Reuniting Body, Breath & Mind
One concept that has stuck with me through 21 years of teaching, came during my Yoga Teacher Training course. Quite simply, never lose your beginners mind, don’t lose it from your practice nor from your teaching. Don’t take the body nor our knowledge for granted. This heightens your awarness and keeps both learning and teaching […]
Classes this week have included a timely reminder of Self Care.. As a busy life increases in revolutions (running around in circles) it becomes so important to administer self care in whatever form the self requires. Discussion began two weeks ago. Now it is time to deepen the practice – yes self care requires practice […]
One question during class can open a whole new approach to the way I teach a pose. “Why does my back hurt in this pose?” Why indeed? Sometimes it takes delving and questions to answer a question. More information is required. Does your back hurt at any other time? All the time? When walking? Gardening? […]
Saying Goodbye is never easy and its been a hard winter of Goodbyes. In five months, three beautiful Yoga women left this world as we know it. One fought bravely for 15 months until there was no brave and no fight left. She had time to include us in her journey, sharing and explaining everything […]
We have now accomplished over 100 chair classes, and together we are learning that there is still more to learn. So much of Yoga can be adapted for a chair practice. I am thrilled and delighted to see the changes occurring, and to share the commitment and passion that the ‘Babes’ themselves are showing for […]
Are you in the habit of making New Year Resolutions? Did you make any for 2024? Have you ever notices how New Year resolutions are often measured by the quantities ‘more’ or ‘less’. Perhaps a resolve would increase your motivation. Inspiration comes from the outside, motivation comes from the inside. What quality or qualities do […]
What have they got to do with yoga? I’m the wrong person to ask because I don’t understand their place in a yoga practice, and certainly not in a class. Here’s my thinking… For the duration of the practice stop measuring yourself by time, pace, step etc. Yoga is the practice of self awareness, it […]
Yogis tend to relate to a balance pose from the head – that dreaded thought “my balance is lousy” and that initial thought registers their wobbles. I am learning to read balance poses from the sole up, particularly from the grounding of the big toes. A quiver in the big toes sends off a ripple […]
Force versus Feeling / Balance and Breathing It’s quite a mouthful but it is the theme for Term Two 2023. As there was only a week between terms it was good to come back to poses we had just refreshed, the ones we knew and liked, the ones that felt safe for us on all […]
With a theme addressing the digestive system, our early January start was aimed at the post Christmas/New year overload of festive eating. All went smoothly for the first five weeks, with poses specific to stimulating and improving the digestive process. After a weather event that effected everyone in our surrounding area, returning to a class […]