Comments for http://hannahlovegrove.com Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:07:49 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on ABOUT ME by Rachel http://hannahlovegrove.com/about-me/#comment-153 Rachel Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:07:49 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=1362#comment-153 As my sister, you have been a constant inspiration for me and I'm so glad that you have continued with your yoga and that it has sustained you as it has me. Your patience and compassion are always at the forefront of your teaching and I know that your students admire you greatly and are also inspired by your example. Om Shanti! As my sister, you have been a constant inspiration for me and I’m so glad that you have continued with your yoga and that it has sustained you as it has me.

Your patience and compassion are always at the forefront of your teaching and I know that your students admire you greatly and are also inspired by your example.

Om Shanti!

]]> Comment on ABOUT ME by Alex http://hannahlovegrove.com/about-me/#comment-152 Alex Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:24:20 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=1362#comment-152 You have been my teacher for now nearly 7 years and I always admired your calm and collected style of teaching. No matter what was going in your life your teaching was continually solid. If a student had a question or query about something you always seem to know the appropriate answer and you never seem to get impatient with anybody! You have been my teacher for now nearly 7 years and I always admired your calm and collected style of teaching. No matter what was going in your life your teaching was continually solid. If a student had a question or query about something you always seem to know the appropriate answer and you never seem to get impatient with anybody!

]]> Comment on TESTIMONIALS by Alex http://hannahlovegrove.com/yoga-and-you/#comment-151 Alex Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:20:02 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=54#comment-151 You have been my teacher for now nearly 7 years and I always admired your calm and collected style of teaching. No matter what was going in your life your teaching was continually solid. If a student had a question or query about something you always seem to know the appropriate answer and you never seem to get impatient with anybody! You have been my teacher for now nearly 7 years and I always admired your calm and collected style of teaching. No matter what was going in your life your teaching was continually solid. If a student had a question or query about something you always seem to know the appropriate answer and you never seem to get impatient with anybody!

