We know that a long straight back is a sign of good posture. We often tell our children to ‘sit up straight’. Here we will explore why there is such an emphasis on lengthening and lifting through our back.   The spine has a natural curvature, there is a slight...

Yoga tells us there is an intrinsic connection between the body and mind. Modern science has now confirmed this with relation to chronic back pain. Chronic back pain deals more with issues of the nervous system than the spine itself. The nervous system is a vehicle...

Yoga is all about balance; it’s the golden middle line that we’re after. The balance between: strength and flexibility, yin and yang, active and passive, dominant and receptive, masculine and feminine. Yoga means ‘to unite’. Our practice should aim to bring together...

The breath is a fundamental aspect of any yoga class. Deep and slow breaths intensify the practice and increases the potency of the poses. You will find you are able to hold each pose much longer and stretch further with fuller breaths. When the practice gets intense...

What is the purpose of Yoga? To touch the floor without bending your knees? To do a perfect headstand? To hold your breath for 5 minutes? We need to ask ourselves, why we do yoga. What is its main objective? In reality, many people have been regularly practicing yoga...

The yogic ideal of movement encourages the body to move freely and increases your range of motion. By regularly practicing yoga postures you will begin to experience your spine and muscles becoming more supple thereby preventing joint stiffening and muscle shortening...