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Read our Yoga blog to discover our insights, tips and tricks to improve your practices, mindfulness, and overall wellness.

The Wrong Size for Hot Yoga?

By Cate Valentine: ‘Aren’t Hot 26 teachers usually thinner?’ a student asked me while I was setting up to teach. I answered her truthfully: compared to how I looked when I joined YogaVenue I am thinner! But more importantly I am happier and healthier than I was when I first walked through the doors. If I were questioned directly about my body or my weight five years ago it would have destroyed me. Now I am grateful to the student who posed the question because it has helped me recognise that I am a different person now. Read More

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Will Yoga Help You Recover from Long Covid?

By Caroline Gozzi: Can Yoga help with the treatment of Long Covid? We’ve had several people return to the studio experiencing Long Covid and looking to incorporate yoga in their path to recovery. There have also been several articles in the press regarding how Yoga can be extremely beneficial for those suffering from Long Covid. So, what is the best Yoga practice to help with the management of long covid? Read More

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Yoga in your 40s - The Female Perspective

By Caroline Gozzi: Many people struggle to see the benefits of the ageing process, but with age comes more understanding and (I hope) more wisdom and knowledge. Women enter a new phase of our lives as we move into our 40s, and we are likely to start to experience a shift in our hormones. Being in my 40s, I’ve definitely felt this shift and over the last couple of years I’ve tried to understand more about the changes, their impact and how best to respond. Read More

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How are you making space for new beginnings?

By Katie Phelps: As the days begin to get longer, leaves unfurl and the sunshine grows warmer, I’ve started to feel a low hum of springtime energy. It’s definitely more muted this year, dampened by the exhaustion we’ve all felt after living with our nervous systems on high alert for a year. But like this primal response to stress, the pull of spring, the desire for lightness and clarity seem similarly hard-wired; almost despite ourselves we start clearing out clutter, opening windows wider, organising our sock drawers...or at least recognising the desire to do those things. Read More

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My Yoga Mat is My Magic Carpet

By Emma Wykes: My yoga mat is not just a piece a rectangle piece of rubber. It’s not just the space for me to do my practice on. In the last year of lock down it has been so much more. It’s a magic carpet, a time travelling magic carpet. Read More

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