#68 NAOMI ANNAND - AUTHOR OF YOGA: A MANUAL FOR LIFE & YOGA FOR MOTHERHOOD
Naomi Annand (@naomiyoga) has been teaching yoga full time since 2002. Over this time she has developed a deeply compassionate style of teaching that emphasises the therapeutic benefits of yoga and also its potential to uplift and inspire. In 2012, she set up Yoga on the Lane with the intention of creating a dynamic community of teachers and students united by their commitment to practicing mindful, breath-led, vinyasa yoga. And then, in 2015, she designed the 200hr Yoga on the Lane Teacher Training Programme, which has set more than a hundred brilliant new teachers off on their own paths. In October 2019 her first book, Yoga: A Manual for Life was published by Bloomsbury, and is currently being translated into seven languages. Yoga for Motherhood, her second book came out May 2022. Naomi believes social activism is at the heart of a yoga practice and alongside an amazing team, has developed a method and course to teach yoga to children in schools, Yoga Club: proper yoga for kids!
WHAT WE CHAT ABOUT
-Parenting as a creative act
-Remembering the beauty in the small things
-Leaving home at 12 to join the Royal Ballet Company
-Finding yoga through dance injuries
-Teaching children in schools to self-regulate
-Seeking external validation vs looking within
-Using our challenges as opportunities for growth
-Asking why we want to do the ‘harder’ poses
QUOTES
‘I like to think of yoga as creative!’
‘Pregnancy felt like an extension of my yoga practice.’
‘Children are little mirrors.’
‘Yoga is the opposite of external validation.’
REFERENCES
Naomi’s two books
Yoga on the Lane (Naomi’s yoga studio)
Triyoga (London yoga studio)
Dharma Shala (London yoga studio)
Tim Spector, ‘The Diet Myth’ (book)
Jonathan Franzen, ‘Cross Roads’ (book)
Olivia Sudjic, ‘Asylum Road’ (book)
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THE HOSTS
@adamhusler - Drawing from a variety of lives lived off the mat, Adam Husler brings a unique perspective to those who seek more from yoga than making pretty shapes. He offers creative, effective and clearly-sequenced teachings that focus on balancing flexibility and strength; physically and mentally. Educated by globally renown teachers, including Jason Crandell and Michael Stone, Adam specialises in a signature style of Alignment-Based Vinyasa— fuelled by a fascination with anatomy and a desire to ask ‘why?’.
Based in London, Adam teaches a robust schedule in one of the worlds top yoga studios, Triyoga, and world leading gym, Equinox. On top of this, Adam leads workshops, trainings and teaches festivals continuously around the world, leaving him with thousands of teaching hours under his belt and plenty of appearances in national and international media.
For workshops, trainings, events and retreats, find out more here.
@iamhollyhusler - From belting out original pop tunes at the London O2 stage to 20,000 people, whilst supporting Westlife, to singing healing mantras and playing magical instruments, to seas of sleeping yogis, at events and studios across the globe; Holly’s journey has led to a deep desire to help people find conscious connection and their own inner peace.
For trainings, workshops, music, events and retreats, find out more here.
