Whatever it is that first brings you to Yoga - be it stress, anxiety, grief, a quest for better health or simple curiosity - yoga soon becomes a love affair. On the mat you are gently coaxed into shapes that allow you to breathe better, to open up, to release tension, to feel a shift in energy and a calming of the mind. We invite our bodies to twist, unfold, bend, stretch, peel open, melt, go deep, unknot, energize, unfurl, balance, soften and our minds to go inwards, to noti

If you've ever been affected by back pain then you'll know that it can really get you down. I personally suffered with back ache for many years after a car crash left me with a scoliosis injury to my spine. No matter how many visits to the chiropractor, physiotherapist or massage therapist, I was always in some sort of discomfort unless I had been practicing Yoga a couple of times that week. After a while, I decided to focus on my Yoga practice and put the other therapies to