Philippa Asher

KPJAYI Advanced B Certified Ashtanga yoga teacher/practitioner offering
Ashtanga yoga classes, workshops and retreats in London and internationally

‘The guru is vital in the learning of yoga. Learning yoga without a gifted teacher may harm the student, instead of elevating him’ – Yoga Rahasya (1:8)
‘A person who has given up all need for sensory gratification, who lives free from desires, has surrendered all sense of ownership and is devoid of false ego, can then attain real peace’ – Bhagavad Gita (II:71)
‘Whether young, old, sick or debilitated, one who discards laziness attains success in yoga, if they actively practise’ – Hatha Yoga Pradipika (1:66)
‘Do you not know that your body is a temple where the Holy Spirit resides and is a gift from God? You are not your own’ – Corinthians (6:19)
YOGAS CITTA VRTTI NIRODHAH ‘Yoga happens when fluctuations of the mind cease’ – Yoga Sutras (1:2)
STHIRA SUKHAM ASANAM ‘Asana is steadiness and ease’ (of posture and mind) – Yoga Sutras (2:46)
‘One who has control over the mind: is tranquil in heat and cold, in pleasure and pain, in honour and dishonour and is ever steadfast with the Supreme Self’ – Bhagavad Gita (VI,7)
‘By practising all eight limbs of Ashtanga yoga, the impurities of the body and mind will be destroyed. These impurities are obstacles that prevent us from realising the true nature of the soul’ – Yoga Sutras (2:28)