Diane Ashfield

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Diane Ashfield

Diane Ashfield (aka Yoga With Dash) is a British Wheel of Yoga instructor, teaching in the London Borough of Bromley.


A Fish Called Matsyendra

Exploring the spinal twist Matsyendrasana – Lord of the Fishes. By Diane Ashfield Reading time: 5 minutes A long time ago, in a land far, far away,…

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Serpentine Flush

Could hot flushes be our dormant energy ‘Kundalini’ rising? By Diane Ashfield Reading time: 4 minutes If you are currently going through the menopause, there’s a possibility…

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Woman Smiling While Holding a Yoga Mat

Making waves with Varuna Mudra

Varuna mudra is known as the ‘god of the sea’ and as the name suggests, is associated with replenishing and balancing the water element in the body….

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Goodness Gracious – Bhadrasana pose

Exploring Bhadrasana – Gracious Pose. By Diane Ashfield There’s a saying in yoga that you should master all of the standing poses before attempting the seated postures…

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Killer yoga

Why yoga is being practiced in the armed forces. By Diane Ashfield Being a yoga teacher, I’m naturally drawn to any articles featuring yoga in the national…

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To infinity and beyond: Anantasana

Exploring laid back pose Anantasana. By Diane Ashfield If there was ever a laid back yoga pose, it has to be Anantasana, also known as Sleeping Vishnu…

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Anantasana

Enjoy the journey

Desperate to get into a particular yoga posture? Take your time and enjoy the journey. By Diane Ashfield If you have a yoga pose that’s your nemesis…

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Memory, I salute you

Can regularly practicing a yoga sequence help boost our memory? By Diane Ashfield I was very sad to hear the recent news of screen legend Bruce Willis…

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Why does child’s pose feel so good?

By Diane Ashfield Balasana, or child’s pose, is a posture we often come into after working on a challenging asana in order to relax and reset the…

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Child's pose

You cannot be serious!

Sometimes you can’t help but giggle on the mat. By Diane Ashfield I really love yoga. I adore all of my students and I take teaching very…

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Yoga safari

Going in search of a new and elusive asana. By Diane Ashfield If you regularly practice yoga you’ve probably mastered all of the basic asana, you’ve become…

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A helping hand: exploring Ganesh Mudra

Exploring Ganesh Mudra. By Diane Ashfield Most of us have come across a mudra during our time spent on the mat – you may be quite familiar…

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Take me out

Prefer to practice at home? Here are five reasons to take your mat out and visit your local yoga studio this month. By Diane Ashfield There are…

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Flower power

Lotus is an iconic yoga pose… but can anyone do it? By Diane Ashfield The lotus flower grows all over the world in swamplands and waterways –…

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Uttanasana: the ultimate blues-busting asana

Why Uttanasana, or standing forward bend, should be first on your must-do list of poses. By Diane Ashfield Forward bending is a movement we use on a…

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Look into the light – Trataka and Ceromancy

Trataka and Ceromancy are two ancient candle practices that can easily be combined. By Diane Ashfield There’s something quite symbolic and magical about lighting a candle. Whether…

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Trataka and Ceromancy

New discoveries

Does creating a new yoga pose give you any rights to it? By Diane Ashfield Imagine an astronomer gazing through their telescope and discovering a new galaxy,…

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I see a shadow

Diane Ashfield draws parallels between the movie Groundhog Day and yoga philosophy The 2nd of February is known around the world as Groundhog Day. Popular and mostly…

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Pain in the Asana

It’s great to challenge ourselves in yoga, but should we really be feeling pain whilst practicing? Diana Ashfield encourages us to be mindful It’s great to challenge…

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