Yoga In Manchester

I am an Iyengar yoga teacher, who teaches regular classes in and around Manchester. I grow my own organic vegetables on my allotment, and love creating unique vegetarian dishes.

[yogainmcr]

The best breakfast in Pune! #vegetarian #Pune #yogalife @oneoeightcafe

[yogainmcr]

Nom nom nom hello India! #yogatravels #yoga #Iyengar #iyengaryoga #bksiyengar #Pune

[yogainmcr]

"The knees and shoulders become flexible by the practice of this pose. It is not very effective for people with elastic spinal movements but the arthritic will find the pose a blessing" BKS IYENGAR and that's why we practice it folks. :-) #yoga #Iyengar #iyengaryoga #bksiyengar

[yogainmcr]

Very unusually for me I've had a restorative Saturday practice. I never do that! I couldn't help it after watching students all week in their setu bhanda I've been looking forward to a supported version on my whale back bender. The rest just followed naturally. I finished with one leg through the chair bharadvajasana keeping loads of space in pelvic organs and shoulders. #yoga #Iyengar #iyengaryoga #bksiyengar #yogainstructor #yogateacher #restorativeyoga #restorative #yogaforwomen #yogadrawings #yogainspiration #yogapracticeathome #yogapractice #yogatherapy #yogaeverydamnday

[yogainmcr]

Following on from the teachers demonstration at Christmas I've been having fun playing around with the big toe pose padangusthasana. To give myself a challenge last week I practised putting it into a sequence to help me get the forward extension and balance in Pavritta ardha chandrasana it turned into quite a nice flowing forward movement. So from padangustasana I swapped the big toe hand to the other, taking the left fingers to hold the right big toe and took a long step back with the left leg into Pavritta trikonasana, then reached the hand forward, brought the standing leg straight and the back leg lifted effortlessly. I had to prepare the arms and legs first as you can see. This sharpness that was brought to the arms and legs assisted very controlled eka pada, leg down in both sirsasana and salamba sarvangasana, using s chair to you don't lose control over either leg which sometimes happens when we come to the floor. Enjoy. #yoga #Iyengar #iyengaryoga #mcr #bksiyengar #yogapractice #yogainstructor #yogadrawings #yogainspiration #lightonyoga #yogapracticeathome

[yogainmcr]

Tackling a tough week head on today. We've got a strong yoga practice and a good solid breakfast. Take charge! #yoga #mcr #vegetarian #healthylife #healthychoices

[yogainmcr]

Last week was all about the big toes. We lengthened them and kept them in contact with the floor so have some very stable, still asanas. Sealing the inner edge of the foot in asanas like Pavrittaikapada trikonasana. These lovely long inner edges of the feet lifted us so lightly into our inverted poses, but can we keep extended the inner feet with the challenges of poses like Pavritta sirsasana #yoga #Iyengar #iyengaryoga #bksiyengar #yogainstructor #yogainspiration #yogapracticeathome #yogapractice #yogasequence #yogatherapy #yogamagic

[yogainmcr]

Anyone else still eating Christmas leftovers? Here's leftover carrots, a Clementine and of course the allotment is still abundant with kale #yoga #allotments #vegetarian #healthy #growyourown #growyourownfood #juicing #healthylife

[yogainmcr]

Thought I'd just share a couple of parivrttaikapada sirsasana photos from the ladies demonstration @iyengaryogamanchester We worked towards the posture in the intermediate class tonight. And don't worry if you can't do, we're always learning the actions. #yoga #Iyengar #iyengaryoga #bksiyengar #yoga #mcr #yogainstructor #yogainspiration #yogademonstration

[yogainmcr]

Just remembering how hard we all worked in the last intermediate class of the term. Lots of urdhva dhanurasana with a variety of variations to help with wrists, shoulders, hips, upper backs. Which ever bits didn't want to work. I could do with this now! #yoga #Iyengar #iyengaryoga #bksiyengar #yogatherapy #yogaeverydamnday #yogainstructor #yogainspiration #yogadrawings #urdhvadhanurasana

[yogainmcr]

