This is probably the second most common question I’m asked by beginners starting Yoga in January!
(See my previous blogs for the other questions). And it is a question that makes my heart sink….partly because Yoga is supposed to be a spiritual practice and partly because this question is often asked […]
Three hours of yoga sounds like a long time but it really flies by- and as this is at an Adult Education college it is also great value- £15
We will have time to work […]
I have been seeing a lot of very stressed students in the build up to these “holidays”.
Unfortunately, for many of us, it can be quite a stressful time.
I give out homework sheets and advise students on their home practice, but I am a realist.
So if there’s only time to do […]
Well, half the yoga teachers in the world seem to do yoga holidays on the beach, don’t they?
Their adverts are often accompanied by pictures of them in very skimpy bikinis too! Not something that I feel […]
In my classes I spend a lot of time trying to get students to be aware of their feet and the effect they have on the body.
Have a look at this picture. Some of us supinate, some of us pronate and some of us (like me) can do both.
The ideal […]
Perhaps the most common thing I hear from people is this phrase!
And I can sympathise, I really can, as I started out as a very stiff person myself, some twenty years ago. It is true that there are […]
This story appeared on the web on March 1st 2012 as a public relations stunt for an organisation called USA Yoga.
It’s just now been taken up by world media due to the Olympics starting in London.
According to the father of modern Yoga, the first qualification to be a Yoga teacher is to have a connection to the ‘ancient Yoga lineage’. This is one reason Yoga is not like normal exercise.
‘Lineage’ is an indication of where the student has been, who has been the custodian of […]
The Greek word ‘Thymos’ means ‘life energy’ ! The thymus gland is an organ in the upper chest cavity that processes lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell that fights infections in the body. This is part of the lymphatic system and the endocrine system. These make up a major […]
