I advise you to bring your own mat, a blanket and a bottle of drinking water to the class.
Dress comfortably. Yoga classes begin with a centring and then flows into breathing techniques, warm-ups, postures and/or vinyasas (flows of postures). The class ends with several minutes of shavasana (relaxation) and breathing. Feel free to ask any questions you may have before or after the class. You may stop and watch the class if that makes you feel more comfortable.
ALWAYS LISTEN TO WHAT YOUR BODY TELLS YOU.
Please, never go to a place of pain, but do allow yourself to feel stretch and sensation. Let go of comparing yourself to others; release your self-judgment. Do not force yourself to be flexible or strong; both will come in time. Be patient. Enjoy and breathe.
Be aware of the movement of energy through your body. In challenging poses ~ postures ~ visualise your energy body moving into the shape you want your physical body to achieve. Rather than focusing on what is wrong in each posture, appreciate your ability to enter the poses at your own level. Postures are tools for exploring yourself, not goals that you are trying to achieve.
Last updated June 30, 2022, 5:07 p.m. UTC
I live in Reading with my partner and daughter.
I have worked in the fitness industry all my adult life, experiencing the different phases the body/mind goes through as life flows along its remarkable journey.
My personal approach towards body/mind has changed from the casual way of the past to the wisdom of the present; learning to listen to the body, going with it and not against it, avoiding all effort or strain and centring the attention on sensations arising from the body.
Getting older myself and working with the older population has helped me see the fitness world from a different perspective, and to see my students as individuals with different needs and unique body constitutions.
I embraced the Yoga path, gaining my first qualification in Feb 2013 with the British school of yoga. I later met Diane Long (a Vanda Scaravelli student) in a workshop and this encouraged me to explore at a deeper level the yoga path and I started learning with Swami Ambikananda at the Traditional Yoga Association, qualifying in September 2018.