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CONTENTS
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Editors Letter

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Interview

Retreat Review

Briohny Smyth

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Photography

Posture Analysis

Christine Hewitt

Downward Dog

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24

Winter Playlist

Balance, Breath & Boards

Music

Sport Feature

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Kale Enlightenment
The Accidental Yogi

From Sentencing to
Svasana
Feature

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Yoga on Snow

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Onzie A/W 2014 Collection

Review

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Yogarise Peckham
Studio/Class Review

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Most Inspiring Images of

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EDITORS LETTER

raze is the new yogis periodical. We were fed

up of poorly constructed yoga websites, endless
articles about gluten-free recipes, and the complete dearth of any interesting nitty-gritty yoga articles.
So instead of standing on our heads moaning about it, we
decided to meditate for a bit and hope for the best. When
that didnt work, we founded Draze.

The past few months have been a crazy haze of pondering, proofreading, photographs, printing, and then practicing in the few spare minutes we had left over. Were
sure as can be though, that the end product was worth
all of those other ps. To be sure there were times when
we were not sure wed make it, but we closed our eyes,
did some ujayi breathing, and bought a huge whiteboard
and some colourful pens (because everybody needs a bit

of stationery to get them through tough times), and now

here we are, and were very pleased that youve joined us!
Whether youre just beginning your foray into backbends
and hip openers, or youre a seasoned yogi who spends
your life upside-down, if youre looking for a place to find
studio reviews, teacher interviews, top yoga tips and the
best new yoga gear, all at absolutely no cost, then look no
further.
Draze. celebrates yoga in all its beautiful glory, and aims
to bring you the latest info on the stuff you really want to
know. Were here to listen to you, so if theres something
you want to see from your yogi newspaper, or you think
you might like to contribute, then give us a shout (we
cant teach you enlightenment though, sorry).

Bex Fetherstone
Editor

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Fritzrovia
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Samsara Mind and Body
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Down To Earth Tufnell Park
The House of Yoga Putney
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photo CHRISTINE HEWITT

CHRISTINE
HEWITT
Photographer Interview

could process and print our own photos and after that I went on to study photography in college.
How did the yoga and photography come together? In

2011 I decided to travel to India. I love travelling,

well, love is an understatement, travelling is way of
life for me. I thought India would be a great place to
be with my new found interest in yoga. After about
a month there, I started taking pictures of friends
doing asanas and it just blossomed from there.

How do you think your camera sheds a new light on

yoga? I am as interested (and I want others to be

hristine Hewitt was born and raised in

Canada, but now calls the world her
home. Her passion is images and since
graduating in 2004 from Sheridan Colleges
photography programme she has travelled the world
capturing her subjects and their surroundings in
a fine balance of aesthetic appeal, visual interest
and storytelling. Her work can be seen at www.
yogicphotos.com and www.chrishewittphotos.com

as interested) in the scene in which I place the

asana, as I am in the asana itself. Yoga is unity,
it is life, and it is a way of being, and when you
think about it like that, everything becomes yoga.
We each have our own tools for reaching realization and I can only capture a small fraction of all
that encompasses a persons journey to higher
consciousness. My aim is to do this well, hopefully tell a bit of a story, and to do it with truth.

How did you come to yoga? I became interest-

And equally how do you think yoga brings out something new in photography? Simply being around

ed in yoga in 2010, I was living out of my van in

Key West, Florida and there was a woman teaching free yoga classes on the beach every morning. My boyfriend at the time and I, got a little
obsessed and went out and bought every yoga
book we could find. The beach is a great place
to learn to do headstands, its a soft landing!

How did you come to photography? My first recol-

lection of taking pictures was in a photography

club with my teacher and three other students.
We would meet once a week after school and
take pictures. I remember vividly making everyone throw autumn leaves up in the air so I could
take a photo of them falling down in front of the
camera. Later, I took some photography classes
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someone who is very dedicated to yoga asanas, and watching them strive to perfect their
asanas with patience and grace in front of the
camera, can be very inspiring. For me, it teaches the lesson that if you put your heart into anything, you will achieve some sort of greatness.
Yoga can be a form of retreating from the hustle and
bustle of the everyday and reflecting. Does being behind
a camera offer the same sort of space, or does it draw
you more into the world around you? What photogra-

phy has the capacity to do is separate you from

what is happening all around you. It allows you to
see the world as an observer, rather than a participant, and therefore achieve some sort neutrality
in regards to what is going on. You can stop judging, and just be. In that way, its a form of yoga.

How would you respond to those who say that yoga

should only ever be a personal practice and therefore
should not be photographed? Yoga should be whatever

anyone wants and needs it to be for themselves. If

you gain insight, perspective and a higher state of
consciousness from doing humanitarian work then
that is what you should be doing. Gosh, if you gain it
from running naked through the streets, then that is
what you should be doing! Taking photos of asanas
has put me in a position of bearing witness to some
harsh opinions from people who, well, have harsh
opinions. I feel it is dangerous to have strong opinions about people or situations that you do not have
a complete insight into, because that is not a true
opinion, but a judgment. These photos are a collaboration of hard work, dedication, art, fun and life. If
people cannot see that in the images, that is their loss.

Do you take photos for others, or for yourself? I take

them for myself 99% of the time. I really, really love
taking pictures. I live and breathe photography, it
is my tool and my path, the still image captivates
my soul. The other 1% is motivated by a need to
make a living, but I wouldnt suggest photography
as a career to anyone who wants to make money!
Passion is the only thing that makes it worthwhile.
What do you want your viewers to take from your
work? Like yoga, I want them to take from it what-

ever they need. Motivation, inspiration, even confusion or disagreement. Whatever they are taking
from it is precisely what they need to be taking.

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WINTER
PLAYLIST
Funk & Soul

last away those cobwebs, shake off the

chill, crank up the funk and heat up your
60 minute practice with our guided winter practice playlist.

