This week we closed yet another 6 weeks beginners course and have introduced headstand preparation poses to the group who have made such progress in just 6 w...

Not your standard yoga post but some food for thought in this age of Instagram perfection and media pressure, especially but not exclusively on young girls a...

A difficult pose that teaches us a lot about the nature of backbends. The kinetic chain is fully open at the front and back of the body with only our knees a...

Sometimes the simplest of things can have the most profound effects. Let's explore breathing and its ability to help us change our state

Savasana, the corpse pose, an alien concept to anyone who is new to Yoga and a practice that takes a lot more commitment than we think . If you are new to Yo...

With the Summer holidays just around the corner and plenty of long warm evenings inviting you to socialise and indulge, there are plenty of distractions to t...

After more than 3 years teaching , I am starting to gain an understanding of some yoga's etiquette basics that took me a while to grasp so here is my A to Z ...

Do you cross train ( ie do something else to supplement your yoga practice like running or going to the gym)? In the last 8 months I have started practising ...

"...come up onto your finger tips and feel yourself sucking the nectar from mother earth through your fingers ..." ... hang on ... what did she just say? wha...

The other day I was at the gym for my usual cross-training fix and one of the circuit stations was slamming a 10 kilos rubber ball onto the floor. I always e...

Sally started yoga with me a year ago with a friend who was suffering from back pain, this was her review after her first private session : Some weeks later ...

A few years ago I was welcoming a new associate to my team, he was a young, very well educated Russian and over lunch we started chatting about current affai...

I have been writing this blog for over 2 years now and by far the most read post remains Tips to establish a personal practice , you may want to read that ...

Since I started teaching yoga it has become evident to me that an increasing number of people are turning to yoga to help them deal with stress, anxiety and ...

July is Wimbledon time and this month I introduced my students to tennis ball techniques to release tight muscles. Before you attempt any of the below massag...

When I started practising 3 and a half years ago I didn't know of the existence of arm balances ( poses performed balancing on your arms). It was only when I...

Hands up if lately you feel like you are struggling to find time to unwind and just be ... yep my hand is up ! I have always been driven to give it my best ,...

What a strange month March was , snow fell not once but twice , a major espionage/ international incident engulfed a sleepy town in Wiltshire and Stephen Haw...

Welcome to the March blog ,all about getting ready for the shift in energy that is just around the corner ...Spring ! According to the ayurvedic calendar ( A...

Do you have kids? If you do then you will know what I am just about to talk about, if you don't you may still want to read on as,whether you like it or not, ...