All of us would like to stay healthy, but with today's lifestyles it just seems to get harder and harder. This is perhaps why yoga has become increasingly popular. People of all backgrounds have begun to wake up to the fact that yoga is not some mystical practice for super bendy gurus and new age [...]
Springtime is magical, dynamic and a time of new beginnings. As nature moves out of the cold, wet, dark winter toward spring, the pulse of life quickens, the earth warms, and blossoms unfurl, reaching for the sun. Nature makes it look smooth, but for us humans it's not as easy to transition gracefully from one [...]
WOULD THE WOMAN IN YOUR LIFE ENJOY A LITTLE TIME TO HERSELF TO RELAX, RENEW & STRETCH THIS SPRING?As a gift idea this Mothering Sunday, instead of flowers and chocolates why not give her the chance to do a little yoga either one to one or in a group. I am offering a private yoga session [...]
For years my husband Dominic maintained that yoga was not for him. Despite me having practiced yoga through 5 pregnancies and as a means of maintaining my health and sanity through 23 years of child rearing and chronic back pain he just had no interest in buying into it himself.Pictured 'Yogi Dom 'Years of a stressful [...]
Since becoming a yoga teacher I have enjoyed some amazing travel opportunities teaching yoga overseas. However as a family we also began to do a lot more travel together and one of the ways that we have discovered to inexpensively do this and enjoy the experience of getting to know an area like a local [...]
After a long day - long week, nothing hits the spot quite like a restorative inversion. They provide support for all of the body’s systems, especially the immune and endocrine systems, and help address various hormonal issues for example adrenal fatigue. Inversions give our heart a rest from its effort to pump blood to our brain [...]
These lovely words were shared between friends today and there here now to share with youWhy do we close our eyes when we pray? When we cry?When we dream?Or when we kiss?Because we know that the most beautiful things in life are not seen, but felt in the heart.Anon.
With the winter sales all but over and spring fashions hitting the high streets, typically UK temperatures this week are forecast to plummet. Winter 2012 seems to be finally taking us into its grip so perhaps now is a timely opportunity to flag up a few more useful tips that will help to keep us healthy [...]
SATURDAY 18TH FEBRUARY 2012 KENSINGTON PALACE GARDENSBrighten up a winter's day and join us for a full day of varied yoga, hike, fresh food and good company.My next one day yoga retreat is Saturday February 18th Notting Hill and is booking up fast. For anyone who has not attended before, these one day, retreats have proved to be really [...]
These words by Veronica Shoffstall were put on the Facebook wall of a wonderful yoga teacher whose husband died that week. They resonate with most of us and I am posting them here for my own safekeeping and for others to read.After a while, you learn the subtle differenceBetween holding a hand and chaining a soul,And you [...]
