Yoga begins before the body moves.
A heart-centred practice where loving presence comes first, the breath becomes your guide, and movement becomes an expression of your heart.
Practise with me
Welcome. I’m Dalia.
Yoga has been part of my life for many years, but my practice has gradually become less about how deeply I can move into an asana and much more about how deeply I can be present within it, and stay connected to my heart off the mat.
I teach yoga, qigong, meditation and breathwork as different pathways into the same place: greater awareness of the body, a deeper connection to the heart, and a more loving relationship with ourselves and the world around us.
My classes are gentle but profound, grounded yet spiritual. I invite you not to perform, but to feel; not to push, but to listen; and to allow the breath to guide you back into your own presence.
For me, yoga begins before the body moves.
This is where I see the essential difference between yoga and fitness. In fitness, movement often comes first and the breath follows. We ask the body to perform, to push, to achieve.
In yoga, we begin somewhere else.
We begin with presence. We root that presence in the heart, in a loving attitude towards ourselves and our bodies. And from there, we breathe.
The breath becomes our guide.
We don’t force the body into movement; we allow the breath to carry us into it. Each asana becomes an expression of loving presence through the body, and the breath becomes the thread that weaves one movement into the next.
For me, if we practise asana from the ego rather than from the heart, we may be making the shapes of yoga, but we are missing its essence. If we forget to breathe, we have lost the thread.
Yoga happens when loving presence, breath and movement become one.
And ultimately, the practice brings us back to where we began, to the heart. Not only the personal heart, but to a greater sense of connection: to presence, to peace, to love, to what I think of as the Universal Heart.
Root in the heart.
Flow with the breath.
Rise into the light.
Four pathways into the same place
Yoga
Asana as a language rather than a performance. Breath first, shape second.
Qigong
Slow, circular movement that settles the nervous system before anything else is asked of it.
Meditation
Sitting, guided, and short enough to be kept up on an ordinary week.
Breathwork coaching
The breath as the vehicle. Where presence is carried from the heart into movement.
An hour that asks nothing of you first
We begin seated, with the breath and very little movement, long enough for the day to settle. The practice builds slowly and ends in stillness, often with sound. Come as you are, in whatever you can move in. Everything is offered with an easier option, and nothing is compulsory.
Where and when we practise
[Where she teaches, which days, at what times, and how someone books. If booking runs through the centre, say so plainly and link out. 40 to 70 words.]
Moon circles and seasonal practice
A few times a year the practice opens out into something longer: a circle held to the turn of the season or the moon, with sound, stillness and company. These are small by design, and they are announced to the letter list before anywhere else.
[A student’s own words, one or two sentences, exactly as they wrote them. 20 to 35 words.]
[First name], [town]
[A second student, ideally someone who came to her through the fitness centre. 20 to 35 words.]
[First name], [town]
[A third, ideally about a moon circle or a retreat rather than a weekly class. 20 to 35 words.]
[First name], [town]
Take the practice home
A twelve minute practice to take home, and the occasional letter: a few words from me, and first word when a retreat or a circle opens.
A deeper room, for women
[Two or three sentences on the Temple: who it is for, what happens there, and why it is held separately from the weekly classes. 35 to 60 words.]
Parables for children, written for the heart
Under the name Fairy Dalia I write mindful books for children: philosophical parables about inner harmony, and the same question my practice keeps asking, told small enough to be read at bedtime.
[One line on the Dalia Lane Foundation, if the foundation belongs on this brand at all. 15 to 25 words.]
The heart is the portal.
Root in the heart.
Flow with the breath.
Rise into the light.