If you’re a yoga teacher and a parent, you’ll know how difficult combining the two roles can be. You’ll be rushing out the door to a class only to realise that the kids have made a den out of your yoga blocks. Or you spend home practices with the TV blaring, a child sitting on […]
As part of her yoga and parenting series, Poppy Pickles decided to do a proper kids yoga lesson with her two children. After her daughter’s recent complaint that she didn’t like yoga, because it kept taking her Mummy away from spending time with her, Poppy took a different approach. This is what happened… Over the
London is in lockdown and the once-bustling streets, shops, and cafes of our beautiful city have fallen quiet for the first time in our lifetimes. Along with a lot of other businesses, yoga studios all over the capital have had to shut up shop for now too. But out of adversity comes creativity, and many
If I had £5 for every time I’ve said, “I’m so busy.” I would be so rich that I’d never need to be busy ever again! Of course if that was a reality, no doubt I would find many other things to fill my time with, as our (my) obsession with busyness goes far beyond
There are many reasons to give yoga a go. My fellow Zen Monkey writer, Rob Cook, who’s never done yoga before is about to dive into yoga with both feet by doing 30 yoga classes in 30 days in July. An inspirational, if extreme, idea. You might have a friend who’s been saying how great
I roll out my ultra sticky yoga mat, take off my Sweaty Betty leg warmers, light some Nag Champa incense, turn the volume up on my playlist of chilled world music, prepare a bottle of lavender essential oil, dim the lights and finally I’m ready to practice yoga. At the same time a group of
On the 5th of November, in a small church in rural Texas, 26 people were innocently gunned down during their Sunday church service. On the 1st of October this year in Las Vegas, a lone gunman shot at a crowd of peaceful, country music festival-goers, before turning the gun on himself. It was the worst
I am many things: new mama, artist, tea drinker and yogi. Though I’ve tried a few styles, when I finally found Ashtanga, I thought, “AHA!” this is it! That was back in 2006. I started practicing with intent in 2009 when I moved to Cape Town. Pattabhi Jois and Mysore During those first years of
Has social media changed the way we view and do yoga? Is there something to be found in a partnership between the ancient science of yoga and the infant of social media? I’m a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to social media. I’m rubbish at tweeting, I mainly post holiday snaps on Facebook
The benefits of Couples Yoga According to Meghan Markle Everyone is Harry and Meghan obsessed these days, whether they want to be or not! And with good reason, they’re young, attractive, royal AND getting married. What’s not to like? Even more exciting for yoga fans is that, according to ‘inside sources’, Meghan Markle has been
