About Us

The ‘Works’ beyond yoga instructors (by Ervin Menyhart)

My work in the field of yoga revolves around building a methodology to help people explore, understand and access yoga. Not the broadly available, commodified, ‘factory approach’ based yoga, but the one that has the potential to change your life, to show you who you really are. My continuously evolving methodology, my approach is the result of my journey with (and without) yoga over the past three decades or so. A significant part of it is the flexible level of interaction between myself and those practicing around me in the groups. The deeper the interest, the closer we can work, the more effectively we can share. We’re all learners – i am no ‘authority’, but just another person like you – looking, learning to see. Thus my work is, and will remain, work in progress… I have started organising and leading yoga classes in December 2000. At first I worked by myself, under a name/banner of Free Flow Yoga, supported by my first yoga teacher and mentor James Critchlow. Over the years the breadth and depth of programmes and topics has grown, many different approaches/methods of teaching/sharing have been explored. Since the introduction of ‘teacher training’ (never comfortable with using this term…) in 2007 trainee teachers started assisting in the classes as supporting yoga instructors. Teacher training programmes with me run exclusively on individual basis, in most cases based on an apprenticeship-like approach. This is an integral part of my work. I don’t do run-of-the-mill (or run-of-the-studio) commerce led, profit driven courses, only direct, personally tailored programmes to suit your needs. Please see more details on the Teacher Training page.
It is worth to mention here that the words ‘teaching’ or ‘instructor’ are not strictly appropriate to reflect how I see helping people to learn yoga. Krishnamurti said it very well when stating “you have to become your own teacher and your own disciple” – so I am more of a facilitator of learning, a mentor – not one who assumes some position of the ‘knower’ and ‘bestows knowledge’.
People are learning and working at various levels – we have a wide range of yoga practitioners, trainee mentors, active teachers and yoga instructors cooperating, sharing our knowledge and experience of yoga. Many of our classes are assisted by trainee instructors, so those attending the classes get more attention and adjustments to make sure they learn the postures and movements safely and correctly, while the trainees/apprentices gain valuable hands-on experience in adjusting and instructing. When apprentices complete their training and set up their own classes, they continue to have my support as a mentor, if they require it. My work is developing locally, UK-wide and internationally, sharing the methodology with willing groups and individuals in Hungary, Poland and Latvia, with more to come… People come to the yoga classes, yoga workshops and teacher training from many different backgrounds and with great variety of experience – some practice the Ashtanga style, some want to become an Ashtanga Yoga teacher, others may have been practicing Iyengar Yoga, Sivananda Yoga or Jivamukti Yoga, and some are just taking the first closer look at yoga – suitable level of learning experience can be provided for most people. There is some more information about my yoga experience and training, please follow the link below if you’re interested: