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“I was quite sceptical about the moon sequence in my first class.  I am someone who came to yoga via exercise, and I tend to like a strong practice like astanga.  I wasn’t so much into the spiritual aspects of yoga.   I also live my life very fast, have lots to fit in (and do fit in lots).  So I felt twitchy throughout my first class with Laura when we opened with meditation and then moved on to a series of postures that all felt a bit too slow and not physically challenging enough.  However, I was surprised at how I very nearly fell asleep at the end of the class and how much my core felt the backbending and my legs some of the standing postures (in a good way).

I came along to a second class more because of the time and location of it than because I was very keen.  I was quite honest with Laura about finding the practice difficult because it felt slow but she encouraged me to stick with it.  Several months on and I completely love the class and the moon sequence.  I couldn’t wait to get back from holiday to join the class again.

What I love about the moon sequence is that I have found I can focus on the breath (the one, two, three, four, pause – helped by Laura’s lovely calming voice) without my thoughts racing ahead.  Encouraged by Laura, I am enjoying the sense of developing my own way of moving (my own practice?) and I am finding it physically challenging.  I am also beginning to understand some of the spiritual aspects of yoga, particularly the “heart opening” of the backbends and being grounded.  It has influenced how I am in my “normal” life.  I have amazed myself by how much I am loving Laura’s class - even the chanting at the end which I never thought I would say!  (It is also an added bonus that Laura is clearly an excellent masseur and we get a taster of that in the class which feels great!)”

— Jane, East Oxford