“The closer we get to the natural world, the sooner we start to realize we are not separate.”
Rick Rubin
One of the great joys of my journey into teaching yoga has been creating my own studio by investing in a hand-crafted yurt.
It is a sacred space to practice yoga with my students and to experiment with my collage work.
The moment you walk through its welcoming wooden doors, you are transported into a realm of tranquillity and synchronicity. It’s a stunning structure with steam-bent wooden ribs serving as a reminder of our own anatomy. Its spacious design allows for extra height mirroring the space we create in our own mind and body as we submerge into our practice. The light shining through its circular skylight is synonymous with the lightness felt in our body as we move into a flow.
It is an immersive experience enriched by the proximity to nature. Hearing the rain as it touches the cotton canvas, moving to the rhythm of the wind as we change from one posture to the next, hearing birdsong and the ruffling of leaves as we fall into a deep state of relaxation, comforted by the crackling heat of a wood-burning stove … we become more connected to nature and in doing so, we tune in to the oneness of our inner and outer worlds.
Inspired by traditional Kygyszstan design and artisanal craftmanship, the yurt has been skilfully made by hand in the UK to sustain all types of weather and can be used all year-round ensuring consistency of practice throughout the seasons.
