Category: Yoga

I wish I’d know this before Yoga Teacher Training

Entering yoga teacher training was one of the most transformative experiences of my life, but there are definitely a few things I wish I’d known before I started. So, as someone who’s been there, I want to share some advice to help you make the most out of your journey and avoid some of the […]

Stop Engaging Your Core!

Are you striving to master advanced yoga poses like floating into headstands or effortlessly holding a two-legged plank? The key might be simpler than you think: stop over-engaging your core. At Alba Yoga Academy, we believe in harnessing the natural, reflexive power of your body to achieve strength and balance. 1. Constant Engagement is Counterproductive […]

10 things I wish I knew before starting yoga

I’m not your typical yoga teacher… I didn’t do gymnastics as a child (in fact, I was extremely clumsy), before I started yoga I couldn’t touch my toes and I spent nearly ten years working as an actuary in finance constantly feeling stressed and overwhelmed before doing a 360 and changing my career when pregnant […]

Yoga Unpacked – Part 2

Yoga Unpacked – Part 2 Yoga Unpacked seeks to delve into and myth-bust some famed, and some not-so-famed phenomena in the enchanting and expansive world that is Yoga. Whilst the first blog unravelled some of the key underpinnings and philosophies behind the all-encompassing master of asanas, the Wheel Pose, to get you up and running […]

Yoga Unpacked

Yoga Unpacked The Originator of the Backbend – Urdhva Dhanurasana Urdhva Dhanurasana, or Wheel Pose, is a deep backbend that requires a complex combination of strength and flexibility. So complex in fact, that the intricacies of our nervous system play a major supporting role in the right execution of this technique. It is a wonderful […]