After experimenting with the odd yoga class on and off over the years, I decided to enrol in one of Yogahub’s ashtanga beginners courses a few years ago and have not looked back. The reason for this has been Sarcha’s teaching (based on experience through her own practice of over 30 years), the calibre of teachers she works with and the overall approach to practice that is encouraged at Yogahub. I’ve spent a lot of time with Sarcha in the Mysore Room, and I’ve found that Sarcha really understands that each person will be at their own particular place in their yoga journey – be that physically or in terms of how they approach their practice. Working from this, she has an ability to see how this changes over time and uses this as the basis for her teaching and support. She encourages commitment and patience, and it is by applying this to my practice that I’ve learnt so much more about myself as well as skills I can apply off the mat in day to day life. I’m also learning how to teach from Sarcha and have been working my way through Yogahub’s 200hr teacher training and the 150 hr mentioning program. While students gradually learn the more practical aspects of how to teach, we also learn so much more (underlying anatomy, history and philosophy of yoga, other yoga techniques such as pranayama and meditation). This approach gives us the ability to always step back and consider the broader context which I think makes the teaching Sarcha delivers so much more meaningful.