Rosie Lux
Yoga Teacher

I think there's something rather special about returning to a place where you've spent so much time learning, questioning and occasionally wondering whether your brain has any room left for another Sanskrit word..! I recenlty went back at SOAS, University of London, where I completed my Masters in the History and Traditions of Yoga and Meditation in 2021. This time, I was there for a yoga summit entitled;The Energy Body: Yoga Between Evidence and Experience. What struck me mo

Well, autumn has certainly entered the chat. The wind is howling, the leaves are flying, and if your nervous system feels like it's been caught in a weather warning, you're not alone. In Ayurveda, autumn is vata season, bringing movement, change and a little unpredictability. And honestly, sometimes life feels a bit like the British weather; two seasons in one afternoon, with absolutely no prior notice. Here's something yoga teaches us; we can witness the storm without becomi

Let's be honest; How often do we make decisions based on how we feel in the moment, only to realise later that perhaps we weren't in the best frame of mind to make them? We're tired, overwhelmed, distracted, stressed or just not feeling it. So we cancel our plans, put things off and tell ourselves we'll do it another time, when we have more energy or feel more motivated. And yoga? Well, yoga often ends up on that list. We decide we'll go when we fancy it, when our backs are a

I’ve been watching The Celebrity Traitors, and somewhere between the suspicion, the accusations and the increasingly questionable poker faces, I started thinking about yoga. Because really, The Traitors is a giant experiment in the power of the mind. Put a group of people together, give them incomplete information and introduce uncertainty, and watch how quickly the brain starts filling in the gaps. One person became convinced that he had been “picked off” and that he was a t

I recently read How to Be Hopeful by Caitlin Moran, and there are a few bits I keep coming back to. One of them is her observation that we live in an anxious age. It’s hard to argue with that. You can open your phone first thing in the morning and, before you’ve even got out of bed, absorb climate news, politics, someone else’s crisis and approximately seventeen things you should apparently be worrying about. What I really liked was the idea that being hopeful doesn’t mean pr

Just a few weeks ago, I was unwell with dengue. It wasn’t severe or dramatic in the way we sometimes imagine illness, but it was deeply uncomfortable and strange — fluctuating fevers, waves of fatigue, aches, brain fog, and symptoms that seemed to change day by day. It left me feeling unsettled in my body, unsure of what I needed from one moment to the next. During that time, yoga supported me in very quiet, subtle ways. There was no 'practice' as such. Instead, there was a l

As we reach the final stretch of the year, I’ve been reflecting on all the moments we’ve shared on the mat — the early mornings, the sleepy evenings, the deep exhales, the wobbles, the laughter, the silence, the little breakthroughs you probably didn’t even notice happening in real time. And I just want to say thank you. Thank you for showing up.Thank you for making space in your week for your body, your breath, your healing. Thank you for trusting me to guide you, whether in

Every December, as the nights stretch long and everything slows down, I think of the old story about the traveller walking through the forest with a tiny lantern. She keeps wishing for daylight — for the whole path to appear at once — but the lantern only gives her enough light for the next few steps. And that’s exactly how this season works. We’re not meant to have the full plan, the perfect clarity, or the big burst of motivation. Winter invites us to move gently, to trust

I had the joy of visiting the British Museum’s Ancient India: Living Traditions exhibition, and it was such a nourishing experience....

I snuck away to Paris last month, and of course — true to form — the first thing I did was hunt down a yoga class. No matter where I...

I’ve been really called to walking in the woods lately — crisp air, damp moss underfoot, the smell of earth and rain lingering in the...

August is a beautiful in-between — not quite summer’s end, not quite autumn’s beginning. It’s also Leo season, ruled by the sun, a time...

Autumn is the perfect time to explore balance in your yoga practice and yogic lifestyle. It’s the season to bring balance to body and...

How disappointing to see this BBC article perpetuate the perception that yoga, meditation, mindfulness or breath awareness is ‘a bit soft...

Yielding is the quality we’re looking to embody in class this month. Yielding is relationship to earth, the ability to surrender to the...

Live, the root of living means to remain alive. Which sounds like a simple statement of intent. However, to be alive involves an...

When we feel low in mood, there can be a lack of physical and emotional grounding, exhibited by shallow breathing, physical tension in...

When people have chronically low levels of CO2, as happens with hyperventilation, smooth muscle is consistently wound tight, making it...

In biology I learned that we need oxygen, and carbon dioxide (CO2) is a waste product of respiration (and if you’re feeling generous, to...

It can feel unfamiliar to be in your heart centre when the head is so dominant, and when that dominance is admired and encouraged. We’re...