March 3, 2018
Dear One,
Iyengar used to say “why would you take drugs, when you have natural ones?” – snow, rain, wind, frost and sun.
It has now been snowing all night and as we have replaced the hedge at the bottom of our garden with a two rail wooden fence we now have extensive vie...
February 4, 2018
NEWSLETTER – February 2018
On Sunday the 25th February I will be holding a yoga day from 10.00-3.30 at the Study Society, Colet House, 151 Talgarth Road, W14 9DA. I hope you can come. It is more on the meditation and philosophical talks side of yoga. I will be presen...
January 15, 2018
Dear One
Term started this week and the classes were well attended. Folks I had not seen for a while came and there were new faces, no beginners. It seems that the standard and understanding both physically and philosophically has risen.
How is your practice...
December 15, 2017
Peace and Joy to you all
Family and friends come first but you will have even more friends if you remember your yoga practice
Peace & joy
Looking forward to seeing you again
Ruth
November 30, 2017
There are some wonderful retreats coming up next year.
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3 February 2018 - A day of Yoga at Beaconsfield Hall – an ideal space for yoga day, quiet, light, spacious and warm.
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A health food lunch is provided.
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Get-together offered at 4.00 pm for Teachers and T...
October 1, 2017
How are you feeling in this season of change? It’s not just the seasons that change – notice how many folk change their jobs, homes or start new causes. If in doubt about which way to go or choose, you could ask the question “Would this serve my Higher Self?” You co...
September 27, 2017
“Knowledge and Love are synonymous. Love is to join and knowledge is to tell. They need to go hand-in-hand.”
Dear One
How are you feeling now and how’s your practice going? My teacher, Iyengar, would visit London every summer for three weeks of intensive teaching...
August 29, 2017
As classes start again this autumn term there is a change in energies. In the animal kingdom too, there is a scuttling around preparing for winter burying berries and nuts. Coats and fleeces are thickening for warmth and, as John advises his class, winter drawers on!...
June 28, 2017
You might find this quote by Goethe, a philosopher in the 1740s, true and inspiring, as I do.
Commitment
“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance...
April 28, 2017
Have you felt the effect of the spring energy lifting your spirits? You can see the effect on the animal and plant kingdoms as they wake up and start growing or scuttling about. With this energy I get too many ‘good ideas’, my mind gets busy and I just end up dead ti...