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Welcome to the space where I share with you my insights & musings on the practice of yoga & it’s philosophy.
I’m honoured to have you here.
A rant: What is Yoga? Human variability and why everything can’t be Yoga…can it?
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.
Shame and New Year’s Resolutions: How can we set them with compassion?
What does it look like and feel like for you to set goals as if you already believed you were enough?
Humming Bee Pranayama and the benefits of humming.
Who would have thought it, something as simple as humming can actually improve your immune functions and help to relax your nervous system!
Just pay attention...
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.
CH-ch-ch-chaaanges! How to roll with them.
“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
Why Meditate?
When asked in a recent interview to list her daily practices for general well-being, Bella Hadid replied, “Meditation” as one of the first….
Loneliness, are we all feeling it?
I’ve had some beautiful conversations about loneliness this week, they’ve been a catalyst for me to talk more about it…
Meditations (and Monks!) I’ve loved in February.
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…
Slow down to feel more.
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.
How to Practice your Yoga when the going gets Christmas.
“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
Being a beginner and the art of Vulnerability.
“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
Your Nervous System, Polyvagal Theory and Yoga.
Ever wondered what ‘rest-and-digest’ is or wtf your yoga teacher is on when they talk about calming the nervous system with breathwork? Babe, grab a big cuppa and your reading specs and chomp your teeth into this one.
Food, Yoga, Ahimsa and the Ego.
Hands up if you think to be a Yoga Person you have to be Vegan or at the least Veggie?