Track

Posture

Awake Tycho

Warm Up

Transatlantic Quantic

3 x Sun Salute A

12 Apostles Flevans

3 x Sun Salute B

Forgetting to Remember Kinny/Horne

Standing Postures

Pushin On Quantic
Soul Orchestra

Standing Postures

Todavia Bocafloja

Standing Postures

Funk e Saravah Saravah Soul

Standing Postures

Soul 69 A-Ko

Standing Postures

Why Me Kinny/Horne

Seated Postures

Feeling Good Quantic

Soul Orchestra

Seated Postures

Time Is The Enemy

Quantic

Seated Postures

The Light (Eric Lau

Seated Postures
Remix) Funkommunity
Beijos DJ Vadim

Seated Postures

For You Lack of Arfo

Finishing Sequence

A Grand Love Theme

Kid Loco

Finishing Sequence

Infra 5 Max Richiter

Svasana

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KALE ENLIGHTENMENT
WORDS THE ACCIDENTAL YOGI

At lunch with my boss and telling her all about you. She drinks kale
smoothies, youd love her.

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nd just like that, with one text from a

best friend, I came face-to-face with
the yogic stereotype for the millionth
time this year. I practice yoga five or six
times a week, and I like kale, I do, but I also like
cake, and sausage and full-fat coleslaw. When people realise that youre into yoga, like really into yoga,
they often seem to experience an epiphany which
tells them about the kind of person you really are.
In the morning you awaken with a serene smile,
cartwheel out of bed and into the shower, where
you rub yourself down with tea tree and eucalyptus, shortly before lathering yourself in coconut oil
and cleaning out your insides with a hot cloth. You
probably manage to fit a little colonic irrigation into
that morning routine too. You board the number
12 to Oxford Circus, chant your way through the
traffic, levitate above the Sunday morning shopping
crowds and float into Tri Yogas Soho studio in your
bare feet, your mala beads swinging gently against
the white, Indian cotton of your broderie anglaise
beach dress.
As much as I, and probably all yogis, would love to
fulfil this stereotype, this is not how I run my life,
or rather, how my life runs itself. This morning I
awoke to the hideous ringing of my alarm, which
makes the kind of noise youd expect to come out of
a strangled cat. I hid underneath my duvet for five
minutes and then slid out onto the bedroom floor,
landing on last nights half-finished glass of wine,
which promptly flooded out onto the underwear
Id strategically dumped alongside it. After clearing
up this mess I aimed to do a quick half-hour yoga
practice, which I got a grand total of ten minutes
through, before giving in to the enticing smell of
buttery bagels and the sound of my flatmates nattering about the latest man situation. I stopped
half way through my fifth sun salute and joined in
this frivolity, wolfed down a coffee and then jumped
into the shower, where I squirted Asda shower gel
into my eye and banged my head on the broken
bathroom cupboard.
This evening I will rush home from work on my

broken bike and hopefully get to my yoga class on

time, but Ill arrive sweaty and unkempt and spend
the warm-up thinking about whether I remembered to turn my phone onto silent. I might manage
to switch my mind off for a brief window, but then
well reach forearm stand (pincha mayurasana), at
which point Ill try and avoid the teachers help in
order to avoid being made to be upside-down. Then,
well reach the bliss of svasana, and Ill be wondering if there is anything in the house for dinner, and
whether or not I offended my boyfriend when I told
him not to wear those boxer shorts again.
Like we all do, I go through phases of becoming a
new person a yogic being. I convince myself that
if I buy this prop, or attend that workshop, I will be
transformed. I will ooze calm and radiate serenity.
The other day I bought a homemade kale and apple
smoothie from a little stall in Southwark. I popped
it into my backpack, in preparation for an energy
boost later on, and then promptly went about my
day and forgot all about it. I awoke in the middle of
the night to the sound of an explosion; I turned on
the bedroom light and was greeted with the sight
of a green, gooey catastrophe. Fermented kale juice
was artistically splattered up the walls, across the
mirror, all over the blinds, and on the bed. I took a
deep breath and tried not to get annoyed, picked my
limbs up and out of bed, and started a 4am clean up.
I cleaned slowly, calmly and methodically, trying to
laugh at the idea that perhaps some higher power
was telling me that kale juice was not the answer.
Thats when I realised that I was doing yoga. Ok, so
I didnt have my legs behind my head, and I wasnt
chanting in Sanskrit, but I was merrily going about
a task that would previously have riled and infuriated me
No, I have not found enlightenment, and no I do not
sleep standing on my head, all I do is try to practice
yoga, both on and off the mat. Most of the time, Im
pretty unsuccessful at it, but all I can do is try, in the
hope that one day Ill be able to levitate above those
Sunday morning shoppers. Maybe Ill go and order
that broderie anglaise beach dress now.

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BRIOHNY
SMYTH
Empowered yogini

while back, a month or so into a 200-hour

vinyasa flow teacher training course, I
happened upon a video on Youtube. I had
reached a particularly difficult stumbling block
in my own practice, and was struggling to remember why
I had begun my teacher training journey in the first place.
Every weekday was filled with my day job, and every
evening and weekend was filled with yoga, I was burning
out and could see neither the beginning nor the end. A
classmate from training mentioned a yoga video, Equinox,
which I boredly googled later on whilst clutching a very
un-yogic coffee and Chunky KitKat. For some reason,
this video struck a chord within me. Here was a woman
who had made the effort to drag herself out of bed before
her hunky man had awoken, rather than looking at the
clock and burying her head under the covers. Here was
a woman who was practicing in her underwear in front
of a huge floor-to-ceiling window, at ease with what the
world may or may not think of her exposed flesh. Here
was a woman who had taken my tired shuffle to the yoga
mat in my cramped living room, and made it look like
something graceful, something beautiful, and something
which could empower, rather than drain me. I put down
my KitKat, and rolled out my mat. I was back on track.
Perhaps you know the story of world-famous yogini

