My approach to yoga - the gentle way to link body and mind




	Zauberberg Cottage, 28 Ridge Drive, Knysna / Paradise - angela@knysna.info - +27-44-382 53 57

My interest lies especially in teaching the yoga beginner and person of 40+ years of age to share the joy of movement and breathing, as well as to experience the deep concentration and relaxation which yoga philosophy can help us to achieve.

Having experienced different yoga schools over the years my approach has gradually changed from the exacting practice of Iyengar to a Sivananda inspired, more gentle path towards personal fulfilment in yoga. I now focus on what I call the gentle path from body to mind – a personal practice of yoga which acknowledges our different individual needs and abilities; physical as well as spiritual.

My idea to offer this personalised approach is in part owed to workshops with Eve Cunard and her teacher Ingrid Kottler from London, who practice the very deep and gentle “art of yoga” inspired by the work of Vanda Scaravelli. A core element of this method is to learn how to “surf the movement of your spine with your breath” while doing asanas. Pranayama, the yogic art of breathing, plays a vital role in this.

I am looking forward to experience this journey together with you and to show you how you can practice yoga in your very personal way. We will adapt traditional postures to your special needs, which are changing from moment to moment, day to day, from year to year, following the gentle path from body to mind and back.