About Ruth

The Sanskrit word ‘yuj’ means  to yoke, to join, to merge, to blend, to unite. 

Yoga helped me connect to the world around me and fired up a desire to bring people together. The idea of unity is what motivates me to teach yoga in the community, especially to those who have never tried it. My intention is to offer community yoga that is accessible and affordable for all.

BODY – flexibility, more energy, fitness, increased strength, improved breathing, pain relief, better sleep, improved balance and mobility

MIND – calmness, stillness, clarity, stress relief, kindness and compassion to others, focus, improved concentration and improved mental health

SPIRIT – connection to the earth, purpose, confidence and wellness

“Yoga is the ability to direct the mind exclusively toward an object and sustain that direction without any distractions.”  The Heart of Yoga, Developing a Personal Practice, T.K.V Desikachar

We can’t always focus completely. The mind can have thoughts coming in, however fleeting, the mind fluctuates. We experience our lives primarily through our minds. We believe what our minds are telling us is the truth when sometimes it’s not and this can trigger us into believing it is fact, sometimes spiralling out of our control. Despite this, our pursuit of happiness is always there. Yoga can help, enabling us to turn our pain and suffering into happiness, joy, pleasure and comfort. By building our strength, allowing us to think more clearly and taking back our power, the practice of yoga through movement, breathing and stillness can help to eliminate the untruths.

Vinyasa is a continuous, unbroken flow of movement which links to the breath, our intention and our gaze, mirroring how the world fluctuates, “we move like the sun.”

In yoga there is no belief. It is an experiential set of practices with a set of results, with no judgement or hierarchy.