Yoga in Toffia with Diane Long

Diane’s teaching is rich and challenging. She was taught by Vanda Scaravelli and insists on deep principals with determination. She also exhibits deep care and charisma. She is American but came to live in Italy some 30 year ago to be with Vanda. She has been...

Egyptian Yoga

This term we will be learning Egyptian Salute to the Sun. For those of you who came last term you will notice some similarities (the start) and some differences (8 limed pose, plank, lunges and cobra). The Background to Egyptian Yoga Ancient Egypt is one of our oldest...

have you ever considered teaching yoga?

Onwards and Upwards The Transformational Journey of The Glasgow Teacher Training 2021-2023 By Susannah Dean Skip to the end for 2 short videos It was with masses of joy and some tender sadness that the Glasgow Teacher Training came to completion in June 2023. 12...

Happy New Dog Pose

Yoga is a system of movement and breathwork that you repeat, again and again Mountain,  triangle, warrior 1, tree, dog, cat cow, lying twist, relaxation Repeat We do these poses, maybe different ways and ith different adaptions, but we do them again and again. Some...

surfing the waves of yoga

Look to the distance but not too far If you only watch the wave coming at you, you can miss the cleaner one just behind. If you look too far to the distance you miss the wave entirely, always waiting for better, more, bigger. So depending on the sea, you have to look...

space in the spine

I have been in Toffia visiting Diane Long. She was taught by the deeply amazing Vanda Scaravelli, and in my opinion is a master teacher. A teacher of the teachers. Ofcourse when you travel hundreds of miles to visit a teacher you are investing in learning, so I have...