FITNESS: Posture Alignment Yoga at The Light Centre, Belgravia

In the modern age we are all plagued by difficulties with our posture. You may not feel it day to day but over time back pain does creep in and when it does you can be reduced to a mess. I have an ergonomically designed chair at work but because of the desk height I can never get the position quite right. Couple that with my high heel and Instagram obsession and you can say hello to the hunchback of Notre Dame - London stylee. 

Anyway as part of my ongoing yoga experiences and love of Class Pass I decided to give the Posture Alignment Yoga at The Light Centre a go. One of my favourite pilates teachers Lottie Murphy teachers at The Light Centre and their previous yoga class I attended was so good I fell asleep, thus I was keen to revisit the centre.

The posture alignment class was quite unlike yoga I had experienced before. Because you were working on specific areas on the body rather than flowing through a series of movements the jump between moves was definitely more prevalent. However the class itself is really well structured, focussed and effective.

We started with simple cat-cow movements, using the breath to stretch and bend the spine. This gave a massaging effect which we then used to move the whole body while maintaining the cat-cow movement. Next we moved onto knee-led spinal twist which required a bit of arm strength but got into the really deep muscles that surround the spine and the sides of the body. Lastly we used a mini-football under the spine to create pressure directly on the muscles while releasing the rest of the back. This helped to create a really straight spine and was a great massage on our hunched-over figures.

Although the class was only 45 minutes the effect was incredible. I noticed myself in shop windows walking along tall with a straight spine and head held high. Yep, I'm that vain.

Check out the Light Centre at this link. Also sign up to Class Pass here. 
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