Meet Prana Yoga
Hello, I’m Tracey
I'm an experienced Yoga teacher based in Northamptonshire.
I’m Tracey Abbott, a yoga teacher with a deep belief in the power of movement, breath and stillness to support resilience, clarity and wellbeing. Alongside my yoga practice, I bring many years of professional experience working within health, leisure and wellbeing environments.
Yoga became an important anchor for me during a period of significant personal change, and over time it evolved from a personal practice into something I wanted to share with others. My teaching is calm, inclusive and grounded, focused on helping people feel stronger, more present and more connected to themselves, both on and off the mat.
Prana Yoga is not about perfection or performance. It’s about meeting yourself where you’re at, moving with intention and creating space for balance in a busy world.
I was finding peace with myself and then lock down happened!
During lockdown and trying not to become half woman half Rose wine! I decided to take my Yoga qualifications, I had always wanted to, but didn’t have the time. Well now I did, as we all did, and it was my saviour. I studied with Ganga from https://www.himalayanyogainstitute.com/ the style of Yoga is Rajadhiraja Yoga, https://www.himalayanyogainstitute.com/about-us/rajadhiraja-yoga/ and my studies took my Yoga to the next level, for both mind and body.
From the get-go, it was clear that Yoga is not just a series of exercises. It is actually an innercize, innercize because the Asana’s [poses], when practiced with a certain number of repetitions, held for a specific amount of time, affect the inner body, organs, glands and especially the Chakras. Far more important than their effect on the muscles and joints.
In the West we have come to equate the term Yoga with Yogic postures, but in fact they form only a small, albeit important, part of the whole system. The term Yoga implies a whole way of life with Yoga postures as one of its many facets.
In the Sanskrit language, Yoga postures are called Asanas. Asana means “a posture producing physical comfort and mental composure”.
And that’s what I try to do in Prana Yoga, guide you through a series of Asana’s that you can hold comfortably. We also practice Prana [control of vital energy], using Pranayama [breath techniques]; which release toxins and stress when you breathe out and nourish your mind and body when you breathe in.
There are many physical benefits, of the Asana’s and breathwork, but the most important affect is on the mind.
That is why in Prana Yoga the emphasis is not on vigour of execution, but on proper positioning, proper breathing and a quiet, but persistent flow of movement, which in turn applies pressure on the relevant glands and inner organs. Thus, in Rajadhiraja Yoga one not only develops strength and flexibility but achieves a general sense of well-being.
Come and join me at class, and practice with me, I will guide you in your Yoga practice, and help you get the best out of your class.
Know in my classes Yoga is not a competition, all of our bodies are different, we are all at different stages of our practice and we can do some Asanas and no matter how hard we try, we just cannot do others and that is ok.
There is always a modification, modifications are a sign of strength. Even as a teacher there are certain postures, I will never be able to get into, so I concentrate on what I can do, modify and then simply surrender to the rest.
