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Rob Leadley
- May 11, 2020
- 5 min
DYNAMIC BALANCE – Pushing it to the edge!
Dynamic Balance Yoga - Retrain and adapt the body to meet the challenge of life!
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Rob Leadley
- Dec 9, 2019
- 2 min
PIPPA COLE
WHEN AND WHY DID YOU START PRACTICING YOGA? I first attended Rob's classes - my first venture into yoga - around 4/5 years ago as part of...
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Rob Leadley
- Dec 9, 2019
- 3 min
BREATHING through the WHOLE BODY
WILL JOHNSON Here I share some of the words that have enabled me to gain a deeper understanding of Yoga practice and myself. This extract...
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Rob Leadley
- Oct 27, 2019
- 1 min
Paul Wainwright
I found exactly what I was looking for in the Dynamic Balance class with Rob at City Yoga.
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Rob Leadley
- Oct 8, 2019
- 2 min
ISSUES IN THE TISSUES
I came to yoga, as many people do to reap the tremendous physical benefits that the practice can bring. I have attended workshops by some...
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Rob Leadley
- Sep 6, 2019
- 2 min
DEVELOPING A HOME PRACTICE
THE 6-WEEK CHALLENGE “Practice isn’t the thing you do once you’re good. It’s the thing you do that makes you good.” Malcolm Gladwell When...
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Rob Leadley
- Aug 3, 2019
- 4 min
Flexibility and Strength
Anatomy A basic understanding of the processes that occur during our Yoga practice can help with progressing deeper into postures. THE...
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Rob Leadley
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3 min
Novak Djokovic: Meditation, Yoga and Veganism Helped Shape My Success
This year's Wimbledon winner on how changing his lifestyle helped him change his game.
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Rob Leadley
- Jul 1, 2019
- 2 min
THE UJJAYI BREATH
"Complete your practice one breath at a time!"
David Swenson
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Rob Leadley
- May 24, 2019
- 2 min
EIGHTH LIMB: Samādhi
Sanskrit: समाधि "The highest state of meditation is Samadhi, where there is no ego anymore, no doubts, no me, no you, no notion of time,...
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Rob Leadley
- Apr 29, 2019
- 2 min
7th Limb -Dhyana
Definition - What does Dhyana mean? Dhyana is a Sanskrit word meaning "meditation." It is derived from the root words, dhi, meaning...
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Rob Leadley
- Apr 2, 2019
- 1 min
PETE EDWARDS
I first started doing yoga as part of my rehabilitation following a knee operation, in an attempt to ensure I regained full range of motion.
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Rob Leadley
- Mar 28, 2019
- 2 min
SIXTH LIMB: Dhāraṇā
Enso (formally spelled ensō) is a sacred symbol in Zen Buddhism meaning circle, or sometimes, circle of togetherness. It is traditionally...
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Rob Leadley
- Mar 1, 2019
- 5 min
PRATYAHARA 5th LIMB
“Pratyahara…the movement of the mind toward silence rather than toward things” Donna Farhi Pratyahara leads our mind inwards, preparing...
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Rob Leadley
- Jan 29, 2019
- 5 min
4th LIMB: PRANAYAMA - The Breath Of Life
“Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes...
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Rob Leadley
- Dec 28, 2018
- 4 min
THIRD LIMB: ASANA
The third ‘limb’ of the 8 limbed path is Asana and is the one which is the most familiar to us. Yoga is the study of balance, and balance...
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Rob Leadley
- Dec 16, 2018
- 1 min
Pavel Langer
I'm a passionate climber so improvement in flexibility and strength (mainly core strength) comes in very useful.
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Rob Leadley
- Dec 10, 2018
- 1 min
Amanda Mountain
Yoga has helped me make better decisions in and out of the class environment.
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Rob Leadley
- Dec 10, 2018
- 1 min
Alison Mawson.
Robs Dynamic Flow sessions have massively benefited my running. I feel more physically resilient and recover from long runs really well.
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