The Four Gates of Speech
Yin yoga uses supported, long, passive holds to work on the deep, dense connective tissues of the body – the fascia, tendons, ligaments and cartilage – which are difficult to energize and open. Using this combination of support, low stress and long holds allows the connective tissue time to transform at a cellular level.
What is Yin Yoga?
Yin yoga uses supported, long, passive holds to work on the deep, dense connective tissues of the body – the fascia, tendons, ligaments and cartilage – which are difficult to energize and open. Using this combination of support, low stress and long holds allows the connective tissue time to transform at a cellular level.
Starting Your Yoga Journey as a Beginner
Now more than ever we are all looking for something to distract us from the turmoil of life, a way to balance our emotions and reflect. Yoga is a great way to do all of those things and get moving, but starting your yoga journey as a complete beginner can be daunting.
How Yoga Can Help With Stress
Looking back to times in my life when I have suffered great stress & anxiety, I know that it is always times when I have failed to remember the importance of symbiosis of the body, mind and soul. One or all of those aspects were being neglected. I was forgetting the benefits of yoga as a way of easing my stress.
Yoga Makes Me Feel…Confident
We are starting a new series where we speak to our kula about their yoga journey.. This week we have spoken to Lucy, a newer member of the kula who started yoga recently over lockdown. Since then Lucy has joined us for multiple online live-stream yoga classes and we chatted to her about her experiences and how yoga makes her feel confident.
We Are a Multi-Award Winning Yoga Studio!
There are always silver linings. Lockdown measures prompted us to invest in improvements for our online live-streamed yoga classes which has resulted in the studio winning an industry award.
The Benefits of Restorative Yoga
I know that it is hard to slow down sometimes, there feels like there is less and less time to rest. We take our bodies for granted and don’t nurture them like we are supposed to. This is why we have reintroduced Restorative Yoga into our class timetable. This practice has so many benefits from promoting deep relaxation to regulating the nervous system, Restorative Yoga will give us the space and time to reboot.
The Importance of a Good Yoga Mat
Let’s talk about the importance of a good yoga mat. Even though we use them everyday in our yoga classes, I have always taken the features of a good yoga mat for granted – until now.