What you see - Locating Sharmila’s Yoga Zone is no picnic. That’s because it is located in the interiors of a residential area, does not have signposts that guide you to its location and does not even stand out among the other buildings in its vicinity. In spite of this, it seems to be quite popular in the neighborhood as is evident from the large number of people pouring in for their daily dose of yoga here.
Climb up to the first floor of the house and you are left amazed by the huge hall (capacity of about 40 people). The ambience soothes your senses as well, with the wooden flooring, light-colored walls and the strong incense floating in the air. And with all the props (mats, wooden blocks, bolsters etc) neatly lined up in the corners and ropes hanging on one of the walls, it gives the perfect look of a professional training center. What adds to its plus points is the availability of valet parking facility.
What you get - Here you could undergo daily classes in Hatha (complete mind and body workout), Vinyasa (integration of breath and movement) and Power Yoga (advanced yoga). These are conducted by five trained teachers apart from Ms. Sharmila, the person behind the yoga center. She is a trained yoga teacher (Bihar School of Yoga) with a decade’s experience in this field. Her aim, she says, is to remove yoga from its religious trappings and promote it as a scientific, practical and safe discipline.
The yoga taught here is said to be a mixture of the best practices of globally-acclaimed schools like the Bihar, Iyengar and Asthanga. The learning process starts with basic (Hatha), moves to intermediate (Vinyasa) and then to the advanced (Power Yoga) course. The minimum duration for the basic course is three months.
Apart from the above, special sessions on prenatal and therapeutic yoga are also held here. Prenatal yoga sessions help prospective mothers to balance the body, mind and spirit and can be practiced all the way through pregnancy, labor and post-natal period. The course begins after 12 weeks of pregnancy and continues till the early ninth month. It includes breathing exercises, asanas and yoga mudras for easy delivery, strengthening the spine, reducing back aches, swelling etc. The prenatal yoga session is from 11.30 AM to 12.30 PM.
Packages for schools and corporates are also available here. The programs on offer include two-day workshops, weekend classes or regular classes (three classes per week or 12 classes per month) at the company/school itself. Besides, people who have been learning yoga at the center for a year or two can also undergo training to teach yoga in the future.
Our verdict – It has to immediately look into the aspect of putting up a signboard but as far as the sessions and the ambience is concerned, it appears to be a very good option especially for women.
Drive to – Sharmila's Yoga Zone,
Plot No. 72,
Gaffar Khan Colony,
Road No.10,
Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad – 500034.
Call at - 040 23316562/9849338902
Anytime between - 7 AM - 8 AM and 7 PM – 8 PM
9 AM – 10.30 AM (only women)
Visit at - www.globalyoga.in
Posted on: Jan 14, 2007
