In a yoga class, Surya Namaskar - or Sun Salutation - can evoke sighs of bliss or groans of exhausted despair. Usually the latter if you're a beginner. It seems to combine an impossible dance between up and down, forward and back, inhale and exhale, and as new yogis we can become painfully aware that:

1. The laws of physics don't apply. Suddenly the floor is much further away than before and we've acquired the gravitational pull of a small planet

2. Our working knowledge of left and right evaporates

3. We've forgotten how to breathe. Or smile. Or believe that anything will ever be okay again.

In this 4-week course, we will explore Surya Namaskar A, B & C with humour and compassion, the intention being to find a version that suits the body we have, not the one we wish we had or used to have or feel…