Yoga with Hilary Totah

Hilary Totah Yoga

Hilary Totah is registered and insured as a yoga teacher with the Association of Independant Yoga Practitioners (AIYP). She has been practising and working with yoga since 1978 and was a shiatsu bodywork teacher from 1986. She was principal of The British School of Shiatsu-Do from 1999 until 2004.

Hilary says: "I have a passion for working with the body and after my many years of bodywork experience, I have developed a particular interest in anatomy and body mechanics. I like to use my knowledge of anatomy and structure to help my students visualise the body, understand how it works and learn how to realign the body through the practise of yoga.

For the past ten years, I have studied with John Stirk, yoga teacher and osteopath, I find his way of working inspirational and challenging. It suits me, giving me time to explore postures deeply, developing inner awareness and allowing me to find my own pace. John worked directly with Vanda Scaravelli.

I have developed my own style of teaching, using these influences. In my classes, I teach simple yoga postures, encouraging my students to work slowly, with deep awareness and the breath; to rest in postures and allow the body to unfold; to lengthen, widen and to feel the ground. The surface muscles can then let go of tension and soften, rather than pull and stretch, the joints can open and tension and holding dissolves. At the same time I encourage students to work at their own pace and within their range of fitness.

Yoga is about developing freedom in the body and inner awareness, helping to develop mobility as well as strength, poise and the ability to relax, Yoga is not about striving or trying hard. At its most rewarding practising yoga can become an open-ended, ever-expanding self-exploration"

To contact Hilary call: 01424 43364