Helen has asked me to write a short guest blog about my trip to Mysore last December but keeping this short has proven to be something of a problem. To capture the magic of your first trip to India, with all its wonderful mix of smells and colours, spices and smiling faces, free roaming cows […]
Why Do You Practice Yoga and Does it Matter?
For me yoga is a spiritual practice with physical benefits. I enjoy it and I practice daily because I have found it transformative. The term spiritual draws differing responses from each person, depending on how they interpret the meaning of the word. For me its meaning is somewhat fluid, as it exhibits varying qualities at […]
Yoga with a Bump – A Guest Post by Lyn Marven
Yoga with a bump Pretty much the first thing I asked my doctor when I found out I was pregnant was whether I could carry on with yoga. I’ve been practising for around 15 years now, most of which has been ashtanga, and I couldn’t really imagine 9 months without yoga, however good the cause. […]
Some Yoga Is Better Than No Yoga – Guest Post From Claire Sanders
I first discovered ashtanga almost four years ago and was immediately drawn to the physical challenges it provided; I practised rigorously and with enthusiasm finding that, for awhile, physical improvements in the asanas were a regular occurrence. As somebody who had never felt particularly physically capable this was a real ego boost, ego being the […]
Hatha Yoga Pradipika – Sharing the Reading Experience
Christine Weise teaches and practices Ashtanga Yoga in Gainesville, Florida. She is also the author of the Blog, Ashtanga Yoga in Gainesville, which I have read over the last few years. I love the way that the practice of yoga connects people. To me the wider Ashtanga Yoga Community is like a big family of people […]
Impossible Possibilities – From Yoga To Life
As I have been practicing yoga for many years I am able to do things with my body that would have never seemed possible in the past. People often look at flexible people and think that they are born that way and sometimes they are. If you practice yoga regularly, changes inevitably occur. It […]
Balancing Yoga Practice With Life, Love and Challenges
As is the tradition in Ashtanga Yoga, I practice yoga six days a week. The only exceptions are illness or injury, but usually that just means I modify what I practice. Practicing this often is great, for me it’s like brushing my teeth; it’s a non-negotiable part of my day that I love. Practicing daily […]
Inner Heat – Mysore Style Ashtanga
This morning I went to a Mysore style class at my teacher’s shala in London. As you can imagine, due to the recent weather, the room was hot! The heat of many bodies practicing this dynamic style creates a heat, which combined with my own inner heat and our recent heatwave created a steamy practice. […]
The Real Moment
As some of you know, a couple of months ago I stubbed my toe badly on a Hoover and had to take some time off work. As I travelled back from my Mum’s house in North Wales, I began letting people know that I would not be able to teach on Monday. I was a […]
