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Laura Lampo © 2009 All Rights Reserved

 

A very warm welcome to the Ambika Yoga website! As a Yoga practitioner, teacher and student, Alexa Kho has been developing her practice in the Art of Yoga for almost six years.  Venturing to Vrindavan, India in February 2008, Alexa was given the spiritual name “Ambika” by her teachers during the 200 Hour Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training course that she successfully completed.


In December 2009 she was awarded Highly Commended at the NHS Confederation for ‘Making the Confed a Better Place to Work’ with her Yoga Classes. Accredited with over 400 Hours as a Yoga teacher, Alexa completed a 100 Hour Anusara Immersion in June 2010 in London, and continues to be inspired by the practice.


For over three years Alexa’s dedicated training into the heart opening and beautiful practice of Anusara Yoga has truly inspired her teaching. The practice was originally founded by John Friend and she was delighted to have met and trained with John in July on his 2010 World Tour when he was in London.


Having travelled to Singapore in September 2010, she was also pleased to have met Anusara Certified Teacher, Bo Srey. Furthermore, in 2011 she attended the Evolution Asia Conference in Hong Kong and was grateful to have met Anusara Certified Teacher Patrick Creelman.


Her love for Anusara Yoga continues to grow and she has thoroughly enjoyed learning more about the practice in 2011. Here Alexa has achieved new knowledge and understanding from a more therapeutic perspective when working with her students. In 2012 Alexa will be exploring the therapeutic side of Yoga with more detail and application to enhance her specialism in teaching Yoga publicly, and privately.





  

“Love the Journey of Yoga by Breathing New Life”.






Upcoming Events:



*MONDAY’S @ SUKA!*


Monday Drop-in Yoga Class

6pm - 7pm

Block 96 @ Suka

47 Beak Street

Carnaby

LONDON

UK



*NEW!*

Special May Yoga Workshop

‘Free the Creative Heart & Artistically Expand!’


Saturday 19 May 2012

3pm - 6pm

Block 96 @ Suka

47 Beak Street

Carnaby

LONDON

UK

























Ambika [अम्बिका]

is translated in Sanskrit as a “Jain Yakshi Goddess”. She is the Yakshi (dedicated attendant deity), or the Sasana Devi (protector goddess) of Tirthankara Neminatha. Ambika was the Mother of Dhritarashtra whom was the King of Hastinapur, and the Uncle to the Pandava’s in the epic Indian story of the Bhagavad Gita. The principle worship of “Ambika” or “Mother” was first applied by the Jainas at the end of the 6th Century CE defined by the term “Yaksi Ambika”.

Yoga [योग]

Originated in India and written about in many famous Indian texts including the Bhagavad Gita, translated as “The Song of the Lord”, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Tattvartha Sutra. Direct translation of Yoga in Sanskrit comes from root or “yuj” which means “to control” or “unify” .  In modern western society it is referred to as the practice of “Hatha Yoga” by way of postures (asanas) and meditation. “Ha” meaning sun, or to warm up, and “tha” meaning moon, or to cool down.    


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