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Lia Devincenzi

Sep 11, 20224 min read

You can take the yoga out of the mindfulness but not the mindfulness out of the yoga..

I've just advertised new classes titled Yoga for mobility and mindfulness. How are yoga and mindfulness related? Which came first? One of...

Lia Devincenzi

Jul 12, 20214 min read

Why don't I say 'Namaste'?

An excerpt from Nikesh Shukla's short story in 'The Good Immigrant': Namaste means hello. Namaste means I'm bowing to you. It's a...

Lia Devincenzi

Jun 29, 20213 min read

Hello sun! - My experience with Sūryanamaskāra

The sun has always been a great source of awe and mystery and obviously the great source of life itself. Therefore many ancient cultures...

Lia Devincenzi

May 4, 20213 min read

Re-naming yoga to make it accessible for all

I've been working with a charity recently, as a 'community inclusion' volunteer, teaching yoga classes to adults who could be classed as...

Lia Devincenzi

Feb 15, 20212 min read

Alternatives to buying props

Pre-covid you'd be able to go to a yoga class and either the studio would hold the props there, or the teacher would bring them along to...

Lia Devincenzi

Jan 2, 20213 min read

What is Hatha yoga? A brief history.

Before hot yoga and vinyasa and ashtanga and yin and all the others, there was hatha. Hatha could mean 'force', or it could mean the...

Lia Devincenzi

Dec 22, 20202 min read

My goals for 'Exploring Yoga'

I have two main reasons for starting to teach these beginner hatha yoga classes and creating this website and blog: To explore yoga for...