Yogic Parking and Unyogic Fines

Dear Yogis!

Happy Monday! I keep meaning to get this housekeeping out of the way to save the distress of parking questions and fines when you come here for a yoga class. The Grove, this street, is a School Street which means that cars not belonging to residents can’t come into the street between 8.15am and 9.15am. The Friday Ashtanga class is at 8.30am so if you need my parking space in front of our house, you need to get here before 8.15. You could sit in the yoga studio for an extra 15 minutes… it’s a sweet place to wait.

In the evening there are parting restrictions till 7.30pm. My classes start at 7.00pm! Sorry about that. Parking in the shopping centre is only 10 minutes away. The shopping centre has a back entrance/exit which leads to our street so it’s all easy.

Anyway! Come to class!!!

On the booking page you’ll find all the options. You can book all the classes here.

Yoga in the news 

The Guardian today has: A new start after 60: ‘I didn’t want to be an invisible old lady – so I became a yoga teacher’. ‘Her instructor told her: “You have your own individual skills to bring.” While she is still developing her personal style of teaching, she has noticed that the way she ends her classes is very popular – with an assisted savasana, or corpse pose, in which she offers a postural adjustment of her class-goers’ feet, arms, heads, necks and shoulders.’

The Times has: Yoga gurus accused of sexually abusing their students. ‘Police forces across the country are investigating at least five cases of sexual abuse after the Yoga Teachers Union (YTU) received numerous reports soon after its creation in October 2020.

National Seniors has: Paul McCartney's unusual secret. ‘His eye yoga routine starts with the head kept still, then looking up as far as you can for the count of three, eyes back to the middle, then look down as far as you can for the count of three. Repeat sideways, then on a diagonal “like the Union Jack”, he says, then cross the eyes to look at the end of your nose and roll them in a circle in both directions. Finish by focusing on a distant object for a count of three and then at the lines on your hand.’

TechRadar has: No, tracking yoga with your Fitbit or Garmin isn't completely useless. ‘You can’t beat a Personal Best during yoga in any meaningful way you can record on a watch. You might be able to hit a new pose you couldn’t do before, or you might finally get your heels on the floor during downward dog, or go through the whole class without once thinking about your inbox, feeling present for the practice. All of those count as progress on the mat.’