Introduction

My name is Simone Lawton and I am the director of Crescent Yoga in Lytham St Annes. At fourty eight years old, I have been practicing  yoga for sixteen years.

Great emphasis needs to be laid on practice. Practice changes the physical as well as the mental state of the practitioner. Progress brings satisfaction as health improves, the details of the postures becomes clear and understanding deepens. When yoga is practiced with devotion, the spiritual goal will come into sight.

In 2000 I obtained a Teaching Diploma with the British Wheel of Yoga, which deepened my understanding of yoga philosophy. We studied important yoga texts such as Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and The Baghavad Gita.

It was clear to me then, that yoga would be a lifelong study. In 2001 I attended my first Iyengar yoga class, and fell in love with the Iyengar Way. A strong and challenging form of yoga which uses props such as yoga belts and blocks, to help achieve correct alignment within the asanas, without strain or injury. I am currently training for a teaching certificate with the Iyengar Institute and am fortunate to be training with senior teacher Alan Brown at his home in Cowling, Yorkshire. I also attend regular classes with Judith Tomlinson in Blackburn. I enjoy running and cycling and walking with my beloved dog Minnie.

"Yoga teaches us to cure what need not by endured and endure what cannot be cured." B.K.S. Iyengar