6 steps to make 2020 a year of real transformation
As we approach the end of 2019 and a new year beckons, it is a good opportunity to take time to reflect and think about the things we want to achieve in the coming year. We all have things we want to change, whether 'bad' behaviour, an unhealthy habit, or goals we...
Recipe: Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Thanks to our friends at the organic and natural food store As Natured Intended, we are sharing with you a series of plant-based recipes covering all courses from a pre-dinner snack, through to main courses and desserts. These chocolate chip cookies are a vegan take...
Recipe: Vegan Chocolate Fudge Cakes with Jujube Fruits
Thanks to our friends at the organic and natural food store As Natured Intended, we are sharing with you a series of plant-based recipes covering all courses from a pre-dinner snack, through to main courses and desserts. These vegan chocolate fudge cakes are made with...
Recipe: Fudgy Brownies made with Aquafaba
Thanks to our friends at the organic and natural food store As Natured Intended, we are sharing with you a series of plant-based recipes covering all courses from a pre-dinner snack, through to main courses and desserts. For those who have not heard of Aquafaba...
Recipe: Rainbow Vegan Sushi
Thanks to our friends at the organic and natural food store As Natured Intended, we are sharing with you a series of plant-based recipes covering all courses from a pre-dinner snack, through to main courses and desserts. Here is an alternative take on traditional...
Recipe: Pulled Oumph! Vegan Tacos
Thanks to our friends at the organic and natural food store As Natured Intended, we are sharing with you a series of plant-based recipes covering all courses from a pre-dinner snack, through to main courses and desserts. Here is the second of our main course dishes......
Recipe: Vegan Ragu Stew
Thanks to our friends at the organic and natural food store As Natured Intended, we are sharing with you a series of plant-based recipes covering all courses from a pre-dinner snack, through to main courses and desserts. The below recipe is the first of two main...
Recipe: Hemp Falafel
Thanks to our friends at the organic and natural food store As Natured Intended, we are sharing with you a series of plant-based recipes covering all courses from a pre-dinner snack, through to main courses and desserts. We are starting with the pre-dinner snack...!...
I did a 20-day CBD trial and I think you should too by James
Firstly thanks to Tessa Stuart who was the unlikely catalyst for my 20-day CBD trial. Thank you Tessa! We stock LOVE CBD at the studio, which costs £19 a bottle. We did a lot of research on the possible benefits and the potential suppliers before deciding to stock CBD...
Meet the teacher: Amy Bell
Amy Bell has recently started teaching vinyasa flow at Yoga West. She teaches vinyasa flow level 1-2 every Saturday from 8:45-9:45am. Click here to book onto her classes How did you get into yoga? At the age of 16 my elder sister, Laura, wanted to try out our local...
Meet the team: Melanie Thomas
How did you get into yoga? My earliest memory of yoga is staring at a photograph of a woman doing the wheel alongside a definition of yoga in a gigantic, DK branded, ultramarine blue encyclopaedia (remember those things we referred to in the days before Google?) I...
Ram Dass: From Harvard academic to “servant of god”
Ram Dass is famous for his quote “if you think you are enlightened, try spending a week with your family”, and his beautifully illustrated book Be Here Now. It’s also alleged that he gave the Dali Lama LSD. In his early years Ram Dass was a highly regarded Harvard...
New South London studio opened by Yoga West student Daisy Starrs
A brand new Yoga Studio is born in Herne Hill, South London. Daisy Starrs is a long-term member of Yoga West run by James. She remembers speaking to James on the phone on the opening day of the Yoga West Studio. He was friendly, calm and welcoming. Now she has opened...
Yoga West summer 2019 timetable
We will run a reduced timetable in July and August as many of you are away for holidays.Three classes have already stopped. These classes are: Monday 8PM Ashtanga Monday 10:55AM Parent and Baby Wednesday 5:30PM Restorative Saturday 8:15AM Ashtanga The following...
Building a Mysore practice with Zeena
BUILD A LIFE-CHANGING EARLY MORNING ASHTANGA SELF-PRACTICE A regular early morning Ashtanga self-practice can be the essential building block to a new you. We are therefore really excited about expanding our Ashtanga early morning self practice program from early May....
Meet the teacher: Gabriele Lombardo
Having encountered Ashtanga Yoga while training as an actor and physical performer, Gabriele’s classes are dynamic, muscular, but never forced. The focus always is to come back to feeling the body and mind from within, leaning towards a state of being that is awake,...
How and why to build a mediation practice
Meditation arose as part of Buddhist and Hindu traditions that appeared in India from 2000BC onwards and spread through Asia. In recent years, meditation, has become a much more global practice and has become a part of daily life for many of us. Its popularity is a...
Meet the teacher: Laura Pearce
Laura has 8 years experience teaching Yoga, Pilates, and mindfulness. Her classes are dynamic and playful. She explores alignment and core activation to challenge and deepen even the most basic poses. She loves music and updates her playlists weekly. You can join her...
Meet The Team – John van Huenen
At Yoga West, we pride ourselves on having a team that are practicing yogis and who are committed to yoga and wellbeing. Our lovely receptionist John is one these people and we wanted to share a little more about his journey through yoga and to Yoga West. How did you...
CBD oil now on sale at Yoga West
We have been following the development of CBD oil for some time. In case you're not aware of CBD (Cannabidiol) oil is a non-intoxicating cannabinoid found in the flowers of the hemp plant. It was once over-shadowed by THC (the compound in cannabis sativa that causes a...
Stuffed Whole Squash – Yoga Kitchen Plan Recipe by Kim Parsons
STUFFED WHOLE SQUASH with miso mustard savoy cabbage (v) serves 4 Divide the cabbage between serving plates, then cut the squash into thick slices and place on top. Sprinkle with chopped parsley. If you don’t get through the whole squash in one sitting, you can...
Thrive Gratitude Bowl – Yoga Kitchen Plan Recipe by Kim Parsons
THRIVE GRATITUDE BOWL with apple & beetroot sauerkraut (v) serves 2 This is the kind of bowl food I love to linger over. A true grounding root chakra experience, where time seems to stop and transport you to a space where you can achieve inner connection. If...
Apple & Raspberry Bircher – Yoga Kitchen Plan Recipe by Kim Parsons
APPLE & RASPBERRY BIRCHER with pistachio confetti (v) serves 2 100g (3½oz/1 cup) rolled oats ½ tablespoon ground cinnamon 240ml (8fl oz/1 cup) almond milk, or milk of your choice 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 tablespoon maple syrup 2 eating apples,...
Vegan Tempeh Satay Skewers – Yoga Kitchen Plan Recipe by Kim Parsons
TEMPEH SATAY SKEWERS with carrot, mooli & edamame slaw (v) serves 4 I love this kind of food – a real sensory overload! Fresh, crisp ingredients that are clean on their own but mouth-wateringly moreish once dressed up with vibrant flavours. You can substitute...
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