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My Top 3 Tips for Learning the Ashtanga Yoga Sequence
The number one reason students give me for not coming along to Mysore style Ashtanga yoga class is: “I don’t know the sequence!” And I completely understand. It took my good friend Allison Dearling of Live & Breath Yoga more than a year (possibly nearer two!!) to persuade me to join her for a Mysore style class…
Maintaining our Yoga Practice in Winter
In the dark, dreich days of our Glasgow winter it’s a real struggle to get up and onto my yoga mat. At this time of year the idea of hibernating until Spring grows ever more appealing! I want to head into winter feeling strong, well and calm despite the fact that my body suddenly feels a lot more creaky and the very last thing I feel like doing is getting up early. So, what to do?
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…
Yoga in Pregnancy – the Benefits by Victoria Harris
I was the rather typical left-brained, career driven, 32 year old chartered accountant when I became pregnant with my daughter. I applied the same ‘hurdle’ theory to my pregnancy as I did to all other major feats and events in my life so far. If you study, plan, prepare then you will overcome the hurdle and get the best outcome, just like a qualification, wedding, moving home etc.
A Day with Dena Kingsberg
My head’s still spinning from a day spent with legendary Ashtanga teacher Dena Kingsberg (yep, that’s her in the pic above!). Just to paint the picture, Dena is a devoted practitioner of Ashtanga yoga and a senior student of the late Sri K Patabhi Jois. With 30 years of unwavering practice she completed the fourth series in 1996 and holds the highest recognised qualification in this method.