"Stop seeking. Where is there to go? Everything you seek is already inside of you."

Yoga is happening right now. It is now, and it is much simpler than you think. Through yoga we dive straight into the heart of life and into what lives inside of us. We feel this in our muscles, bones, and breath. We feel our connection to all that "is" and we have a direct experience of this "Isness" every time we connect our body to our breath. Yoga is simply a most fundamental and intimate expression of lifes longing for itself: we are the life, the love, and the joy that we seek.

Nothing external is required to enter into yoga. A teacher is someone to help you find clarity, and to serve as a mirror or guide on your journey with yoga and with all of life. More important than any text or any teaching is your relationship with your own body, breath and mind-with your own true SELF. When authentic body-mind integration occurs, a wholeness emerges that leads us toward profound peace. This is you.

I teach a practice based on the foundations of Iyengar yoga, a practise that brings freedom, that tones the body, calms the mind and feeds the soul.

I create small sequences of asana to build heat and create flow, but without ever losing the focus on precision, alignment and safe practice. I always include elements of pranayama (breathing) and meditation, and the life-affirming yogic philosophy.

"Knowledgeable, perceptive, inspiring: just three ways to describe Carly Allen, a dedicated and versatile young yoga teacher whose classes are sympathetically tailored to the needs of each group.

From the dynamic to the downright droopy, I defy anyone to come away from a session feeling less than uplifted, invigorated and at peace with themselves."

Sarah Grazebrook

"I cannot recommend Carly highly enough. She is a very knowledgeable and precise teacher, who always brings something fresh to her classes. If you want to improve your flexibility, strength and general well-being then Carly's classes are for you."

Mandy

"My top reason for attending yoga classes is for the calming effect. I find that Carly has a particularly calming voice and manner. I always feel relaxed, refreshed and re-energised (as well as physically worked) after Carly's yoga classes. Carly says 'feel the joy'... and we do!"

Kim Woods