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Briohny Smyth, who starred as the elegant handstander

in that fateful video, but more likely than not, you dont.
Briohny first shot to stardom, not for her impeccable
inversions and perfectly poised arm balances, but rather
as a child pop star in Asia. After years struggling with
an eating disorder, in 1999 Briohny discovered yoga
on a trip to Thailand and has never looked back. Yoga
remained a firm friend throughout her recovery, the
birth of her first child, and most recently her marriage
to now husband and fellow yogi, Dice Iida-Klein and the
birth of their son. Briohny can now be found travelling
the world and teaching her signature Fit Flow classes.
Youve said that the Equinox video is about empowered
women, how has yoga empowered you? I found yoga
at the age of 15 after torturing my body with anorexia
and bulimia for years. I always felt insecure and selfconscious about my body and even though I practiced
yoga, I still found it difficult to quiet my negative
thoughts. I constantly put myself down for these feelings
and thought I would feel better if I was skinnier. When
I was 17 I ended up in hospital with exhaustion and a
friend recommended meditation. The combination
of asanas, pranayama, and meditation slowly changed
my life; I realised that I would never be able to rid
myself of negative thoughts so I started to treat myself
with compassion rather than anger. Through yoga, I
gained tools to deal with my negative feelings rather
than sweeping them under the rug. Yoga empowered
me to be responsible for my actions and thoughts.
Where do you get inspiration for your classes and
practice? The teacher that inspires me most in both
my practice and my teaching is my husband, Dice
Iida-Klein. He is so open-minded and accepting of
different modalities of movement and is constantly
inspiring me to expand my comfort zone. Because we
have turned our passion for yoga into a career, staying
inspired is incredibly important to both of us. As Dice
always says, we are students first, teachers second.
There can be a fine line between yoga and other sports
such as gymnastics and acrobatics, what do you
think makes yoga different? I have learned so much
from gymnastics and acrobatics about the function of
muscles and how they work together to hold a pose.
When I teach asanas I apply a lot of the knowledge
which comes from these sports, but yoga is not just
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serves to better every aspect of our lives and help us to

become more present. When I teach, I try my best to
remind yogis to breathe, its so easy to lose sight of the
breath, but thats the key factor that separates yoga from
acrobatics or gymnastics and keeps us present. When I
practice, I try to lead every transition with my breath,
I love the yoga high after a breath-focussed practice!
Do you ever get frustrated in your practice or stop
practicing completely? How do you get around your
frustration if so? Yoga is a life-long practice, it is about the
journey, not the destination, but I do get frustrated when I
dont make time to practice. The past couple of years have
been busy and my body hasnt bounced back as quickly
as it did after my first pregnancy. I sometimes find myself
surfing Instagram and feeling sorry for myself when I look
in the mirror, or see pictures of my belly now versus then.
As soon as I start to experience those negative feelings,
no matter where I am, Ive learnt to pause. My favorite
meditation guru, Pema Chodrun, recommends pausing.
Close your eyes and concentrate on three full breath
cycles. This always helps focus my mind on the beauty
around me, and its just a different way of practicing yoga!
Do you and Dice practice together? How does it contribute
to the dynamic of your relationship? We practice
together all the time, whether it is in public classes, or
at home doing acro and handstands with the family. On
our first date we went to a yoga class together, had sushi
for dinner, and talked about yoga non-stop! Basically, we
both love yoga and love sharing our passion for yoga with
one another. Amidst all of our travel and responsibilities,
yoga helps us to reconnect with one another.
How has your practice changed since having children?
The birth of my daughter in 2004 changed my life. I
was anorexic and bulimic and had been torturing my
body, but the moment I knew I was pregnant I found
the strength to stop. Since then, I have dedicated my
yoga practice to keeping my mind and body healthy.
My post-pregnancy experience with my son Sydney has
been more challenging than my first, I am older and
my body is not recovering as quickly as it did. This has
made my yoga practice even more important in helping
me to make sure that I allow enough time to take care of
myself, so that I can be the best mum and wife possible.
How do you manage to fit in practicing around so
much travelling? Making time to practice is one of the

biggest challenges these days. Between the kids activities,

coordinating travel, and dealing with jet lag we dont
have much extra time. We make it work by practicing
either before the kids wake up, or after they go to bed,
and when we travel we practice in hotel rooms or at local
studios. We used to travel with a mat and a yoga towel but
now, with all of the baby stuff, Ive learnt that all I really
need when I travel is my favourite leggings and a bra!
What do you hope people will take away from attending
your classes or watching your practice? Our main
focus when we teach is to have fun and allow the fun
to help yogis become more present in their bodies. A
physical yoga practice is probably the most accessible
way to start bringing yoga into your life, but it still
isnt easy. Many practitioners end up getting injured
because they learn the poses by looking around the
room instead of listening to alignment cues. Most
people, including myself, are only hearing half of what
a teacher is saying, so we make sure to help people fine

tune their foundational postures, so they can practice

yoga more mindfully and look after their bodies.
I had always viewed my yoga practice as a very personal
thing, but after the Equinox video I realised that I could use
my dedication to inspire others to practice. It is immensely
gratifying to meet people who started practicing yoga
because of that video. Sometimes I feel uncomfortable
with show yoga, but then I remember how many people
are introduced to yoga through it, and its ability to inspire.
Whats the one question you always wish people would ask
you, and what is your answer to it? Are you perfect? NO!
Briohny and her husband Dices teaching, workshop and
travel schedule can be found on their website at www.
bryceyoga.com. Briohny and Dice also run 200hr teacher
training courses, details of which can be found on their website.
Photos by Robert Sturman, www.robertsturmanstudio.com

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DOWNWARD DOG
Adho Mukha Svanasana
The Overview

This posture is a lot like those fold-up stools you can

buy from camping shops. Those little stools dont
provide the comfiest of seats, but when youve been
trudging around a muddy field for hours, or stomping up hills, laden down with a backpack full of
squashed cheese sandwiches and luke warm coffee,
its going to feel like the resting place from heaven.
I remember my first downward-facing dog vividly:
Easing into your downward dog and resting here,
catching your breath and retaining focus, were the
words of the blonde, impeccably tanned and toned
teacher, who seemed to float rather than walk. I was
not easing anywhere, I was huffing and heaving
and wondering if this was what it felt like to have
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If youre new to yoga, downward dog is not going

to be your friend for a while, but stick with it and
youll reap the rewards. The biggest initial problems
are the upper arms and the wrists: the burning sensation in the backs of the arms as the triceps work
overtime, and pain in the wrists from weight bearing. These issues can be alleviated in two ways: first
and foremost practice (which is unfortunately the
answer to everything), but for those lacking the patience, a little attention to detail and alignment, can
help to hurry the process along.
The Nitty Gritty