]]> Comment on TESTIMONIALS by Rachel Lovegrove http://hannahlovegrove.com/yoga-and-you/#comment-146 Rachel Lovegrove Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:25:12 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=54#comment-146 How I Came to Yoga It's difficult to pinpoint exactly why I started yoga, although thinking about it, the influences go back further than I initially thought and I'm sure they are similar to those of my sister, Hannah, who is also a yoga teacher. My mother took me to my first yoga class. I remember at maybe 12 or 13 years of age being fascinated by how peaceful the class was. I was in a village hall full of women, mostly mothers, who normally I witnessed being stressed, anxious, irritable and over-wrought, lying or sitting quietly with their eyes closed while the teacher murmured soothing instructions for relaxation and recuperation. It was a whole new world! I came back to yoga again at college and later, in my early 20's started an evening class in my local town. One of my first teachers told me to visit India, that yoga wasn't always about what we did in class, that we carry it with us always. It is a gift to us, she said, a feeling of wholeness and serenity that we can draw on in times of need. I could feel this right from the beginning but wasn't able to articulate it. When I visited India, it was for a holiday, not to practice yoga. Whilst travelling to Mysore I noticed 2 ladies who managed to sit bolt upright during the mammoth 4 hour bus journey (the Indian bus, advertised as "luxury" had no suspension and the seats had no back to them!) I was very impressed at their posture and demeanour and asked them where they were going. "To the Yoga Centre in Mysore to practice with our Guru", they said excitedly. When I returned home, I signed up for more yoga classes. My teacher was very gentle and kind but I felt there was something missing for me - perhaps there wasn't the depth of understanding that I was looking for and physically I found the poses very difficult to do. We all had to sit in a circle during the class facing each other and I think perhaps I felt exposed and embarrassed at my stiff and weak body. I wanted to delve deeper but I wasn't sure into what. She kindly gave me a list of other teachers in the area (Winchester) and I contacted them all. Every single number was either engaged or unavailable, except for the last one, Julie Smith. My teacher told me her yoga was "hard" and not really for beginners. Of course, if someone tells me not to do something, I'm the sort of person who likes to decide for myself! She answered the phone and I arranged to join her group class the next day. As soon as the class began, I knew I had come home. She was an Iyengar teacher and for 3 years I attended her classes twice a week. The detail, support and discipline were inspirational and provided me with a bedrock of understanding and practice that I carry with me to this day. On the outside, the classes focused on our physical understanding of the postures, yet those classes put me firmly onto the spiritual path that I am still travelling on to this day. It was Julie who encouraged me to take things further and gave me the courage to do more advanced workshops and think about teacher training. I began my training eventually in 1996 with Judi Sweeting and later with Cathy Rogers and have been teaching ever since. In 1993, I had the opportunity to attend "EuroYoga", a conference at Crystal Palace with BKS Iyengar in which 1500 of his students and teachers from the UK and Europe attended a 5 day yoga event with classes and demonstrations. I came face to face with the man himself and saw first hand his brilliance and mastery of the art of yoga. Later, in my yoga career I had the opportunity to study with the Iyengar family for a month at the Ramamani Iyengar Institute in Pune, India and saw how the legacy of BKS Iyengar's knowledge had been passed on to his son and daughter, Prashant and Geeta Iyengar. Their devotion to yoga and it's application in helping people, whether they be teachers, new students or especially people with serious medical conditions, is an inspiration and makes sense of what can sometimes be a challenging way of life. I have been extremely fortunate to have studied with some of BKS Iyengar's original students - Sylvia Prescott, Penny Chaplin, Sasha Perryman to name just a few. All of their teachings have given me so much understanding and yet as the saying goes, the more you learn the more you realise how little you know! Yoga is a vast subject, which seems to get bigger the closer you look. And yet it has provided me with stability, strength, compassion and patience - not only in my physical practice but in my everyday life as well. Teaching others is a joy and sharing my knowledge part of the tradition of yoga, which has been passed down through the centuries from teacher to pupil. "Untainted happiness is the inner journey and it is that inner journey that really matters. Yoga takes you there." BKS Iyengar How I Came to Yoga

It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly why I started yoga, although thinking about it, the influences go back further than I initially thought and I’m sure they are similar to those of my sister, Hannah, who is also a yoga teacher. My mother took me to my first yoga class. I remember at maybe 12 or 13 years of age being fascinated by how peaceful the class was. I was in a village hall full of women, mostly mothers, who normally I witnessed being stressed, anxious, irritable and over-wrought, lying or sitting quietly with their eyes closed while the teacher murmured soothing instructions for relaxation and recuperation. It was a whole new world!

I came back to yoga again at college and later, in my early 20’s started an evening class in my local town. One of my first teachers told me to visit India, that yoga wasn’t always about what we did in class, that we carry it with us always. It is a gift to us, she said, a feeling of wholeness and serenity that we can draw on in times of need. I could feel this right from the beginning but wasn’t able to articulate it.

When I visited India, it was for a holiday, not to practice yoga. Whilst travelling to Mysore I noticed 2 ladies who managed to sit bolt upright during the mammoth 4 hour bus journey (the Indian bus, advertised as “luxury” had no suspension and the seats had no back to them!) I was very impressed at their posture and demeanour and asked them where they were going. “To the Yoga Centre in Mysore to practice with our Guru”, they said excitedly.

When I returned home, I signed up for more yoga classes. My teacher was very gentle and kind but I felt there was something missing for me – perhaps there wasn’t the depth of understanding that I was looking for and physically I found the poses very difficult to do. We all had to sit in a circle during the class facing each other and I think perhaps I felt exposed and embarrassed at my stiff and weak body. I wanted to delve deeper but I wasn’t sure into what. She kindly gave me a list of other teachers in the area (Winchester) and I contacted them all. Every single number was either engaged or unavailable, except for the last one, Julie Smith. My teacher told me her yoga was “hard” and not really for beginners. Of course, if someone tells me not to do something, I’m the sort of person who likes to decide for myself! She answered the phone and I arranged to join her group class the next day. As soon as the class began, I knew I had come home. She was an Iyengar teacher and for 3 years I attended her classes twice a week. The detail, support and discipline were inspirational and provided me with a bedrock of understanding and practice that I carry with me to this day. On the outside, the classes focused on our physical understanding of the postures, yet those classes put me firmly onto the spiritual path that I am still travelling on to this day.

