Charlie started practicing Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga in 1993 and is one of the few teachers worldwide who have the distinction of being directly authorised by the yoga master Sri K. Pattabhi Jois of the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute, Mysore, south India. Charlie is a yoga elder of the Independent Yoga Network (U.K.) and is one of only a handful of U.K.-based yoga teachers registered at the E-500 level by the American Yoga Alliance organisation. This is the highest level of accreditation for both the I.Y.N. and Y.A. Charlie is a regular contributor to a variety of Yoga magazines. Click on the links to read recent articles on how to have a safe practice or on the practice of Mula Bandha.