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....
Happy New Year – Diary of a Reluctant Yogi
Happy New Year – Here is my latest ‘Diary of a Reluctant Yogi’ video post. Lets make a pledge to unroll our yoga mats before we check our emails in 2016! Phil Aston
Yoga Sutras – a reading at Trebah Gardens
A reading from ‘The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali’ Filmed at the beach at Trebah Gardens following our recent Yoga & Spa break at Budock Vean Country Hotel. Trebah is walking distance from the hotel. Our 2016 Yoga and Spa Dates can be found here. Thanks, Phil
Diary of a Reluctant Yogi – How I Started My Journey
It seems so long ago, stepping onto a yoga mat for the first time. I had arrived reluctantly after finding that I had borderline high blood pressure, had anxiety and did not exercise at all. I was 38, I needed to do something, and my wife Sue, who had...
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...
An exercise in Mindfulness – Lets make a nice cup of Tea
Start by making a resolution that you are going to follow through this exercise without interruptions. Do it with careful attention, very slowly, and notice each part of the task as you do it. See how easy it is to speed up again as you forget that you are...
Your Yoga mat just wants you to turn up
Yoga Home Practice Tips Instead of looking at the clock and trying to figure out how many sun salutations you can fit in before you have to get on with your day, or trying to work out if you do have time to put on that Yoga DVD, just...
Finding our edge in Yoga
Through Yoga practice we must learn to find the edge of ourselves, the edge of the yoga posture. Having found the edge, that is when we hold, we stay, we allow ourselves to become still and receptive. We then find the edge moves, we do not have to make...
Yoga for computer users
Yoga Quick Breaks – from your Computer Screen Yoga quick break 1 1. look away from your screen and focus your eyes on the furthest point in the room 2. Take you gaze to the middle distance and focus 3 Now look down at your keyboard and focus 4....
The Benefits of Yoga
Behavioral Reduced weight Reduced Nervousness Reduced Health complaints Increased clinical assessment of psychiatric patients Reduced psychological complaints Physical Increased Hand steadiness Reduced reactivity to stressors Increased memory Increased flexibility Increased relaxation Reduced muscular electrical activity (EMG) Increased muscle tone Increased fitness Mental Increased Concentration Increased memory Increased intelligence quotient...