These are my Facebook and Instagram pages, where I regularly share inspiration and updates on my teaching schedule
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Personal sites:
Yoga Yard, Beijing. If you ever visit Beijing, you must try and visit! This is the studio I started in 2002. Robyn, my partner, is still there -- she'll take good care of you. www.yogayard.com
Aaron Deemer, Acupuncturist. My husband, a Five Element acupuncturist and director of the Source Clinic. He treats in Fitzrovia. www.aarondeemer.com.
The Glow Fund. This is mine and my husband's small charity. We help Tibetan kids with severe scoliosis receive operations from top Stanford University doctors in China. www.glowfund.org (below is a video about the Glow Fund's operations)
Yoga Yard, Beijing. If you ever visit Beijing, you must try and visit! This is the studio I started in 2002. Robyn, my partner, is still there -- she'll take good care of you. www.yogayard.com
Aaron Deemer, Acupuncturist. My husband, a Five Element acupuncturist and director of the Source Clinic. He treats in Fitzrovia. www.aarondeemer.com.
The Glow Fund. This is mine and my husband's small charity. We help Tibetan kids with severe scoliosis receive operations from top Stanford University doctors in China. www.glowfund.org (below is a video about the Glow Fund's operations)
Recommended Yoga Teachers, Yoga Centers, and other teachings/inspiration
International:
Donna Farhi. She is an amazing person, friend, yoga teacher and equestrian. www.donnafarhi.co.nz
Erich Schiffmann. Check out www.erichschiffmann.com or listen to his live class recordings -- you'll be inspired.
Martin Alyward. Martin is my main dhamma teacher. http://www.martinaylward.com/
Max Strom. The gentle giant with lots of love to share! Max is easy to love. www.maxstrom.com
Matthew Cohen. Matthew is one of the best teachers I know. If you get to LA, go take his class and you'll be in for a treat. www.sacredenergyarts.com
Margi Young. Yogi and dear friend in San Francisco, who used to be a senior teacher at OM yoga in NYC. If you're in SF, take her classes! She's amazing. www.downtowndog.com
Cameron Tukapua. She is an amazing healer and retreat leader from New Zealand. If you ever get a chance to work with her, you'll be among a lucky few! www.elementalspirit.co.nz
In London:
Jean Hall. She and I co-teach the triyoga teacher training together; she's a fantastic teacher and excellent colleague. www.yogajeannie.com
Aki Omori. Wonderful somatics teacher who has studied with some of the same teachers I have -- Erich Schiffmann and Donna Farhi. akiomori.blogspot.co.uk
triyoga, London. A fantastic and well-known studio and where I teach classes each week. www.triyoga.co.uk
The Life Centre, London. One of the city's best studios www.thelifecentre.com
Yoga on the Lane. Great East London studio started by Naomi Reynolds and has amazing teachers. www.yogaonthelane.com
Recommended reading:
Qigong, Daoism, Chinese Five Elements/Phases
The Way of Qigong, Kenneth Cohen
The Way of Energy, Master Lam Kam Cheun
Drawing Silk: Masters' Secrets for Successful Tai Chi Practice, Paul Gallagher
Being Taoist: Wisdom for Living a Balanced Life – Eva Wong
Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits – Bill Porter and Stephen R. Johnson
Taoism: The Enduring Tradition – Russell Kirkland
The Taoist Body – Kristofer Schipper
Seven Taoist Masters – Eva Wong
The Tao Te Ching – translations by Stephen Mitchell (for beautiful prose)
Lao Tzu/The Tao Te Ching – translation by D.C. Lau (for more direct translation)
Original Tao: Inward Training (Nei-yeh) and the Foundations of Taoist Mysticism – Harold Roth
Wood Becomes Water: Chinese Medicine in Everyday Life – Gail Richstein
Movement, Anatomy and Somatics
Radical Wholeness – Philip Shephard
