If you're scratching your head or stroking your beard and wandering "but what is Vinyasa Flow?" then fear not my quizical friend, because this is exactly the question we will be answering in today's post. So read on and prepare to come away well and truly clued up.

I simply wish to outline the reality, the instability and the struggles that can come with being a YT. And I want to be transparent about the financial side of things - because it is bleeping important for us to know average earning potential and the reality so many are faced with.

Let yourself feel it. Observe whether there was something you might have done better. Give yourself a cuddle (and/or get a cuddle from someone else) and know that it is fine to be bummed out for a bit if you aren’t someone’s vibe.

Following on from last week’s blog about what keeps me going back to the mat 10 years into my practice, I thought what better way to follow up than give you some guidance on HOW to create a regular practice!

Ever seen your pet or a baby sigh? Or maybe caught yourself mid work randomly sigh? Yep, that is your bodies natural response to stress and it does it all on its own about once every 5 minutes.

When I rocked up to my first class there was no knowing that Yoga would be become my main squeeze. I think I just wanted to show off my splits…

Is one pose right and one wrong? I think the general population may be more inclined to get injured in a strictly aesthetic practice if the aesthetic is to be a flexible as possible, but with good guidance this certainly is not a binary truth.

What does it look like and feel like for you to set goals as if you already believed you were enough?

Who would have thought it, something as simple as humming can actually improve your immune functions and help to relax your nervous system!

Thoughts are the brain's version of the lungs filling and emptying with breath or the heart pumping. It's just what it does. Read that again. Your thoughts are just the function of the organ of the brain. As Mo Gawdat once said, “We don’t say: I piss therefore I am!” we do not identify with the functions of our bladder, yet we identify with our thoughts.

“Everything else can be taken from you, but this power to choose what you think, what you remember, and what you believe about yourself is untouchable.”
― Nate Zinsser, The Confident Mind: A Battle-Tested Guide to Unshakable Performance

When asked in a recent interview to list her daily practices for general well-being, Bella Hadid replied, “Meditation” as one of the first….

When asked in a recent interview to list her daily practices for general well-being, Bella Hadid replied, “Meditation” as one of the first….

When asked in a recent interview to list her daily practices for general well-being, Bella Hadid replied, “Meditation” as one of the first….

I’ve had some beautiful conversations about loneliness this week, they’ve been a catalyst for me to talk more about it…

Meditation. Love it or loath it, there’s so much research now that supports its practice being a beneficial one for both our brains and bodies…

When a teacher said this in class years ago, it was one of those incredible light bulb moments where suddenly a concept I was previously unable to grasp, just made sense. I’m aware it sounds quite unsexy but honestly hand on heart that phrase revolutionised much of my practice and has been a guiding principle for me as a teacher.

“I planned out our whole day. First we make snow angels for two hours, and then we’ll go ice skating, and then we’ll eat a whole roll of Tollhouse Cookie Dough as fast as we can, and then to finish, we’ll snuggle.” – Buddy

“Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our greatest measure of courage.” - Brené Brown