House of Ashtanga

31/03/2026

Just a reminder that there will be no class on Easter Sunday - 5 April. Enjoy your day, be at peace, be still, laugh, and love ❤️ 🙏🏻

29/03/2026

Great example of uddiyana bandha from Lauren

Here you can see the transverse abdominis is split into two parts. The lower part, roughly from navel downwards is tucked in, whereas the area above the navel towards the sternum is more relaxed and is open to a large amount of movement. This is important so that the diaphragm doesn’t panic when inhaling. It must be free to expand downwards into the upper abdominal cavity where we can feel the lower ribs expand outwards

Uddiyana bandha is absolutely fundamental to the practice of ashtanga yoga

22/03/2026

What an amazing day! A room full of ashtangis enjoying the moment on our most recent TT session. Thank you all for such energy, enthusiasm and love for the practice. Practice with passion ⚡️that is the key 👌🏻

Special thanks to for getting us through the morning madness of a full capacity mysore session 🤪😘

Dedicating this day to the brilliant Nancy Gilgoff who passed away 2 years ago today - I hope we did you proud 💚

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10/03/2026

House of Ashtanga is all about freedom. Not your freedom. Just freedom. It’s a space in which you can come and not feel obliged to strive, struggle, and push yourself. Those negative energies only serve to reinforce that illusory sense of ‘selfhood’ (literally a hood, or cloak) and continue to dangle that metaphorical carrot in front of you, with the promise of a better, different, more desirable experience; a future that is perfect, or at least better than this moment. It is a huge weight and burden to carry

No such thing is offered here. What is offered is a wide open space in which whatever happens is free to happen. There is no agenda here, nor any mission to save the world through yoga. Along the way, suggestions may be made, perhaps a change of position in the name of injury prevention, or recovery. An alternative way of looking at asana, or a move, a new technique, in name of creating more balance, realignment, or fixing an issue. Possibly a new asana may be suggested for the sake of a more rounded practice, foundation, understanding. Very often it can be really practical. Nothing is held back, but also nothing is forced upon you

It is an environment in which that gnawing and persistent sense-of-self is unable to thrive, possibly dissolving and leaving openness in its wake

Never is there the suggestion of journey or path. For journey we must have time in which for it to happen and a space in which it can travel through. Thus, in the absence of journey there is neither time nor space. This is the abyss of the infinite. Completion, fulfilment. What remains is all there is. All that is. And that is never far away - it is quite simply already this. That is the stillness, the freedom

22/02/2026

Starting Saturday 21 March I will be hosting a trio of workshops aimed exclusively for yoga teachers, teacher trainees and serious students who want to go deeper into their practice and understanding. These 3 workshops are part of a larger 200hr Teacher Training that I am jointly running in 2026. I want to offer others to join us for these 3 workshops only. They are designed to be an intensive, undiluted and exhaustive exposition of ashtanga vinyasa yoga, as taught by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois

We will cover many topics: asana, pranayama (introductory), history of ashtanga, nadis, meridians, the healing effect of yoga, sanskrit definitions, advaita vedanta, metaphysics, myths and legends (and the debunking of them), the mystique of enlightenment, Gitas, interwoven with stories of old, ‘tales from Nancy’, all seen through the lens of primary series, perhaps a with a little bit of 2nd series, using the series as a way of navigating our trip through the all-important adjustments, modifications, and assists that make up the bulk of our 3 sessions. Importantly, you will learn how to use the art of healing touch to share this yoga with others in a mysore-style, self-practice format as well as how to work with beginners, and why yogasana works, giving you further knowledge and confidence to move forward in your teaching life

It is difficult to oversell this series. As far as I am aware there aren’t many workshops of this lineage happening anywhere on the planet. This series is largely inspired by the teachings of Nancy Gilgoff, the first woman western woman to be ‘given’ this practice directly by Pattabhi Jois in 1973, an original method that is sadly only taught at a few shalas across the globe, as of 2026. I was fortunate enough to spend a number of years working alongside Nancy at workshops and teacher trainings, and also teaching at her shala in Maui

It is important to attend all 3 sessions, hence the deal for booking the triple

Session 1: 21 March
Session 2: 23 May
Session 3: 18 July

Each session costs £55. If you book all 3 sessions then the total is £125, thereby saving £40

Please contact me directly to book your place!

15/02/2026

Saturday action, in pictures 💥

01/02/2026

So long January, we made it! ⚡️

04/01/2026

We still have a few places left on our Yoga Teacher Training due to start at the end of January. So, if you’re thinking about becoming a yoga teacher or taking your practice deeper then take a look at our immersive course beginning 28th January 2026 in Newcastle Upon Tyne. This could be the next perfect step!

* Comprehensive Curriculum
* Deepening your own personal practice
* Foundations and Philosophy
* Teaching Methods
* Hands-on Adjustments
* Anatomy
* Hands-on Adjustments & Healing
* Specialisation & Business Skills
* Integration and Certification

10 Monthly, in-person sessions, plus online modules and weekly public classes

Accredited and Inclusive, led by senior teachers Dionne Moy & Dan Burt, alternating modules for a rich, supportive experience

Flexible payment options - accessible to all

If you’re curious to know more then please contact us for a full prospectus and find out how you can join our next cohort

WhatsApp 07906639433 or send a message!

30/12/2025

Class is back on tonight! ⚡️ We start at 6.30pm, see you there 💫

20/12/2025

Super proud of these hardy yogis for sticking it out in 10° celsius conditions in the room this morning during the power outage (outrage!) Thank you all so much for taking part in our candlelit practice and hanging out afterwards. It was totally worth it to see the lights spring back on halfway through 🕯️💪🏻💡

16/12/2025

15/12/2025

We’re having an impromptu yoga social on Saturday 20th December just after class - please feel free to join us for some Christmas cheer🎄 There will be some treats and drinks provided! 🥂