It was Julie who encouraged me to take things further and gave me the courage to do more advanced workshops and think about teacher training. I began my training eventually in 1996 with Judi Sweeting and later with Cathy Rogers and have been teaching ever since. In 1993, I had the opportunity to attend “EuroYoga”, a conference at Crystal Palace with BKS Iyengar in which 1500 of his students and teachers from the UK and Europe attended a 5 day yoga event with classes and demonstrations. I came face to face with the man himself and saw first hand his brilliance and mastery of the art of yoga. Later, in my yoga career I had the opportunity to study with the Iyengar family for a month at the Ramamani Iyengar Institute in Pune, India and saw how the legacy of BKS Iyengar’s knowledge had been passed on to his son and daughter, Prashant and Geeta Iyengar. Their devotion to yoga and it’s application in helping people, whether they be teachers, new students or especially people with serious medical conditions, is an inspiration and makes sense of what can sometimes be a challenging way of life.

I have been extremely fortunate to have studied with some of BKS Iyengar’s original students – Sylvia Prescott, Penny Chaplin, Sasha Perryman to name just a few. All of their teachings have given me so much understanding and yet as the saying goes, the more you learn the more you realise how little you know! Yoga is a vast subject, which seems to get bigger the closer you look. And yet it has provided me with stability, strength, compassion and patience – not only in my physical practice but in my everyday life as well. Teaching others is a joy and sharing my knowledge part of the tradition of yoga, which has been passed down through the centuries from teacher to pupil.

“Untainted happiness is the inner journey
and it is that inner journey that really matters.
Yoga takes you there.”

BKS Iyengar

]]> Comment on TESTIMONIALS by Lesley Jelleyman http://hannahlovegrove.com/yoga-and-you/#comment-144 Lesley Jelleyman Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:19:48 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=54#comment-144 I have been practicing Yoga for eleven years. The benefits, both mentally and physically are, and will continue to be , immeasurable. I have been an Iyengar student for the past three years and I find the attention to detail and precise instruction extremely beneficial. I feel I am intensely in tune with where my body is and/or should be, not only in yoga positions but in everyday life.I play golf and it is anexcellent prerequisite for this sport. Now that I am almost 50 years old I am very aware of the benefits that 11 years of practice has brought. As Hannah says “ One feels extremely noble” My mother has also practiced Yoga for a number of years and for the past month or so we are sure that it has helped her get through major surgery. I am often trying to recruit others to the cause. When people start to moan about aches and pains and their loss in mobility, I try and persuade them to go to a Yoga class. Work at your own pace and gradually your muscles and tendons will stretch back to their best potential,giving you back your mobility, your inner core will become stronger protecting your back and you will feel empowered. Hannah is an excellent teacher and will gently guide you through the class. Iyengar Yoga is a way of life, start living it NOW !!! I have been practicing Yoga for eleven years. The benefits, both mentally and physically are, and will continue to be , immeasurable. I have been an Iyengar student for the past three years and I find the attention to detail and precise instruction extremely beneficial. I feel I am intensely in tune with where my body is and/or should be, not only in yoga positions but in everyday life.I play golf and it is anexcellent prerequisite for this sport.

Now that I am almost 50 years old I am very aware of the benefits that 11 years of practice has brought. As Hannah says “ One feels extremely noble”

My mother has also practiced Yoga for a number of years and for the past month or so we are sure that it has helped her get through major surgery.

