What Is Yoga?

Yoga is an ancient system of postures, movements and breathing techniques, designed to create the “union of body and mind”.

In more modern terms, it’s an excellent practice to allow you to:

De-stress

Relax

Get life back into balance

Improve your health

Be able to stay calmer, even in emotionally-charged situations

Improve your fitness

Feel happier

Even modern scientists have now agreed with the ancient wisdom that mind, body and emotions are connected. So gentle, focused movements that rebalance the body have the potential to also impact other areas of your life.

What Is Dru Yoga?

Dru Yoga is a graceful and potent form of yoga, based on flowing movements, directed breathing and visualisation. With its foundations set firmly in ancient yogic tradition, Dru works on body, mind and spirit—improving strength and flexibility, creating core stability, building a heightened feeling of positivity, and deeply relaxing and rejuvenating your whole being.

Designed to be practised by people of all abilities, all fitness levels and all age groups, Dru is a style of yoga that can be quickly dipped into or learnt in more depth over a lifetime.

How Does Dru Yoga Work?

The movements, based around ancient yogic postures, work with the spine, helping to keep it healthy.
The body’s main energy sources (blood flow, lymphatics) flow up and down the spine. Blockages can easily develop in joints in the body, if we are out of balance – and the spine is a series of joints. If there are blockages in the body’s energy flow process, it can lead to illness. Dru yoga helps to gently release these blocks.

The gentle movements of Dru yoga mean the muscles can become toned.
The movements keep the muscles relaxed (unlike power yoga and some other disciplines). This helps optimise the bloodflow through the muscles, whilst you are exercising. This leads to better oxygenation of the muscles, improving your health.
The deep relaxation aspects of the yoga classes help you let go and de-stress – something few of us get time for in “normal life”. Many students tell us this is their favourite part of the class!

What Is A Dru Yoga Class Like?

A typical class structure would include:

Activations: These are warm-up exercises, to wake you up and warm up each muscle group in turn, in preparation for the yoga postures.

Energy Block Release Sequence: This would be a carefully-constructed sequence of postures and movements, specifically designed to help you release blocks in the body, mind and emotions.

Posture Work: Traditional yoga postures, performed in a more flowing way than you may have come across before. These postures help various areas of our body, mind and emotions. For example:

Twisting postures can aid digestion
There are postures which ground you, helping you increase your energy and reduce your stress levels
There are postures which promote clear thinking
Some postures and movements will help you sleep or relax
There are postures specifically intended to produce balance

Students leave their classes feeling more balanced, less stressed, energised, refreshed and revitalised.

The goal of a course in Dru meditation is to help you access a point of stillness within you, no matter how chaotic life becomes.

Where Do Our Dru Yoga Courses Run?

Our weekly courses are currently running in Rockbourne, near Fordingbridge & Salisbury (Hampshire / Wiltshire border).

When Do Our Dru Yoga Courses Run?

We currently have some space on our Wednesday evening course.

It runs from 7:30 to 9:00 and costs £10 per class.

Who Is The Tutor?

Our Dru Yoga Teacher is Peter Briant. He specialises in making yoga accessible to all, helping you to gain maximum benefit from your classes, whilst also having fun.