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This blog gives a view of yoga from a student’s point of view. That’s me! I have been teaching since 2012 but always a student. I love being part of the yoga world and continually learning. I write about the top teachers, the yoga shows and festivals, the studios and workshops, and the promise of yoga’s self discovery. In this blog I include retreat information, workshop recommendations and Yoga In The News.
Cherry blossom is peeping through. ‘Meteorological winter’ is coming to an end. Lent began this week (and ends 9th April) and, along with the beginning of Spring, this feels like a better time to make New Year Resolutions than after Christmas chaos. This is a natural time of renewal after the darkness of winter. Yoga, and many eastern philosophies, reminds us that we belong to the natural cycle of birth and death and, crucially, rebirth.
Read MoreToday is Lord Shiva’s Day – the lord of yogis and the first yoga guru! This evening will see huge celebrations in India. The celebrations are called Maha Shivaratri, the Great Night of Shiva, to mark ‘overcoming darkness and ignorance’. Lord Shiva is known as the destroyer; he destroys illusion. He teaches us that everything is constantly changing.
Read MoreHappy Valentine’s Day Evening! Here's my attempt at a Valentine's Yoga Email. I found this beautiful quote to help me along: ‘the yogic view is that all of our experiences of human love are actually glimpses of the Great Love’. It’s from a Yoga Journal article about love which says there are three spiritual levels of love: absolute Love, personal/individual love, love-as-practice.
Read MoreThere’s a posture that I love to teach: Ashtavakrasana - Eight-Angled Posture. It’s fun to teach; the class can descend into chaos! You start with a hip-opening exercise. Then, sitting down, you try to get the back of the knee up on the arm/shoulder!
Read MoreGood Times Yoga: Vinyasa Yoga in gyms, Corporate Yoga in your workplace, and private sessions in my studio in Ealing Broadway. Yoga on YouTube: short, simple sessions to get you moving.
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I always read your emails and am uplifted, this one I had to recognise as very special.
“So enjoyed Tuesday’s stretchy session – such a good way to end the day – thank you 😊”
“Yoga is so misunderstood and you gave me the insight to interpret myself and give me more self understanding. Some might say ‘peace'“.
“I love your Friday email, it is really uplifting!”
“I look forward to reading your email, always a font of knowledge and food for thought. Just wanted to thank you for the thought you put into our classes and Friday newsletter.”
“Just read your email and, as usual, it’s lifted my spirits as well as acted as a reminder to take care of myself too. ”
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