Yoga philosophy teacher, Dr Matthew Clark gives truly brilliant down to earth, insightful talks on the origins of yoga. Matthew’s wealth of knowledge is remarkable but more remarkable still is how he makes his subject so accessible, interesting and relevant to modern day practitioners. In his lectures he pulls together many threads not only of this complex history but the relationship to early civilisations and to our modern day lifestyles. It is fascinating to hear him talk about how in the early Vedic times yogis were more interested in escaping reality rather than actually opening themselves up to being present to reality. With the Bhagavad Gita there was a shift towards exploring the importance of mental attitude and how you can be a yogi in everyday life.

Matthew’s highly engaging lectures can be taken as a stand-alone 5-session introduction to yoga philosophy or as or as part of our 200-hour yoga teacher training.