Here are five ways we might be feeling stiff in the colder weather and what we can do to feel better. 1. Posture As we start to get cold, we tend to scrunch our shoulders and round our back (literally bracing against the cold). Here is the link to a free five minute yoga sequence… Continue reading Why We Get Stiff in the Winter
A holistic yoga practice has impact on every aspect of our life, from the social to the spiritual via the body, breath and mind. I find it soothing to dive into Yoga's history and philosophy and find this so clearly articulated and explained. We tend to call it 'philosophy' but Patanjali's Yoga Sutra reads more… Continue reading The Eight Limbs of Yoga
As we enter the darkest quarter of the year, here is the link to a guided relaxation practice called 'Gathering Our Resources'. It is an invitation to reflect on what it is we need to be nourished at all levels and to set an intention to gather those things in.
“There’s no need to practice warrior one as if you’re on a tight rope…” Unless of course you are on a tight rope. Here are two stories about the yoga posture Virabhadrasana I (Warrior One). The first is an encounter I had with a steel rope bridge in the Highlands of Scotland. The second is… Continue reading Precarious Warrior Pose
It was November 2008 and I was sitting anxiously in the waiting area of a basement yoga studio in North London where I was about to experience my first ever pregnancy yoga class. Although I had already been practising yoga for over ten years at that time and was completing my teacher training, this seemed… Continue reading Soft Power – OMG I’m Female
The word 'solstice' combines the Latin words sol for 'Sun' and sistere for 'to stand still'. Today, yoga is widely known as a movement discipline, but these simple experiences of stillness have always been the goal. Without stillness there is no samādhi.
