Renewals and Aspirations for the New Year seem so much more palatable than the word resolution, which to me implies this has already been resolved! I’ve never liked the idea of making up goals which I know deep down are unachievable. Year after year we are reminded to think of a list of things. A…
Projection and re-enaction are two of the ways our minds work. Projecting into the future and wishing to re-enact or live our past lives. If only it were possible. Which would you choose if it were possible? My Yin Yoga & Mindfulness Teacher Training in 2019 pre-covid How often do you hear, or even say, I…
Autumn feels like a sobering time, colours changing, leaves falling…the dread of what lies ahead in the colder months ahead within a world not at peace. Then this suddenly appears one night completely unexpected whilst out walking my dog. I’m uplifted and excited for a time. I’ve been to Iceland and not seen such a…
For part 1…. read here Seems to me the more I stay around in this yoga world and the more I read about other yogis journeys, that most of us have come across a time when we just want to ditch the whole yoga thing and find inspiration elsewhere. But where? Coming back to our…
At school we didn’t get to choose the teachers we liked. We were lucky if a particular teacher resonated with us and then we often thrived in the subject because the teacher brought life into that subject helping us to pay better attention. We all remember those teachers and more importantly the subject. The energy…
SERIES 1: CLASS 3 YIN YOGA – MONTHLY WORKSHOPS Stretching the Quads safely in Yin Yoga APRIL 30th TUESDAY at 6pm GMT includes notes + recording “Practicing Yin with safety and ease” Our poor knees! They are the most stressed joint in the body and are not supposed to be taxed for hours on end in…
Look after your hips! Especially in yoga. Everyone knows someone who has had a hip ‘issue’ whether it be a labral tear, impingement or a hip replacement. The most famous person I can think of in recent sports history is of course Andy Murray. Can we ever return to our former movement patterns or become…
YIN YOGA CLASSES EVERY MONTH Spinal Extensions in Yin – Feb 27th at 6pm GMT (including recording) 90 MINUTE PRACTICE + TIME FOR Q+A “Practicing Yin with safety and ease” For the first class in this new series we will begin with how to warm up each section of the spinal column through Yin Yoga postures…
Training your mind or your body? I felt this was an excellent article citing some case studies as well as the surgence somatic therapies are gaining with more weight to this alternative way of processing life’s many traumas and difficulties which none of us are immune from. If you get to the end of…
