Find yoga classes in Leicester

Yoga Classes in Leicester

Leicester, as you’ll know, is a great place to learn. With a couple of high-ranking universities, excellent colleges, music schools, health and fitness centres, and more, it’s an excellent city in which to enjoy learning anything you might possibly want to learn.

Yet, it’s not all about big established educational institutions. Leicester also has a lively private tuition scene – in which individual experts are offering lessons in everything from the musical to the linguistic, the academic to the physical, from the scientific to the spiritual. And these friendly and impressive teachers are all available to teach you too.

Why Learn Yoga?

But you’ve found yourself here to find yourself a yoga teacher. And what a great decision you’ve made.

Yoga is an excellent practice to take up – whether you are in it for the physical exercise, the restorative and meditative elements, or its more spiritual side. The benefits of the practice are wide-ranging – helping your mental health, your physical stamina, and your mood – and, although there are many opportunities for online yoga videos, a qualified teacher is the best way to get you excelling in and experiencing all the benefits of yoga.

Great Physical Exercise

So, why take yoga classes? Firstly, because yoga practice is a vigorous full body workout, in which you’ll build strength, explore the ranges of motion your body can perform, and engage and tone muscles across your whole body. Through the physical practice of yoga, you’ll be on the mat getting sweaty, developing together your group fitness, and enhancing generally your strength and flexibility.

The Mindful and the Spiritual

But it’s not all about your core strength, nor even your fitness. Rather, the foundational element of yoga philosophy is that it enhances your body and mind. This is what the word ‘yoga’ means – union – the union of your mind and body. You’ll achieve this through breathwork, primarily, or what is known as pranayama.

This is why there is often the association between yoga and meditation, as the yoga poses, salutations, or asanas help to develop a deep relaxation, a mindfulness, and a greater body awareness. This is primarily the point of yoga, in promoting ideas of self-care and being restful.

Yoga did begin, after all, as a deeply spiritual practice, coming from the ancient Sanskrit texts associated with Ayurveda. Many new students come to yoga for the total body exercise and stick around for the spiritual elements of the practice.

Choosing Your Yoga Class

As yoga is so ancient, over time there have developed many different schools of thought, different ways to practice yoga – and the new student will come across these as they enter the yoga community.

But you shouldn’t be bogged down with the overwhelming number of different styles. There are vinyasa, ashtanga, and hatha yoga; Iyengar yoga and yin yoga; prenatal yoga and postnatal yoga; power yoga, hot yoga, gentle yoga, chair yoga, aerial yoga, and flow yoga. There’s even kids’ yoga. None, of course, are objectively the best yoga – but you’ll have to find this out for yourself.

Some are focused more on the physical elements of the practice, whilst others pay more attention to the breathing techniques. Others, meanwhile, emphasise slowness, precision, and stillness, whilst others are more dynamic. Things like chair yoga and aerial yoga, further, are modern developments that are designed respectively for people who are less easily able to move and for those who want to take their practice to the next level.

If you are new to the discipline, we suggest that you look for yoga teachers who are happy to teach beginner yoga. From there, you can decide with your instructor which yoga school would best suit you on your yoga journey. Yoga instructors, by the way, are known for being incredibly friendly – so ask them anything that is on your mind!

Thinking Practically

As you are here already, you have already taken the first step to finding yourself a yoga teacher. Yet, as there are now so many opportunities to learn yoga, in Leicester as much as everywhere else in the western world, there are a few things to consider when choosing the right one for you.

You may well have tried a group class already. You may have had to squeeze your yoga mat in between those of others. You may have felt a bit tied to an inflexible class schedule. Or you may have felt that the pace wasn’t quite right for you: that you wanted to move slower, or maybe quicker, and that you could never really enter into that meditative space that you were seeking.

All this is quite understandable. And, although group classes can be very social and fun, they might not always be the best places to properly learn.

That’s why private tuition can be great. You can learn at your own pace and on your own timetable. The teaching can be focused entirely on you – on your strengths, your desired outcomes, and your preferred style. And you can do it in a location that suits you perfectly, in the comfort of your own home or in a really convenient place.

Leicester’s Yoga Teachers

So, we encourage you to click through above to the yoga tutors available in Leicester. Our tutors are all highly experienced, passionate about what they do, and approachable and easy with their students. All you have to do is to click onto their profile and get in touch.

From there, it’s simply a case of discussing when you’re both available – and confirming the session. There’s nothing else that you need to do – apart from to show up.

Most of our tutors offer their first session free, so, even if you are not entirely sure, you have absolutely nothing to lose.