Slough yoga teacher Kiran - helping beat lockdown 'trauma'

Kiran Shashi, 43, who has led yoga sessions at landmarks including the Taj Mahal in India calls her book ​Total Chakra Balancing - Awaken Your Inner and Outer Beauty.

She said: “It’s been an incredibly tough time for so many people and I’ve been lucky enough that I can continue to teach yoga on Facebook live, YouTube and Zoom.

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“But others have clearly not been so fortunate and now there’s a lot of frustration and uncertainty out there.

“I hope, if anything, that people can take some direction from the book and learn that there is a way to separate yourself from it all and find some tranquility, using amongst other methods, yoga and meditation.”

As well as a trained soul singer Kiran was working as a yoga instructor at Fitness First in High Wycombe when she was chosen to become one of the faces of a Nintendo Wii video game in 2010.

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She was one of only three UK yoga models to star in​ ​New U Mind Body, Yoga and Pilates Workout. ​ The title is still sold on Amazon today.

The single mother and business owner said: “I’ve learnt so much over the years and working with the Nintendo guys was great fun. I still remember performing the poses for them.

“Now it’s amazing to be putting all my own expertise into a book, which I’ve wanted to do for such a long time.”

Kiran, who has run her business ​Shashi Yoga ​ in Slough for more than 20 years, says people don’t need to know anything about yoga to enjoy book.

She said: “I’m not into any kind of spiritual snobbery and I personally think it needs to be left behind.

“People shouldn’t be asked to throw away all their possessions and change their lifestyles drastically."

Total Chakra Balancing - Awaken Your Inner and Outer Beauty ​ by Kiran Shashi ​is published by Balboa Press (November, 2020)​, ​and is available on Amazon.