One Breath Standing Posture with Mark Ansari
Watch our lead teacher, Mark Ansari, demonstrating Ashtanga standing poses.
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How to perform Uddiyana, Agni Sara and Nauli
UDDIYANA Stand with your feet slightly wider than hip-width apart and turned out a little, hands on hips. Take 20 Kapalabhati breaths to the stomach. Inhale, stretch the arms over your head and lengthen the abdominal muscles. Open your mouth and extend the tongue out and down towards the tip of the chin as far…
Yoga in Summer
Cool off this summer with yoga, meditation and breathing techniques. Stay focused, healthy and happy with some simple practices. Summer time means different things for different people. A time to holiday, hit the beach, and relax. However you view summer, one thing is constant: it’s hot. Really, really warm and muggy. And isn’t each year…
Why Choose Inspira?
What makes our yoga teacher trainings unique? Deciding to undertake a Yoga teacher training is big decision and each student who decides to do so, will have their own criteria & priorities for choosing the right training for them, taking into consideration style of yoga practised, time commitment, location, price, teachers and practicalities among others….
Wellicious: Our Journey in becoming a Yoga Teacher with Inspira Yoga
Our lovely friends at Wellicious featured our 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training on their website. Here is a copy of the article: Signing up for yoga teacher training was probably one of the best decisions that we have taken in our lives. Not only have we improved our yoga practice and knowledge a great…
‘Commuter Yoga’ for Londoners!
You’ve had a great night sleep and woke up feeling rested and refreshed, ready to tackle anything that comes your way. The sun is shining and there’s a light breeze outside. Your hair looks like it just came straight out of Vogue and anything you put on makes you feel million dollars. You leave the…
How to Use Every Yoga Prop and Which Ones to Try
Whether you struggle to straighten those legs in triangle pose or teeter while trying to touch the ground in standing split, getting to a place of “om” when you feel unstable in your yoga practice is hard. Luckily, a plethora of yoga props help bring balance and stability to any yogi’s practice, whether you’re a…
The Benefits of Yogic Binds
What takes a normal yoga pose and makes it a bind? Yogic binds involve rotating the torso and shoulders and clasping the hands together. They require both intense focus to help stay in the pose, and flexibility to actually get into the pose. Binding can help take your yoga practice to the next level and…
10 Ways to De-stress Your Mind and Body
There’s nothing worse than feeling stressed, so check out this fantastic infographic with tips on how to de-stress your mind and body.
Sarah Highfield: Lessons I’ve Learnt As A Yoga Teacher
Inspira Yoga teacher, Sarah Highfield, wrote this article 16 months after qualifying as a yoga teacher. She has now been teaching for a lot longer than that, but new teachers may find this helpful: I’m a mere two months away from my 18-month milestone of teaching yoga, (having qualified in September 2015), and in what…