I’m marking International Day of Yoga, on Friday 21 June, by spearheading an initiative to see yoga offered on prescription as part of the NHS social prescribing initiative. The campaign will see me join yoga teachers across the UK offering free yoga classes at GP surgeries, hospitals and community centres in South Yorkshire and across the UK.

I’ve recently qualified to teach the specialist Dru Back Care Programme. The approach of this course is perfectly in-line with current medical opinion and based on extensive research. This proves that yoga - especially gently, flowing therapeutic yoga like Dru - performed with awareness is an ideal treatment.

I’m really excited to be co-teaching this special half-day ‘Yoga for Clarity & Inner Calm’ workshop alongside other amazing Dru Yoga teachers and one of the senior tutors from Dru Midlands. Through the practice of postures, sequences, meditation and mudras you’ll re-discover the ‘still point’ within and gain a clearer perspective on your life.

Do you want to take your Dru Yoga practice deeper? Would you like the chance to discover a home Dru Yoga practice that’s right for you? Why not treat yourself to a bespoke yoga class? Now that my home studio is finished I’m pleased to offer one-to-one targeted Dru Yoga consultations.

A mudra is a symbolic gesture or posture. Traditional yoga philosophy teaches that every part of the hand represents an associated part of the body and brain. Mudras are used to effect change physically, mentally and emotionally. Find out more…

When times are fraught and emotions are running high, we can find our emotions like dark clouds racing across a stormy sky. This is when Privthvi Namsaskara (the salutation to the earth) comes into its own. This unique Dru Yoga sequence is the perfect way bring yourself gently back down to earth.

We’ve been working with the special Dru Yoga version of Bhujangasana, the Four Stage Cobra. This a stretching and strengthening pose for the back. Done in four stage, it allows you to warm up gracefully into the full lift or to stop at the level that feels right for your back. This is one snake, that you don’t need to be afraid of.

Taking a look at one of yoga’s best known postures, Adho Mukha Svanasana - the downward facing dog. Why it can help put a spring in your step and set your tail wagging.

I feature in this month’s OM Yoga Magazine as their, ‘Man on the Mat’. In the article I guide you through one of my favourite asanas, the Eagle Pose (Garudasana) - a strengthening and balancing standing pose. Read on to find out more…

I know from experience that simply lying in stillness is both profoundly effective and deeply challenging. We’ve all been there. Those times when the relaxation is the high-light of the Yoga class and you don’t want it to end. And those other times, when it feels like interminable torture because you can’t get comfortable or stop your mind from racing.