Lara B Yoga

Lara B Yoga Teaching Hatha yoga in Gloucester since 2006
Holds a British Wheel of Yoga Teaching Diploma

Classes are at:
Upton St Leonard's Village Hall Monday 10:15 -11:45
Kingsway Sports Pavilion Monday and Wednesday evenings 19:00-20:30 and Friday morning 10:15-11:45

There is boat pose in this week's classes, how did they know?
23/09/2026

There is boat pose in this week's classes, how did they know?

It’s spooky season.

17/09/2026
16/09/2026

Maybe you came to yoga for flexibility or strength.⁠
And then, somewhere along the way, it started to feel like something more.⁠
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You began to notice your patterns—on the mat and in your life. Where you resist. Where you push. Where you soften. You started to sense how your breath shapes your body, and how your thoughts shape your breath.⁠
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Through practice, your awareness sharpened. Not just of your muscles or joints, but of your internal dialogue. The narratives you live by. The way your body speaks when you finally get quiet enough to listen.⁠
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You start to discern what’s noise and what’s true.⁠
And in that space of clarity, yoga becomes less about what you do and more about how you are.⁠
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Yoga is a way home to the simplest truth: your own presence.⁠

Ready to take this inquiry into your own experience with Bernie Clark himself?

Explore his Yin Yoga Challenge—an invitation to create space, settle your system, and listen more closely to what’s happening within: https://yogainternational.com/ecourse/player/yin-yoga-with-bernie-clark/

16/09/2026

Can you feel when one side of the body is doing more than the other?

In an āsana, the outer shape may look balanced. Both arms may appear level. Both legs may seem evenly placed.

But Guruji B.K.S. Iyengar asks us to study something deeper:
“The sadhaka studies the flow of intelligence and readjusts the asana to bring the equanimity in the flow on either side of the body. That requires not only total attention but also total penetration.”

This changes how we understand alignment.
Alignment is not simply making both sides look alike.

It is asking:
Is one foot pressing more strongly?
Is one thigh more awake?
Is one side of the chest opening while the other remains dull?
Is the spine extending evenly?

Where does awareness reach — and where does it stop?

The practitioner observes these differences and readjusts the āsana.
Not to create a perfect-looking pose, but to bring greater equanimity to the action and intelligence flowing through the body.

And Guruji makes another important distinction:
Attention allows us to notice.

Pe*******on asks us to enter more deeply into what we notice.

That is when an āsana begins to become a field of study.

💬 In which pose do you notice the greatest difference between your right and left sides?

Want to experience this kind of attentive practice for yourself?
Comment “JOIN CLASS” and we’ll share the details for our free Community Class.

Yoga Frankie , capturing the essence so well.   Paying attention is key.
02/09/2026

Yoga Frankie , capturing the essence so well.
Paying attention is key.

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Hempsted Lane
Gloucester
GL25JS

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