Ideally, the centre point of your weight in this posture should be slap bang in the middle, right at the
top of your bum, which is pointing proudly to the
sky above. If you can master this, you shift a huge

bulk of your weight out of your arms, wrists and

hands, and into your legs and feet, alleviating pain
in the wrists and giving your triceps a bit of a
breather. So how do you achieve this?
Despite what Googles super yogi pics might make
you think, straight legs in this posture are not important. In nearly every posture in fact, think spine
first, legs last. If Ive said it once, Ive said it a million
times, bend your knees! If you struggle with hamstring (backs of the legs) flexibility, bent knees will
allow you to push down hard through your hands
and shoulders, transferring some of that weight
back into your legs, and straightening your spine
out. Even if you are friends with your hamstrings,
a nice juicy bend in the knees will allow you to
lengthen your spine and start to roll the shoulders
out.
Rolling the shoulders out and dropping them down
your back, will give you that extra bit of length in
the spine. If youre anything like me, youve heard
those words a thousand times before in classes and
thought, my shoulders are doing no rolling and
dropping right now, in fact, theyre definitively
stuck. The thing is, now youve got that juicy bend
in your knees and your weight is being pushed
back, your shoulders have freed right up! So, shrug
your shoulders right up to your ears as tight as you
can, and then, let them go and feel them sliding
down your backthis is dropping your shoulders
or letting your shoulders melt down your back, or
whatever other yogic cliche you might have heard.
Once youve got this, youre ready to roll (your
shoulders that is). The best way to think about this
is trying to get the eyes of your elbows, (thats the bit
that someone would take blood from), to face forwards. Try imagining that you want your shoulder
muscles to curl and wrap around your back towards
your spine. A helpful little way to make sure youre
remembering to do this, is to draw silly little faces
on the eyes of your elbows, and to keep checking
that theyre smiling up at you, rather than facing

each other. If youre feeling pain in your elbows

here, youre probably over-extending, so pop a tiny
micro-bend into your elbows.
The icing on the cake

Keep your hands planted nice and firmly, but with

a little feeling of lift in your palms, and a little extra
grip in your fingertips. The gaze here is traditionally
to the belly button, but if youre wondering how on
earth youd ever be able to see that far in this pose,
or youve got to scrunch up your neck in order to get
a look at that nifty little button, then take a steady
gaze right through your legs. Its more important to
keep the neck relaxed and the head heavy than it is
to examine your belly button fluff.
Imagine your thighs wrapping in towards each other, not only will this help you to shoot those sitting
bones a little further towards the heavens, but itll
also give you a bit of an auto-engagement of mula
bandha, which, lets be honest, is not something to
be sniffed at.

Got more downward dog quibbles, or a

posture you really want us to analyse? Get
in touch at team@draze.co.uk.

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BALANCE, BREATH
& BOARDS

Yoga & surfing: the match made in heaven?

eeping calm, relaxing your body, breathing

fully and sharpening your focus. Building
strength and muscle tone, increasing flexibility and balance. Sounds like a checklist for a
well-practiced yogi, right? Maybe so, but its also a
checklist for the surfers at the very top of their game.
Just look at Rochelle Ballard, generally regarded as
the first great female tuberider, and ranked amongst
the top surfers in the world, who now runs Surf
into Yoga; or Kelly Slater, 11 times world champion, whos talked about yoga helping him to overcome injury and up his game in the water. Yoga is
fast becoming the go-to sport for surfers and SUP
boarders alike, so we sampled two novelty classes
with a seaside vibe. Shake off your winter woes, don
your sunnies and your speedos and read on...
SUP (Stand Up Paddleboard) Yoga - Paddington Basin,
London

As I arrive at Paddington basin I realise that Im

definitely not dressed for the occasion. I didnt really think about the fact that paddleboard yoga was
definitely going to take place on a paddleboard, and
therefore involve some water, and the distinct possibility (having never been on a paddleboard before)
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helpless if I do fall in so that I dont get into trouble

for getting my boyfriends nice jumper covered in
not-so-nice Paddington basin water.
We hop on to the boards and Jen, our teacher, gives
us a chance get a feel for the board. We do a few
stretches and the point of the board becomes instantly clear - Im constantly having to work my
core, to keep myself from toppling over. The disadvantage is that weve not had the chance to warm
up with vinyasas before getting into these stretches
(because vinyasas have to come at the end of class
when youre more used to the wobbling), and so Im
incredibly stiff and my limbs arent thanking me for
yanking them into position without warning.
My board keeps drifting away from the group and
Im unable to hear Jens softly-spoken instructions.
She says not to worry - this is part of the fun - but it
does mean I keep having to crane my head around
and wobble about to see what position the rest of
the class is in. To Jens credit, when I can hear her,
she explains the transition into each posture in
minute detail, which not only means that were all
less likely to fall in, but also means that Im being a
lot more careful about what my limbs are doing in
between postures - something I normally struggle

with in an ordinary class.

