40 Day Kriya or short standing side stretch – it’s all making the magic Do you sometimes have an aha moment after the fact? That kept happening while I was doing Brett Larkin’s 40 Day Kriya. I chose to do the hour Kirya – and that time every day shifted so many things. It […]
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Comfort with Fluidity
A while back, I was in London clearing out mum’s flat after she moved into a care home – I did this in two weeks. Unlike the US, Estate Sales aren’t a thing in UK and often in London charities won’t collect. I had to have comfort with fluidity. Everyone thought I was bonkers […]
Dissipate the Negative Voice with Yoga
What is that little voice in your brain telling you? What is that little voice in your brain telling you? We all have one – mine has been telling me all my life that I’m too excitable. I’m not just exuberant, I’m Jack Russell Terrier level. It’s difficult to shake that voice though, isn’t it. […]
Yoga Gives Me Understanding and tools
The Struggle is real How do approach a struggle in your life? The struggle is real and yoga has really been helping me with my struggle toolkit. My mother is the kind of person to ignore a problem and hope it will go away. I take more after my father – I deal with it […]
Emotional yoga: why are you embarrassed?
Does someone’s behavior reflect on you? I became a vegetarian in 1996, when I was 29. A few months later I was due to visit Hungary with my father. I didn’t occur to me that my vegetarianism could become an issue and I wondered – why are you embarrassed? I had visited with my Hungarian […]
Halfway Lift What Have You Done for Me Lately
I spent the longest time breezing though Halfway Lift – Ardha Uttanasana. Surely this pose was simply a way to get us up from forward fold without getting dizzy? It just didn’t seem to do very much. How we all yearn to feel like we’ve progressed and are accomplished it’s only natural. How can we feel […]
We Are All Connected
Rubbing shoulders helps us connect I spent much of my childhood on public transportation and airplanes. We travelled a lot. I was a gregarious kid and travelled hopefully in life. What was going to be the next exciting adventure? It helped show me from an early age that we are all connected. When I was […]
Yoga Affects You Inside and Outside
Yoga is more than physical – it affects you inside and outside Many of us come to yoga for its physical benefits – I know I did! I loved the feeling of how yoga moved me. And it is an important part of the yoga experience. Recently I’ve written several blogs on asana itself – […]
Three Reasons to Use Yoga Straps
Why Use Your Yoga Strap? Straps are the most overlooked prop in yoga – but I’m a great fan. It can be intimidating to see some of the complicated ways yoga straps can be used. Yet are some very straightforward uses for a strap that can be extremely beneficial – and you don’t even have […]
How to do Chaturanga and keep your shoulders safe
What should a good Chaturanga look like? Are you ready for your next Sun Salutation or transitioning in your sequence via a ‘vinyasa’? Many yoga classes have a lot of these! There’s a lot be said for the rhythm of these parts of yoga and the heat that creates but I have my concerns […]