In the early years of my Ashtanga practice a teacher was talking to us about commitment. He told us this joke: ‘A chicken and a pig walked down the main street of a village. They passed a pub with a sign in the window saying ‘Special – Bacon & Eggs’. The chicken...
Come celebrate with us! Three years of intense and committed practice and study has led yet again three outstanding students to become yoga teachers. We will be celebrating their efforts with a Puja held by Rami Sivan. This beautiful ritual will bless all of us and...
Newcomers to yoga many times comment on how surprisingly physical, even strenuous their first experiences of this ancient practice have been. Particularly with Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, as there is a lot of emphasis placed on detoxifying the body. Through the use of...
For weeks you have borne patient witness to my daily descriptions about the updating and creating of our new website. The process of this creation has certainly pushed some buttons in me. The aesthetics were of great importance, as was/is the emphasis on immediacy,...
Our hips are the biggest joints in our bodies. They are situated deep within our core. They have an amazing range of motion, and can be kept very mobile with regular yoga practice. Emotional traumas, big or small, often physically express themselves as stiffness in...
“To master the practice of the sun-salutations is a life-long pursuit.” As one of my teachers commented on the Surya Namaskara in this way in the early days of my Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga practice, my immediate reaction was that of ‘OK, it’s physically hard, but there...
