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
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
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
Purple or indigo blue in colour, the Ajna Chakra is the sixth of our chakra system and it is located between our eyebrows. While our two eyes see the material world, our sixth chakra sees beyond the physical. This vision includes clairvoyance, telepathy, intuition, dreaming, imagination, and visualisation. Ajna in Sanskrit means both “the perception centre” and “the command centre.”
Some of us have naturally better balance than others, but what ever our level is, balancing postures can help us reach deeper into our selves. The key point on balance is that you have to be totally present when doing it. No thinking about yesterday or tomorrow, or what will I have for dinner; you need to be focused. Even
Chaturanga Dandasana (Four-Limbed Staff Pose) We encounter Chaturnaga Dandasana in our sun salutations and it provides us with the transition from plank into cobra or up dog. This Asana is tough on the wrists, shoulders and upper body strength. It also requires our abs to be strong. Taking shortcuts, is not the best way forward for this. Many people flop