I am often trying to recruit others to the cause. When people start to moan about aches and pains and their loss in mobility, I try and persuade them to go to a Yoga class. Work at your own pace and gradually your muscles and tendons will stretch back to their best potential,giving you back your mobility, your inner core will become stronger protecting your back and you will feel empowered.
Hannah is an excellent teacher and will gently guide you through the class.
Iyengar Yoga is a way of life, start living it NOW !!!

]]> Comment on TESTIMONIALS by Mary http://hannahlovegrove.com/yoga-and-you/#comment-140 Mary Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:55:36 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=54#comment-140 Widowhood is a terrible journey. The start of it I described as like falling off the world. There are situations (involving family, friends, arts and entertainments) which help to bring me back to 'life-worth-living'. But the challenge is just to bear the grief and loss and loneliness; those conditions cannot be changed - they are part of my ongoing love for my husband. I need to recognise and express the truth of bereavement. Amongst the mix of emotions there is one feeling which I believe to be absolutely negative. That feeling is the varying degree of FEAR: at its worst, terror, at its 'best', lack of confidence. And this (at last!) is where yoga - and Hannah's teaching - come in. It seems that these particular yoga sessions are helpful in banishing fear and strengthening my confidence. There must be something about your approach - meticulously described ideal yogic movements and attitudes, together with your mental toughness and humour, which 'does it' for me. THANK YOU. Widowhood is a terrible journey. The start of it I described as like falling off the world. There are situations (involving family, friends, arts and entertainments) which help to bring me back to ‘life-worth-living’. But the challenge is just to bear the grief and loss and loneliness; those conditions cannot be changed – they are part of my ongoing love for my husband. I need to recognise and express the truth of bereavement. Amongst the mix of emotions there is one feeling which I believe to be absolutely negative. That feeling is the varying degree of FEAR: at its worst, terror, at its ‘best’, lack of confidence.
And this (at last!) is where yoga – and Hannah’s teaching – come in. It seems that these particular yoga sessions are helpful in banishing fear and strengthening my confidence. There must be something about your approach – meticulously described ideal yogic movements and attitudes, together with your mental toughness and humour, which ‘does it’ for me.
THANK YOU.

]]> Comment on TESTIMONIALS by Jane http://hannahlovegrove.com/yoga-and-you/#comment-139 Jane Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:43:50 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=54#comment-139 in 1996 I had a nervous breakdown. At this point I had been doing yoga for about 3 years. I had panic attacks and was hyperventilating. I found myself unable to prevent this happening but started to use my experience with yoga to help slow my breathing down and stop the feeling that my heart was about to burst in my chest. In 2002 my darling son died after a very short illness, aged 32 years. This completely rocked my life and once again I turned to yoga to calm me down with breathing and relaxation. It helped to clear my mind of the dreadful images. Six years on whenever I feel sad I try to relax on the floor and think of the happy times we had and slowly my breathing returns to normal and I feel calmer. I really enjoy the classes I have started again and recommend yoga for everyone. in 1996 I had a nervous breakdown. At this point I had been doing yoga for about 3 years.
I had panic attacks and was hyperventilating. I found myself unable to prevent this happening but started to use my experience with yoga to help slow my breathing down and stop the feeling that my heart was about to burst in my chest.
In 2002 my darling son died after a very short illness, aged 32 years. This completely rocked my life and once again I turned to yoga to calm me down with breathing and relaxation. It helped to clear my mind of the dreadful images.
Six years on whenever I feel sad I try to relax on the floor and think of the happy times we had and slowly my breathing returns to normal and I feel calmer.
I really enjoy the classes I have started again and recommend yoga for everyone.

