Do you feel stressed? Are the pressures of this 3rd lockdown beginning to take their toll even though we are seeing light at the end of the tunnel? Is the prospect of transitioning out of lockdown & back to whatever real life holds for us starting to feel overwhelming? Do you feel anxious or a …
Have you ever felt like there is something wrong with you? That maybe you weren’t quite enough? That you don’t quite belong? I used to feel like this a lot. So I totally hear you! As a child, I grew up knowing that my mum wanted for 4 boys & instead got me & my …
As you know I am a yoga teacher & a mindfulness coach & I have been sharing my passion for both of these practices for several years & been blessed to be able to do so all over the world. I believe whole-heartedly in the physical, mental, emotional & spiritual benefits these practices create because, …
When I launched my first yoga business in Germany I called it Master Yoga. It was a play on words & homage to my kids: Master Yoda being somewhat of a hero in our house! However, because you would never bestow the honour of being a Yoga Master on yourself, that is an honour that …
The Science Behind Yoga Anyone who has been to one of my yoga classes, will know that I do like to wax lyrical about the benefits of each of the poses. Then one of my clients called me on this, saying, “How do you actually know inversions slow the aging process?” Hmmmm, good question, so …
Last week we lost our kitten. He’s only 6 months old & has only been with us a couple of months. He’d never been outside in the dark, let alone overnight so we were all deeply concerned & the kids were distraught. We toured the neighbourhood for hours looking for him & knocking on doors. …
During the first lockdown I kept getting the same message: slow down! It would come to me as I was meditating, practicing yoga or just doing normal chores. Even my partner noticed it & kept telling me to slow down The thing was I just didn’t feel I could slow down. There was SO much …
The past week or so on my daily dog walk, I have become increasingly aware of the changing seasons. How can I not? The trees are changing their colours, dropping their leaves. The skies are shifting from the blue skies of summer to the greyer skies of autumn. And there is a decided nip in …
I have been sharing an Insight into Mindfulness with a business in London & their colleagues on the other side of the pond. It has got me reflecting on the attitudes of Mindfulness & I thought I would share my thoughts on these with you today… The attitudes of mindfulness are the ways in which …
Lockdown was a struggle for me, as it has been for many. We moved in with my partner 2 days before they announced the schools were closing here in the UK. It had been planned for months but the timing ended up being dire. We had no time to work out our new dynamic as …
