Pain and Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga

It seems lately that there has been some debate about the perils or otherwise of practicing Yoga. I thought it might be worth giving my view as a practitioner of Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga for close to 20 years. Guruji was always very upfront about pain in the Ashtanga...

Yoga Stops Traffick

On Saturday 10th March from 10am to 12pm Nick will be taking a traditional “Mysore style” class as part of the “Yoga Stops Traffick” initiative. This class will be by koha (donation) with all funds going to Odanadi Seva Trust, to give survivors...

The Yoga “Journey”

I often hear or read people talking about their “Yoga Journey”. Today it occurred to me that this concept of a “journey” has a fundamental flaw. In essence, Yoga is about dwelling in the moment. Forget how good or bad you were yesterday or whether you will get that...

Christmas 2011 Holiday Times

Our last class for 2011 will be a Led Full Primary Series class on Wed. the 21st December. We will go out for dinner after the class. Our first class for 2011 will be the morning Open class on Monday 16th January. Thank you to all our students for a fantastic 2011....

Musings on Our Recent Trip to Mysore and the Breath.

I have been meaning to comment on our trip to Mysore for some time now, and have finally sat down in front of the computer to do it. Victoria, Holly, Isla and I stayed in Mysore for 5 weeks in July and Aug. of this year. The trip did not start in an auspicious manner...