Aerial yoga has been an amazing addition to our Surya Wimbledon studio. This innovative and exhilarating form of yoga has been gaining in popularity for its unique blend of physical fitness, mental relaxation, and pure joy. Aerial yoga is a playful practice, which gives all the physical, mental and emotional benefits of more traditional yoga, with a bit of lightness and fun. It involves performing classic yoga poses while the body is party or entirely supported by a soft fabric hammock.  It's a fun departure from the gravity-bound world we're used to and has a bunch of benefits for y ..read more

Music plays such a big part in what we do at the Surya Wimbledon studio. The sound, vibration and rhythm help to guide us to feel more connected to the body and mind. It is like when we dance we are seeing and feeling the music within us, letting it speak to our bodies and allowing it to move us according to how we feel. Rhythm moves your body to its tempo. It creates a groove for you to move into in your yoga practice that can carries you along. As you sync your breath to your movement it creates an amazing alchemy inside your body and mind so they unite and move together in flow. Sound has a ..read more

Yoga isn’t for the flexible its for the willing. Making yoga a habit is the only way to discover and receive the gold it has hidden inside of it and for its magic to slowly work into you. Most people come to yoga initially for the stretching and for physical reasons but they stay because of how it makes them feel. A consistent practice is going to give you far greater results than god given flexibility will, when it comes to uncovering what it has to teach you. Aside from learning yoga postures which over time make you stronger and more flexible, you learn to breathe using your nose, a lost ar ..read more

Being part of a community helps to buffer the stress, struggles and chaos of modern life. When people come together and connect through a common thread, so much more can happen then when doing it alone. There’s an energy that’s created that’s bigger than the parts. It creates a synergy. When we come together to practice yoga, you may not even aware of it but the communal energy is carrying everybody in its rhythm. The flow of the breath and the synchronised movement lifts everyone. It can inspire you to push your practice a little bit further and explore deeper into your own experience. Then ..read more

"The Mat" - by Aggie Troubled by day, exhausted mind But only until make that first bind Staring at mirror, correcting the pose From being noone, first warrior rose Metalic armour, but kind cavalier Slowly but surely, wearing the gear Feeling the heat, sweat stinging in eyes No more pretending, no more in disguise Opening hips, emotions release Trying to be perfect, finally cease Flowing from standing, then back to the floor Just being present, want nothing more Looking from inside, whilst both eyes are closed Lips gently smiling, exterior composed Mat' s soothing touch, "I'll catch you" - sh ..read more

My name’s Andy and I’m going through a divorce. All together now: Hiiiiii Andy.  At the moment, my life is all over the place. I’m in limbo in both my personal and professional life and I’ve taken a bit of an emotional beating lately.  My nature is to be a slight control freak. And by slight control freak, I mean total control freak. A perfectionist to the core, I like things in my life to be neatly tied up in a lovely looking parcel with a strategically-chosen-colour-coordinated ribbon and complementary gift tag. So the messiness of divorce, the uncertainty of this mid-thirties up ..read more

As a beginner, there is so much information it can see overwhelming so here’s some bite sized guidelines to work with. 1. Be regular with your practice. The beginners classes have been tailored to suit the needs of students at the early stages who want to gain knowledge and learn good foundations of a yoga practice. These classes are informative and introduce students to yoga in a conscientious way without the intensity of heat. The more you come to class, the more open your body is and the more chance you give yourself to understand the shapes and the breath. Yoga is about connection and like ..read more

In a hot yoga class breath control is fundamental in order to keep your core temperature down, your mind focused and stress levels low. There are several different ways to breathe so here is a breakdown of all of them. Pranayama Deep Breathing Using the arms as bellows expands the ribcage to create more space for the lungs and with practice increases their capacity. Deep slow breath in through the nose by constricting at the back of the throat to control the breath, slow controlled exhale through the mouth with a HAAA sound, both to a count of 6. Kapalbhati Breath of Fire. Clears the mind and ..read more

"There are moments in your life when you have had an experience that you know you will have to carry with you to your grave because you are quite unable to find words with which to communicate the experience to anyone" "You can get someone to teach you things mechanical, or scientific or mathematical like algebra or English or riding a cycle or operating a computer. But in the things that really matter life love, reality, God no one can teach you a thing. All they can do is give you formulas. And as soon as you have a formula you have reality filtered through the mind of someone else" - Anthon ..read more

Looking in the mirror can be challenging and I know a lot of people struggle with it. The mirror is there to assist with finding the right alignment but it can be very difficult to switch off the inner critic and look at ourselves, as we are. Directing the focus of the eyes to control the attention in yoga is called Drishti. The practice of Drishti is a technique for developing single-pointed concentration of attention. It works by directing the gaze at a specific point, with a soft focus. For balancing postures, where you are looking at the mirror, this could be at your third eye, throat chak ..read more