Path to the pose – extended side angle

Path to the pose – extended side angle

How to do extended side angle (utthita parsvakonasana) Extended side angle is another yoga basic. It’s a powerful pose that lengthens your sides and spine, strengthens your legs and core, trains your muscles to support deeper breathing and boosts energy. A great...
Path to the Pose – Sun Salutation B

Path to the Pose – Sun Salutation B

How to do Sun Salutation B Last week I was so busy it felt like time was flying by. On Thursday it was like no time passed between leaving the house in the morning and coming back at night. I missed almost a whole day, because I was wrapped up in busy-ness and...
Path to the pose – Sun Salutation A

Path to the pose – Sun Salutation A

This week I’ll walk you through Sun Salutation A – a basic building block of a vinyasa flow and a way to energise your body and build heat and breath at the beginning of a practice. Anyone can do this sequence, and it’s the perfect start if you want...
Path to the pose – wheel

Path to the pose – wheel

This week’s #pathtothepose is another common pose that beginners and intermediates work towards: wheel or urdhva dhanurasana – this pose is an amazing back bend, heart and shoulder opener, and it strengthens arms, wrists, legs, spine, butt and core! Wheel...
Path to the pose – crow

Path to the pose – crow

I had a conversation with my Dad recently and he commented on an Instagram shot I posted of me doing a handstand. He said he could NEVER do a handstand, and I realised I said exactly the same thing just a few years ago (and I’m still working on it). It got me...
Feeding the good wolf

Feeding the good wolf

An intention I’ve been working with in the past weeks is actually inspired by something a FANTASTIC YogaOne teacher, Piper, mentioned in one of her classes. There’s a Native American legend that speaks of two wolves fighting within all of us. One is evil, and...