Branches of Practice
The yoga styles that we teach and draw inspiration from
Yoga is much like a great old tree, with many different branches that have emerged over the centuries, and continue to do so. On this page we look at the main branches of yoga that we explore in our classes…
Druvananda Yoga - The Joy of Inner Stillness
Rooted in Earth, Guided by Spirit
Druvananda is our heart-offering, a soulful blend of yogic wisdom cultivated by Jo and Ben. This, our signature practice, draws from all the styles we hold dear and weaves them into a living, breathing tapestry of seasonal awareness, sacred movement, and inner stillness.
This is yoga inspired by the turning of the Earth - a dance with the wind, the waters, the trees, and the stars. It is our way of honouring the pulse of the natural world and deepening our connection to Gaia, the Great Mother. Every class is crafted to reflect the time of year - echoing the quiet of winter, the rising sap of spring, the fullness of summer, or the letting go of autumn.
Druvananda invites you to come home to yourself - not through striving, but through softening. To move with intention. To breathe with the rhythm of the land. To remember that we are not separate from nature. We are nature.
Let the practice be your prayer.
Let stillness reveal your joy.
Let the Earth move through you.
Dru Yoga – The Still Point
Where movement meets stillness, and stillness reveals truth
Dru Yoga takes its name from the Sanskrit word dhruva - meaning 'pole star' or 'unchanging still point.' Just as the stars revolve around the North Star, Dru Yoga guides us gently back to the calm centre within, no matter how much life moves around us.
In this place of inner stillness, we find clarity. We gain perspective. We respond to life not from reactivity, but from rooted presence.
Grounded in the lineage of Hatha Yoga, Dru draws from ancient yogic practices and infuses them with heart. Each session may include:
Pranayama (conscious breathwork)
Classical Asana (yoga postures)
Mudra (symbolic gestures)
Affirmation & Visualisation (to awaken inner power)
Dynamic Sequences that gently open the body, shift stagnant energy, and restore flow
Unique to Dru are the Energy Block Release sequences - flowing, meditative movements designed to release tension, unlock held emotion, and reawaken life force. These sequences often feel like a moving prayer, similar in spirit to Tai Chi or Qi Gong, and may include elemental flows such as Earth and Water Sequences, as well as more energising practices like Sun Salutations, Moon Salutations, and even Dru Dance.
The rhythm of Dru is soft but powerful. It meets you where you are, inviting your body to move in harmony with breath, intention, and the deeper currents of being.
Satyananda Yoga - The Bliss of Truth
Ancient roots, whole-being renewal
Satyananda yoga draws deeply from the wellspring of ancient yogic tradition, while also embracing insights from modern therapeutic science. These pathways honour the fullness of yoga - body, breath, mind, and subtle energy - and are taught in a way that is both accessible and profoundly transformative.
Each practice is approached with reverence and intention. We move beyond the physical, working through layers of being to restore balance, awaken awareness, and return to centre.
Such a practice may include:
Asana: Traditional postures, practiced mindfully, to bring harmony to body and mind through conscious movement.
Pranayama: Breath practices to awaken and regulate prana, the vital life force.
Mudra: Subtle gestures that direct energy and anchor the mind.
Bandha: Energetic seals used to refine awareness and circulate inner power.
Yoga Nidra: Deep, guided relaxation that touches the threshold of sleep and meditation, calming the nervous system and opening doors to inner clarity.
Meditation: Seated stillness, mantra, or visualisation practices to quiet the mind and connect with a deeper state of being.
Together, these practices offer a space to journey inward. They support deep healing, spiritual unfolding, and a reconnection with the timeless wisdom already within you - the deep joy of residing in your inner truth.
Hatha Yoga - Balancing Sun & Moon
The original path of strength, breath and vital force
Hatha Yoga is the ancient root from which all modern posture-based yogas have grown. While the word hatha is literally translatable as “force,” its more subtle, esoteric meaning lies in the union of opposites - ha (sun) and tha (moon). This practice is thus a dance of duality: effort and surrender, strength and softness, fire and flow.
In our Hatha Yoga classes, we move slowly and with intention. The pace is meditative, allowing time to truly be in each posture. Rather than rushing through sequences, we hold shapes for longer periods, breathing into sensation, and quietly witnessing the inner landscape with compassion and curiosity.
Each pose becomes a mirror - reflecting not just the state of the body, but the workings of the mind and the tides of emotion. There is no goal to perfect the pose; instead, the practice invites you to listen deeply, to soften where there is resistance, and to strengthen where there is collapse.
Hatha Yoga is a return to the essentials. It is a grounding, steadying practice that cultivates patience, presence, and deep inner stillness. Through breath and awareness, we begin to balance the inner sun and moon, and in doing so, we find harmony within.
Tantrik Yoga — The Sacred Science of Energy
Awakening through presence, power, and inner pathways
Long before even the emergence of Hatha Yoga, the classical schools of Tantra were quietly illuminating the inner landscape - mapping the energy body, exploring the mind, and guiding seekers toward union with the divine through everyday experience.
Far from the modern myths that reduce Tantra to sensuality alone, classical Tantrik Yoga is a vast and ancient tradition focused on transformation through awareness, mantra, ritual, and subtle energy work. It is in Tantra that we first encounter many of the now-familiar concepts such as kundalini, the chakras, mantras, and mudras - all tools for awakening and aligning the subtle energies within.
Tantra sees the body not as an obstacle, but as a sacred vessel. Through practice, we learn to move energy consciously, dissolve blockages, and reconnect with the vast intelligence of the universe that lives within us.
Both Satyananda Yoga and Dru Yoga are deeply inspired by Tantrik principles, and in our classes, you will often find Tantric practices gently woven into the journey - whether through breath, mantra, visualisation, or subtle meditations on the energy centres.
Tantrik Yoga teaches us that the sacred is not somewhere else - it is right here, in the breath, in the body, in the silence between sounds, and in the beating of the heart. When approached with reverence and curiosity, it becomes a powerful path of inner alchemy and embodied awakening.
Yin Yoga - The Art of Deep Surrender
Stillness, softness, and the quiet language of the body
From time to time, we journey into the gentle yet profound terrain of Yin Yoga - a meditative, earth-honouring practice rooted in ancient Taoist principles and Chinese medicine.
In Yin, we slow everything down. We honour the body not through effort, but through ease. The practice is based on the understanding that Qi, or vital energy, flows through invisible rivers in the body - and that by softening into long-held postures, we can begin to unblock, nourish, and balance these energetic pathways.
Unlike the more muscular "yang" styles of yoga, Yin reaches into the deeper layers - ligaments, joints, fascia, and bones - places in the body that are often neglected yet hold memory, tension, and deep wisdom. Poses are typically held for 1 to 5 minutes, allowing time, breath, gravity, and presence to slowly open what lies beneath the surface.
Yin Yoga invites a coming home to the body - a turning inward. It offers space to listen to sensation, observe thought, and meet discomfort with gentleness rather than resistance. In this way, the practice becomes not just physical, but deeply emotional and energetic - teaching us to stay, to soften, to simply be.
It is a sacred pause.
A still pool beneath the rush of daily life.
A chance to touch the quiet places within and tend to what is often left unseen.
