Yoga for Health. Fitter, Stronger, Happier.

Name: Yoga for Health. Fitter, Stronger, Happier.
Rating: 4.6 (16 reviews)

Get started and practice Yoga to promote good health - now and in the future!

Created bySian Young

Last updated 9/2025

English

What you'll learn

Learn how Yoga can improve your physical health.
Understand how Yoga can help you reconnect with your body.
How Yoga can support a healthy mind.
Learn simple practices which fit in around a busy lifestyle.

Course content

7 sections • 22 lectures • 1h 53m total length

Introduction1:29
Learn to warm up properly, master key yoga poses that protect the back, hips, and shoulders, and explore mind practices like meditation, visualization, yoga nidra, and metta meditation.

Introduction1:59
The Body Needs3:35
Nourish the body with food, air, and water, and move through yoga to restore mobility, open joints, boost circulation, and calm the nervous system, guiding you toward personal health goals.
The Mind Needs6:23
Explore how health fuels all aspects of life and practice mind focused yoga techniques: concentration, visualization, yoga nidra, and loving kindness, to cultivate calm, energy, and emotional balance.
Safety First5:23

Introduction1:11
Begin with a full body warm-up using small movements to prepare the body for yoga, emphasizing spine mobility for forward folds, backward bends, and twists.
Top-to-Toe Warm Up10:24
Engage in a top-to-toe warm up with mindful head rolls, neck and shoulder mobility, gentle arm and tricep stretches, hip rotations, ankle and knee movements, and steady breathing.
Warming up the Spine3:59
Warm the spine from box position with arching and rounding in rhythm with breath, then flow to downward dog, child pose, and cobra to mobilize the spine and shoulders.

Introduction1:27
Explore the fundamentals of yoga through asanas, movements, and static poses, and learn back, hips, and shoulders sequences to improve flexibility and range of motion with seated and standing exercises.
Yoga for Backs9:46
Strengthen and protect your back with a guided flow of cat-cow warmups, child's pose, downward dog, cobra and bridge. Focus on breath, alignment, core engagement, and gentle spinal twists.
Yoga for Hips4:41
Yoga for Shoulders9:48

Introduction1:38
Concentration 16:37
Concentration 26:57
Guide students through a five-minute concentration exercise focusing on breathing, anchoring on chest or abdomen, maintaining the natural rhythm, observing movement, and returning attention when the mind wanders.
Concentration 36:35
Engage concentration through a seated breath-counting practice from one to ten, syncing inhale and exhale, returning to one as needed, while relaxing the body for about five minutes.
Visualisation7:44
Guide learners through a forest and sunflower meadow visualization, using deep breathing, relaxation of the body, and gentle pacing to release stress and cultivate calm and positive energy.
Yoga Nidra11:31
Find a comfortable position and enter yoga nidra through a guided body scan from fingers to toes with slow breathing to cultivate deep relaxation, warmth, and a calm, energized presence.
Loving Kindness8:06
Practice metta, or loving kindness, to generate goodwill in the body and radiate it outward toward all beings. Focus on breathing, relaxation, and returning happiness to your heart.

Requirements

No previous experience required but check with your doctor if any pre-existing medical conditions. Due to the exercises and movement in this programme, not recommended if you are pregnant.

Description

* Protect your health now and in the future.

* Start your first steps into yoga and meditation.

* Get fitter, healthier and stronger with simple techniques.

* Focus on key areas to save you time and money.

* Gives you a strong foundation to start a home practice and more confidence in yoga class.

* Enjoy more strength, flexibility and peace of mind.

Are you interested in improving your health? Perhaps tried Yoga before. Interested in finding out more about the benefits to your physical and mental well being. Want to protect your health in the short and longer term?

This course introduces you to some of the key poses and practices within yoga that support the body to remain active and mobile. We look at yoga for key areas including backs, hips and shoulders. We spend time looking at mind practices to better understand the range of practices available with the opportunity to experience each with a taster session.

In today's busy world where we are spending more time being static than in movement, it is becoming even more important to ensure that we exercise and move in the right way. Sitting for long periods at desks or in cars can lead to shortening of key muscles in the pelvis area resulting in reduced mobility and problems later in life. Rounded or hunched shoulders as a result of desk working can over time limit the range of movement in the shoulders and cause incorrect posture leading to later issues.

The challenges of work, busy lifestyles and commitments can lead us feeling tired and wired, not knowing whether to rest, exercise, eat or sleep! To be able to unwind, to mentally switch off and reset gives you a huge advantage in alleviating stress, developing mental alertness and encouraging better relationships.

Discover and try the power of basic yoga, develop a home practice and fall in love with movement. Yoga for Health gets you started and supports you on that journey.

Credits:

Thank you to Canva (design) and Zapsplat (music).

Who this course is for:

Anyone who is interested in Yoga and wants to know more about how it can support good health.

Yoga for Health. Fitter, Stronger, Happier.

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 1min

The Three Principles4 lectures • 17min

Warming Up3 lectures • 16min

Yoga Asanas4 lectures • 26min

Mind7 lectures • 49min

End of Course Review1 lecture • 1min

BONUS SECTION! (Practice Sheets & Inspiration)2 lectures • 3min

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