Retain the lesson

I teach many people yoga.  Some people pick up the poses and essential actions really well.   They can retain the lesson.  Some hear verbal cues and apply them in their…

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Cow’s Head Pose

How to do Cow's Head Pose: The focus pose this month is cow’s head pose (gomukhasana).  This pose involves a tight crossing of your legs.  This can present challenges for…

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Clear your mind

You will know how your sleep is adversely affected when you have something on your mind.  Your sub-conscious is at work even when you are asleep.  When there are problems…

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From Hand to Body to Soul

From 25 to 27 August I shall be running Apollo Power Yoga's first course dedicated solely to hands-on assisting.  As a YACEP (Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider) I have developed…

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Frog Pose

Our focus pose this month is frog pose (mandukasana).  There are no fancy, tricky variations.  There are degrees of depth in terms of the width of your base, but the…

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Dragon Pose

This month we look at dragon pose (utthan pristhasana).  There are several variations and varying degrees of depth that you can pursue in this pose.  My first experience of dragon…

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Contribution to the whole

This country has experienced two successive quarters of economic contraction.  That makes a recession.  In this period of recession the banks that dominate the market in this country have done…

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Niyamas Discussion

NIYAMAS DISCUSSION. Join Hamish of Apollo Power Yoga on Sunday, 25 June from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm in a niyamas discussion - the five practices that constitute limb number…

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