Yoga Academy

Once, Dag Hammarskjöld wisely stated:
“The longest journey of any person is the journey inward.”

This is the essence of yoga. It is so much more than the poses (asanas); it is a deeper practice, a journey, a way of being in the world.

Yoga is the moment:
🌬️ The breath that steadies you off the mat, offering a pause before you react.
💖 The compassion you extend to yourself when things are challenging, and the compassion you then offer to others.

Ultimately, it’s the practice of noticing, of listening, and of coming home to yourself.

❓if you had to pick one single pose (asana) that instantly helps you feel centered and connect to that inner self...
What is the one asana you always go to?

Take a breath of fresh air and stretch away exam stress with our outdoor yoga sessions, designed just for teens.

Discover how outdoor yoga can boost your concentration, improve your sleep, reduce anxiety, and enhance your overall well-being, all while connecting you with nature.

When exams feel overwhelming, finding inner peace can help you stay focused and resilient.
These grounding poses can help you navigate challenges with greater ease:

• Standing/ Seated Forward Fold (Uttanasana/ Upavistha Konasana): Feel the release of tension in your neck, shoulders, and back, and calm your mind.

• Tree (Vrksasana), Benefits: Builds focus and balance,
The pose promotes mindful breathing and grounding, which can help reduce stress and anxiety.
Confidence Boost: Successfully holding the pose can boost confidence and self-esteem

• Legs Up the Wall (Viparita Karani): to Unwind and let go of stress and anxiety with this deeply relaxing pose.

• Child’s Pose (Balasana): benefits: Gently quiet your mind and relieve tension in your back, shoulders, and neck.

Wednesdays: 5:30 PM - 6:15 PM
Kingston Upon Thames

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"Yoga is the practice of quieting the mind." - Patanjali

By training the mind through physical postures, breathwork, and meditation, practitioners can achieve a state of mental stillness, leading to greater clarity, focus, and self-awareness.

Since 1998, my practice has been about more than poses-it's about cultivating emotional strength.
In my classes, I offer a warm, compassionate space where we use breath and movement to learn how to respond to life, not react to it. Let's find that deep inner calm together.

Yoga & Mindfulness for Teenagers.
Yoga may improve academic performance by enhancing self-regulation which may, in turn, reduce stress, thus leading to enhanced attention and learning.

Let’s have a look why yoga?
Builds focus, confidence & self-discipline
Enhance emotional understanding & wellbeing
Creates community, connection socially and within Builds compassion, enhance interpersonal integration

Duke of Edinburgh Award; yoga is an accepted form of exercise under the physical recreation section of the DotE. As a Teen yoga teacher, can be an assessor and write the students final report at the end of the course.
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“The yoga pose is not the goal. Becoming flexible is not the goal.
The goal is to create space where you were once stuck.
To unveil the layers of protection you’ve built around your heart.
To appreciate your body and become aware of the mind and the noise it creates.
To make peace with who you are.”
- Rachel Brathen

Starting the new year with this incredible Spine module , expanding my knowledge of the anatomy of the spine and learning new techniques to relieve back pain, enhance strength, minimise injuries and enhance performance for athletes.

Continuing education as a yoga teacher to provide you with a more impactful and well rounded approach to spinal integrity within a therapeutic setting.

“Embrace the present moment, for it is the only time in which we truly live. In the here and now, you have the power to create, to love, and to be at peace”

This afternoon on a nature walk in Richmond Park... observing the beauty of the Cold Moon, I pause and reflect;

💛Gratitude for the lessons learned from challenges. 💛The people who support and uplift me, people who
feels like a hug.
I wrap up the year with a grateful heart 🙏

Welcome to the new school year; it’s exciting and the idea of a new school year holds so much possibility, but it can also be scary and overwhelming. Wherever you find yourself your feelings are valid.
Yoga in schools offer the tools to build a strong foundation of self-awareness and inner strength.

Yoga improves children’s emotional regulations and boosts self-esteem.
Yoga increases children’s body awareness and mindfulness.
Yoga helps children manage their anxiety and yoga it’s fun.

“Yoga must not be practiced to control the body: it is the opposite, it must bring freedom to the body, all the freedom it needs.” - Vanda Scaravelli

📿Meditation & Mindfulness tent
Feeling so good and at ease after this meditation “at home in your heart” guided by

🙏Thank you for that wonderful day filled with many happy moments

Yoga is a dance between control and surrender, between pushing and letting go, and when to push and when to let go becomes part of the creative process, part of the open-ended exploration of your being.
-Joel Kramer

Thank you Megan and Chloe for that fabulous partner yoga pose.