We are pleased to announce a month-long focus on practice throughout February 2026
Each afternoon Monday to Friday, from 4.00-5.30pm the studio will be available for students to attend for their own practice and a teacher will be allocated to oversee each session. Come along to follow your own sequence, work on an asana program, explore the equipment, or work on an issue or area of the body you want to examine.
A range of practice resources will be available for those wishing to begin the world of self practice and supervising teachers may show you some of the uses and benefits of the props.
Enrollment: Prior booking should be made using your membership, class card. No single class payments are possible.
Some of the practice resources available
Each afternoon Monday to Friday the School will be open for students who wish to practice.
Why practice?
Self-study is at the heart of Yoga. It’s a reference to reflecting upon who we are beyond our roles in life: Beyond how others view us or how we present ourselves outwardly.
All the meditative disciplines involve looking at oneself and what rises, whether it be thoughts, emotions or memories. It’s a reflective practice. The mind is made steady in practice so that we can observe these inner movements.
At Yoga Mandir a reflective practice is conducted through the practice of asana. Having learned and studied asanas individually, along with adjustments, modifications and their links between one another we string the asanas together in sequences which demand attention and application yet deliver a steady reflective mind. Its meditation in action.
Join this vibrant practice community
“Any person who is not lethargic can practice yoga, be he young, old very old, sick or weak. One who is intent on practice will obtain yoga, not one who is idle. Yoga is not obtained by the reading Scriptures, nor by wearing the dress of a yogini, nor by talking about it. Practice alone is the course of success.”
These classic lines were written in the “Hatha Yoga Pradipika” by Svatmarama and express that yoga is a path of action which does not require renouncing the world but constant attention to practice. In this way he acknowledges that our present actions have future results both in the world (physically) and emotionally. Patanjali calls this Samskara – emotional imprints in our sub conscious. Through our actions we can move towards greater clarity, or confusion – it is through our acts that we will achieve samadhi not through our beliefs.
Alan Goode, from the article: Kriyayoga
