I have practised at Live and Breathe Yoga for four years, and am in the process of completing my Level 1 Yoga Teacher Training. I first started practising ashtanga yoga with Allison and Harry in 2010, and have been hooked ever since! I have returned to Gokulam, Mysore in India after studying at KPJAYI in … Read more
I am now two weeks into my time in Goa. I hired a scooter to make it easy to get around and explore. Plus, there seems to be a hierarchical system on the roads with cows, trucks, buses, cars, scooters, pushbikes all coming much higher on the pecking order than pedestrians. Wednesday is the Flea … Read more
The last time I was in India was in 2005 – eight years ago. Back then, I felt an insistent pull to India. My fascination with India didn’t make sense to my family, my friends or me really. India was a country that mesmerised me. Whilst travelling around, I was blown away by India’s contrasts, … Read more
Helllloooo from Anjuna, Goa! Some of you may know me and many won’t. In any case, I thought I’d kick off with a bit of a story about my Ashtanga journey so far, how I know Allison and Harry and why I’m in India! I have also attached a selfie for those who don’t know … Read more
I heard Kino MacGregor once say “If you ever get the chance to do a Led Second series class with Guruji, DON’T!” This is what kept me awake…. I arrived about half an hour before the class and there was already about 10 people sitting on the stairs waiting. I grabbed a spot on the … Read more
It wouldn’t be a Saturday without a chai It’s Saturday and so a rest day from practice.We get Saturday’s and moon days (full moon and new moon) off. Some time to sit back and soak it all in. I’ve moved into my room now and have sorted a scooter so I’m slowly getting organised. Having … Read more
I was up quite a few times during the night and had to be up around 3:30am so I didn’t get much sleep before heading into my first class. I was given the 4:30am class time (4:15am Shala time) and even though I was pretty tired I was very excited too. We wait at the … Read more
After a whirlwind month of frantically trying to get everything sorted at the studio and at home before my trip, I left still having quite a hefty to do list…now to be sorted en route! Haha! Thank goodness for airport wifi! I had a 36 hour trip ahead of me so plenty of time to … Read more