Functional Anatomy of Yoga – David Keil
Anatomy of Movement – Bladine Calais-Germain
Anatomy Train – Thomas Myers
How Life Moves – Kevin Frank and Caryn McHose
Taking Root to Fly – Irene Dowd
The Thinking Body – Mabel Todd
The Wisdom of the Body Moving – Linda Hartley
Meditation, Mindfulness and Buddhism
World as Lover, World a Self – Joanna Macy
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening – Joseph Goldstein
Radical Compassion – Tara Brach
Fully Present: The Science, Art and Practice of Mindfulness – Susan Smalley and Diana Winston
Foundations of Buddhism – Rupert Gethin
The Buddhist Path to Awakening – Rupert Gethin
Being Peace -- Thich Nhat Hanh
The Heart of the Buddha's Teachings – Thich Nhat Hahn
The Wisdom of No Escape – Pema Chodron
Yoga Asana, Philosophy and/or History
Moving Into Stillness – Erich Schiffmann
Yoga Mind, Body, Spirit – Donna Farhi
Bringing Yoga to Life – Donna Farhi
The Mirror of Yoga – Richard Freeman
Yoga: Awakening the Inner Body – Donald Moyer
The Heart of Yoga – Desikachar
Total Freedom – J. Krishnamurti
Roots of Yoga – James Mallinson and Mark Singleton
The Origins of Yoga and Tantra– Geoffrey Samuel
The Yoga Sutra – translations by Swami Satchidananda or Chip Hartranft
The Bhagavad Gita – translations by Stephen Mitchell or Barbara Stoler Miller
The Radiance Sutras: 112 Gateways to the Yoga of Wonder and Delight – Lorin Roche
Other spirituality/philosophy
Tattoos on the Heart – Gregory Boyle
A Life Worth Breathing – Max Strom
Qigong, Daoism, Chinese Five Elements/Phases
The Way of Qigong, Kenneth Cohen
The Way of Energy, Master Lam Kam Cheun
Drawing Silk: Masters' Secrets for Successful Tai Chi Practice, Paul Gallagher
Being Taoist: Wisdom for Living a Balanced Life – Eva Wong
Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits – Bill Porter and Stephen R. Johnson
Taoism: The Enduring Tradition – Russell Kirkland
The Taoist Body – Kristofer Schipper
Seven Taoist Masters – Eva Wong
The Tao Te Ching – translations by Stephen Mitchell (for beautiful prose)
Lao Tzu/The Tao Te Ching – translation by D.C. Lau (for more direct translation)
Original Tao: Inward Training (Nei-yeh) and the Foundations of Taoist Mysticism – Harold Roth
Wood Becomes Water: Chinese Medicine in Everyday Life – Gail Richstein
Movement, Anatomy and Somatics
Radical Wholeness – Philip Shephard
Functional Anatomy of Yoga – David Keil
Anatomy of Movement – Bladine Calais-Germain
Anatomy Train – Thomas Myers
How Life Moves – Kevin Frank and Caryn McHose
Taking Root to Fly – Irene Dowd
The Thinking Body – Mabel Todd
The Wisdom of the Body Moving – Linda Hartley
Meditation, Mindfulness and Buddhism
World as Lover, World a Self – Joanna Macy
Mindfulness: A Practical Guide to Awakening – Joseph Goldstein
Radical Compassion – Tara Brach
Fully Present: The Science, Art and Practice of Mindfulness – Susan Smalley and Diana Winston
Foundations of Buddhism – Rupert Gethin
The Buddhist Path to Awakening – Rupert Gethin
Being Peace -- Thich Nhat Hanh
The Heart of the Buddha's Teachings – Thich Nhat Hahn
The Wisdom of No Escape – Pema Chodron
Yoga Asana, Philosophy and/or History
Moving Into Stillness – Erich Schiffmann
Yoga Mind, Body, Spirit – Donna Farhi
Bringing Yoga to Life – Donna Farhi
The Mirror of Yoga – Richard Freeman
Yoga: Awakening the Inner Body – Donald Moyer
The Heart of Yoga – Desikachar
Total Freedom – J. Krishnamurti
Roots of Yoga – James Mallinson and Mark Singleton
The Origins of Yoga and Tantra– Geoffrey Samuel
The Yoga Sutra – translations by Swami Satchidananda or Chip Hartranft
The Bhagavad Gita – translations by Stephen Mitchell or Barbara Stoler Miller
The Radiance Sutras: 112 Gateways to the Yoga of Wonder and Delight – Lorin Roche
Other spirituality/philosophy
Tattoos on the Heart – Gregory Boyle
A Life Worth Breathing – Max Strom
