When I fly I always book an aisle seat and always the same seat number: 30 C or 03 C Not becuase I have OCD but so that I know where I am and I don’t have to think about it. I know where I am and in which direction the exits are. I decided that I didn’t […]
We all deserve to feel peace.
Many years ago as a teenager I started doing yoga with my mother, who eventually stopped going but I continued. Fast forward to the 90’s … I was still doing yoga, trying different styles when I could get to a class with a grreat teacher. Later, about 16 years ago I experienced an emotional crisis. My […]
Pause and take a breath!
Chop chop, busy busy, work work, bang bang! You’d probably think that stillness comes easily to me – since I’m a yoga teacher. No, not at all! I resist it – There’s a deep restlessness in my being that is hard to describe (Although it makes sense since I discovered I have adhd.) I have […]
Resolutions are out!
Resolutions are out! Habit change is in! Big old hairy resolutions are not sustainable – especially if it’s ‘painful’. That’s my theory after years of watching people turn up at the gym in January, full of determination to get fit and healthy in the shortest time possible. Come February and they are nowhere to be […]
Why I’m changing my class payment structure.
First, you might need to read about the new payment structure HERE and The post I wrote about change – HERE Change is hard – we are set in our ways, doing things the way we have always done them and sticking to what we know. It’s our minds way, the ego, of keeping us […]
Change is hard …
Nothing outside of yourself can make you feel better, it’s an inside job! – mindgames and yoga!
Yoga reduces inflammation! That’s good news.
Practitioners of yoga understand the effect that their practice has on their wellbeing. It’s something that is felt, even if it’s not well understood intellectually. Somethings need to be felt for us to understand. Inflammation, chronic inflammation in particular, has lasting and long term effects on our health, especially as we age. The trouble is, […]
Idiotic, annoying Pollyanna…
Idiotic, annoying Pollyanna … That’s what I am, according to the oppinion of someone on Social Media …
Why Slow Yoga? | John Douillard’s LifeSpa
Removing density from the Body… I came across a great article today about the way yoga works within our body. You know that post-yoga feeling that is hard to describe?… well this article goes a long way to explain that. Here is a snippet of the whole article. If it sounds interesting to you … click […]
Yoga and Ayurveda’s View of Depression and How to Overcome It – American Institute of Vedic Studies
If you read my Facebook page you may have already seen this article. I am sharing it again, here on my blog, because it gives such a full and rounded Ayurvedic view of the whole subject of depression, something we can all be subject to. If you know your Dosha, you will be able to […]