Parvirtta Trikonasana - revolved triangle pose
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Dear Ali I wanted to say thank you in writing. You really are a brilliant yoga teacher. I have been doing yoga for years, my body has been through the wars, it's got bigger and less flexible and wonky from spinal and wrist breakages, but you correct my postures perfectly! Makes me feel young again! I practised Iyengar yoga in India for years with a teacher who was taught by Ivengar himself and you are better! Precise, kind, perfect pace and explanations that make you feel and understand your body and postures. With a calm and happy voice and a professional friendly manner that makes it a joy to come to your classes! Please feel free to quote me! See you next week. Thanks Ali x KD |
Dearest Ali
I cannot begin to tell you what my yoga sessions with you (and our chats) bring to me. You listen to what I'm saying to you and apply it in the exercises.
I always feel 'expanded' for a better word (!) and the energy thus experienced is truly amazing and refreshing, wanting me to to go on and on.
I also feel respected as a being and that is so wonderful. So peaceful.
You are a joy and an inspiration.
A bientôt my dearest teacher. FSS
Thank you for the classes! I can’t tell you what a difference it makes, I just wish I could do it every day (although I usually can’t do anything else for the rest of the day as I ache all over!) Everyone thinks you are amazing! SK
I have always been slightly intimidated of yoga, but your direction and non judgemental support is just brilliant and I really feel like I am making slow progress. LH
Thanks also for your wonderful classes – I’m so glad I managed to get back to them! You’re quite an exceptional teacher! GdN
Hi Ali,
I just wanted to say how much I am enjoying the yoga classes. I haven't done much yoga before so was a bit nervous about starting. I am so stiff and have left it quite late in life to start so I knew it would be very challenging! I thought everyone else would be very good and I would feel a bit awkward. But I was so wrong! Everyone is very friendly and helpful and no one seems to mind that I am a beginner and can't do things properly yet. I even feel that although I was right about it being very challenging, I am beginning to make a little bit of progress as I feel a bit less less stiff after class and in life generally. Also I am a lot less stressed and much calmer after each class which is really good!
I want to say thank you for being such a good and patient teacher. You make everyone feel that they can achieve success in each class at their own level and you always have time to help individually. It is very much appreciated and makes me want to come back each week! Once I have done the poses more often and can remember them I shall practice at home too which I think will help with my overall flexibility.
Take care SH
Hello Ali!
Thank you so, so much for this wonderful email. I will really treasure it and am definitely going to try and find a class. Even in the short time I've done it yoga has made me feel enormously more at peace with myself and my body and I know from what you've said that if I keep it up I'll just keep reaping the benefits. Anyone only has to look at you to see a walking advertisement for it's positive effects!
I'll also definitely be popping along to one your classes if my geographic location allows!
Love Phoebe
Also to say thanks for the lovely yoga classes, we are so happy to have found your classes the like of which each of us had been seeking since coming to Lewes. Really feels like an investment for future health and most enjoyable to boot. And such nice people to make friends with. Really I feel life is very blessed in this town. You are a treasure. With love - R
I wanted to take the opportunity of saying how wonderful your sessions are. I’ve come through huge emotional trauma and am still left with occasional low periods. The week that we focused on opening up the upper body and arm pits was so beneficial. I’ve integrated some of those poses into the daily sequence I do. But it’s the same every week; you teach with such integrity, love and commitment that it always leaves me uplifted.
So, thank you, Ali. I don’t say it enough! DP
I would like to thank you so much for all your teaching this term – I shall continue to try and come to 2 lessons a week. You are always so patient! You must scream inwardly sometimes with our pathetic attempts (at least with some of us!) and when we repeatedly make the same mistakes over and over again!
So thank you Ali - with love Diane
Hi Ali, I missed the last week of classes as I was on holiday, so did not get the chance to say a big thank you for all your kindness throughout the term. You have made really patient, caring and made lots of allowances for me and the growing baba! Alex xx
Hi Ali Thank you for your wonderful class today, I'm glad I persuaded myself to come back to it! Been through quite a lot in the last while and must say that the session today affected me physically, mentally and emotionally which I guess is a good thing!
Thanks Ali,
It's been a marvellous term, I can't tell you what a difference your classes are making ! I am telling all my friends too so you may you get some new students from them.
I hope you have a lovely Easter holiday & I am already looking forward to next term.
See you then & big thanks !
Stephanie
Hi Ali,
I just wanted to send a quick message to let you know that after attending three of your fantastic classes recently I moved up to London so have been unable to attend, and unfortunately wont be a regular at Halo Yoga.
I have tried three different classes in London and none get close to yours with regards to your openness, friendliness, care and attention. As a new comer to yoga you really took the time to ensure I was correctly holding the postures whilst continually motivating. It was great. I now do yoga every day before bed and attend a class in London once a week.
Thank you so much for introducing me to yoga and if down in Sussex again I will be sure to attend your brilliant class.
All the best, Jamie
Dear Ali,
I just wanted to say that it is because of who you are, and the inspiration that I receive from you in your teaching approach and as a person that gave me confidence to break through a fear barrier to do a handstand today. Thank you.
Since the first time I did a headstand with you quite a while ago now, and experiencing pain in my neck afterwards, I went into the fear I realise today that I hold in this part of my body since the injury I had there two years ago. However, I had an insight following today's release through tears, that showed me how I am holding onto, and have been identifying myself as injured an unable and carrying this perception in this part of my body. I actually felt this lifting off me as we lay down to relax at the end! I have spent the day without any pain in my neck and I felt, and still feel, so buoyed up I went and bought myself a new outfit before going to work without any guilt, feeling I deserved it!
I was also very struck by how supportive the class was towards my experience and a couple of people felt able to share their own vulnerabilities they experience in yoga moves that are challenging for them. What a wonderful healing experience to be part of the yoga community in this way, held and contained by you with such love and positive belief in our abilities to move through what we need to in the process of learning yoga. Thank you for believing in me and all of us.
I still feel a bit tearful as I write this and I know this new experience will take a while to integrate, but I am hopeful for the next time that I will no longer need to avoid eye contact with you when you invite us to do headstands! with love and blessings S
Thanks for getting back to me Ali. Your advice is very much appreciated & I was grateful to receive it.
I enjoyed the class so much last Wednesday. Everything you said resonated with me. Especially about fear being stored in the back. I know that is true for me, and back pain often comes when I am feeling acute anxiety....lots of this has been 'storing up' in my body for a while - if that makes sense. I felt very emotional at the class on Wednesday, but also much improved after the lesson - so thank you so much for that.
I wonder if you ever do Yoga Days/1/2 days? Just a thought - I think they would be extremely popular. I think you are a great teacher Ali. A combination of sensitivity to the orientation of your pupils, coupled with a disciplined approach to challenge and enable, which I guess is also important in order to improve practice. So thank you for your help and compassion. Coming along to your yoga classes really does make a difference in my life. AH
Dear Ali!
I'm not sure you remember me, But I'm Moa and I attended your yoga classes in Lewes during autumn 2013! I'm Swedish and the classes were for free, and I went with a couple of other students from other countries as well.
I really have to say that you made a great impact on me and I absolutely loved your classes! I had never tried yoga before but it was as if a whole new world was introduced to me, and you were very passionate, attentive and knowledged. I really came to trust you and your ability and I also improved a lot during the time I practiced yoga. I was therefore really sad to leave Lewes, and sadly I have not picked up yoga in Sweden since I came home. However, I've thought about it a lot and now I want to begin again! I feel like I need your expertise as there are so many different kinds of yoga and I really enjoyed what we did with you. I remember you said that if we should continue, we should choose Iyengar yoga. What should I look for when trying to find a good class/instructor? Are there any types of yoga similar to Iyengar?
I hope you are well! Wish I could come to your yoga.
All the best!
Moa
Dear Ali
Thank you for bringing so much light into my life this past year. Thank goodness for your yoga classes .. the kindness and compassion you've shown me has helped enormously and of course I enjoy the yoga tremendously. Because of the way you use props to extend and enable us students I often get a glimpse of just how good poses can be. Today was a good example of that with the backbends. For a few minutes when you supported me using the belt, I felt, though fleetingly, a release, and it was wonderful. It really did lift my spirits.
I struggle with anxiety and often find that the poses give me respite from this... I know what a gifted and committed teacher you are. We are all very fortunate in learning from you. AH
I just wanted to say a big thank you for your classes - they have meant so much to me and inspired me greatly. Can't wait to start again! OH
Dear Ali I just wanted to say thank you for being a great yoga teacher. I'm a regular gym user and I've not done yoga before. I am really enjoying your class and I'm getting heaps out of it. Yoga is a very different workout!!
I think you are an excellent teacher. Since I joined your class I have attended a couple of yoga classes near to my home and I didn't think that they were as good as yours. EM
I just want you to know I am so delighted to have found your yoga classes! Even though I've only been attending for a couple of months I can't imagine my life without yoga now! NG
I'm so enjoying your classes and you've renewed my enthusiasm for yoga which was beginning wain. I can't wait for the new term to start! CM
I wanted to thank you for this term - which has been inspiring and really enjoyable. RS
Thank you for the great class. I learned more tonight than in the last 3 years. Truly. KR
Thank you for all your help and kindness over the past few months - I feel so much better and am very grateful. CB
I just wanted to take the opportunity to wish you a very happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year. With all the turmoil in the world around us, yoga is such a helpful practice for us all. Thank you for your wonderful teaching. DP
I loved the class last night.
I was in less pain this morning thank you so much.
I hope that I didn't take up too much of your time as I am so unused to stretching. RB
I just wanted to take this opportunity to say how much I love coming to your class and how much it has given me both physically and spiritually.
Even though I've practiced on and off for quite some years I've never found a teacher with the exquisite and detailed rigour you apply - yet always with your gentle and humane generosity towards all our foibles.
It is inspiring. Thank you. OH
I so enjoy your classes and look forward to them and the positive energy they give. HN
Hi Ali
Just read your article in Viva Lewes about yoga. Absolutely brilliant. Haven't read such a useful and concise explanation on the benefits of yoga and how it works before. Most enjoyable! KVD
I enjoyed the yoga tonight. I miss it when I can't make the classes. Some of that is the yoga of course, & knowing that you will always help me to extend myself & not give up on a pose because I have difficulty progressing, but a large part of the reason I enjoy it so much is that you are always 'present' in your teaching, & that transmits itself to your students Ali. A wonderful gift AH
Such an amazing day, thank you - I finally feel like I might recover my body again after the accident xx RB
We would like to thank you again for a simply wonderful day yesterday. We really value all that you bring, your skill, wisdom, you inclusiveness and instilling in us the confidence that we can go beyond what we thought we were capable of through love. You are such a great teacher and facilitator.
We rested well and while tired this morning also feel energised and balanced. Thank you.
We hope you were able to rest well and appreciate all the preparative work you must have done to make the day such a success. Well done you. SP
Wow my back pain is literally gone! Really need to do lots more yoga as it's the best medicine.
Thanks so much for yesterday, I will be in touch soon. OS
And I join in the thanks and praise....I was just thinking how finally, age 52, I am finally beginning to listen to/understand my body!
Thank you Ali! OH
Thank you for a WONDERFUL workshop. I can feel many grateful muscles this morning! CB
Dear Ali,
I so enjoyed the Yoga Workshop yesterday. It was just great! A really good balance of poses & the pace was perfect. You must be tired today. It often strikes me just how much you give out as a teacher.....it's a lot. I hope you have a restful day and can re-charge.I thought you did brilliantly! And hope you'll do another one next term. AH
Thanks for your wonderful classes – I’m so glad I managed to get back to them! You’re quite an exceptional teacher! GDN
Thanks so much for a lovely session this evening. I feel so much better for it. You are always so caring of us all, Ali.
Bless you, DP
What a lovely morning we all had. The children really were enthused and inspired by your presentation and taster session. Could you hear the gasps of awe when you did your headstand? And the spontaneous applause?
I did the same little introductory routine as you did with the Reception classes today and they responded really well. It's a very good diagnostic tool for us too-to spot those children who find it really hard to relax and let go.
It was an unqualified success and I'd like to express the gratitude of the whole school for giving us your time and expertise. DS from Seaford Primary School
Thank you for another lovely term of yoga. You really are a special teacher, which is why your classes are always so full! I think we have all needed our spirits lifted over the last few months and your classes always do that for me.DP
Just thought I'd let you know that last night's lesson has done the trick and my lower back feels so much better -am thrilled! Am sure those forward bends did just what my back wanted!
Thank you for your help and guidance in the lesson - really grateful.DC
Hi Ali,
Thanks so much for another awesome class yesterday! What length yoga belt should I get for my home practice? I've decided I want to get serious with yoga and practice daily. I can't express enough how effective your lessons are! What has come to light for me since attending your classes is that there are so many mediocre to poor yoga teachers out there who themselves don't even truly know how to practice yoga. You are such a treasure in mine and Sarah's lives. CK
Thank you so much again for yesterday. I wish we could come everyday ! You should really start a yoga school. You are the best yoga teacher I have ever had and I've done a lot of classes. CC
Lovely thank you Ali. We love your classes, you are such an inspiration! SB
Many thanks for that - and for your fabulous lessons. You are a great role model for Maya, who is really inspired to take her yoga practice further. DT
I want to thank you even if belatedly, for last Monday's yoga session. It was great and I really enjoyed it.
