Kate Leonard Yoga

24/09/2025

YOGA AND THE 21st CENTURY
2. Yoga and Health

Question:
Modern medicine has done wonders to improve many ailments, but the contemporary disease which we call stress seems to be difficult to handle for the medical world. Why is Yoga practice effective for this field? Do you think it will remain so in the future?

Desikachar:
Our future life will be stressful – there is no doubt about that. With all the comforts and conveniences we have, and all the opportunities which modern life gives us, we have more and more ambitions – this can only increase the stress level.

The question is how to cope with it? No outside force can do this for us – we have to look after it from within ourselves, using our own resources.

Yoga cannot prevent stress, but as I said earlier,...
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23/09/2025

Hello - My name is Kate.
I’m a Yoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist.
I’m here in the studio most days… my second home ✨
A great studio in a beautiful setting - Clock Barn Farm, Hydestile .barnstudio

I teach small group classes here, Grayswood and Charterhouse. I also work 121 with people from home, on zoom, in studio and at The Royal Surrey Hospital.

Please get in touch if you’re interested in joining our fab community of Yogis increasing flexibility, building strength and much much more… ✨

hello@kateleonardyoga.com

15/09/2025

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YOGA AND THE 21st CENTURY
2. Yoga and Health
Question:
In this field do you see the most important contribution from Yoga being on a preventive or a curative level in the coming century?
Desikachar:
I think the most important contribution Yoga can make in the field of health is the courage it can give to face illness, the strength we can find to cope with our ailments.
The moment we have this strength, we have already been cured in a way.
That, I think, is a very significant contribution. This is at least what we see with the many different people who come to our Yoga institution in India.....
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11/09/2025

✨ Over time a Yoga Practice can help reduce inflammation and stress. This is key in preventing the return of cancer cells.

✨ There is lots of research and studies done on this from MD Anderson in Texas - one of the best cancer centres in the world.

✨ I work with people in The Royal Surrey Hospital - using Yoga Therapy to help support and compliment cancer treatment.

06/09/2025

Every Thursday I'm at The Fountain Centre where I've been working for over 2 years using Yoga Therapy to support people going through cancer treatment:

Yoga therapist Smitha Mallaiah answers questions about yoga therapy and its benefits for cancer patients, plus tips for beginning a practice of your own.

21/08/2025

Este lugar es perfecto para practica Yoga. Los classes con Virginia son fantástico - un buen verano ☀️ Hasta la próxima año…