Yoga In The Garden

Dear Yogis,

For the last few weeks I’ve been checking weather reports hourly to see if the clouds will change their minds. When we get our balmy summer evenings, stretchy classes outside are very sweet. Anyway, for the moment, it looks like tomorrow morning’s Ashtanga class can be outside but not sure about Saturday’s, or today’s lunchtime Strength & Conditioning class.

Talking of which, given the choice between Monday and Thursday for lunchtime Strength & Conditioning, I went with Thursday. More people can make Thursday than beginning of the week.

Come to class!

Classes

Monday and Tuesday = Stretchy class at 7.00pm (10 places)

Thursday = Strength & Conditioning Lunchtime Class 1.00-2.00 (only five places)

Friday morning = Ashtanga at 8.30-9.30am (10 places)

Saturday morning = Ashtanga at 8.30 – 10.00am. (10 places) You can book here.

Yoga in The News

The Guardian has: I spent 60 years sneering at yoga. It turns out I love it – and it does make you healthier and happier. “Once I hit my mid-50s, my sneering began to feel like self-sabotage. Every year I felt a little stiffer, a little more constricted in my movements. I could run for 90 minutes without a break, but I would almost hear myself creak when I had to bend down to tie my laces,” by Phil Daoust, joint deputy editor for G2.

The Independent has: India looks to pitch yoga for inclusion in 2036 Olympics. “Yoga is among six sports India is looking to pitch for inclusion in the Olympics in an attempt to raise the popularity of the exercise form. A committee under India’s sports ministry is looking to recommend yoga, kabaddi, kho, chess, squash and T20 cricket for inclusion in the Games as the South Asian nation works to strengthen its bid to host the 2036 Games, reported The Indian Express.”

The Strad Book review has: The Power of Practice: How Music and Yoga Transformed the Life and Work of Yehudi Menuhin. “‘While yoga directed Menuhin’s violin quest as it trained his body to acquire strength, balance, economy of energy, unity of motion, and release of tension,’ says Wendland, ‘it also provided a framework for a more holistic approach to life.’”