New ways of getting your body moving are cropping up every day. Why choose yoga over pilates, zumba, tai chi, salsa dancing or any other form of exercise?

In purely physical terms, our style of yoga is very effective in developing strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular fitness. Regular yoga practice will also increase your ability to concentrate, boost your energy levels, and improve your ability to deal with stress.

Yoga is an ancient practice that delves into the philosophical and the spiritual as well as the physical. Yoga encourages you to respect your body and it's capabilities, to challenge your preconceptions and to use the physical practice to stay in the present moment.

By embarking on the path of yoga, one enters a journey to open the heart and clear the mind, to discover our true being, which is the ultimate reality – the transcendental self, the atma or the divine.

We are essentially the same humanity as 5000 years ago, so the insights that were discovered then, in the name of yoga are still valid today. Yoga as the union of body, mind and spirit leads one to freedom, compassion and harmony. These underlying principles create a strong and relevant foundation for modern yoga practice.