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The British Wheel of Yoga
25 Jermyn Street
Sleaford NG34 7RU
Tel: 01529 306 851
Fax: 01529 303 233
Website: www.bwy.org.uk
Aims to encourage and help all persons to a greater knowledge and understanding of all aspects of yoga and its practice by the provision of study, education and training, and to maintain and improve the standard of teaching. Can search for yoga classes and events online.
Iyengar Yoga Institute
223a Randolph Avenue
Maida Vale
London W9 1NL
Tel: 020 7624 3080
Email: office@iyi.org.uk
Website: www.iyi.org.uk
Provides over 50 classes of Iyengar yoga each week ranging from beginners classes to more senior levels. Runs specialised yoga classes for pregnant women, for children, the over sixties and remedial classes for students with health problems. Also holds regular yoga days and intensive events. Provides a high quality learning space for teachers to develop and improve their skills under the auspices of the BKS Iyengar Teachers Association.
Yoga for Health Foundation
Ickwell Bury
Ickwell
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire SG18 9EF
Tel: 01767 627271 (Mondays to Fridays 9am-4pm)
E-mail: admin@yogaforhealthfoundation.co.uk
Website: www.yogaforhealthfoundation.co.uk
Registered charity promoting the practice of yoga for all — from the fittest to most seriously disabled. Runs a series of residential courses for beginners, those with specialised needs such as MS, ME, cancer, arthritis, asthma and Parkinson's disease. Day visitors welcome. World famous vegetarian cuisine.
websites
Yoga Scotland
www.yogascotland.org.uk
Scottish Yoga Teachers' Association promotes yoga in all its aspects throughout Scotland. Provides courses for the training of yoga teachers and seminars for anyone interested in yoga.
Yoga Therapy Centre — Yoga Biomedical Trust
www.yogatherapy.org
Dedicated to the development of yoga as a therapy in the treatment and prevention of specific ailments and medical conditions. Involved in programs of training, clinical work and research, all under the guidance and auspices of practitioners of international standing.
Yoga Directory
www.yogadirectory.com
Extensive resources relating to yoga, such as organisations, websites, courses, products and services from around the world.
books
research references
'Effect of Yoga Breathing Exercises (Pranayama) on Airway Reactivity in Subjects with Asthma' by V Singh, A Wisniewski, J Britton and A Tattersfield in The Lancet 1990, June 9, 335 (8702): pages 1381-3
'Measuring the Effects of Yoga in Rheumatoid Arthritis' by I Haslock, R Monro, R Nagarathna, HR Nagendra and NV Raghuram in British Journal of Rheumatology 1994, August, 33(8): pages 787-8
'Yoga-Based Intervention for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A randomized trial' by MS Garfinkel, A Singhal, WA Katz, DA Allan, R Reshetar, HR Schumacher Jr in Journal of the American Medical Association 1998, November 11, 280(18): pages 1601-3
'Yoga and Chemoreflex Response to Hypoxia and Hypercapnia' by L Spicuzza, A Gabutti, C Porta, N Montano and L Bernardi in The Lancet 2000, October 28, 356 (9240), pages 1495-6
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(July 2002)
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