Dear Yogis, I hope you are well! End of January and life seems to be taking a more steady pace, do you feel the same? TruGym Good news for TruGym students, the regular Mondays and Wednesdays class, form 19:30-21:00 are re-starting! We will have the first one this Wednesday, February 1st (tomorrow). Important: you need to book to get in
The first class of our Yoga and Ayurveda course, we learned about the five great elements or panchamahabhutas. These are: Space; Air; Fire; Water and Earth. Knowing the physical and energetic characteristics of each of the mahabhutas is key to understanding Ayurveda because these elements combine in infinite variety to create our personal mind/body constitutions, and they are the building blocks
Last week I had a valid question from one of my students. She asked about the difference between Ashtanga yoga and the Yoga and Ayurveda course we are doing. My answer was that the main difference is the knowledge you are acquiring on Ayurveda, how the body works and reacts to the elements and there will be a few variations to what
On Monday November 7th, at the Meditation and Mindfulness course I will take you through a sensorial journey of awareness. We will start with Pranayama – breathing control exercise and then we will do a mindfulness meditation. Each week you will learn a different technique which will include: body preparation and positioning; Pranayama (breathing); one pointedness; utilisation of mantras;
Are you able to sit still and quiet your mind while connecting with your body? or is your mind like a busy monkey jumping from branch to branch, from through to thought? Meditation means ‘a cessation of the thought process’ Meditation is not worship or prayer. Meditation means awareness. Whatever you do with awareness is meditation. Watching your breath or Pranayama
This course will be held at LiteUp Yoga studio in Lee, a lovely and quiet studio with mats, blocks and everything we may need. Ayurveda is a holistic healing system based on the belief that health and wellness depend on a delicate balance between the mind, body, and spirit. Through yoga; meditation; and breathing, we will discover our own body
Not to be missed, tomorrow September 21st #free community Yoga class at the Dragonfly Yoga studio in #Brockley Unit E Willow House, Dragonfly Place, #SE4 2FJ, United Kingdom. I will be teaching the Community Class tomorrow Wednesday at 10:45am. The class is #free to book online and you can also just drop in! Donations are welcome. http://www.dragonfly-yoga.org/community-yoga/ This
There are three constitutional types in Ayurveda, called doshas: vata, pitta and kapha. These are elemental forces that are at work in nature, in our bodies, and in our minds. The five elements are Space, Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. The combination of these elements will give us our unique body constitution which will have wonderful positive attributes when in
Who could guess what Asana (posture) provides these benefits: Calms the brain and helps relieve stress and mild depression Stretches the shoulders, hamstrings, calves, and arches Strengthens the arms and legs, and core Helps prevent osteoporosis Dolphin plank pose! Dolphin plank pose is like plank but instead of resting our hands on the floor, we rest our elbows
