Inspire Yoga

Inspire Wellness is a 6 part series of lectures exploring the effects of lifestyle on our health and what we can do to slow down aging. Experts from some of Hong Kong’s largest institutions in health and wellness will be sharing their research and knowledge in the areas of sleep, stress management, brain health, movement, beauty, nutrition, mental and physical well being. You will be leaving with practical tips to gain control over your health now and prevent aging diseases in the future. Mark Your Calendars!  19 April – Nutrition 3 May- Stress 10 May- Move 24 May- Sleep 7 June- Learn 14 June- Beauty The talks are held twice each day, 10am-12pm OR 6:30pm-8:30pm at Alive Wellness in Central, Hong Kong Thursday 19 April: TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT? Clear the confusion on intermittent fasting and time restricted feeding. Learn what to eat and how best to nourish your body to slow aging. Experience shifts in your mental patterns that encourage he...

From the time we enter the world to the time we leave; our breath is with us every moment. Breathing is the critical sign of vitality- however if we are not breathing correctly it can drain our energy. The breath itself can help bring life and energy to the body- that is why in yoga we treat it as the fabric of health and wellness. The human body can go 3 weeks without food, 10 days without water but only 3 minutes without breathing- our breath is our most important source of energy. In yoga, breathwork is called Pranayama, Prana means energy, so these breathing exercises facilitate the movement of energy. Stress causes tension and tightness around the neck and shoulders, affecting our posture to slouch which restricts our breathing. The full contraction and relaxation of muscles is thwarted causing the volume of the chest cavity to increase and decrease to a much smaller proportion than their capacity. The result? The breath becomes shallow and short, to compensate for the small...

How does stress affect our breathing? We experience stress as the ‘fight or flight’ response which is rooted in the emotion of fear stimulated it is governed by the limbic brain. This causes a physiological domino effect causing us to hold our breath or hyperventilate, causing muscles to tighten, the heart rate to increase, cortisol levels to raise and sustained periods of this leads to lower immunity, sleep disruption, digestive issues, lower fertility rates, and premature aging. What connects the stimulus on a mental level (stress) to a physical manifestation (deterioration of health)? It’s the breath! By addressing breathing patterns we can reverse engineer the effects of stress to ensure we stave off the adverse health conditions. Setting up the  breathing exercise Long Back, Fluid Breaths A long extended spine allows for maximum lung capacity breathing, fluid breaths. As we breathe in first fill up the abdomen then the rib cage and finally ...

Are you looking for a natural way to relax and sustain your energy levels? Don’t miss this  exclusive event , where the founder of Inspire Yoga, Neelam Harjani, will be explaining her proprietary 5 step model of tension release included in her book ‘Secrets to Live Stress Free’. Learn about the science of sleep from Dr Kate Bridle, Founder of Sleep HQ and experience instant calming and restorative exercises that will ensure you get a deep restful sleep every night. Get your tickets  here ! “ A brief overview of the science of sleep including practical take-home tips on how to immediately start improving your sleep quality.” Speaker : Kate Bridle, BSc, RPSGT, CSSC With over 14 years experience working in the field of Sleep Medicine, Kate is one of a small number of highly accomplished, globally certified sleep physiologists. She has vast clinical experience having spent 9 years working in the UK’s largest Sleep Disorder Centre in London. She has contributed to pub...

The Importance Of Sleep To know the importance of sleep we have to discuss the restorative benefits of sleep. According to the study of Stanford University sleep has 4 stages. Every stage of sleep has different benefits. Let discuss one by one 1.  Light Sleep —  Often defined by the presence of slow eye movements, this drowsy sleep stage can be easily disrupted causing awakenings or arousals. It’s a stage of light sleeping. 2.   Onset Of Sleep —  This is a stage in which muscle relaxes, body temperatures drop, heart rate slows and breathing rates slows. 3.   Restorative Sleep —  In this stage   of sleep, nervous system repairs and recover, new memory and information is processed, energy restored, blood pressure decrease, circulatory system repairs and recovers, blood flow muscles increases and growth hormones release and repair muscles, bones and internal system. 4.   REM Sleep  — It‘s also known as Rapid Eye Movement sleep, is most commonly k...