Kindness and knee slides in Yoga

 Last year was the trickiest yet. It was challenging, unpredictable, chaotic and emotional. On the days when events were heightened, I have never been more grateful for small acts of kindness. A smile in the street, and a warm conversation at the shop went a long way to helping my day feel better.
 
Kindness & yoga go a long way
Kindness isn't enough but it goes a long, long way.
 
Thankfully, I have yoga as my mainstay, which helps me start each day with a fresh outlook, a more relaxed body and nervous system to be able to cope as well as I can as challenges unfold. 
 

Remember knee slides?
Kindness isn't enough to make you a good yoga teacher. It helps and is an essential quality really, but you also need developed skills and experience to help a broader range of people.
 
Older bodies need more care and skill than the easy breezy 20 somethings who can still do knee slides (remember them! I can't even watch any longer). As we age we need extra levels of expertise to navigate all that we come with. 
 
 
Life accumulates and leaves its marks
As life progresses, injuries have been accumulated and left their mark, life has left us highly strung, our day-to-day posture is becoming fixed in ways that reflect our lifestyles and lifes challenges, which are often sedentary or lack time and space to stretch and unwind enough.
 

Skill & expertise at YogaSpace
The standards of care, skill and expertise we have at YogaSpace are far beyond anywhere else in Bristol.
 
Most of us have decades of experience. 3 of our teachers have been studying yoga and sharing their craft for 40+ years (each).
 
Many of us took 3 or 4 years of extensive study to become yoga teachers, far beyond the typical 9-month (or even 1-month in many cases) 200 hour training popular today. 
 
I started practicing yoga 28 years ago and began my 4-year teacher training study 21 years ago. This means something. This gives experience to draw upon, gathered from the vast array of bodies and minds that I've worked with over the years. This all helps guide you into a fruitful yoga practice.
 
Working with and around all that you come with to take yoga in a way that can work its wonders for you. 
 
 
Enjoy your yoga, with all that you come with. 
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