We pride ourselves on our yoga for beginners programmes, which are based on understanding and also addressing the idea that anyone who does yoga must be able to touch their toes. Flexibility is not a prerequisite for yoga, far from it! Here at Soul Sanctuary, we understand that many people are timid about trying yoga […]
Like a lot of people, I was attracted to yoga initially for the ‘asana’, or physical poses. I thought it would be a great compliment to other activities I did such as running, going to the gym, etc. Also if you look up yoga on Pinterest or Instagram the models have amazing bodies, right? I […]
In the grand scheme of things, I am at the beginning of my yoga journey, I have met some incredible humans along the way who have much darker, more challenging journeys than I have. So I don’t claim to have all the answers and I know I have a lot more to learn. I just […]
by Polly Woodward I was in my mid twenties when I was diagnosed with endometriosis. I was devastated, as I’d always wanted children and this felt like a very big obstacle. I went through a chemical menopause to try and reset my system, and a year or so later when my gynaecologist said ‘it’s now […]
I hesitantly stepped into my first yoga class at a time where I really felt like I had hit rock bottom. I was around 17 years old, I had an eating disorder and suffered with anorexia and depression. I had lost a sense of my basic human needs – I did not eat or drink […]
by Tracy Sadler Once you’ve done your 200 or 500 plus hours vinyasa, power, jivamukti or any other style yoga training is that it? Intimate knowledge and teaching skills gained and restored?!? Uhhhh not quite. That’s just the start, the beginning of a life long dedication, ‘addiction’, desire and passion to grow and evolve. To […]
Ash-tanga means eight-limbs, there are eight limbs of yoga and the physical practice, the asana, is just one. The other limbs include Yama, Niyama, Pranayama, Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi. These other limbs focus on improving our way of being in the world. In the Western world the focus is usually on the asana – […]
I really feel like, saying you ‘don’t like yoga’ or yoga ‘isn’t for you’, is like saying food isn’t for you… there are SO many different styles and ways of practicing yoga, you just need to find what works for you! I am SO pleased that so many people, doctors, health professionals are recommending yoga […]
There’s a lot of myth-busting to be done around this question… and I get it, when I started yoga, I thought the same (check out my ‘Why I started yoga’ blog) So when I ask people what they think / thought yoga was here’s what I get… Isn’t yoga just… A stretch-class A waste of time For […]
Disease can be a very controversial topic and I do not claim to be any sort of medic, I am simply sharing what I have learnt through my own personal yoga journey and what I have found enlightening. I don’t understand why some people get horrible illnesses and others don’t, I am fascinated by how […]
