Iyengar Yoga with Sharon Whiteley

The new IYUK website is up and running! Here you can see all my current classes, both in-person and online, along with all the details about timings and how to join.

My classes are suitable for beginners as well as more experienced students. Everyone is welcome to join – please get in contact if you have more questions about Iyengar Yoga or starting yoga classes in general. If you are more experienced in yoga, the classes will still be beneficial since I teach a broad range of poses. I teach a variation of poses and sequences every week, focusing on different areas of the body or a different class of asanas. In my Yoga classes, I focus on the core principles of Yoga, rather than a picture-perfect Instagram pose. We use Iyengar props when needed. I focus principally on asana work. Only with that hard work will the relaxation at the end of the class come easily, meaning you will start to feel the mental benefits of a Yoga practise.

iyengaryoga.org.uk

TEACHER SPOTLIGHT 💫
SHARON WHITELEY
I first started Yoga when I was pregnant with my daughter who is now almost 23 and practises Yoga herself. I tried various Yogas but the one I felt most at home with was Iyengar. I adore the fact that even as a Yoga teacher you still continue to learn and discover more about Yoga. It is good for the body, brain and mind and it’s a journey that never ends!
It’s a privilege that I have been able to make Yoga my vocation and impart what I know and continue to learn to my wonderful students. Although I absorb knowledge from my Senior Teachers I also learn much from my students.I love teaching and Iyengar Yoga so I am very lucky to be able to combine the two!

https://thesecretspace.org.uk

Happy New Year 🥳 2020

Hope to see you you at one of my classes. I start back on Tuesday 7th January.
Fridays at 10am are at the Rugby Club in Bishop’s Stortford.
Wednesday at 10am are at Tewin Memorial Hall in Tewin.
Wednesday at 6pm are at the Bishop’s Park Community Centre.
Or contact Woo Wellness Bishop’s Stortford or The Secret Space Hertford for my studio classes!

Hope you’re all having a lovely summer! Yoga classes start back next week.
Bishop’s Park Wednesday 4th September 6-7:30pm
Bishop’s Park Friday 6th September 10:45am-12:15pm
Tewin Memorial Hall Wednesday 4th September 10-11:30am
Woo Pilates Friday 6th September 1-2:15pm
Secret Space classes continue as usual!
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Happy New Year to all my lovely Yoga Students!
Classes resume again from Saturday 5th January.

The Secret Space
Hertford
Saturday 10.15am - 11.45am
Tuesday 6.15pm -7.15pm
and 7.30pm -9pm

Tewin Memorial Hall
Wednesday 10am - 11.30am

Bishop’s Park Community Centre
Bishop’s Stortford
Wednesday 6pm - 7.30pm
Friday 10.45am - 12.15pm

Hope to see you there!

Here is a good post from Ballarat Iyengar Yoga on standing poses!

In the beginning, can be tricky to master. One of the areas of difficulty for new practitioners is to keep the back leg straight, especially in poses like parsvakonasana and virabhadrasana I.

Sometimes this is due to lack of strength in the legs or lack of flexibility in the hips but most often it is due to a lack of awareness. The student is not aware of what the limbs (arms and legs) are doing.

The movements of the standing poses bring awareness to the different parts of the body. Students learn to feel the arms and legs, front and back of the trunk, the shoulders, neck and head.

Students often say that by coming to yoga they really learn to feel and be aware of their own body.

Once awareness begins to develop (and it can develop quite quickly), then some ease comes and mastery of the poses begins.

Here are my regular classes:

Bishop’s Park Community Centre
Bishop’s Stortford CM23 4DA
Wednesday 6pm - 7.30pm
Friday 10.45am - 12.15pm

Tewin Memorial Hall
Tewin AL6 0JX
Wednesday 10am -11.30am

The Secret Space
Hertford SG14 1AS
Tuesday 6.15pm - 7.15pm and
7.30pm - 9pm
Saturday 10.15am - 11.45am

Here is an article that could help with your forward bending from Ballarat Iyengar Yoga.

For the Sunday Review, have a look at this 2007 Q&A article from the US version of the Yoga Journal. It is written by Roger Cole, an Iyengar yoga teacher. It might explain a few things for the people who think they have tight hamstrings.

https://www.yogajournal.com/practice/working-on-standing-forward-bend

Here is a post by BobbyClennell Senior Teacher and student of B.K.S Iyengar on the classic pose of Trikonasana.

Utthita Trikonasana

Senior teacher BobbyClennell provides guidance on this fundamental asana. More info and practice notes here:
http://bobbyclennell.com/MYoga.html

Here’s a sequence for you to practise between classes or while on your summer holidays! ☀️