I will see you on Monday after half term as I will definitely continue this experience MJ
The workshop was so great - liberation - just what I need! I find your descriptions of the subtle movements of the body within each pose so good. Thank you so much for all that you do. SA
I have to say, I do put a large part of my recovery down to yoga! So enormously strengthening on so many levels...and I am indeed grateful. I hear the beautiful simple words of gratitude you end our classes with and I wholeheartedly give thanks. OH
I really enjoyed the 1:1. Thank you so much. It really helped my confidence and made the class last week so much easier to ease into. CM
I'm sorry for missing this morning's class; I had been so excited about it, as I enjoyed last week's class massively and felt the wonderful effects of it for days afterwards. It really helped me to relax and I slept better than I had in ages CW
I have been meaning to email and say thank you for the brilliant yoga lessons. They are keeping me sane and hopefully a little fitter than I might otherwise be! TW
I am feeling hugely grateful to Iyengar and yourself Ali. Through the two of you, I've experienced some of the deepest gifts that yoga offers. I've spent most of my life trying all different yoga styles and approaches and feeling like something is missing. I knew after the first class I had with you that I was onto something very special! May you have a beautiful Christmas with your family in the sun. Infinite love. Au revoir. CK
Thank you for your wonderful yoga classes. You have helped me above and beyond. And I now have such a huge passion for Iyengar yoga! love HL
Ali-thank you so much for such a gorgeous day. I loved every moment from start to finish. Your teaching is so inspiring and compassionate and I love your common sense and vigour!
Dear Ali,
I just wanted to drop you a little note to send heartfelt thanks for this past term of yoga. I've found the idea of how transformative yoga can be particularly inspiring, and it's exciting to see my body starting to change and to feel myself getting stronger. Thank you for all the warmth, encouragement and inspiration! I'm so looking forward to the summer term. DR
Thanks for the lesson yesterday – I feel fantastic and parts of me are awake after a few years of slumber! CB
Been walking straighter ! Great start :) ZC
I wanted to write to you and say thank you for all your yoga classes which made a real difference to my physical and emotional health and balance over the last few years. In fact, I am really missing them and hope to come back when I can. Thank you again for all your teaching and support. AB
You are such a beacon of light, optimism and I love how you remind us to pull ourselves out of the habitual bad habits/ postures/ distractions of the day-to-day. SD
Thank you too so much for your wonderful teaching. I feel markedly different from that first class of yours l attended last October after the operations, when not only was l physically different but also so low on confidence about my body's abilities. I am sure the skin around the surgery has become far far more supple and 'active, awake', because of yoga. And the now-and-again pins and needles feeling in that area has very almost gone and now hardly ever occurs. Thank you Ali, you are very much appreciated xxxx SH
Darling Ali
Thank you for such a lovely workshop. You are an absolute joy to listen to! MM
Hi Ali
Just a quick note to say thank so much for your inspiring workshop, your teaching is everything I knew it would be. I love your teaching style and am already naturally working towards teaching this fully encompassing educating Iyengar yoga, albeit early days. It was great to experience your teaching with your extensive knowledge and experience which I can hold as a guiding light! 😊 Your wisdom shone and radiated into the room and touched us all……perfection in postures too!! SCJ
I want to thank you for all that I have received in coming to your classes. I started with you when my body was very vulnerable and through your magnificent and sensitive as well as hugely encouraging support, my body strengthened as well as my Spirit. Thank you. SP
Ali
Thanks very much for the lovely encouragement. I really am feeling the benefits of yoga - not just in my body but in my mind too. Thanks to you. JR
Dear Ali
Thought you'd like to know my feedback. I started the class yesterday with such a sore lower back. The first bit of the class was really painful - actually thought I'd have to leave and felt miserable and ancient!
Guess what? Almost as soon as we started doing more poses (after the beginning where we sit cross legged) my back felt much better and honestly, by the end I was in no pain and it all felt good!! Whatever we did helped immeasurably. Wonder what the particular pose was - crossing the legs over when on my back - don't know but it worked!
Am so relieved and wanted you to know. It won't come as a surprise to you but it did to me! When I got up yesterday morning I almost felt I couldn't go to class as I was in that much pain and I felt I hadn't got the energy.
Thank you!! I did loads yesterday after I'd got home - tearing around doing a lot!
Have a wonderful half term! DC
Ali Hahlo is a qualified Iyengar yoga teacher (IYA UK) and teaches a number of weekly classes in Lewes for children, teens and adults. Students follow a programme of postures which extend and align the body, open the joints, lengthen the muscles and create space in the body for better breathing and organ function. Postures are taught safely with more difficult postures gradually introduced. Classes are reasonably active but do not exhaust, rather they warm and awaken the body but calm and refresh the mind. Classes are done in bare feet and end with relaxation. Please call Ali to discuss any health problems before coming to class. Mats and equipment are available to borrow but students need to bring a blanket.
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