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 […]
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, […]
Watch ‘The Science Behind Yoga’
The Science behind yoga! At last we are beginning to catch up with what the ancients have known all along! Click the link below to see all the ways that yoga is being found to help. Take a journey into the Scientific research behind the benefits of Yoga in this free-to-watch UPLIFT film. Source: Watch […]
Unlocking the power of the Vagus Nerve for self-healin.
I have just read a fantastic article about the Vagus nerve by Dr Shawna Darou ND on the Uplift Website. I talk about the vagus nerve a lot when I am teaching a yoga class. This article explains clearly where the vagus nerve is located and why it is so important for our heath – physical, […]
How to Control Inflammation with Your Brain
Unlocking the power of the Vagus Nerve for self healing. Source: How to Control Inflammation with Your Brain
Female Heart Attack Symptoms
FEMALE HEART ATTACK SYMPTOMS – Its causes stress and inflammation The following article was sent to me as an email from my Mother…Thanks Ma!… and as it was approved by a nurse I thought the information was well worth reading. Who she is I don't know, but the information is so good that […]
Bring yourself back into your body (part 1) – Being Present
Stress! Stressed out. Stressing. Too much stress Stressful… we are using these words every day. We are feeling these words as well and its not doing us any good! Check in, drop down and tune in to your body. Get still enough to connect to what is going on there. Mostly we ignore our […]
Having a crappy day? – Reduce fear, uncertainty and stress while raising energy levels
Reading time: 2-3 minutes Do you have days when it all feel… eeergh? You feel overly busy and stressed, distracted, depleted and fearful? Today felt like that for me. Apparently, according to a Vedic astrologer I follow, its to do with the planets… well there's a relief, but more than that, there is just a […]
Stress busting techniques to make you smile from John Carlton
Reading time: approx 5 minutes As part of a new self generated programme of ass kicking, I am upping my blog frequency. Yesterday, very pleased with myself, I clicked ‘publish’ on a spontaneously written blog post that was pretty ok. Checked in today to find it didn’t publish. Now that could cause a lot of […]