Articles By Phil Aston

The following story had a big effect on me

The following story had a big effect on me Three groups of Piano students have an exam to do on Friday. Group One practice for one hour every day and then take the exam on Friday. Group Two do not practice at all but take the exam on Friday. Group Three – imagine and visualise they are practising and take...

How music and motherhood brought me to yoga

I had always quite fancied the idea of doing yoga. As a youngster, I got hold of my mum’s copy of Lynn Marshall’s ‘Keep up with Yoga’ book, (which I don’t believe my mum had actually used.) Lynn Marshall was the embodiment of all that was sleek and glossy....

Finding the Key to Stillness

A world of stillness and clarity is but a shadow away. Your key to opening the door is mindfulness of breath… When I started yoga all those years ago my whole focus was on the physical aspect of the practice. Now, older (perhaps wiser) I realise that I was...