Kris McIntyre is a Ryoho yoga therapist and writer best-known as the host of Australia’s YOGA TV. She currently works as the Editor-in-Chief/ Writer for strategic communication and design consultancy, gen.a and is a freelance writer for dumbo feather, Australian Yoga Journal and female-friendly travel website, holidaygoddess.com

As a freelance writer, author and editor Kris specialises in yoga, health/wellness, and travel with a focus on body and soul escapes. She co-authored Yoga for Switched on Living (Pan McMillan 2002) and has written for marie claire magazine (South Africa) and was a regular columnist and feature writer for body+soul (Sunday Telegraph, News Limited Australia) and Spa Life Magazine in Australia.

Kris is also the founder of Exchange for Change – a fundraising campaign in support of Oxfam.

COMO Shambhala Estate is the flagship property of COMO Shambhala, a holistic health retreat concept developed by Singaporean entrepreneur and goddess of good taste, Christina Ong. Voted as one of the best spas in the world by the likes of Conde Nast Traveller and SpaFinder The Estate describes itself as not just a spa and indulgence but ‘a retreat for change’. The offering is a stylish but personalised and holistic escape with individualised programs for wellness, fitness and rejuvenation.

If you are like most people, you probably know that you should meditate, but don’t know how. You might believe you can’t meditate because you think too much, or you don’t have time. Perhaps you’ve tried but it didn’t work.

Whether you are young, old, fat, skinny, a stressed executive or a builders’ labourer, an expectant mum or a pimply teenager, there is a style of yoga to suit you. If you want to try yoga but don’t know where to start, or you’ve tried a class but didn’t like it there’s a few things to consider.