]]> Comment on TESTIMONIALS by Susie http://hannahlovegrove.com/yoga-and-you/#comment-138 Susie Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:39:23 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=54#comment-138 I am so grateful that I mined the bowl of gold. (hahaha)!!! You are my first yoga teacher as you may be aware. I started with you in April 2005 after hysterectomy op. I might be slightly sluggish on the postures, but have experienced terrific improvement on my health, stress, ups and downs of life. As I carry on doing it, do understand more of my body. Yoga classes provides cheerfulness in me. Its an art never thought had satisfaction before. I highly recommend it to anybody, provided they are lucky to get the right and perseverance teacher like yourself, Hannah. I am so grateful that I mined the bowl of gold. (hahaha)!!! You are my first yoga teacher as you may be aware. I started with you in April 2005 after hysterectomy op. I might be slightly sluggish on the postures, but have experienced terrific improvement on my health, stress, ups and downs of life. As I carry on doing it, do understand more of my body. Yoga classes provides cheerfulness in me. Its an art never thought had satisfaction before. I highly recommend it to anybody, provided they are lucky to get the right and perseverance teacher like yourself, Hannah.

]]> Comment on TESTIMONIALS by Pamela http://hannahlovegrove.com/yoga-and-you/#comment-137 Pamela Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:37:48 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=54#comment-137 I first started doing Iyengar yoga in my late 20’s. I only joined the class because it was local and at the right time but I realise I was very lucky to have found an extremely experienced teacher. He told me I was the stiffest person for my age he had ever met! Later I moved out of London and found another great Iyengar teacher. She was quite athletic and I found the classes hard but persevered and made steady progress. I stayed with her through three house moves but eventually my career took me away too frequently and I reluctantly had to give up my yoga classes. When I retired and came to Bridport I tried over a period of time three non-Iyengar teachers but found these classes unsatisfactory. I don’t like sloppy yoga which is more like Keep Fit for the elderly! Then at last I discovered Hannah and it was like coming home. Over the past couple of years by attending two classes a week I have found that I am making progress again and my knees and back are much better. My body seems much more alive and I am able to follow instructions and improve in the postures. I am much more supple than I was in my 20’s. My first reason to do yoga was for the exercise and I certainly get a good workout. I have a lot of stamina, can walk for miles and can spend all day gardening or doing DIY. But increasingly I find yoga helps with other aspects of life too. I am much calmer and not easily stressed. I am less judgemental and understand that I can’t change other people. I have lost 2 stone. I am happy and content. It’s a good life. I first started doing Iyengar yoga in my late 20’s. I only joined the class because it was local and at the right time but I realise I was very lucky to have found an extremely experienced teacher. He told me I was the stiffest person for my age he had ever met! Later I moved out of London and found another great Iyengar teacher. She was quite athletic and I found the classes hard but persevered and made steady progress. I stayed with her through three house moves but eventually my career took me away too frequently and I reluctantly had to give up my yoga classes. When I retired and came to Bridport I tried over a period of time three non-Iyengar teachers but found these classes unsatisfactory. I don’t like sloppy yoga which is more like Keep Fit for the elderly! Then at last I discovered Hannah and it was like coming home.
Over the past couple of years by attending two classes a week I have found that I am making progress again and my knees and back are much better. My body seems much more alive and I am able to follow instructions and improve in the postures. I am much more supple than I was in my 20’s.
My first reason to do yoga was for the exercise and I certainly get a good workout. I have a lot of stamina, can walk for miles and can spend all day gardening or doing DIY. But increasingly I find yoga helps with other aspects of life too. I am much calmer and not easily stressed. I am less judgemental and understand that I can’t change other people. I have lost 2 stone. I am happy and content. It’s a good life.

