Flow together.

4BEAT is the yoga of synchronous breath, movement, balance and stillness. Four flows, one arc.

66.6 “The Number of the Beats”

Music plays an integral role in setting the attuned tempo of every class. The soundtrack is specially mixed to unite the breath, bass and movement in one synchronous flow. More than a playlist of favourite songs thrown together, I like to create a seamless DJ set for every class layering tracks and textures over a constant beat over a constant tempo at the golden ratio of breaths to beats per minute (~ 66.6 bpm / 8 breaths per minute.)

Breath is the thread

As more research is carried out, we are increasingly finding that the original yogis were on to something with their practices to control the breath (pranayama), and so, our energy or life force (prana). A constant samavritti - inhale equal to exhale is the key to 4BEAT: A lower respiratory rate with a calm focus, under stress or challenge brings vitality, serenity, equanimity. Ancient yogin and Tibetan monks, to Ice Man Wim Hof and modern day olympic athletes, have all shown that by controlling the breath we can bring mastery over the body's immune, endocrine and autonomic nervous systems, and ultimately, the mind itself.

The unbroken 4beat thread (sutra) sews the practice together. It provides the path home for the breath, when the mind wanders or the body falters.