author foreword
Yoga is truly amazing. It can wake you up to your true self, and
help you let go of your preconditioned armor and find inner joy.
What more could you want?
When I was 27 years old, managing restaurants, I was lacking
energy and I had no real passion in my life. I was just drifting along,
smoking and drinking a little too much, and often at the doctor’s
office with niggling coughs. Then a friend sent me to a local yoga
class and that was it. I knew from that very first class that I had
fallen in love—fallen in love with the yogic journey of finding
myself—and I want to share a little of that with you. The smoking
and drinking just dropped away; I changed careers, becoming
a stage manager in the theater, which then led to working in
television production. I worked freelance, and this enabled me to
take several months off in between jobs. I went to the Sivananda
Ashram (a country yoga center) in southern India to take a
teachers’ training course, not thinking I really wanted to teach, but
for my own personal growth. I returned the following year, this time
as a member of staff at the Ashram, immersing myself in all
branches of yogic life from morning until night. I soon started
teaching, and immediately loved it and converted the apartment
above my home into a little yoga school. In the early ’90s,
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I qualified as an Iyengar Yoga Teacher, and this method has had the
most influence on my practice and teaching. At that time I met the
teacher who inspired me the most, Shandor Remete (Natanaga
Zhander), who has now created Shadow Yoga. The Life Centre
opened, and shortly afterward triyoga, the centers in London, where
I teach. Slowly, I taught more and worked in television less. I have
now taught for 30 years, and full-time for 18. I still love to learn from
other teachers and go on yoga retreats and vacations, where I meet
like-minded people from different walks of life.
Gentle Yoga contains four simple hatha yoga sequences. You are
asked to practice for just 15 minutes each day, but of course you
can do more than that if you like. This book is designed to give you
a taste of yoga and hopefully, like me, it will leave you wanting to
learn more.
“Practice, and all is coming”
K. Pattabhi Jois
Louise Grime
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