vision & method
Ashtanga Woman is a refined, intelligent approach to traditional Ashtanga Yoga, centred around women’s realities. The Feminine Yoga Method™ is our structured practice framework, that brings together Traditional Ashtanga Yoga practice, Strength and Recovery and Eastern / Western wisdom. Although women naturally play a central role, the method is inclusive and welcomes people who resonate with the structure and teaching values, regardless of their gender.
Carmen Yague
I began practicing Ashtanga Yoga in 2010, and it has been my constant companion ever since.
I my early years I lived in London, working as a sales executive in the City while devoting my mornings to practice. Between 2014/15 and 2024/2025, I travelled to Mysore, India, on several extended study periods and received formal authorisation to teach from my late teacher, Paramaguru Sharath Jois. This lineage remains at the heart of everything I do.
After running my own Yoga Shala in Madrid, Spain, I transitioned into international teaching. Over the last past years I have taught in more than fifteen cities, lived in five countries, and worked with students across Europe and beyond. I speak Spanish and English, and if I choose a third language one day, it will likely be Arabic.
Ashtanga Woman began as a dedicated project in 2024 and has now evolved into a structured method. It blends traditional Ashtanga Yoga practice with strength principles, intelligent recovery, and a contemplative approach that brings together both Eastern and Western wisdom. It also gives space to the voices of women that have shaped the evolution os spirituality in the West -often quietly and behind the scenes.
My teaching values are discipline, rigour, clarity, and reasonable boundaries that protect teacher and student. I create a relaxed yet clean and focused practice space where students can work safely, attentively, and without noise – internal or external.
I am grateful to the teachers who shaped my understanding through their clarity, dedication and consistency, and I work to embody those same qualities. I am especially grateful to Hamish Hendry and the Ashtanga Yoga London community for making me feel welcome from the start.
I am a teacher and a steady guide for practice. I am close in presence, but I do not blur lines. My work is to protect the practice space and ensure the integrity of the method so students and teachers can grow inside it.
This is the foundation of The Feminine Yoga Method™ and the core of my teaching.
” You mistook the garment I wore for my true self. And you did not recognise me”.
ASHTANGA WOMAN 