Hot yoga is really popular at the moment and a lot of people are trying it out as a way to work up more sweat in their yoga practice and get some heat into their day. I teach hot yoga and I really enjoy the feeling of a total workout along with tension-release. I love the satisfaction I feel when I walk out of a hot yoga class – my muscles are physically more relaxed from the heat, but theyâve…
The snow is back⊠and itâs a bank holiday Monday. Is there anything sweeter than a lazy day in when itâs snowing out? Add a sprinkle of yoga in there too and youâre living the dream. So stay in your PJs, put the kettle on and get yourself a few pillows and a blanket, this is going to be yummy. Youâll need about 20 minutes for this. Turn your phone off and put on some relaxing music. Make the most…
I love balancing postures in yoga. The effort of maintaining the pose makes it a great chance to practice mindfulness by focusing all attention on the present moment. Itâs not always such a picture perfect moment though… Â balancing postures can bring up frustration if weâre having an âoff dayâ or working on building strength or recovering from an injury. So here are a few simple tips to help improve your balance if you’re finding it tricky. Increase your surface area….
With the recent snow storm, you might have found yourself cooped up indoors for a lot of last week, which can affect your mood and your body in lots of different ways. If youâre surfacing back into the world today and youâre back to your regular work-week, your muscles might be a little tight. Here are a few simple yoga poses you can do anywhere to get your body moving again and refresh your mood. Shoulder rolls – this is…
If youâre new to yoga and joining mixed level classes with more experienced yogis, itâs normal to feel unsure of some of the postures when a teacher cues them to the class. Here’s a cheatsheet with 3 commonly used yoga cues and how I interpret them. Chaturanga In flow classes, youâll usually have a lot of âchaturangasâ. This is when you flow down from a plank position to slowly lower your body to the mat on the exhale. Keep your…
We all hear the teacher tell us to inhale, and to exhale, and we follow along. We then get to a standing posture, or a challenging posture – and what do we do? We stop breathing. Whether itâs holding our breath or going back to shallow breathing, we lose the rhythm of the breath that we had at the start of class. So whatâs all the fuss about? What differentiates yoga asana from most other forms of physical activity is…
