017 - The Benefits of Yoga - Lucy Holtom & Dr Louise Newson
The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
Dr Louise Newson
4.7 • 935 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2019
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Lucy Holtom is a yoga teacher who works closely with Dr Newson here at Newson Health Menopause and Wellbeing Centre. Lucy runs 'Living Your Yoga' and her classes encourage attendees to take time to connect with their inner world through ancient Yogic practices. These practices include co-ordinating the breath with movement; attention to alignment; seeking focus and balance; and finding comfort in challenging the body to open and release the accumulation of tension from life’s day-to-day habits. In this episode, Lucy talks to Dr Newson all about how yoga can nourish, restore and release physical, mental and emotional constraints, whilst building inner strength and confidence.
Lucy's Three Take Home Tips for Yoga Beginners:
- If you want to try a class, look for recommendations from others and chat to different teachers to find what's right for you.
- Wear comfortable clothing - you don't need to spend money on new yoga outfits, just wear whatever you can move freely in.
- Go with an open mind and enjoy!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Newsome Health Menopause podcast. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Dr Louise Newsome, a GP and menopause specialist |
| 0:15.0 | and I run the Newston Health Menopause and wellbeing centre here in Stratford-upon-Avon. |
| 0:20.0 | Hello. Menopause and Well-Being Centre here in Stratford-upon-Avon. |
| 0:29.6 | Hello, today I've got Lucy Holtan with me, who's a yoga teacher, who I've met fairly recently. We've been doing yoga together here at the clinic, and also she's been teaching some of my staff and some of the other people. |
| 0:36.6 | So today I really wanted to explore a bit about yoga, what it is, what it can do for us, |
| 0:43.5 | why it's become so popular and almost trendy in some places. |
| 0:47.8 | So hi, Lucy. |
| 0:49.0 | Hello, Louise. |
| 0:49.6 | Thank you for agreeing to come here. |
| 0:51.5 | We've just done a really great class with James Pritchley who is going to come |
| 0:55.3 | and do a session with us in the podcast soon. So just tell me a bit about your background, Lucy. |
| 1:01.2 | I started yoga. I taught myself when I was about 15. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, it's quite young. My mom had |
| 1:07.1 | this quite gruevy 1970s Vogue book that she kept. |
| 1:16.6 | And in there, I just saw images of women doing all these different shapes. |
| 1:18.5 | And I thought, well, that looks quite fun. |
| 1:22.6 | So I came from that, really, from a physical aspect, just copying. |
| 1:24.6 | Yes, you wanted to look like these people. |
| 1:26.6 | Yeah, well, I just thought the shapes look quite fun and I've always been quite playful and physical. |
| 1:28.7 | Yes. |
| 1:29.0 | And my background was in theatre as well. |
| 1:31.7 | I used to work as a performer and as a physical theatre performer. |
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