Happy Seal Yoga Blog

Three years ago, on the 2nd July 2019 I taught my very first yoga by the sea class in Whitby and Happy Seal Yoga began. I can vividly...

Each Sunday morning during the winter and on Monday evenings and Friday mornings through the summer we meet for yoga by the sea in Scarborough on what is now called the 'Star Disk' an art installation opened in January 2006 with fibre optic light points which glow at night to show the 42 brightest circumpolar stars as seen from Scarborough. I can't say I have ever seen it glowing, I'm not sure if that is because the ability of the fibre optics to glow has waned or if I am jus

Today we delve into Yin Yoga, what it is, how it differs to other types of yoga and what benefits it could bring. To understand yin we need to understand the concept of yin and yang, the yin yang symbol has roots in Taoism a Chinese philosophy. Yin is the dark swirl and represents shadows and feminity referring to elements that are harder to see. Yang is the light swirl and represents brightness, passion & growth showing the more obvious part of reality. Yin & Yang A yoga pos