The sky is bright blue, with a few wandering clouds,
and towards the end of the class when my head is
upside-down (in camel and wheel), I can see the
clouds reflected in the water and the surrounding
windows. It does feel truly serene. All in all Jens
class was a bit of a giggle. If youre looking for a
deeply meditative and serious practice, Paddington
basin is perhaps not the place to be, but in terms of
a bit of yogic fun with some friends, SUP yoga hit
the nail right on the head.
Jen holds regular SUP yoga classes in Paddington Basin throughout the summer months, as
well as retreats throughout the year. For more
information or to book a class please contact
jennifer@pureyogazone.com

Ocean Yoga - Ocean Flow Yoga Studio, Newquay

Stretch (aka Tom Harvey), leads us into the

Newquay studio which he runs with his wife Jen.
The place instantly seems peaceful, but Im not expecting what hits us as we hike up to the small studio space on the second floor. The room is flooded
with natural light, which streams in through giant
glass panels overlooking the stunning Fistral Beach.
I can truly say I have never entered a studio quite
like it.
Apart from the incredible view, the thing that differentiates this class from any other Ive done before, is that well be practicing on Ocean Boards,
apparently the next big thing for surfers and SUP
boarders looking to up their game through yoga.
Jen and Stretch are the first studio in the UK to
teach on these boards, which have recently become
all the rage in the US.

elevated balance pods, which allow it to mimic the

instability of water and wave movements. Stretch
explains how these pods can expose weaknesses or alignment issues in your practice and force
your mind and body to work in unison in order to
maintain stability. Stretch treats us to a burn your
abs off core-strengthening session and once were
warmed up, we hop off our boards and slide the balance pods underneath. Unlike in SUP yoga, I can
tilt the board from side to side without toppling off,
which means I am able to concentrate on actually
practicing. The aim here is to keep the board quiet,
or stable, and when you do go off kilter, to notice
what it is about your alignment that isnt quite right.
After a strong vinyasa flow practice, Stretch encourages us to have a bit of fun on the boards, and try
out dipping down from crow (bakasana) into tripod headstand and back up again. This is a move Id
shied away from in SUP yoga the week before, but
with Stretchs encouragement and superb alignment
instructions I pop up and really feel my core fighting to keep me upright.
Throughout the class Stretch has reminded us to
keep noticing the twitch of those little muscles you
wouldnt notice on steady ground, and its this focus that means I really do see the benefit of these
boards. Allowing my limbs to drop off the edges
of the board in corpse pose (svasana), and hearing
both the gentle murmur of the sea, and Stretchs instructions to imagine ourselves floating on water
I find myself wondering how feasible it would be
to travel down from London just to take this class
again.

Jen and Stretch currently offer private Ocean

Board sessions for up to three people. Please contact jen@oceanflowyoga.co.uk for availability or
visit www.oceanflowyoga.co.uk for more information about classes workshops and retreats.

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FROM SENTENCING
TO SVASANA
HOW YOGA HAS TRANSFORMED UK PRISONS

o, whereve you come from?, Nick asks me.

Well, I live in Peckham, so thats where Ive
come from today, if thats what you mean,
I reply. Ahhh Peckhammmm, Nick flashes
me a toothy grin. That used to be my old stomping ground you know. Twenty years ago people
wouldnt go near Peckham. Thats where all the
drugs got sold.
Id been worried about how to approach the interview with Nick. I knew he was fairly open about his
past, but Id wondered how I would bring up the
sensitive issues of drug smuggling, a hefty prison
sentence and a subsequent yoga practice. I neednt
have worried, this is what Nick wants to tell me
about.
I was so far away from reality it was terrifying,
Nick says of his time as the logistics man of a group
smuggling huge quantities of cocaine through South
America, and out into Europe. How did he come
to yoga then? Six years in an Argentinian prison,
to put it simply. Nick explains that his friend was
hoarding a yoga book intended for his girlfriend,
that he borrowed and, out of boredom, read from
cover to cover.
Maybe this stuff aint half bad, Nick recalls thinking. He was later put into isolation and this is where
his journey began.
Rather than a formal interview, Nick had decided that we would practice together and then chat.
This man must be serious about yoga, I thought.
I wasnt wrong. Nicks practice was impeccable. I
was supposed to be in my own yogic zone, I know,
but I couldnt help glancing over at him occasionally: strong, well-balanced, flexible, and perfectly
aligned. This man had clearly practiced a lot.
At first I was just jumping around on a mat like
a nutter, not really knowing what I was doing.

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What that did though, was give me some space. I

had space to be calmer outside of my practice, and
then, before I knew it, I could even sit. Can you imagine!? I could sit. I never could have sat before.
Nicks three-times-a-day asana practice eventually
led to thousands of hours of sitting. He recalls how
in prison this was less a meditation practice, and
more an opportunity to sit and observe himself. An
opportunity to realise how f***ed up everything
was, and realise that things had to change. And as
he reminds me, that is the essence of yoga.
Look at Patanjalis yoga sutras and see what hes
saying. All he says about any posture is that it
should be steady and comfortable. Hes not talking
about popping up into eka pada koundinyanasana
or whatever, hes talking about sitting.
I stupidly ask Nick if hes ever done a Vipassana
(silent meditation) retreat. Yeahfour years of it.
Four years in isolation in an Argentinian prison.
You dont get a much better Vipassana than that.
A stretch in prison can have far-reaching physical
and psychological implications, one of the results
of which is staggeringly high reoffending rates for
British prisoners. According to the Prison Reform
Trust, 47% of adults are reconvicted within one
year of release. For those serving sentences of less
than 12 months this increases to 58%, whilst nearly
three-quarters of under-18 year olds are reconvicted within a year of release. Statistics like this have
triggered an increased recognition of the need for
initiatives which address the high rates of psychological problems experienced by prisoners, yet such
initiatives often fail to come to fruition as a result
of high cost, and lack of support from both governments and the general public.
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ing of inmates. Founded in 1988 and now running

over 120 yoga classes a week in more than 80 institutions across the country, the Prison Phoenix
Trusts work involves encouraging prisoners to
practise yoga and meditation in their cells and in
classes. The organisation prepares qualified yoga
instructors to teach in the prison environment, and
helps to establish regular classes for inmates and
staff, as well as sending prisoners free books and
CDs on yoga and meditation.
Prisoners tell us, and have been telling us for the
past 26 years, that meditation helps them tremendously, and that theyre hungry for some way to
find stillness, clarity and a place for reflection. The
asanas are wonderful for this, theyre a great way
for prisoners to find meditation. Once the body
is relaxed, and has been worked and stretched, its
possible to reach a place where you can sit still and
reflect, says the PPTs director, Sam Settle.
Many of our classes have waiting lists, and when
the prison staff really get behind the project, the
prisoners love it. They keep coming back, and word
spreads about the classes.
The PPTs work is by no means easy though, and
yoga classes in prisons are far from standard.
Everything that happens in a prison depends on
the goodwill and understanding of the prison officers and staff, so part of our job is working very
hard to build relationships with them, so that they
not only understand what yoga is about, but also
appreciate how good it is for ones mental health
and well-being. If that can happen, then theyre
more likely to do all the hundreds of little things
that need to be done, in order for a yoga class to
take place in a prison.
Many prisons restrict their yoga courses to certain
categories of prisoners, often because of a chronic
shortage of funds (in Brixton prison for example,

