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The front door

If you have never practised, or never quite understood what people mean by yoga, begin here. What it is, where it came from, what actually happens in a room full of mats, and how to pick a first class you will not regret.







Still to write

  • The history of yoga

    How a liberation practice became a posture practice — a genuinely contested story that deserves more care than a sidebar.

  • Sanskrit you'll hear

    Asana, vinyasa, drishti, ujjayi, savasana — what the recurring terms mean, and roughly how to say them.