A few days ago I wrote about the value of a sun ☀️ salutation and how it can organically transform into something beyond the structure and the breath. And when this happens, it becomes Surya Namaskar.

Before haters hate , I know there is no technical or historical distinction that separates Sun Salutation and Surya Namaskar into two different practices. Sun Salutation ☀️ is the English translation of Surya Namaskar 🌞. So they are the same thing. But as I say in my latest reel, they are the same technically (sort of) but in practise I don't see them as the same thing. At all 😵‍💫 Through my lens 👀, the Sun Salutation stands for the prescribed, externally learned sequen

Patanjali opens the Yoga Sutras with a single word: "now." Here's what that word actually means, and why falling apart might be exactly when yoga begins.

f you have spent any time in yoga classes, you have probably heard a teacher say, “Squeeze your glutes,” (or some mimicking Iyengar say engage your buttocks) just as you prepare for a backbend. Some students feel immediate relief and stability by squeezing. Others find the cue confusing, restrictive, or even counterproductive. Online discussions and teacher trainings often present strong opinions on both sides. Is glute engagement in BACKBEND helpful, harmful, or somewhere in

The following is extracted from a book I will probably never finish. I was going to call it Yoga is Dead. As in, it must be reborn without the contamination of man. Although some people argue that The Grumpy Yogi's Guide to Enlightenment works too 🤔

But when you look a little further into the stretch and see it from a more scientific perspective 🔭, it completely changes how your brain processes what you are doing 🧠. This is called adopting a neurophysiological or somatosensory perspective on stretching. Big words I know.

Flow yoga gets a bad reputation, some of it deserved. But mapped against the psychological flow state, discovered by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the name starts to make a lot more sense.

The goal in 2026 shouldn't be the accumulation of knowledge, but the ability to discriminate between truth and fiction. Namaskar Zahir

Before Devi could ask Shiva her question, she had to earn it through the simplest poses, repeated over and over. What her story reveals about basics, repetition, and why "advanced" isn't the goal.

What I learnt last night at a Gorillaz concert was far more than I expected. Somehow, between the sitars and the cartoons on the big screen, I was schooled on life, humanity, kindness and humility. It even restored a bit of the faith in man I thought I’d lost. There is more, but as with most experiences, they’re hard to articulate when they reach a part of you that you didn’t know was there. Saturday night Laura and I headed to Tottenham Stadium to see the Gorillaz. And it tu

A practical checklist for comparing UK yoga teacher trainings: accreditation, class size, faculty, format, and what's actually included in the price.

Is a 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training Worth It? 🤔 What You Actually Get UK 200-hour yoga teacher trainings typically cost somewhere between £2,600 and £4,250+, depending on the school, format, and location. That's a real financial and time commitment, so it's a fair question: is it actually worth it? The honest answer is that it depends less on the price tag and more on what's included and what you do with the certification afterwards. Our training cost is £3,400.00 The short

Feeling too imperfect to teach yoga? A parable about a cracked pot and 7 practical tips on why your flaws are the doorway, not the obstacle.

Weighing up in-person and online yoga teacher training? Here's how the two formats actually compare on cost, depth, accountability, and career readiness.

I posted something on social the other day and someone commented that what I was talking about (in my post) wasn't really yoga 😳