yoga is restricted to inmates receiving help with

drug rehabilitation). Money for yoga classes comes
directly out of the a prisons budget and the PPT
receive no government funding, but according to
Sam, politicians and prison officers alike are missing a trick.
Theres no better tool to help prisoners achieve
a sense of well-being and respect, and officers often comment, not just on an individuals changed
behaviour after yoga classes, but on the changed
behaviour of a whole section or wing of a prison;
things are calmer and run a bit more smoothly.
Even if you just look at it in a crude financial way,
schemes like this make a lot of sense.
According to Nick, the problem isnt in funding, as

these projects make financial sense, rather the problem lies in politicians eagerness to comply with
public opinion.
Can you imagine what the Daily Mirror readers
would say if yoga was standard in prison? Theyd
say, Oh look, were even giving our criminals free
yoga classes now. People dont think about the fact
that if we actually offered prisoners a way to reform,
it might stop purses getting stolen, or houses getting
broken into, or even someone getting murdered.
Although studies on the benefits of meditation in
settings such as prisons, have increased in number
in recent years and have shown promising results,
yoga itself has lacked the same attention. In 2012
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the prisons of Britain to conduct a study on the effects of participation in a yoga course. Prisoners of
mixed ages and gender, from seven British prisons,
were allocated randomly to either a control group
(who took part in no yoga and carried on with their
normal exercise schedules), or a yoga group. Those
in the yoga group took part in a ten-week course,
consisting of one, two-hour class each week. Both
groups undertook tests judging their mood, stress
levels and psychological distress before and after
the experiment. Additionally, both groups took
part in a cognitive-behavioural task at the end of
the period.
At the end of the ten-week period, the experiments
yoga group reported considerably reduced stress
and psychological distress compared to the control group. This much might seem obvious to the
regular yogi, however the more surprising outcome
of the experiment emerged from the cognitive-behavioural test, given to all participants at the end of
the trial. Each participant was required to undergo
what is known as a Go/No-Go test, which monitors decision-making processes, in particular those
related to impulsivity. There is evidence to suggest
that poor performance in a task like this is related
to difficulties in controlling violent behaviour. The
participants of the yoga group achieved significantly and consistently higher results in this test of
impulse control, than the members of the control
group, suggesting that prisoners with a regular yoga
practice may be less likely to resort to impulsive
behaviours often associated with violence and addiction.
We know for certain that yoga helps prisons to run
more efficiently and smoothly. There are fewer violent incidents, a lot less paperwork has to be done,
and theres much better communication, all as a result of people doing yoga, agrees Sam. Prison staff
are also under huge amounts of strain, so we offer
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support everybody who is working and living within a prison.

at which point theyre let back out into the world,

unchanged and ready to reoffend.

Findings like this could have huge implications for

policy-making. To date, policy surrounding mental
health interventions in prisons, has largely focused
on psychological and psychosocial treatments. Such
interventions are costly though, and psychosocial
treatments in prisons are commonly found to be inaccessible, stigmatising and undesirable: yoga could
offer a more socially acceptable and cost-effective
alternative. Nick is not allowed to teach in prisons,
but cant tell me enough how much hes convinced
that yoga is a potential solution to a huge problem. According to Nick, British prisons are all too
concerned with locking people up and throwing
away the key, until the day of their release comes,

Yoga saved me for sure, Nick tells me. And its

only when I got out of prison that I fully appreciated that. When I was inside practice was hard; part
of me wanted to be downstairs with my mates who
were all off their heads on drugs, but I kept feeling
like my mat was calling me, I knew that being on it
felt good. It was a constant tug-of-war. Only when I
got out did I realise that Id won a tug-of-war within myself, only then did I really appreciate it. Only
then did I realise that I was reformed.

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Through their work, Sam and his colleagues at

the PPT have seen stories like Nicks unfold in a
thousand different guises. The thing that we see

again and again when we teach yoga in prisons, is

prisoners who say that for the first time, maybe in
their lives, but at least since theyve been in prison, theyve found something they can really like in
themselves, and that in itself, is enough motivation
for us to keep working.
Countless testimonies from prisoners who have received the help of Sams organisation echo his sentiments. There is a deeper me who cares about other
people, rather than just being reactive. This makes
me feel great about myself, something Ive not had
reason to feel for yearsThings are becoming easier for the first time in decades, says an inmate from
HMP Haverigg.

If youre interested in teaching in prisons or

want to read more about the Prison Phoenix
Trusts work visit www.theppt.org.uk .

What Ive been trying to do is change myself, when

all I really needed to do was accept myself. Thats
what I call a revelation. Now Im on a journey. I
dont know where it will take me but Im looking
forward to it

The PPT run various courses aimed at preparing qualified yoga teachers for the prison environment, including one-day training events
across the country, and longer residential
courses.
To donate to the PPT, or if you have fundraising ideas visit www.theppt.org.uk/support_
us.php

