Hannah Lovegrove

Iyengar and Ashtanga Yoga.

Originally posted on Iyengar Yoga Teaching & Training:
The philosophy behind Yoga is vast. It’s practically impossible for a Western person to embrace the beauty and subtlety of it all in just a single lifetime. If you practice yoga regularly, you may have had glimpses of your own inner potential, your natural spirituality. In order…

The popularity of #YOGA and human evolution.

Originally posted on Iyengar Yoga Teaching & Training:
BKS Iyengar said, “Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one’s being, from bodily health to self-realization.” We know that yoga is ancient. Its purpose is to develop our self-awareness and lead us towards spiritual transformation,…

From #YOGA to Self-realisation.

Originally posted on Iyengar Yoga Teaching & Training:
Self-Discipline for Westerners. As an Iyengar Yoga teacher, I’m at odds with Western depictions of what yoga is and what it’s about. To start with, there’s a fundamental issue I want to explore and that is our skewed Western view of the purpose of humility and respect. At RIMYI,…

BobbyClennell – 11/12 May 2019

Saturday May 11: AM: Toward Padmasana – Opening the hips. “The hips are the seat of wisdom” B.K.S. Iyengar. Understand your hips. Guard against stiffness and immobility and learn to balance freedom with stability. This sequence will include some of the lateral Standing Poses, the perfect start to the weekend. PM: Improving the Inversions. AContinue reading “BobbyClennell – 11/12 May 2019”

Weekend Workshop with Bobby Clennell.

Sat & Sun: 25th & 26th April 2020 – an in-depth workshop with international Senior Teacher Bobby Clennell in Lyme Regis. (FULLY BOOKED – waiting list open). Bobby will be visiting us again this year to give us the benefit of her amazing energy, her profound yoga teaching and wisdom. Her teaching is completely accessible: whatever youContinue reading “Weekend Workshop with Bobby Clennell.”

Yoga, a life and a death.

Settling down to planning yoga classes and workshops for the new term, and after attending the BKS Iyengar Centenary event in December, I hardly know where to start. I feel a bit lost! When I left for India in November, I was physically and mentally very low, but I knew that whatever the teaching was, itContinue reading “Yoga, a life and a death.”