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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

There is a saying, “Grasp the nettle”. Aesop, in his fables, asserts that a gentle touch on a nettle will cause a sting whereas a firm grip on a nettle…

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…

Over the last fifteen years I have been practicing yoga.  I was drawn to yoga as a remedy for the adverse effects of the activities I had been doing.  I…

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…

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…