Christel Wellness

With so many online yoga portals today – including endless free tutorials on YouTube – it’s great that more people are discovering yoga at home. It’s a brilliant way to keep up your practice and save money at the same time. But there’s a reason we love yoga studios too…many reasons in fact. Many people […]

Many of us used to come to class for the social connection. To meet with fellow students and feel that energy exchange with the teacher.  The power of the shared experience, the communal energy of a studio is what keeps a lot of us coming back to our mats again and again.  It’s also something, […]

A lot of my students compliment me on being slim and ask me for advice on losing weight. My response is always simply to eat healthy and exercise and in my case I do a lot of yoga of course but I also go running and cycling as to be truthful, when it comes to […]

I often get asked what type of yoga I teach and I simply answer that I teach the type of yoga I love: Vinyasa Flow. Vinyasa is a style of yoga where poses are strung together to form one fluid sequence of movement. I have tried most types of yoga (Ashtanga, Hatha, Yin) but when […]

Like most yoga teachers I always ask my students to set an intention as the first step in a yoga class.  An intention or SANKALP (Sanskrit for intention) may act as a focal point throughout a yoga practice.  In case you get distracted, intention can bring you back to your yoga mat. So what are […]

Yoga and golf: a marriage made in heaven! Oh Yes! If you did not know I am a keen golfer as well as a yoga instructor. It may not appear obvious right away but golf and yoga do go hand in hand. And this link became very obvious when my knowledge and practice of yoga […]

Since the start of the lockdown, I have been teaching, like most yoga instructors, online .  I am teaching for gym members but also for private groups that created themselves during the lock down. It is amazing how new communities created themselves during this worldwide crisis and it is wonderful to be able to keep […]

During this disorienting time, we all need our yoga practice more than ever. Luckily, with just a few curated items, you can create a tranquil refuge at home so you can find peace every day.  Be kind to yourself, and give yourself the gift of an inner peaceful retreat, especially when you can't go outside.  I hope […]

During these pandemic times and world wide fear fuelled by the media, I would like to encourage you all to stay calm.  What is the worst that can happen? We will get a flu like illness which many have recovered from after 2 weeks.  So instead of panicking, watching the news and wondering how we'll […]

I wanted to share with you my dear readers my annual trip to my shamans Daniel and Tayna who live and work in Lumiar in the state of Rio De Janeiro in Brazil. I met them for first time three years ago when I decided to go on a yoga and shamanic healing retreat which […]