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photo LUCA CRIVELLI

YOGA ON SNOW

nce upon a time I lived abroad, and an

old boyfriend, who was a super snowboarder, convinced me that in a mere
couple of days, I too could be swishing
down the slopes. In my head Id be wearing a custom-designed Roxy outfit and popping in a couple
of back flips on my way down to aprs-ski.
In reality, I rocked up to the nursery slope wearing
trousers three sizes too big for me, hobbling along
in ski boots which made my feet feel as though they
belonged to somebody else, and dragging a snowboard, which I had not envisaged as being as tall
or indeed as heavy as myself, a foot behind me.
Needless to say, the trip was a disaster and I vowed
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attempted to throw myself down ice mounds, and

tried even harder to get back up them without using
the terrifying lift contraption.
There were two saving graces on that trip. The first
was a ten-year-old boy, left behind by his nimble skiing friends and stuck with a fate similar to
my own. As the two class rejects, we bonded over
our uselessness and then bounded around in the
snow for a good hour, mostly on our bums. The
second was that I had practiced yoga on-and-off
long enough to know that a few deep nasal breaths
might help to dispel some of my anger about being
left alone with only a board, too heavy for me to
carry, for company.
This is as far as my foray into yoga on snow has

ever gone, but for the holidaymakers of St. Moritz,

yoga on snow now means a whole lot more than
anger management halfway up a piste. In four idyllic spots just off-piste, Sabrina, who has been a ski
instructor in the luxury resort for 28 years, has
started to incorporate not just the philosophy, but
also the moves of yoga, into her teaching. The stations on Paradiso Piste, are designed to encourage a new approach to the piste and to change the
rhythm and perspective of skiing.
The Yoga on Snow leaflet is available free from
nearby ski lifts, and explains eight exercises to be
performed at four sites, carefully signposted and
chosen to match up with various yogic themes.
The themes of arrival, breath, connection, strength,
shapes, balance, change and letting go, are designed
to help participants develop conscious physical
awareness and therefore improve their technique
on the slopes.
In private or group classes with Sabrina, or her
co-teacher Priska, skiers perform sun salutes and
poses such as triangle (trikonasana) and tree pose
(vrksasana), on the mountain. The technique and
body-awareness involved in these postures is explained and then applied to improve skiing technique. Sabrina gives advice such as the importance
of breath during skiing: a slow nasal exhale can
improve wide ski turns, while yogic breath of fire
(sharp, rhythmic breaths), can aid sharper turns.
Yoga on Snow claims to add a new dimension to
the way you move through the mountains, with the
aim of allowing you to relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Engadine valley. Even if you feel
cynical about the concept, there is no doubt that the
yoga spots take you to viewpoints you would otherwise blindly ski past, says travel writer Emily Mawson. Yoga on the slopes gives skiers the opportunity
to unite with the beautiful natural surroundings
and let go of their fears, in order to obtain better

technique and a more satisfying day out in the snow.

Remembering my anger and frustration as a lay in a
trench of powdery flakes on that fateful trip, I read
the blurb for the final posture of Yoga on Snows
sequence:
Svasana

Theme: letting go
Lie down on the snow and close your eyes. Let your
thoughts roam freely. Feel the snow underneath you
and surrender your entire body to the mountain. It is
supporting you. Remain clear and awake.
I close my eye and retrospectively take a few moments to remember and appreciate my surroundings: the sky is crystal clear and the sun is radiating
a gentle warmth over my damp, snow-flecked face. I
can hear the gentle woosh of skiers, more seasoned
than myself, gliding effortlessly down the mountain, and now I smile at the freedom they must feel.
I can feel a trip to St. Moritz coming on.

For more information or to book a Yoga on

Snow holiday contact Suvretta Snowsports
School at info@suvretta-sports.ch or visit
www.suvretta-sports.ch/en

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Onzie
A/W 2014

heres absolutely no doubt that Onzies

yoga wear is some of the most original,
well-thought-out gear available in the UK
right now. One glance at the autumn collection on their US site and Im already in love with
about $500 worth of Spandex.
Im trying out the Two-Tone Leggings and a
matching Criss-Cross Bra Top, and at 48.95 and
34.95 respectively, these pieces match up in price
to the average Sweaty Betty purchase and come in
a sizable slice cheaper than most of the Lululemon
gear on the market. For that price however, you
get something truly beautiful. These leggings, like
most of the others in the new collection, are more a
piece of artwork than something youd want to mop
up your downward dog sweat with. The colours
are eye-poppingly bright and the material is silky
smooth.
Admittedly, eye-popping colours might not be for
everyone (I must remember that I am renowned for
dressing like a bowl of fruit), but theres also plenty
to please those who are a little more melancholy in
their dress, whilst still enjoying a splash of unique.
The Tuxedo Legging and Track Legging for example both offer muted colours with a little design
flair.
Both the leggings and the bra are made from Onzies signature Free Flow Spandex (80% Nylon and
20% Spandex) which, as Onzie says, really does become a second skin. The material slides effortlessly
over my mat during practice, and I have to admit
that Im struggling not to be distracted by just how
silky the leggings make my legs feel. My only gripe
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my post-practice laziness, I stick them in the washer. They come out as good as new and dry in record
time, ready for practice the next day. Onzie also say
that their gear can be worn swimming and surfing,
in chlorine or salt water, so I decide give my gear a
go on the great British seaside - sure enough, the
waves do it no harm whatsoever.
Post-practice I stick on the Onzie autumn collection cardigan (mines in black but it also come in
navy and a floral print called Persia). This piece is
made from Free Flow Jersey and is cosy yet still a little stretchy, its perfect for teaching in, or practicing
on a chilly morning. Ive got to say, Im a little sad
that my gear is yoga wear, so much so that, much
to my friends amusement, I wear my radical leggings out shopping and watch with pride as heads
turn. Not very yogic I know but Ill make up for it
when I slide effortlessly (and without having to get
changed) into class later!

occasion: if Im wearing a long-sleeved top, my

smooth slidy leggings make my crow a little too
slippery for comfort.
Having said that, a few arm balances are a small sacrifice for the overall feel of the Free Flow Spandex,
and in the same material, Onzies Criss-cross bra
is equally delightful. Its practical enough to mean
that you wont have to worry about sacrificing your
modesty in your forward folds, yet the intricately
detailed crossover straps on the back make for a
beautiful and original sports top.
We all know what a nightmare getting your sweaty
gear ready for your next class can be: Onzie recommends that their garments are hand washed, or
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To get your hands on Onzies autumn collection either visit www.onzie.com, www.yogamatters.com or
www.urbanyoga.co.uk.

