Movement is motion. Motion is lotion. Lotion is youth!
/Dear Yogis,
I’m doing a push to get more yoga in the workplace. (Pop me an email if you’re interested). Office work is our most static experience and we know that the body needs movement. I have much more appreciation of how the body move or why it finds some postures impossible, and you’ll never guess why. I spent an hour last week looking at cadavers, bones and body parts (at King’s College Anatomy Lab).
Amazing to pick up bones, to look at an actual Psoas muscle and IT band. The Anatomy Lab prepared a torso for us to study as well as a femur, a vertebra and a pelvis and other examples. You see why some spines allow bends and twists and why some have bone pressing up against bone, stopping twists and bends. You’ll see why some thigh bones allow splits and some won't.
I’m telling you this because I don’t want you to think that touching your toes is proof of being ‘good at yoga’. Yoga doesn’t care about that. Our wonderful multifaceted yoga practice is interested in a healthy body, pliable muscles, moveable joints, hydrated fascia and plenty of ease in the mind and body for whatever you're doing, even for sitting in the workplace.
Classes
Lots of space in tomorrow morning’s 8.30am class. And next Friday is the fortnightly Restorative Class. Come and have a lie down!
Mon, Tues & Wed evenings = Stretchy yoga at 7.00-8.00pm – this is the popular one.
Friday morning = Ashtanga at 8.30-9.30am – this is the one that pushes you.
Friday evening = Long Restorative Yoga – 6.30-8.00pm – A proper unwind – fortnightly/next week.
Saturday morning = Ashtanga at 8.30 – 10.00am – this is the longer one that pushes you.
Sunday morning = Yoga-For-Strength at 8.30 – 10.00am – this is Ashtanga with extra.
You can book here.
And, by the way, you can post a google review of my classes here.
Yoga in the News
The BBC has: 98-year-old press-up buff tries his hand at yoga. Take a look at his first ever yoga posture! Kakasana… the Crow!
The Conversation has: NHS patients are being socially prescribed yoga. But is yoga ready to help them? ‘Other barriers were linked to how people imagined yoga before they tried it. Some worried that yoga would be too physically demanding, or not active enough. Some thought it might be “uncool”. Others felt that yoga was only for people who were slim, flexible, athletic or already confident in exercise spaces.’
The Argus has: Sussex seaside spot has more spas and yoga studios per person than anywhere in UK. ‘Brighton and Hove has been named as one of the UK's leading wellness destinations, with new research revealing the city has more spas, and yoga and Pilates studios, per person than anywhere else in the country. The findings placed Brighton third overall in the UK wellness rankings, with a final index score of 70.16 out of 100 — behind only York (78.01) and Oxford (75.12).’
Come to class!
Stay Hydrated!
