by Jayne Attwood | Feb 6, 2025 | Yoga
Yoga is an exercise well-known for reducing stress and anxiety, bringing calm and grounding through lowering blood pressure and cortisol, whilst increasing the all the lovely feel good hormones; oxytocin, serotonin, endorphins and dopamine. That’s brilliant for the...
by Jayne Attwood | Aug 22, 2024 | Yoga
I’ve been banging on about how great yoga is for years – from keeping you supple, to aiding mental health and vitality, and I thought the best way to prove it to you, is to ask one of my older members to show you! This is Patrick, and this was our conversation about...
by Jayne Attwood | Jun 25, 2024 | Retreat, Yoga
Or perhaps the question should be, ‘what happens on an Ad Astra yoga retreat’?! We just got back from another brilliant weekend away at the gorgeous Woodlands Outdoor Education Centre on the edge of the River Wye in Glasbury, Wales. This time we were very active and...
by Jayne Attwood | Apr 30, 2024 | Yoga
Fibromyalgia, also called fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body. It’s not really understood what causes the condition, but it’s thought that triggers from physical or emotional injury, infection or stress can be at the...
by Jayne Attwood | Oct 17, 2023 | Hip Flexors, Hormones, Pilates, Yoga
October is full of awareness days and four of them have a particular significance to us in yoga and Pilates. Back Care Awareness Week 3 – 7 October World Mental Health Day 10 October Bone and Joint Week 12 -20 October World Menopause Awareness Day 18 October...
by Jayne Attwood | Aug 23, 2023 | Yoga
The week 4 – 10 September 2023 is Blood Pressure UK’s ‘Know Your Numbers Week’ and that means we’re thinking about blood pressure… You could have high blood pressure and not know it – when was the last time you got it checked? Did you know that the NHS offers...
