Syncing the breath to the beat.
Slow and low is the tempo
4-Beat is a dynamic vinyasa flow style of yoga born out of (wedlock and) the Rocket Yoga system. The core of the practice is the alignment of the breath and movement to the slow, regular beat of the music. Yoga as union of mind and body but also as connection to all: brought together by the beat of the drum, moving and breathing as one.
One lung, one heart, let’s get together and feel all right.
When we are truly in sync, there’s a tangible power in the room: electric, life-force, prana - collective energy more than the sum of the individual parts. Tapping into something larger than yourself, yoga should move us, together.
Live Classes.
Studio & online classes, live streamed through Zoom to wherever you are.
@ Mission E1
@ Triyoga Online
SUN 7:00pm YIN Yoga 60 mins
@ Mission E1
WEDS 10:00am 4-Beat 90 mins
@ Mission E1
SAT 10:00am 4Beat+ Breath 1hr45
@ Mission E1
@ My Zoom
SUN 10:30am Power Hour 60 mins
Weekly Schedule in London UK time GMT.
My own Zoom classes are pay what you can. If you can't, let me know for the links. Upon booking into the classes, you indicate your acceptance of the waiver and terms & conditions.
“It’s a matter of life and breath.”
I came to yoga because my first loves, football, martial arts and finally DJing, made me feel whole, but broke off some bits along the way. When I found yoga, its magic soon went deeper than the physical fix I was looking for.
An undying desire to fly landed me on the Ashtanga inspired Rocket system. I soon became interested in the practice (“the martial art you do against yourself” as Nic Gregoriades, the BJJ black belt once said), as a way of life- more than just a way of moving. And yoga has continued to make me think and feel like the best version of myself.
With teaching my epiphany came when I realised using music could help to optimise the breath, deepen concentration and even entrain the flow state, rather than simply provide a background atmosphere. If vinyasa yoga is about placement with special care, attention and control, then the beat of the music is the active primal driver, creating a synchronous breath, bass and movement.
I trained with David Swenson, David Kyle, Jason Crandell and my original teachers The Yoga People who also introduced me to Yin Yoga- an antidote to the up & up of Rocket (and the corresponding yang of daily London life.) The final piece of the asana puzzle came through Iyengar, which taught me what I was actually doing in the individual poses. With Yin came a deeper appreciation of meditation and stillness of mind: yoga beyond the asana that got me (and keep me) hooked.
These days I like to incorporate different movement modalities into the traditional yogic form, with influences from Jiujitsu, Capoeira and FRC (functional range conditioning), but the overarching intention is always to find meditation in the movement by tuning the breath into the beat. Feel more, feel better.
