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Fifty years of yoga practice

In 1972 I experienced my very first yoga class. I went with my mother and an ex-boyfriend. It was the Ex’s idea to go – although he subsequently married a Born-again Christian who thought yoga was the work of the devil. We were aware of yoga during the 60s and so didn̵
December 20, 2022
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Head to Tail – sequential movement of the spine in asana

  I have many memories from my first yoga teacher training course with Donna Farhi, even though it was way back in 2000. One memory is especially vivid, it was a spinal yield and push inquiry – there were three of us, me in child with my head supported on a block, one perso
March 06, 2019
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Body-Mind Centering®, Donna Farhi, headstand, healthy spine, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist, sequential movement of the spine, sirsasana, spinal movement, spinal push from the head, spinal push pattern, spinal reach from the head, Spine, Trikonasana, Yoga Harrogate

‘Are you safe with yourself?’

‘Are you safe with yourself? Am I safe with myself?’ These were questions that Donna Farhi put to us on a recent yoga intensive in Manchester. Donna enlarged upon the question by saying ‘Can you look after yourself and speak to yourself as kindly as your very, best f
June 30, 2013
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Acorns to Oak Trees

A regular theme in my classes is ‘Yield and Push’. Through exploring this developmental movement pattern we are aiming for an embodied sense of good alignment in yoga asana that leads to a clear sense of good alignment from within, rather than lots of rules about ‘th
March 14, 2011
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Body-Mind Centering®, developmental movement patterns, Donna Farhi, Exploring Body-Mind Centering, Natural Intelligence, Piera Nina Teatini, registered somatic movement educator, registered somatic movement therapist, somatics, Susan Aposhyan, well-being, Yoga classes Harrogate

Fluidity in Movement – why we need it and how to find it

  In some of last week’s classes we re-visited the theme of fluidity and how to bring a more fluid quality  into our movement. Why do we need it, some might ask? There are lots of good reasons. Yoga practitioners can have a tendency to be quite static in their approach to asana a
February 06, 2011
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About Amanda

“I began practising yoga in 1972 and I loved the effect it had on me – of gradually becoming stronger in mind and body, more resilient to life’s ups and downs, more connected to my feelings, more joyful and more creative. Both my yoga journey and my creativity gained momentum in the early nineties, it was at this time that I was privileged to begin learning Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga………….”

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