Merry Christmas everyone! And here's to happy healthy New year! #yoga #Iyengar #mcr #iyengaryoga #bksiyengar #yogadrawing #vrksasana

[yogainmcr]

Honoured to be asked to be part of the Christmas demonstration at @iyengaryogamanchester this year. It was nerve wracking and I've got a lot of work to do, however to be alongside side my friends and my teachers was an honour. #yoga #Iyengar #iyengaryoga #bksiyengar #yogainmcr #humbled #yogafamily

[yogainmcr]

Here's quite a long post, for me. So at the end of term I often ask students, you, if you have request postures. The Manchester university class asked for supta virasana, parighasana and navasana. So it's my job to put these in a class plan. In my own practice I've been working on catching the foot in Bharadvajasana to work on my stiff shoulders and upper back. Combined with all this, I love being organised and thinking creatively, (how can the same set up be used throughout a practice), with the props which is also essential for a safe and organised class so I started with a small belt loop around the feet for dandasana, I kept that small belt loop throughout the practice for dandasana, parsva dandasana, bharadvajasana 2 for the foot, (but it could be used for the arm too in b1, remembering the inprint of the belt on sirsasana, for the foot in Pavritta janu sirsasana, for the feet in urdhva prasarita padasana, to help pull the legs up and lift the chest up in navasana. Some will need to change the size of the loop during the sequence. So the first drawing is just what happened when I got on my mat and first started with my ideas, the second picture is how this formed into a class plan for everyone after my personal practice adding my thought and feelings on sequencing. What was interesting about the all the request postures was how they help with fat around the abdominal area. Merry Christmas! #yoga #Iyengar #iyengaryoga #bksiyengar #Chorlton #Reddish #yogadrawings #yogainspiration #yogapracticeathome #yogainstructor #yogaeverydamnday #yogainmcr

[yogainmcr]

Here's quite a long post, for me. So at the end of term I often ask students, you, if you have request postures. The Manchester university class asked for supta virasana, parighasana and navasana. So it's my job to put these in a class plan. In my own practice I've been working on catching the foot in Bharadvajasana to work on my stiff shoulders and upper back. Combined with all this, I love being organised and thinking creatively, (how can the same set up be used throughout a practice), with the props which is also essential for a safe and organised class so I started with a small belt loop around the feet for dandasana, I kept that small belt loop throughout the practice for dandasana, parsva dandasana, bharadvajasana 2 for the foot, (but it could be used for the arm too in b1, remembering the inprint of the belt on sirsasana, for the foot in Pavritta janu sirsasana, for the feet in urdhva prasarita padasana, to help pull the legs up and lift the chest up in navasana. Some will need to change the size of the loop during the sequence. So the first drawing is just what happened when I got on my mat and first started with my ideas, the second picture is how this formed into a class plan for everyone after my personal practice adding my thought and feelings on sequencing. What was interesting about the all the request postures was how they help with fat around the abdominal area. Merry Christmas! #yoga #Iyengar #iyengaryoga #bksiyengar #Chorlton #Reddish #yogadrawings #yogainspiration #yogapracticeathome #yogainstructor #yogaeverydamnday #yogainmcr

[yogainmcr]

All the toys came out for the sequence for colds. I've not got a halasana box so I utilised the back bender and bolster for my legs. I've thoroughly enjoyed the sequence, it's brought my cold right out to the forefront so now I can shift it on. It's also had a really calming effect which is just what I needed ahead of a busy busy week. #yogatherapy #yoga #Iyengar #iyengaryoga #bksiyengar #geetaiyengar #yogaforhealth #yogaprops #yogapracticeathome #yogapractice #yogainstructor

[yogainmcr]

It might be dull outside but there's plenty of colour on the allotment, what a pleasure. #kale #chard #allotments #growyourown #growyourownfood #healthylife #yogalife

[yogainmcr]

Look at this beautiful yoga space! Tonight at St Elisabeth's church you can practice by the lights of the Christmas tree! St Elisabeth's church is in North Reddish, there's loads of parking space, loads of yoga space and the class is just £5 from 7.30-8.45pm #yoga #Iyengar #iyengaryoga #bksiyengar #Reddish #stockport #yogaclass