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Keeping the timetable means you can keep your routine. When so much has changed in such a short space of time...

How do we move from inwardly focused and centred around the self to an outward practice of compassionate work in the community?

We're all part of a yoga community in some form or another, whether you're reading this just because you like reading this type of...

My partner and I certainly can’t claim to be young Dads, but we are new Dads. And we’re six weeks into a different phase in our lives –...

This morning in class I showed Kate how, because she hyperextends her knee, when she bends the knee (just slightly), her leg is straight....

I looked around the group of usually vibrant, fresh-faced women in my class, and on this day I saw bags under eyes, pale skin, a dullness in their step. A bit of chat established that yes, it had been a big week, everyone was tired and we would tone the class down a little. I left a good 20 minutes at the end for very quiet, passive poses. We lay over bolsters in a supported, open position. I talked through some practices to settle the mind. I watched as one student – Sarah -

“Fitting in is about assessing a situation and becoming who you need to be to be accepted. Belonging, on the other hand, doesn’t require...

If you’ve ever imposed a lifestyle change on yourself, whether it be around food, drink, smoking, or exercise, you’ll know that it doesn’t always last. But yoga takes a different tack. Rather than impose, yoga can change us from the inside. Just last week one of our students was saying that he’d gone off the idea of having a red wine that evening, following a backbend class. Not that there’s anything wrong with red wine, but the student just had a feeling that the wine might

It's Christmas and life is frenzied. ... it is hard to find some quiet time.