]]> Comment on TESTIMONIALS by Justine http://hannahlovegrove.com/yoga-and-you/#comment-136 Justine Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:36:04 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=54#comment-136 As for what yoga has done for me.... before I started I had really debilitating sciatica from time to time which would render me pain racked for weeks on end, I had physio endlessly and found it not only painful but depressing. I then had a serious case of shingles in my sciatic nerve and at the age of 40 believed I would never have a normal mobility. Tentatively I started yoga with Hannah, who I found by chance. For 3 years now I have been to classes most weeks and have found the results quick and painless. For me it's the non competitive aspect which is the most forgiving. I can work to my own limits and can play to my strengths and protect my weaknesses. My sciatica is almost gone. I get twinges which I can work through by gently stretching using my body memory to check and correct myself. I have had one day off work in 3 years due to an eye infection!! Going to the same teacher is really good as you eventually don't have to actively listen to every instruction but can focus on the unfamiliar and learn with a firm basis. Thank you Hannah as you have made a huge difference to my day-to-day life and I am happier and healthier for it. As for what yoga has done for me….
before I started I had really debilitating sciatica from time to time which would render me pain racked for weeks on end, I had physio endlessly and found it not only painful but depressing. I then had a serious case of shingles in my sciatic nerve and at the age of 40 believed I would never have a normal mobility. Tentatively I started yoga with Hannah, who I found by chance. For 3 years now I have been to classes most weeks and have found the results quick and painless. For me it’s the non competitive aspect which is the most forgiving. I can work to my own limits and can play to my strengths and protect my weaknesses. My sciatica is almost gone. I get twinges which I can work through by gently stretching using my body memory to check and correct myself. I have had one day off work in 3 years due to an eye infection!!
Going to the same teacher is really good as you eventually don’t have to actively listen to every instruction but can focus on the unfamiliar and learn with a firm basis.
Thank you Hannah as you have made a huge difference to my day-to-day life and I am happier and healthier for it.

]]> Comment on TESTIMONIALS by Mary http://hannahlovegrove.com/yoga-and-you/#comment-135 Mary Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:33:49 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=54#comment-135 I think I was born with a frown. I used to catch myself on the tube in London, alone, thinking and frowning, constantly. Yoga has taught me to think without frowning. I don’t have a permanent frown anymore! I think I was born with a frown. I used to catch myself on the tube in London, alone, thinking and frowning, constantly. Yoga has taught me to think without frowning. I don’t have a permanent frown anymore!

]]> Comment on TESTIMONIALS by Judith http://hannahlovegrove.com/yoga-and-you/#comment-134 Judith Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:32:49 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=54#comment-134 I’ve been doing yoga for about eleven years but it wasn’t until I started doing Iyengar Yoga, 6 years ago, that I really noticed any real difference. The most powerful posture for me is the shoulder stand, which I do (well, try to do) everyday. This makes a marked difference to my hormones and if I haven’t done one for several days, my body slips into a sort of pre-menstrual state, whatever time of the month it is. GPs and gynecologists have explained endlessly to me that the female hormone is the least understood part of the human body. All I needed to do was a shoulder stand. I’ve been doing yoga for about eleven years but it wasn’t until I started doing Iyengar Yoga, 6 years ago, that I really noticed any real difference. The most powerful posture for me is the shoulder stand, which I do (well, try to do) everyday. This makes a marked difference to my hormones and if I haven’t done one for several days, my body slips into a sort of pre-menstrual state, whatever time of the month it is. GPs and gynecologists have explained endlessly to me that the female hormone is the least understood part of the human body. All I needed to do was a shoulder stand.

