Sarai Littlechild Yoga

A hire car, a ferry, a bus, a plane, a train, a stopover at a good friend’s house in London, another train, another plane, a taxi, and I have finally arrived in India, only to find myself… on another train!

Let’s where the journey continues to take me.

P.s send recommendations if you have them - I’m open!

Think I might have taken the ‘Silly Faces’ cue a bit too seriously…

Celebrating this wonderful group of newly qualified teachers as they graduate from ‘s Essence of Being YTT .

It’s been an absolute privilege and joy to watch you find your unique voices.

All the love ❤️

Another day, another Ganesha removing obstacles as I teach on this evening’s Beginners Course ♥️

Glimpses into another world earlier today in East Dulwich 👽

TOMORROW:

16.00-17.15 Yoga Open
Camden

19.15-20.15 Yin & Acupressure

Coming back to the intention behind the practice with the YTT students today.

An intention is like an anchor, a tether to the source that allows for room to play and explore, without floating off into the abyss and wondering how you ended up there.

I’ve been taking some time out recently to return to my own intention, to nurture it, and to ensure I’m teaching and sharing from that connection.

‘Do you have the patience to wait
Till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
Till the right action arises by itself?’
Lao tzu

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Coming back to the intention behind practicing (and teaching) with the YTT students today.

An intention is like an anchor, a tether to the source that allows for room to play and explore, without floating off into the abyss and wondering how you ended up there.

I’ve been taking some time out recently to return to my own intention, to nurture it, and to ensure I’m teaching and sharing from that connection.

‘Do you have the patience to wait
Till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
Till the right action arises by itself?’
Lao tzu

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Prāṇa in the śālā…

prāṇa - Referring to the “vital life force” or energy which manifests and permeates all created things in the universe, both living and inanimate. Prana is the foundation and essence of all life; prana flows in everything that exists. Prana is the connecting link between the material world, consciousness and mind. It is what makes life on the material level possible.

śālā - “house” or “home”, a place where yogis gather and practice together.

My Mysore teacher propagates plants in the room we practice in. She says that as a result of many student’s daily practice over many years, the room has acquired a special energy which the plants and other practitioners are able to benefit from. The function of the human body is like a transformer, receiving energy from the Universal flow of Prana, distributing that energy, and then eliminating it. When practiced with awareness on the breath, asana support the removal of blockages or imbalances which prevent the free-flow of prana within the channels of the subtle body. If a person or a room has a healthy, harmonious vibration, it is said, “There is good Prana here”.

Sometimes our practice can feel like a very personal experience, but I like to remind myself and my students that we are are not just working with our own energy, but contributing to the availability of energy for all living things. Isolated individuality is a subjective illusion - we are all made up of the same stuff!

Class Schedule W/C 30/10

Next week’s Schedule, W/C 09/10/23;

MONDAY

12.25-13.25 Vinyasa


14.15-15.15 Community Yoga


WEDNESDAY

13.00-14.00 Kids Yoga


14.00-15.00 Baby & Me Yoga


20.00-21.00 Restorative Yoga


THURSDAY

18.00-19.00 Ashtanga


19.15-20.15 Yin & Acupressure


FRIDAY

18.00-19.00 Flow to Restore


SATURDAY

9.45-11.00 Hatha Yoga


11.00-11.45 Kids Movement

📣 NO CLASSES W/C 23/10/23

I had planned to be on a Vipassana course right now, but then life happened!

So I’m taking the time off anyhow, and plan to spend some time with my other love - nature 🍁 and also my other other loves spread across London and beyond - looking at you &

See you in a weeks time, when I hope to return feeling rested, inspired and present.

Till then, here’s a lovely poem by Mary Oliver;

‘Wild Geese’

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting -
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

NEW! Weekly Restorative Class

Wednesday evening 7-8pm