Emma Newlyn Yoga

Halloween is the best excuse to have more fun with food creations. Recipes for scary-looking snacks and desserts are popular at this time of year, but they’re often filled with sugar, animal products, and ingredients we can’t even pronounce – which is more like a trick than a treat to be honest…. This recipe calls for…

Parivrtta = ‘Revolved’    Ashta = ‘Eight’    Chandra = ‘Moon’    Asana = ‘Posture’ Physically, twists are thought to be ‘detoxifying’ – they help to ‘get things moving’ if you know what I mean … by stimulating the digestive process and improving circulation. At this time of year, the cold weather and change in…

A Yoga practice holds the chance to experiment with our bodies and see what happens when we stop over-thinking, and allow the breath to take over. Movement and flow are important in my practice and yoga classes, and studies show that movement is an extremely important factor in relieving and preventing stress and anxiety. Moving in a…

If you’re working on building up strength for the full vasisthasana or ‘side plank’, this is a great place to start. It’s not unusual in a Yoga class to be faced with one or two postures we’re not completely comfortable with. This is a good thing, as it means there’s always room to grow within…

When Autumn comes around, everything seems to be ‘pumpkin-spiced’. There’s not one main-stream coffee shop without some sort of seasonal spiced drink or cake, but when they’re laden with artificial ingredients and refined sugar, they don’t provide us with any of the nutrients we need for feeling our best through the season…. Autumn and Winter are…

The ‘crescent’ part of this asana refers to the shape the posture takes ‘Anjaneya’ is another name for the deity Hanuman  This week sees a full moon on the lunar calendar, which for some means no practicing at all, and for others it means paying close attention to how our practice affects us, as the energy…

As the seasons change, we become more susceptible to stress, illness, and a general feeling of ‘bleugh’. Autumn has a different energy compared to Summer, and it’s important to realise and respect this as we work with our bodies. Autumn brings with it colder weather and darker nights, but also the chance to re-charge our batteries…

Vrksa = Tree   Asana = Posture (Pronounced “Vrik-shaas-ana”) A recognisable posture to most people, vrksasana or ‘tree pose’ is probably one of the first balancing postures you’ll learn in a class. While it looks simple enough, this posture works not only to improve our sense of balance, but it helps to open the hip, and…

While it’s officially no longer Summer in the UK, there’s no need to miss out on the things we love about the hot season, and that includes ICE CREAM! Of course, this recipe isn’t the usual sugar and artificial ingredient – filled treat. It’s simple, healthy, and thanks to the main ingredient of bananas, it’ll…

Utkata = ‘wild’, ‘frightening’, ‘fierce’, ‘furious’         Asana = ‘Posture’ Also known as ‘fierce pose’, ‘awkward pose’, ‘wild pose’, and now commonly referred to as ‘chair pose’; utkatasana is part of the traditional surya namaskar B sequence, used in Ashtanga and many other styles of vinyasa and dynamic yoga sequences. Helping to…