]]> Comment on TESTIMONIALS by Angela http://hannahlovegrove.com/yoga-and-you/#comment-133 Angela Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:31:24 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=54#comment-133 Well for me, my relationship with yoga has lasted for 30 years. In the early days it was an easy pleasure, enjoying being supple and learning the fundamental skills of relaxation. I dipped in and out over the years, missing periods of time as children and jobs used all my time. I began to realise how different classes were depending on the teacher - and my god there were some terrible ones! And some real gems too. At one stage I had a back injury and couldn't roll down from standing without twisting and feeling fear of the back 'going' again. I did the rounds of chiropractors / osteopaths etc. but it was a knowledgeable and patient yoga teacher who managed to get me straight again and regain confidence in my body. I moved to West Dorset two years ago, didn't know a soul and found myself having a mid-life crisis about everything. After a couple of disappointing classes I found Hannah at the beautiful hall overlooking the bay in Lyme Regis. Hannah really knows her stuff and every week we learn something new about ourselves. The very best thing about attending the class has been finding a wonderful group of friends, all ages and stages, and we all enjoy coffee, sometimes lunch and walks together after the class. I'm beginning to feel I have found my place again - yoga brings together a certain kind of person with whom I feel a bond, it has been very valuable in this respect. And if we keep going maybe I'll regain some of that lost suppleness I so took for granted ! Well for me, my relationship with yoga has lasted for 30 years. In the early days it was an easy pleasure, enjoying being supple and learning the fundamental skills of relaxation. I dipped in and out over the years, missing periods of time as children and jobs used all my time. I began to realise how different classes were depending on the teacher – and my god there were some terrible ones! And some real gems too.
At one stage I had a back injury and couldn’t roll down from standing without twisting and feeling fear of the back ‘going’ again. I did the rounds of chiropractors / osteopaths etc. but it was a knowledgeable and patient yoga teacher who managed to get me straight again and regain confidence in my body.
I moved to West Dorset two years ago, didn’t know a soul and found myself having a mid-life crisis about everything. After a couple of disappointing classes I found Hannah at the beautiful hall overlooking the bay in Lyme Regis. Hannah really knows her stuff and every week we learn something new about ourselves. The very best thing about attending the class has been finding a wonderful group of friends, all ages and stages, and we all enjoy coffee, sometimes lunch and walks together after the class. I’m beginning to feel I have found my place again – yoga brings together a certain kind of person with whom I feel a bond, it has been very valuable in this respect.
And if we keep going maybe I’ll regain some of that lost suppleness I so took for granted !

]]> Comment on TESTIMONIALS by Lydia http://hannahlovegrove.com/yoga-and-you/#comment-132 Lydia Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:28:48 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=54#comment-132 I had M.E. when I was 17-22 (which some people call Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and I'm sure that yoga helped me get over it. From 17-19 I was really tired all the time. I couldn't think, couldn't exercise and life was horrible! But a friend introduced me to yoga at uni when I was 19 and I swear it made all the difference. We went once a week and I found it really relaxing. Prior to getting ME I was a sports fiend - represented my school and county at loads of sports and was incredibly active. Doing a bit of yoga every week helped me get back to that state again - and made me calm and chilled on the way too. It was a really hard time, but I think having an hour a week where I wasn't focusing on what I couldn't do, and just trying out new things, was a great start. I'm now doing yoga once or twice a week, having found that Iyengar yoga really works for me, and it helps me feel relaxed. I've been free of ME for nearly 8 years and am a lot healthier. I have a stressful job but I find that yoga sorts that out straight away. I had M.E. when I was 17-22 (which some people call Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and I’m sure that yoga helped me get over it. From 17-19 I was really tired all the time. I couldn’t think, couldn’t exercise and life was horrible! But a friend introduced me to yoga at uni when I was 19 and I swear it made all the difference. We went once a week and I found it really relaxing.

Prior to getting ME I was a sports fiend – represented my school and county at loads of sports and was incredibly active. Doing a bit of yoga every week helped me get back to that state again – and made me calm and chilled on the way too. It was a really hard time, but I think having an hour a week where I wasn’t focusing on what I couldn’t do, and just trying out new things, was a great start.

I’m now doing yoga once or twice a week, having found that Iyengar yoga really works for me, and it helps me feel relaxed. I’ve been free of ME for nearly 8 years and am a lot healthier. I have a stressful job but I find that yoga sorts that out straight away.

]]> Comment on HOME by Hazel http://hannahlovegrove.com#comment-127 Hazel Sun, 19 Oct 2008 15:45:18 +0000 http://hannahlovegrove.wordpress.com/?page_id=88#comment-127 What a wonderful interesting web site , checked it out after reading the Sunday Mail You magazine. What a wonderful interesting web site , checked it out after reading the Sunday Mail You magazine.

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