photo LAURA ASHMAN

Review

, PECKHAM

rudging up the chilly concrete stairs of

Peckhams famous Bussey Building is
somewhat reminiscent of finding your
way around a multi-storey car park, and
its hard to know what to expect from the studio hiding out on the second floor of this tatty
but up-and-coming warehouse space. Opened in
February this year, the South Easts newest studio
couldnt be further away from its dingy stairway.
The space seamlessly throws together rustic wooden floorboards with crazy geometric artwork, cosy
floor-level lighting with industrial-looking chipboard furniture, and the gentle wafting of insence
with steel-caged lightbulbs.
Yogarise is effortlessly cool - industrial chic at its
best - but this is by no means where its innovative

streak ends. The studio offers a salad bar of yogic tidbits, catering for everyone you can think of. Sporting a range of teachers and styles, a weeks worth of
classes at Yogarise Peckham packs in a huge range
of contemporary yoga styles. Pregnancy classes and
Mum & Baby Yoga cater for those practicing for
two, four-week-long beginners courses run regularly and give newbies a real chance to get to grips with
the basics, and five early-morning Rise & Flow
classes are there to satisfy even the earliest of early
birds. Theres even some dance thrown into the mix,
with a Saturday morning Yoga Fusion class, combining elements of yoga, pilates and ballet.
Prices are competitive by London standards - 12
for a peak-time 90 minute class sweeps in at a good
4 cheaper than the average London yoga-fix -

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and with even cheaper off-peak classes, and a 6

suggested donation for the studios community
classes, Yogarise differs from other city studios in
its yoga is for everyone spirit.
The lack of proper showering facilities is Yogarises
most obvious downfall. There is one small shower
which works a treat on request, but this studio is
not really the place to grab your morning shower,
blow-dry your bob, and apply your eyeliner before
trotting into the office in your Louboutin heels.
This however, might just constitute one of Yogarises
greatest selling points. Yoga here is not exclusive
and its not elite. You dont need to float bright-eyed
into a 7am class wearing Sweaty Bettys latest gear
and then skip your svasana so that you have enough
time to get your lipstick right. In fact, if you turn up
bleary-eyed and hungover with your t-shirt inside
out and leave looking much the same then all the
better for it, because at least youre still practicing.
Yogarise will treat you to a friendly smile, a cup of
something hot and herbal and a delicious class. On
top of that youll leave with a few more pounds in
your pocket than if youd been able to get that blowdry, and certainly with a springier spring in your
step.
We popped into Yogarise and tried out:
Rocket Yoga with Marcus Veda, Monday, 7.30pm
Rocking up to Marcus class is a little terrifying. The
lights are dim, the music is loud and everyone looks
like they know what theyre doing. An old hat with
the decks, Marcus gets the class in the right mood
with some high volume, high energy beats whilst
he meets and greets his regulars and newbies alike.
There is no faffing around in this class, and within the first five minutes beads of sweat are rolling
down every forehead in the room, Marcus included. Ive lost count of how many sun salutes weve
done, which I tell myself if a good thing, and in
actual fact it probably is because it means Ive also
forgotten about that meeting at work, the washing
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phone my mother.
Although my limbs are shouting for me to stop,
Marcus voice is shouting louder and its telling me
to breath, so I keep breathing, its all I can do. After
what seems like our millionth sun salute, we pop
straight up into crow. Theres not much explanation
for those who thought that crow was nothing more
than a pesky black bird, but there are enough advanced practitioners in the room to spy on for those
who have less of an idea of whats going on. This
holds true for the rest of the standing series, but despite this, Marcus cannot be accused of lazy teaching. He hot foots it around the room, tugging on
practitioners lazy limbs and periodically popping
into pretzels poses as though he were merely tying
his shoelaces.
The class is fast-moving, just a little bit silly, and
served with a healthy dose of what the hell, just
give it a go. Even the beginners in the class, who
might otherwise be inclined to feel like theyve been
slapped in the face with a yogic wet-fish, seem to
be enjoying themselves. Marcus encourages them
to give things like arm balances and headstands a
try, reminding everyone in the class to focus on the
practice rather than the outcome.
At the end of Marcus class we get down to the important stuff. At its core the asanas in yoga are simply a path to meditation - disciplining of the body
in order to quieten the mind - and Marcus Rocket
classes are the ultimate display of these two facets
of yoga. After such an intense and sweaty session of
body discipline, svasana - the real aim of every yoga
practice - was bliss.
Rocket Yoga was developed by Larry Schultz
of Its Yoga and is now taught worldwide.
For more information and teacher training
schedules visit www.itsyoga.com.

ASHLEY GALVIN (@ashleygalvinyoga)

Los Angeles, June 2014
Geisha graffiti in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles

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RACHEL BRATHEN (@yoga_girl)

Marrakech, July 2014
Organised, colourful, magical chaos at PotOfRugs,
Morocco

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LAURA KASPERZAK (@laurasykora)

New Jersey, September 2014

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DYLAN WERNER (@dylanwerneryoga)

September 2014
Dylan displays an effortless arm balance in revolved
airbaby pose

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LIZ ARCH (@lizarch)

Malibu, June 2014
Alden Wallace photographs Liz at Point Dume on the
Californian coast

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STEPH BIRCH (@stephynow)

Sacramento, July 2014
Steph drinks her tea with an illustration by The Astronaut Chameleon (@astromeleon)

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KERRI VERNA (@beachyogagirl)

June 2014
Kerri performs an underwater samasthiti

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LAURA KASPERZAK (@laurasykora)

New Jersey, August 2014
Like mother like daughter, Laura & her mini in downward facing dog

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DYLAN WERNER | ASHLEY GALVIN

(@ dylanwerneryoga | @ ashleygalvinyoga)
September 2014
Acroyoga with yoga couple Dylan & Ashley

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KINO MACGREGOR (@kinoyoga)

Miami, June 2014
Kino wears a tie dye dress by Michelle Jonas & platform
sandals by Ipanema

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