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Headstand Preps: How To Build Your Foundation For Shirshasana
Lifting into headstand (shirshasana) can feel pretty much impossible for many of us in the beginning. I know I spent a good couple of years believing that my toes were full of lead and that they’d NEVER lift off the floor! Working on strengthening and stabilising your foundation without having to worry about whether or not the feet come off the floor can be really helpful.
Yoga at Home: Videos & Resources for Your Practice
Practising yoga at home can be a challenge. What should you practise? How long should you practise yoga at home for? To help, we’ve compiled some videos and resources for you here. Use them to build your own home practice and incorporate a little yoga into each day.
How to practice Loving Kindness Meditation PLUS audio download
The practice of meditation involves gently returning your mind again and again to a simple focus of attention. And that helps us feel better, cope better, be nicer and whatever other benefits come to you from meditation. One of my favourites is a Loving Kindness meditation…
Ashtanga Yoga Resources: Primary Series Cheat Sheets & More
You’ll find a few resources below to help you with your Ashtanga Yoga practice at home including our very own MCY Primary Series Cheat Sheets! Home practice isn’t always easy. There can be lots of distractions and it can be difficult to carve out the time and space for practice. We’re here to help.
Vinyasa Flow with Ana – fluid, creative, fun!
Vinyasa Flow is a style of yoga that’s a bit like a dance – fluid, creative and fun. As you move and smoothly transition from posture to posture. Our Vinyasa Flow teacher, Ana Costa, has developed a deep understanding of the body’s anatomy through her studies. She has a Masters Degree in Exercise Science and PhD in Cardiac Research!
Why Yin Yoga class? We asked Claire for you…
Claire Black teaches our Tuesday evening Yin Yoga class and our Weekend Yin Yoga Pop Ups here at MCY. Claire’s passion for yoga flourished as a teenager when she attended a yoga class at her local gym. Never considering that yoga could be a career path, Claire trained as a scientist and holds a Masters Degree in Neuroscience!
Where to begin? Learn Ashtanga Yoga with Michael
It can be difficult to know where to begin learning Ashtanga Yoga. That’s why we started our Ashtanga Yoga Beginners class on a Wednesday evening. If you’d like to move through the sequence at a slower pace and get more detailed instruction, this is the class for you. But this class isn’t just for beginners…