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Ten Tips for Staying Present and Calm
I think one of the greatest benefits of yoga is that it brings you into the present moment. It allows you to connect with here and now. Even when practicing yoga it is possible to be elsewhere. I have certainly had days where my mind just won’t shut up. … Continue reading
Ashtanga Yoga Liverpool Bimonthly Social – Guest Post by Rosey
Helen does something every couple of months that it seems not all yoga teachers do. No, she doesn’t get crazy drunk and then go on a weekend long McDonalds binge. As far as I know. She organises socials, a chance to meet up with others who go to her classes, … Continue reading
Fat Chance : The Bitter Truth About Sugar by Robert Lustig – Book Review
Robert Lustig writes that it’s sugar, not fat, that is the major cause of obesity. Lustig is a paediatric doctor who specialises in treating overweight children in San Francisco. Yoga can help you maintain a healthy weight and help overweight people to lose weight. There is some research to … Continue reading
Ashtanga Yoga – Traditional Opening and Closing Chant
In Ashtanga yoga there are two traditional chants. One at the start of the class and one at the end. In my classes I only do this chant in my non-beginners classes. I do this because I think chanting can be a bit intimidating to some people. This can be … Continue reading
Can yoga release emotions and if so how and what should I do?
Emotional release can play a part in the transformational benefits of yoga.
Emotional Backbending
At my recent Backbending Workshop my students and I had an interesting discussion about emotional release in yoga. I would like to open up this topic for further discussion here. Backbending is one of the places … Continue reading
How You Can Open Up Your Hamstrings – Part 2
I would like to show you how you can complement your yoga stretching with self massage techniques. This a great affordable way for you to release any trigger points in your muscles and a great thing to do as part of your warm down after cycling, running, etc. If you … Continue reading
Change of Plan – How we ended up having a yoga adventure closer to home than expected
Last weekend myself and some of my yoga students planned to join together with Ashtanga Manchester for a Mysore style yoga class with Joey Miles from Ashtanga Yoga Leeds. It was to be a meeting of Ashtangi’s of the North of England. We all got up early on … Continue reading
How You Can Open Up Your Hamstrings – Part 1
This is a common question from within our local yoga community and I was asked again last week so I offered to write a blog post about it. Ashtanga Yoga’s Primary Series, the sequence I teach, has many forward bends in it. As such a regular Ashtanga Yoga practice will … Continue reading
What Yoga Should You Practice When You’re Recovering From Illness?
I was asked to write a blog post about this question by a student of mine on Facebook. When we are ill we have to respect and listen to our bodies perhaps even more than usual to make sure they have energy to heal. Her question is a great one, … Continue reading
May I Be Happy by Cyndi Lee – We Are Not Our Weight
