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Yoga for UM employees

UM SPORT offers yoga classes during lunch break especially for UM employees.

A SBE employee about Yoga

“This one hour yoga really makes a difference in my working week! I always plan to take a break, slow down a bit but the practise is different; I keep working and before I realise it the day is over. One hour of relaxation gives me new energy and makes me more productive. To maintain the balance, I also try to add the exercises to my daily live.”

Information

Location Randwyck: Sports Centre Randwyck, P. Debyeplein 15, Dojo

Monday:  13.00-13.50

Location city centre: UM SPORT Body & Mind studio, St. Servaasklooster 32, 3rd floor (next to MBB)

Tuesday: 13.00-13.50

Instructor: Marijke Heemskerk

Clothing: Easy wear. Mats are available, please bring a towel.

Costs and registration:
To participate this course you need a UM sports card (for information see memberships) and you have to or register for the course. The costs for the course are € 43 for 14 classes.

Registration is possible in two ways:

• at the desk at Sports Centre Randwyck (payment by PIN only)
• or at the UM SPORT web shop.

Only if you are a member of UM SPORT or were a member recently you can order at the UM SPORT web shop.

If you are not a member yet you come to the desk (do not forget your UM–card and bank card). Or you send us an email in which you state: name, UM number, date of birth, address and passport photograph (jpg) to: um-sport@maastrichtuniversity.nl

UM SPORT will activate a record for you so you can order the items at the web shop as well. It saves you a trip to Randwyck!

 
Yoga regular UM SPORT programme

If the lunch break is not a good yoga time for you, you might take a regular yoga course out of the UM SPORT programme during the evening. You do need the sports card to register for a regular course (also for students a.o). Please, see the ‘Overview actual sports programme’ for more details.

What is Yoga

Traditional Hatha Yoga is a holistic yogic path, including moral disciplines, physical postures (asana), purification procedures (shatkriya), poses (mudra), yogic breathing (pranayama), and meditation. The Hatha yoga predominantly practiced in the West consists of mostly asanas understood as physical exercises. It is also recognized as a stress-reducing practice.
Hatha yoga attempts to balance mind and body via physical postures or "asanas", purification practices, controlled breathing, and the calming of the mind through relaxation and meditation. Asanas teach poise, balance and strength and are practiced to improve the body's physical health and clear the mind in preparation for meditation in the pursuit of enlightenment.

Yoga and Critical Alignment

Good alignment means that the body can move freely without tension. Critical Alignment Yoga is a exercise method from Gert van Leeuwen (Amsterdam).
Stress and a wrong posture can lead to high tension and rigidity of particularly the higher and lower back. In these sessions you will get exercises for shoulders, neck, back and stress related complaints like breathing problems and tiredness. Different tools will be used like strips, lower back rolls and small head stance benches. The yoga-asana’s (postures) will be improved and there will be made a relation with daily life. The way to recovery begins with relaxation.

Bring along: fleece plaid or big (!) bath towel.