Success on all levels comes from a team of vibrant, healthy people working together and loving life.

Our exciting new corporate programme will be launched with a FREE taster workshop as part of the Cambridge Business Awards week next month:
Friday 23rd March
14.00-17.00

If you are a company wishing to find out more, and send along a couple of employees, the workshop is FREE and will give you a taste of the benefits this work can bring your company.

The 3 hour taster workshop will offer an introduction to how yoga, breath, diet, and individual attitudes all play a vital role in any successful team. If you would like your team to have more energy, to love every day and feel inspired in life, this workshop is for your company.

More info is here and booking info is here

Name:  Rebecca Myers

Age: 45

Occupation: Academic (Science)

What brought you to yoga?

It’s not so much what brought me to yoga, it’s who – six months ago a dear friend (and impressive yogini) brought me along one day. I had never envisaged myself and yoga in the same room before – not being one for enjoying exercise classes of any sort. My yoga expectation was all about a cold dusty hall, twisting my stiff old-self into knots and spending the rest of the week aching … I was so wrong! In a very unfocused, procrastinating sort of way I was indeed looking for ways to improve my general fitness, flexibility and all-round joie-de-vivre, but they’d been on my rediscovery list for some years. So … yoga eh? What the heck, I’d nothing to lose! What I wasn’t prepared for was the impact it would have on me from day one. I had never done any yoga before coming to Camyoga and my first class was Hot Yoga – I was a convert. I try to make as many as five classes a week now and in the last few weeks I’ve also begun to dip/pull my toe into Ashtanga. As they say – it’s all about the journey.

What do you do when you are not doing yoga?

I work (in a research environment for the University), I eat and I sleep. I do squeeze in some travel and quite a few fun things too – but my average week comprises just that.

What is your favorite yoga pose and why?

This is a hard question. There a quite a few poses I enjoy a lot as each one has different gifts. I like Trikonasana (triangle pose and its variants) as it is a good all-round full-body stretch and balance and I just like the way it feels. With poses I find more challenging (and there are loads!) such as Standing Head to Knee (Dandayamana-janushirasana) I get a real sense of achievement, especially on days when I can do it – or do it just a little better than the last class.

What is your least favorite yoga pose and why?

There are more than several poses that would fall under this category at this stage of my practice – for pure physical effort it most definitely has to be Chaturanga (the sort of half-press up). The other pose (for comedy value and personal highlight of my Hot Yoga class) is Rabbit – which opens up a whole new angle on self-administered water-boarding.

What is one quality you have taken off the mat and incorporated into your daily life?

I have reassessed a lot of how I approach life – it’s not been deep navel-gazing as such – I’ve simply created space for the (rediscovered) joie-de-vivre that seems to have emerged from my regular practice. I have neither felt fitter nor more flexible since I was in my teens, I’ve lost weight in the order of double-digits, and my diet has naturally evolved into one that is far healthier and sustains me better. I wouldn’t have had this opportunity had Camyoga and its great atmosphere and teachers not been on my doorstep. It’s a home from home.

An interesting fact about Rebecca that you may not know is…

There are rather a lot of interesting facts about me, most are classified and none of which are publishable! I am, however, a big cat lover – I have four of them. My special joy is a huge Maine Coon called ‘Cody’ who I swear is a dog-in-a-cat-suit.

This retreat is an all inclusive life changing week at one of the most gorgeous retreat centres in the world. A mix of Yoga, breath work, therapies and meditation.

Everything at In Sabina is perfectly arranged with taste and style and with yoga
in mind. There are seven acres of lush grounds comprising a natural spring,
gardens, pond and swimming pool amidst a tranquil and rustic setting. The
surrounding area is unspoilt farmland, and the house and grounds are peaceful
and quiet. There are two yoga spaces for yoga and meditation, an indoor yoga
studio, and a magnificent 15 x 10 metre architect designed covered outdoor
wooden platform, which sits in the valley surrounding by verdant unspoilt nature.
The food is a highlight of the holiday, three meals a day of beautiful vegetarian
food in abundance prepared by a specialist vegetarian chef. All adding up to the
perfect environment for a yoga holiday.

Why not take a look at a video clip of Louise Lloyd teaching in In Sabina last year?

Families are welcome and for more info and booking click here

You will recognize some familiar favorite’s such as heart-beet juice (beetroot, apple and ginger) and Pilar’s detox juice (apple,cucumber, mint, and ginger). But you might not be expecting the Green Gremlin (mixed berries, banana, and organic spirulina) or the Breakfast Booster (banana, strawberry, organic maca, and hemp protein), two new smoothies.  I had the breakfast booster twice last week and felt great in the mornings.  Maybe it’s the maca? Maca is a Peruvian root vegetable that packs a punch of energy and nutrients.

You can now pep up any of your juices and smoothies with a boost: Echinacea or Ginseng for 50p & wheat grass, spirulina, hemp protein, maca, omega oils, or superfood for £1

There are many new juices and smoothies to choose from, check out the full menu in Camyoga’s dandelion cafe. All smoothies are made with low fat cocunt milk and agave syrup. Here are just a few:

Juices:

Allergy fighter: apple, pear, & melon

Immune booster: grapefruit, orange, ginger, & liquid echinacea

Kidney cleanser: apple, & melon

Energiser: carrot, apple, ginger

Smoothies:

Tropical: banana, mango, & a dash of lime

Summer Banana: strawberry & banana

You can always get creative and make your own!

And in case you didn’t know the entire month of January our wheat grass shots are only £1.50 and fresh juices £3

Cambridge evening news wrote us a nice article on our donation day event last weekend here

All the money you gave is going directly to Camfed, Arthur Rank Hospice, and Freedom from Fistula.

Did you try the cupcakes?

£3 Fresh Juices

and

 Wheatgrass Shots are back

only £1.50!

Happy New Year

from 

Camyoga!

Also, not to be missed, our two hot yoga classes on Saturday the 7th of January for Donation Day.

Happy Holidays!

Camfed’s Mission:

“Camfed fights poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa by educating girls and empowering women to become leaders of change. Our goal: To improve the lives of two million
children by 2013.”

Thank you all for your suggestions and we look forward to seeing you at our donation day!

Check out the full day of classes!

Studio 1

10am – Beginners Flow – Rachael Moore

11.15am - Acro yoga – Howard Daly

12.30pm – Ashtanga Introduction – Emma Lindsay

1.45pm – Yoga open level – Anna Jackson

3pm - Restorative Yoga – Anna Jackson

Studio 2

8.30am – Ashtanga – Howard Daly

10am – Detox Flow – Louise Lloyd

11.15am - Yoga Open Level – Nikki Davies

12.30pm – 1.45pm – Hot Yoga – Jennifer Hersch

2pm – 3.15pm – Hot Yoga – Pilar Carrillo

3.45pm – Jivamukti – Mark Stevens

5pm – Satsang – Mark Stevens

“No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.”

-Aesop