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Working as a yoga teacher and massage therapist at a busy yoga centre for over 10 years, I regularly come across people with carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms. Carpal tunnel syndrome causes pain, numbness and weakness in the wrist and hand.  If you have an office based job and spend a lot of time on the computer you are likely to already be putting a lot of strain on your hands and wrists.

According to the the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy nearly 50% of all work-related injuries are linked to carpal tunnel syndrome, and people with this injury are more likely to miss work because of it.
Yoga can put a lot of extra pressure on the wrists (especially if you are a beginner) with downward dog, handstands, plank etc. Many yoga teachers recommend stretching techniques or the use of props to help relieve pain and although these can be useful, a good sports massage or myofascial release treatment can help reduce the symptoms very quickly and the effects can be longer lasting. If you don’t nip it in the bud quickly it will only get worse and then surgery is recommended for more severe carpal tunnel, although there’s absolutely no need to let it get that bad.

This research article recently published in the Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy proves that massage therapy has a similar effectiveness for improving carpal tunnel syndrome symptoms as surgery. Given that knowledge why on earth would you want to go under the knife?

For pain free wrists and hands book a massage with me at triyoga Chelsea and Soho or Grace Medical Belgravia.

Want to wake up in the morning feeling this good?

Do you have problems falling asleep or wake in the morning and maybe with aching muscles/neck and still feeling tired?
The chances are your quality of sleep is poor, try my simple yoga nidra for sleep to help you fall asleep and then achieve a deep nourishing sleep to help you awaken feeling refreshed and renewed.  You don’t have to do this before bed, even if you have 20 minutes a quick but deep nap can sometimes be all you need.
Yoga nidra is yogic sleep, you don’t have to so anything apart from take your awareness to the different parts of your body as I guide you. Try it and if you like it I suggest doing it every day for at least 5 days, you’ll feel like a new person!
Get yourself comfortable and warm, make sure the room is dark and that you feel supported physically and emotionally, put your headphones on and then click here for my delicious yoga nidra for sleep!
#sleep, #yoga, #yoganidra, #relaxation

My workshop tonight @triyogauk has been sponsored by Scentered! Purveyors of exquisite aromatherapy balms and candles, all participants will be treated to a free product which we will use in the workshop so just another good reason to come along tonight and rest & restore!

Last few places, book here!

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The ultimate goal in yoga is to find our true self and to do this we need to change our identification with ourselves.
Yoga gives us the tools to change our relationship and attachment to our physical bodies, our thoughts and our emotions.
Not only does it give us a healthy body it allows use to choose how and whether we react to external factors, other people and our ourselves.
Yoga gives us the ability to distance or separate ourselves from what is undesirable and in doing so wholly connect to what is positive or desirable in our lives.

At my workshop we shall explore some of these tools and concepts and see how we can integrate them into our lives.
Click here to book your place. triyoga Chelsea 24/02/17 19.30-21.30.
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This is an absolutely wonderful book whether you are a complete beginner or seasoned practitioner of meditation, an all round excellent resource!
Rolf Sovik, Moving Inward.

Did you know that I spent many years training at some of the worlds best fighting gyms?
7 years training at the Shaolin Temple UK, representing them several times at national level, 4 years training MMA at London Shootfighters and for the last five years have been training Muay Thai with Kru Bill Judd at K.O. GYM in Bethnal Green. I’ve been to Thailand to train many times and for a time I also taught Yoga for fighters at the famous Tiger Muay Thai in Phuket.
Come along and find out how Yoga can help you in your training and competition. #CommitToSomething
@equinox 
https://www.equinox.com/kensingtonyoga

You can now claim the full cost of my treatments if you have healthcare with Allianz or Cigna so what are you waiting for?
Book yourself in at one of my central London clinics in Soho or Chelsea , alternatively we can arrange a visit to your home or hotel in Knightsbridge, Belgravia, Mayfair, Kensington or other Central London location.

I’m available for Sports Massage & Myofascial release treatments at London’s triyoga Soho and Kings Road Chelsea centres on Wednesday 4-9pm and Sunday 3.30-7.30. Please follow this link to book!

People often ask me “aren’t yogis supposed to be vegetarian”?
The answer is yes, a Sattvic diet is a fundamental aspect of yoga. Sattva is the quality of purity and goodness and a sattivc diet is pure vegetarian (no eggs) and only very lightly spiced, abstinence from alcohol or other drugs is included in this diet.  As one progresses in their yoga practice the desire to continue to eat meat and take drugs is lost as the body becomes lighter and the mind brighter.  The heaviness that meat brings and the dullness that drugs especially alcohol brings can no longer be tolerated as the yogi progresses towards the quality of sattva.
This doesn’t mean that you can’t be a yoga practitioner or teacher and eat meat, we all start from different places and have different goals, some people start their yoga practice with a vegetarian diet, some with meditation, some with community work (selfless service) and some with the physical practice of asana.

Then check out my client after 6 months of regular 1-1 yoga with me.

When I met him he could barely walk unaided.

91 years old !!

What’s your excuse?