Book directly with The Secret Space for your space on the  'Create a Firm foundation' Workshop at www.thesecretspace.org.uk or call their reception on 01992 503141

Beginner's 5 week course in Bishops Stortford - contact directly to book on.

The following classes continue until August 14th
Monday 7pm - Woo Pilates Studio, North Street, Bishops Stortford (£10 per class - drop in available £11pc)
Tuesday 6.40am - Nuffield Health, Bishops Stortford
Tuesday 9.30am - The Secret Space, Hertford

All the other classes have stopped for the summer but will resume in September. Dates to follow. 

New summer workshop just announced! Great chance to take your practice to a deeper level.  All levels welcome. The venue is the wonderful fully equipped yoga studio as Woo Pilates Studio, in the centre of town on Bishop's Stortford. Places limited to 14 students. Call me or click through to workshop page for more info. 

To build up a home practice it helps to have your own kit. This week I shall be placing an order of equipment so do get in touch if you would like anything. 

The 'Iyengar kit bag' at £59 from yogamatters.com is a brilliant place to start. The standard yoga kit is a mat, 4 foam blocks, 2 bricks (not the cheap lightweight ones) a D-ring belt.  A yoga blanket and bolster are great additions to your kit and will always be used. At Yogamatters I can obtain a discount on most things (the yoga kit bag excluded as it is already heavily discounted as a bundle) so get in touch by May 9th, if you want to hop on board the order.

I also also have 10 ' Yoga in Action - Iyengar Preliminary course' books coming my way. These books are ideal for a home practice as they contain illustrations, basic guidelines on the poses and a series of sequences to build up your home practice week by week. The book is based on the syllabus charted out by Guruji, BKS Iyengar, in Pune, India. Often students forget what they have learnt in class, and this book gives guidance in a home practice. The book guides students in the method of self study, directing the will power in the right direction so one gets the vision of practice -abhyasa. 

Once you have a mat, and a practice of self study you are on the beginning of the path of yoga. Ready to ignite the hidden force of yoga from within. 

So please get in touch if you are at all interested. It will be money well spent.. a form of self investment!

B.K.S Iyengar described asana (yoga postures), as a "meditation in action". Meditation is any practice that allows you to be present and stop the process of thinking, which can take many forms and disciplines.
 Iyengar yoga with it’s specificity of alignment and focus on conscious and intentional action provides the mind with a focal point in order to bring you and your mind into absorption in the present moment. 

Science has proved how meditation changes our brain health and studies have shown that after 20 minute periods of meditation of there is more activity in our left frontal brain, the part of the brain responsible for feelings of well being, stable emotions and harmonious feelings. Also, after 7 weeks of  daily practice the brain shows constant positive changes including the shrinking of the amygdala, the area of the brain which is responsible for pain and fear response. Ancient yogis have always known that the mental health, emotional health and physical health are all connected and it really is very exciting that scientific research confirms  this.

​Yoga can be a transformative practice  bringing a  greater sense of peace and connection to the present moment and leaving you with a good inner feeling at the end of a practice. Combine this with a regular pranayama (breath control practice) and you can significantly change your DNA, molecular health and the way you function and deal with the world! Now that really is rather cool! 

In class all of this week we have been working with this idea of mental calmness. We worked with asanas that helped to balance the nervous system whilst withdrawing the sense organs thus calming the brain. We did this with the combination of asana and pranayama.  A couple of the students mentioned how their yoga class is the highlight of their week, which of course would be because it helped to develop that sense of deep inner peace and increased left frontal lobe function! 

Have a wonderful, happy and peaceful May day weekend:)

Hope you all had a good easter break, and as we begin to embrace the energy of Spring I am so excited to welcome you all back on the mat this week. The sun is shining finally, and I am looking forward to teaching you all an energetic practice to help you dust off the cobwebs and help burn off that excess chocolate consumption (maybe, depending on how good you have been!). Also, for many of us that long dark winter has wreaked havoc with our moods, and a good yoga practice is ultimately about working on our minds, so I'll be helping you to work from the inside out in the traditional yoga way.
​Have a look now at the timetable and get on board for an exciting term of yoga x

Classes are running until Thursday 29th March. Classes will resume week beginning 16th April. Have a look a the schedule for new term dates.

Signing up now. Click here for details and prices. If you are paying for the block, and can't make your usual class, there is the the choice to swap into 3 other classes at any point within the same half term block.

Hope you are looking forward to getting back onto the mat with your yoga practice in 2018. Click here for the new 2018 yoga class schedule and keep an eye out for the forthcoming yoga workshops.  

Yoga weekly class schedule
Monday          9.30am - 11.00am     Woo Studio, B/S (book via Woo Pilates Studio)
Monday          7.00pm - 8.15pm       Woo Studio, B/S
Tuesday          6.40am - 7.40am       Nuffield Health, B/S (members only)
Tuesday          9.30am - 11.00am     The Secret Space, Hertford (book via The Secret Space)
Wednesday    9.15am - 10.45am     United Reform Church Hall, B/S
Thursday        9.30am - 11.00am     Standon

For those who feel that a traditional yoga class is not for them, whether that is because of medical illness, disease, disability or fragility I teach a mainly chair based class called Positive Movement at the following locations. For more details on the programme check out my Positive Movement page.

Positive Movement class schedule
Wednesday   11.00am - 12.30pm  URC Hall, B/S
Thursday       1.30pm - 3.00pm       URC Hall, Hertford