yoga journey

Backbend Comfort
Asana, Back Bend, Practice

Backbends: they CAN feel GOOD and they ARE good!

The curse of modern life. How do you physically exist in the modern world? Hunched over keyboards and steering wheels? Carrying too much weight in our bags, or on our shoulders as we battle to stay connected in this digital age. This equates into a grotesque adult imitation of the foetal position with hips flexed […]

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Teach Yoga
Health, Practice, Pre And Postnatal Yoga

How to Teach Yoga to a New Mum – Part I

It’s your regular weekly vinyasa class, packed with students and suddenly, that former student who was pregnant walks in. She’s had her baby! Great and now…..what do you do? What are your post-natal techniques? How do you adjust for this new mom? Here’s some clues –  This is generally what’s happening for that Mum: She’s spent

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Yoga Blog
Asana, Practice

YogaLondon: Yoga Teacher in Training

One step forward two steps back Home Practice My home practice has been developing well these past few weeks, however, a few highlights stood out: The first was practising our exam sequence to the beat of a metronome on YouTube (to help with counting the number of breaths for each asana). I started with Pranayama

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Run Workshop
Graduates, On Yoga Teaching, Practice, Yogis Guide

On Yoga Teaching: Are you Ready to Run a Workshop?

You’re an established teacher, with regular yoga classes and a foundation of good teaching experience. You’ve been thinking about leading a one-off workshop, but you’re not sure if you’re ready or not. With the average yoga class lasting only one hour, and a yoga workshop being anything from 2 hours to a whole day, workshops

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Teacher Training Update
On Yoga Teaching, Practice, Social

YogaLondon: Yoga Teacher-in-Training, 2nd wknd

If you ever think you’re too small to effect change, try sleeping with a mosquito. – The Dalai Lama Part of our coursework on the six-month course involves observing three yoga classes, taking note of the teacher’s choice of language, modifications, and adjustments. For my first observation, I chose Guzel’s Sunday morning class. It was

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