We all feel pain from time to time. When you burn yourself on the stove or pull a muscle exercising, pain is the body’s way of telling you something is wrong and alerting you to a possible injury. Once the injury heals, the pain stops…
As a yoga teacher and student of yoga I see a variety of students, each student coming to practice yoga with different shapes, sizes and flexibility and with their own history, injuries and stories…
There are many reasons why yoga can enhance your run training, perhaps most obviously by opening, strengthening and releasing all those muscles that take the brunt of pounding the streets day after day...
Many women suffer around their time of the month with cravings, cramps and low mood. So we've put together a couple of recipes for you below to tempt you away from the left-over Easter eggs and towards something a little more sustaining...
Arm balances are a rather fun group of asana! But sometimes they can seem a little “show pony”, a little too ego based if you will... So why practice them?
Once we have become familiar with the architecture of the most common yoga poses, and can let them follow one another in sequence, our awareness and experience of the body begins to drop to something deeper and more subtle...
It's pancake day today and our lovely yoga teacher Fern Ross has shared her favourite pancake recipe with us. This super healthy, indulgent recipe will elevate your pancake game today...
"Touch is not optional for human development… from chronic pain to the process of healing, the genes, cells, and neural circuits involved in the sense of touch have been crucial to creating our unique human experience." - David J. Linden, Touch
Even if you don't subscribe to "new year resolutions" it can be difficult not to get caught up in the fever that happens throughout January...
Ahead of our Winter Yoga & Floristry Workshop on the 9th of December, we thought we'd re-share the interview we did with King-Wey Hii of Alright Petal Flowers about her love of flowers and why she feels they are such a powerful tool for wellness...
“The gold at the end of the rainbow is that you can change your mind and how you think. This is called neuroplasticity. Your genes, hormones, regions in the brain, and early learning do not necessarily determine your fate.”
- Ruby Wax, Sane New World: Taming the Mind
There are so many different styles of Yoga that sometimes choosing a class can be quite confusing, especially if you are new to yoga, so here’s a little information about Yoga's original style...
Beautiful Autumn has truly arrived along with the nights beginning to draw in and the constant coughing and sneezing around us – it is the season for colds! It takes time for our bodies and minds to adjust to the change in weather and the fast pace of life in London can leave us feeling frazzled and exhausted at times. This healing three hour workshop is all about relaxing and letting go...
One of the special things about the practice of Tai Chi is the relationship between movement and breath. Over time and with consistent practice, the breathing is maintained in a deep and steady rate, even when the exercise is quite vigorous. This combination of deep and slow breathing while exercising is unusual and gives the combined benefits of exercise and meditation...
Flowing forms of yoga have long been popular in London, with Vinyasa Yoga and all of its affiliates becoming a go-to favourite at most yoga studios and gyms. But beyond offering an invigorating physical challenge, I believe there are more esoteric benefits to this fluid form of yoga that are worth exploring for those of us wishing to deepen our practice...
Becoming a new mother is a time of great joy, dramatic change and readjustment. Postnatal yoga provides numerous physical and emotional benefits and can positively support women offering stability, reassurance and positivity...
There has been increasing interest and research in recent years about the benefits of yoga for children. Our children nowadays live in a world flooded with external stimuli and information due to exposure to media technologies, as well as increased competition in schools to succeed academically...
Living in a vibrant city such as London certainly has it peaks: Sunrise rooftop yoga, food markets, theatres, parks, canals etc. But unfortunately London also comes with an undesirable and unhealthy level of constant panic, stress and effort. Giving ourselves permission to relax is not something the average modern person allows for...
Why do we practice yoga? There are many reasons people practice yoga, for some it is about promoting a sense of well-being, stretching their limbs or a way of reducing stress; for others it is to find a far more innate connection to a deeper part of themselves...
Ahead of her talk on the 29th, Elisabeth Carlsson highlights some of the issues facing new mothers and how we can prepare and support the body during this time...