Led Foundation/ Primary
15 February 2025 •
7:30 am - 9:30 am
Love Yoga Ltd
Oliver Richard
Oliver Richard has been teaching yoga since 2018, and practising since 2014. He began his journey at Love Yoga in Sarah Durney’s Mysore room, furthering this in 2017 upon travelling to India for the first time to study with Bharat Shetty of Indea Yoga.
His Tuesday evening Mysore class is a perfect complement to Charlie’s morning sessions, with a large overlap between their teaching. This evening slot allows yogis a chance to practice later in the day if they can’t manage the earlier times, and is an inclusive room where all styles of yogic asana are welcome, as well as meditation and pranayama.
Oliver is always keen to focus on the parallels between modern science and ancient yogic philosophy, as they both attempt to make sense of what it means to be human. Further, he has a special passion for pranayama and its many effects on the practitioner. Much of this stems from his first class degree in Neuroscience with Psychology from Aberdeen University, 2011.
Description
These sessions run on the third Saturday of every month and will either be the Foundation or Primary series. Foundation series (created by Bharath Shetty) shares similarities to the Ashtanga Primary series but with a slightly different order of postures and without the many jump backs and jump throughs. Where the Foundation series focuses more on hip opening and postural integrity, the Ashtanga Primary series has more emphasis on stamina and endurance. Both sequences can be fun and challenging and you can do as much or as little as you want in the class.