Aids concentration and mental alertness.

Improves health and overall sense of wellbeing. Specifically;

Increases the cardiovascular efficiency and endurance resulting in increased vitality

Decreases blood pressure through breathing exercises

Helps aid weight normalisation

Improves posture - repatterning our muscular posture helps relieve tension headaches, muscular tension. Improves muscle and connective tissue flexibility and increases the range of motion in your joints

Improves your balance, not just in terms of overall co-ordination but also between the left and right, front and back and the high and low aspects of your body. Few of us have proper body balance which can set up pressure points and distortions. Yoga is about harmony in the body and mind.

Calms the mind and increases your general sense of wellbeing.
Yoga reduces stress through relaxation- hard scientific research shows that serious illnesses including heart disease are directly related to stress.