Yoga and Pilates
COMO Shambhala Estate offers a variety of classes and activities, including yoga, Pilates, and physical activity sessions. In-house guests are welcome to join any of these classes.
Our accredited teachers are also available upon request for personal training and private sessions.
Yoga
Yoga has been practiced for over 5,000 years. It provides a total workout for both body and mind, incorporating strengthening exercises with breathing and meditation techniques. The benefits are myriad, from increased flexibility and muscle tone, to lowered stress levels and blood pressure. Private yoga classes are available on request for beginners to experts, helping to develop a practice that can be incorporated into a daily lifestyle, or to enhance your existing yoga commitment. Our yoga expert works closely with you to design a program for your specific needs.
Family Yoga
This family class incorporates a yoga lesson for two adults and two children over the age of five. Yoga can help improve concentration, stimulate the imagination and release energy in a fun, safe environment. Children will learn about animals, nature and basic anatomy, using animated yoga postures. For teenagers, yoga is a great way to reduce the everyday stress of school, exams and impending adulthood.
Fitness and Personal Training
Personal training and private fitness sessions are available on request for anyone from beginner to seasoned level. Our resident fitness instructor works closely with each client to determine specific needs and design a programme best suited to their goals.
Pilates
Pilates is a gentle form of exercise that assists to improve posture, circulation and flexibility by toning muscles and strengthening the core. It also encourages mind-body balance with calming, regular exercises. Private Pilates sessions are available for beginners to experts, using either the mat or Reformer styles to enhance existing practice or give an introduction to the Pilates method of exercise.
Pilates Rehabilitation
The purpose of this Pilates class is to address imbalances in the body that may have resulted from a physical injury. The class will teach mindful exercises that help strengthen supporting muscles that surround the affected area, with takeaway exercises to continue when you get back home.
Qigong
Qigong has roots in Chinese medicine, martial arts and philosophy. It is the practice of cultivating and balancing “Qi” or “intrinsic life energy”. Typically, Qigong involves rhythmic breathing coordinated with slow, stylised repetition of fluid Tai Chi-style movements, promoting circulation, mental focus, relaxation and general wellbeing. Like the name suggests, “Five-element Qigong” focuses on each of the five elements, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood and their organ correspondences in Chinese therapy to bring about over health and longevity.