YOGIJO's CHAIR YOGA Stretch

Vancouver, BC. C A N A D A

Let Yoga! Do Yoga!

Our
Uniqueness

We provide quality Traditional Yoga Instruction, grounded in Kinesiology and backed by BCRPA and NCC Fitness Theory.(We teach poses that Bio Mechanicaly/Ergonomicaly designed.) We start with warm up and end with cool down excercises.

Karate Yoga(Yoga in Motion)
Physio Yoga(Yoga Therapy)

Yoga traditional breath is slow and steady, breath in of the nose down into the belly and off of the mouth. Always sit with a straight spine and a relaxed body.
Please consult your health care practitioner before starting a Yoga.
To find out how we can help you to start living a healthier, more enjoyable life today email us at webarts3000@yahoo.com
IF your looking for:

Less stress.
Less tired.
Less weight.
Relaxation.
Healthier.
THEN, Yoga is for you !

Yoga has 3 positive faces:

Aerobic Fitness.
Strengthen Muscles.
Increase Flexibility.

(BC HEALTH GUIDE BOOK-page.345)

For the copy of the BC Health Guide Book call:1-800-465-4911.

AEROBIC FITNESS
Aerobic conditioning improve the ability of your heart and lungs to deliever oxigen to your muscles, dues allows you to do more with less fatigue.
Generally speaking, anything that raises your heart rate can be considered aerobic excercise.
The following activity count as Aerobic activity:

Brisk Walking
Bicycling
Dancing.
Sweeping/mopping floor.
Pushing a lawn mover.
walking the dog.
Taking the Stairs.
Walking to a nearby shops.

Try the "Talk-Sing Test" to determine your ideal excercise pace.

If you can NOT talk and excercise at the same time, you are going too fast.
If you CAN talk while you excercise, you are doing fine.
If you can sing while you excercise, it would be safe to increase your pace a little.

HOW OFTEN/HOW LONG SHOULD I EXCERCISE?

Consider:

FREQUENCY(how often you excercise).
DURATION(how long you excercise)
INTENSITY(how hard you excercise)

In general, try to get at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity most days of the week.

WARM UP AND COOL DOWN

For the firat 5 ~ 10 minutes go slowly.
Garadually slow your pace 8 ~ 10 minutes in the end.
Drink water before, during and after the activity.

MAKING PROGRESS

As your build aerobic endurance, you will need to increase Frequency, Duration and Intensity.

MUSCLE STRENGTHENING

Strenthened muscle enable to do more and longer work before you become exhausted.

FLEXIBILITY

Flexible muscles and joints prevent injury and improve balance.
Strech slowly and gradually, don't bounce.Maintain continuous tension on the muscle.
Relax and hold each strech for a count of 10, exhale as you strech to further relax your muscles, if hurts you have gone too far or you are doing incorrectly.
For Streching Excercises, check page 348 of BC Health Guide Book.

LINKS

For the copy of the BC Health Guide Boook call:
1-800-465-4911.

Click here forBC Health Guide Online

BC Nurse Line, Gives you access to a registered nurse 24 hours a day and a pharmacist from 5 pm to 9 am, every day.(available in 130 languages)
Phone: 604-215-4700

"If Excercise could be packed into a pill, it would be the single most widely prescribed, and beneficial, medicine in the Nation"

Robert Butler, MD