Blogs
Grounded in Wellness: The importance of yoga for your feet, ankles and toes
Set those feet free from your shoe coffins and take care of them.
Harnessing Yoga to Alleviate Symptoms of Mental Illness: A Path to Healing
Building a sense of belonging and acceptance and a routine of strength and relaxation may help change the direction of your thoughts to a more positive direction.
Unveiling the Harmony: Yoga for Weight Loss
There are many benefits to a regular yoga practice, a few of the benefits may be weightloss, building muscle and loving yourself.
Embracing the Dad Bod: A Perfect Starting Point for Beginning Yoga
Far from being something to hide or be ashamed of, the dad bod is a wonderful thing, and we're here to tell you why!
"Yoga Fart Survival Guide: Navigating the Unexpected Sounds with Zen"
It could have been you, so be kind.
The Intimate Charm of Personalized Yoga Studios: Nurturing Well-Being One Mat at a Time
In this blog, we will delve into the reasons why opting for a more intimate setting can foster a deeper connection with both the practice and oneself.
Discover the Fountain of Youth: 10 Incredible Benefits of Starting Yoga After 40
Let's explore why incorporating yoga into your life can be a rejuvenating and transformative journey.
Embracing Realism: Setting Achievable New Year Resolutions for Lasting Change
Are your New Year resolutions realistic and long term? Prevent burn out and make lasting changes by being realistic about your resolutions.
Yoga Blocks: If you use them, are you bad at yoga?
Meeting your edge of practice with love and compassion. This is why using blocks may help you have a more meaningful class.
Positive affirmations
Happiness comes when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. Harmony sounds good to me!
“Yoga begins right where I am-not where I was yesterday or where I long to be" - Linda Sparrowe
As yoga teachers we sometimes hear the phrase "I am not good at yoga".
What is often meant by this is that people do not meet their own expectations of what their bodies "should" look like in yoga poses, expectations based on images seen on social media or in books.
I know I will feel better if I go but I just can’t…..
We all know that feeling, we want to get moving, we know it will be fun and we will feel good but......we just can't get there.
I want to do Yoga but……
I want to do yoga but I don’t know where to start because I am too old, too stiff, too big, too unfit, have a sore back………there are many reasons people come up with to not start moving. We could refute all of these reasons. But we won't as we know these are just easy answers given to deflect from the real reasons for not starting yoga or any movement program; reasons that are much more complex and can include issues such as self-confidence, body image and fear, issues that may have been exacerbated by the stress and uncertainty of the past two years.
Why do binds in yoga?
When I began yoga I was told that binds are "difficult" and for "experienced yogis" and so for many years I avoided them. However, over the past few years I have come to realise that both of those statements are false and that binds can be both an amazing addition to a yoga practice and can be accessible to everyone whatever their level of yoga experience, fitness and flexibility.
Yin Yoga for Tight Hips
I have been teaching yoga for a long time now and have learned a lot about how to have great classes that benefit people even though they might not know that they need it. Yin yoga is like that for me. Typically I would not do this kind of class for myself but have come to realize the tremendous benefits of doing Yin yoga for everyone; not only people who do other types of yoga class but everyone from athletes and to people who are not very active.