Aldergrove Yoga

Try our Yoga Class Today! Burn Fat, Improve Muscle Tone & Flexibility and Reduce Stress.

[Brasil Wellness Centre's Yoga Instructor, Roberta Cruz-Toews is a certified Hatha Yoga Instructor and Therapeutic Yoga practitioner]

"Yoga gets us to focus our minds on remote parts of our body—like tight joints and muscles—as we gently but firmly deepen into our poses. For people like me, meditation proves difficult because our mind wonders. But if we can concentrate on the tension in our hips as we empty our mind, then we are well on the way."

- Dr. Oz, Oprah.com

Class schedule:

Why you should do Yoga?

For general yoga benefits: Yoga as a practice offers an incredible number of benefits to the practitioner. It builds muscular and bone strength, while also improving flexibility, posture and balance. Yoga poses such as twists helps to keep joints and spinal discs lubricated, which keeps them working better, longer. Regular yoga practice supports virtually every system in the body, including the circulatory system, the respiratory system, the immune system, the endocrine system, the digestive system, the lymphatic system and the central nervous system. Yoga also helps to regulate bodily processes such as the cyclical rhythms responsible for our sleep/wake cycles, women monthly menstrual cycles, and internal reactions to the seasons. There are also mental/emotional benefits, such as feelings of calm, non-reactivity to stressors, and mental clarity.

Some general Yoga benefits:

- Increases flexibility and strength

-Improves balance and posture

-Maintains health of joints and spinal discs

-Increases circulation to all body systems, including organs

-Supports the lymphatic system, which is responsible for removal of toxins

-Regulates the endocrine system

-Boosts the immune system

-Improve sleep

-Reduces stress and calms the central nervous system

-Clear the brain; improves memory and the ability to concentrate

-Improves the efficiency and healthy of the respiratory system

-Increases oxygen to cells and increases red blood cell count

-Slows age process due to improved oxygenation of the blood, and detoxification of all systems

-Helps prevent osteoporosis by increasing strength. Yoga helps reduce cortisol levels in the blood stream, stemming the loss od calcium

-Increases overall energy level

-Improves metabolic efficiency, which helps with weight control

-Boots libido and improves sexual performance

-Improves mood, reduces anxiety, and alleviates depression

-Reduces blood pressure and cholesterol levels

Our classes are led by certified Hatha Yoga Instructor, Roberta Toews-Cruz.

Here's a little more about Roberta's extensive background in Yoga Instruction and Fitness:

(Yoga Teacher Registration# at Yoga Alliance- 62889)

*200 hours- Hatha Yoga Instructor (Dan Clement-Open Source, December 2010)

*50 hours- Continuing Education (Clara Roberts- The Art of Sequence, September 2011)

*72 hours Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training (Susi Hately, June 2012)

Four Courses taken: -Kinesiology of Yoga -Therapeutic Yoga Intensive -How to teach Restorative Yoga -Improve your ability to see

Certified Yoga Trapeze Teacher

Workshops:

Personal Athletic Endeavors Brazil:

*Eco Challenge 35km Adventure Race (Team of Two)-Tingua, Brazil-November 2007

*Eco Challenge 35km Adventure Race (Team of Two)-Paraty, Brazil-June 2006

*Eco Challenge 35km Adventure Race (Team of Two)-Areal, Brazil -2006

*Eco Challenge 36km Adventure Race (Team of Two)-Tingua, Brazil – November 2005

*Corridas Dos Fortes (Running of the Forts)-Rio De Janeiro-Brazil- 2005

Canada:

*BC Cup: Category Master Bikini-2017

*BCABBA Provincial Bikini Contest-May 2016 - 3 place master

*Tenderfoot Boogie (50 km)-June 2013

*BCABBA Provincial Bikini Contest-May 2013

*Fort Langley Half Marathon (23 km)-March 2013

*Vancouver Sun Run (10 km) -2012

*Tough Mudder (23 km)-2012

*Spartan Race (5 km)-2011

*Warrior Dash (5 km)-2011

*Warrior Dash (5 km)-2012