OM in 30 seconds
Tortoise pose will improve the flexibility
of your hips, back, and shoulders,
while lengthening your spine and
hamstrings. As your arms and legs
enclose your body, you are invited
to cultivate patience, withdraw your
senses and still your mind.
360º Yoga: Tortoise Pose, Page 38Yoga terrifies men because the degree
that we need to journey through a
land of unfelt and even undiscovered
emotions is very daunting, to say the
least. Most men are deeply invested in
not showing their vulnerability.
The Calibrated Man, Page 54
Yin is a more grounding and slower
paced style of yoga, which is growing
in popularity. It teaches us how to slow
down and stay with a sensation for
much longer holds than in our faster-
paced practices. It aims at cultivating
awareness of the inner silence.
Yin Yoga Special Report, Page 58Contributors
Dr Tessa Venuti Sanderson
Tessa is a yoga teacher and menstrual educator. She
specialises in supporting women through different stages
of the life cycle. She has several online courses including
Mother and Baby Yoga, and Menstrual Cycle Awareness
(tessayoga.co.uk and cyclicalwisdom.com). She has also
produced The Colouring Book for Pregnancy and Birth with
supporting yoga nidras, hand-crafted materials for teaching
girls about their anatomy, and lots of free resources
including the Birth Series on her YouTube channel, Yoga
with Tessa.“You know you’re in love when you
can’t fall asleep because reality is
finally better than your dreams.”
Dr. Suess
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With an eye towards the future, but steeped in wisdom from 47
years of practicing yoga, Stephanie is a yoga educator, author,
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Coronado, California, she is a trail blazer with an inspiring
and empowering approach to self-inquiry and personal
development. Stephanie is a certified yoga teacher who is
committed to helping ignite the desire for others to create
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Tarik Dervish
Tarik is a yoga teacher trainer for the British Wheel of Yoga
and an ayurvedic practitioner. He specialises in running
courses in ayurveda for yoga practitioners and is a contributor
to the successful Yoga Teachers Handbook, edited by Sian O
Neil. His next BWY Diploma course is specially designed for
existing yoga teachers looking to gain a BWY qualification and
will be co-run with Wendy Haring at Yoga Junction in north
London. For more information about his work, please visit:
yogawell.co.uk