Ask Hamish & Louise: Asana, Alignment & Adjustments. Confidently Supporting your students to progress! 6/11/26

Join Hamish and Louise for a practical, teacher-focused workshop exploring how to best support students in their asana practice.

Drawing on their extensive experience of teaching Ashtanga Vinyasa Mysore, they’ll explore alignment, adjustments, support and progression, with a particular focus on postures from the Ashtanga Primary Series and how these principles can be applied in both Ashtanga and Vinyasa classes.

Bring your questions, specific postures you’d like to explore, or areas where you’d like more confidence in supporting your students.

Whether you’re helping beginners establish strong foundations or supporting more experienced students to progress their practice, this workshop will offer practical tools to help you teach with greater clarity, confidence and understanding.

Bring your questions. Bring your asana challenges. Bring your curiosity.

About Hamish Hendry

Hamish began practising yoga at eighteen and was fortunate to meet Derek Ireland in 1986, studying with him in Greece. In 1995, he began studying with K. Pattabhi Jois in Mysore and has returned regularly ever since to continue his studies with Sharath Jois.

Hamish moved to London in 1999 and has been certified to teach Ashtanga since 2001. He is the owner of Astanga Yoga London, where he teaches the weekday early morning Mysore self-practice programme.

About Louise Newton

Louise discovered Ashtanga yoga in 1999 and has studied with Hamish ever since. She first travelled to Mysore in 2006, having begun assisting Hamish the previous year. Her assisting developed into teaching, and she is now an integral part of the morning programme at Astanga Yoga London.

Louise is passionate about creating a welcoming, inclusive and non-judgemental environment, where students can explore and develop a practice that is sustainable, supportive and suited to their individual needs.

She teaches the weekday mid-morning Mysore self-practice programme, Saturday led class and Sunday early-morning Mysore self-practice class.