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Mon 25 September, 2006

A question of style: what makes a good teacher?

classA teacher's style can determine a student's view of yoga for life. Journalist Jennifer Whitehead asks students and teachers for their views on what makes a good teacher.

 

 
Tue 18 July, 2006

Dru Yoga: finding the heart centre

 Characterised by powerful, flowing movements that channel and transform the body's energy, Dru Yoga claims to improve people's lives off, as well as on, the mat – physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Senior Dru yoga teacher, Jane Clapham, explains.

 

 
Tue 18 July, 2006

Bikram yoga: friend or foe?

bikramJade Jagger, Raquel Welsh, John McEnroe, Robert Downey Junior and Julia Roberts are all fans...

 

The physical benefits include muscle strength, flexibility and impressive weight loss.

 
Tue 20 June, 2006

Jivamukti: putting the spirituality back into yoga

jivamuktiFounded in New York in the 1980s, Jivamukti yoga focuses on chanting and music to put the spirituality back into yoga. Juliet Rowe talks to the owners of the London studio.

 

 
Wed 24 May, 2006

Running and yoga: a first person account

To many runners, the idea of yoga holds limited appeal due the perception it has of being slow. In fact, yoga can be a hugely complementary activity, as Natalie Treacher reports.

 

 

Asana of the Month

Wellbeing

Actively make time to nourish your mental, as well as physical, health.

Practice

In traditional yoga texts, Baddha Konasana destroys disease and fatigue. The pose also opens the hips, and stretches the inner groins and thighs.

Yoga Bites

We go through life wishing things were somehow different. But what if the task is simply to unfold?