision was sharp; my body felt as light , my thoughts were ‘crystal clear’but at the same time I felt calm and grounded this massive joy bubbling up and taking over me…As I walked home through the streets of London everything around me seemed to be so beautiful and I felt infinite compassion towards each person passing me and of course I wanted to have it more and more. and with time my yoga practice become like a addiction but the source of it was not something external – a drug, alcohol or partying – but something inside of me. YOGA offers a lot of promise . It Offers that you can directly connect to very essence of your being- its like the biggest promise you can have.....it opens your heart...
I would like to invite YOU to join me in my everyday practice...NAMASTE
See you soon x
