Is the mind a figment of the body or the body a figment of the mind? Only one way to try find out… Yoga!

My Oppo’s Yoga classes are recorded twice a month and uploaded onto our library shortly after for you to access any time for your convenience.

And this is why:

• One such piece of research at the Boston University Medical Centre concluded that class-based yoga practised at least twice a week with supplementary 30-minute sessions at home worked as either an alternative or supplement to anti-depressants.
• It makes you feel better, healthier, more relaxed, more in your body.
• The American National Library of Medicine claimed a 65% remission rate for participants suffering clinical depression in a trial of 27 participants undertaking a course of 20 yoga classes.
• According to the Mental Health Foundation 20% of people in the UK get symptoms of anxiety and that’s up 15% since 2013. Statistics should always be taken with a large dose of (low sodium) salt, but those who completed the trial experienced significant reductions in depression, anger, anxiety, neurotic symptoms and heart rate variability.

My Oppo’s online fitness classes have been launched to inspire, reassure and support people to be active by showing people living with a variety of conditions – both visible and invisible. One day, a short walk might be all that’s manageable for a person. For others it might be swimming or getting active at home.

As of March 2021 and to help our clients get fit and active we launched our online fitness lessons were people who could benefit from these classes could access without the burden of financial stress.

And this is why:

• 69% of people living with long term health conditions would like to be more active
• 66% say it would help manage or improve their condition, with improved mood and wellbeing seen as the biggest benefit (52%)
• Two in five (44%) would like more help and advice on how to be more active.

My Oppo recognises the importance and the link between having a healthy body resulting in a healthy mind, and strongly believe as far as mental health is concerned prevention is a whole lot easier than the cure.