The Problem Being a parent is exhausting – no two ways about it. If you’re the parent of under twos it is physically relentless. You are weightlifting little humans all day long, never quite getting enough sleep, and trying to fit in everything that you did before in order to prove that ‘being a parent’ […]
Buy! Buy! Buy! Black Friday! Pre-Christmas offers! The hysterical consumer frenzy begins as the month of November draws to a close. So let’s take a minute to look back at the month just gone and enjoy it for what it was: not Christmas. Yoga and Cultural Appropriation: Is Yoga Cultural Theft? The withdrawal of a
Do you ever find your yoga practice slipping away from what your instincts tell you is yoga? Are you rushing to class in a frenzy, or feeling like practice is yet another thing to tick off the to-do list? If that feels familiar, chances are you might be in need of a little self-care. But
New Year, New Me At the end of last year a very inspiring article encouraged me to set myself a challenge: an hour of yoga a day for a year. On the 31st December I began my journey. There were a couple of reasons behind wanting to do it: I want to deepen my yoga
2020 has been quite a year so far, and we’re only halfway through. The year we thought we were going to have has not materialised, and we’ve entered into a strange new world. As well as the global pandemic that will have far-reaching effects for decades to come, there has been the recent unrest in
According to B.K.S. Iyengar there are four stages to yoga: commencement, intent endeavour, intimate knowledge and consummation. Following from my article ‘5 Good Reasons To Start Yoga‘ from last week, I’m going to assume that we can tick the ‘commencement’ box — and that’s a big tick as it’s very true that the hardest step
I often tell myself not to compare things, not to measure one thing against the other but to simply accept each thing for what it is: everything is perfect in its own way. However the one comparison I have often found myself coming back to again and again – with myself, with friends and with
Are you the techno-yogi who knows their Bluetooth from their NFD? Do you call up your class playlist from the ether with a swift gesture above their digital assistant who hangs on your every Sanskrit syllable? High Tech Tools for Yoga Teachers So what tools can the modern yoga teacher use to help them? Are
Here are a few inspirational films to get started with to deepen your knowledge of yoga and expand your horizons. All these films offer a different perspective on yoga that reflect its intricate nature to broaden the mind. 1. Awake: The Story of Yogi Ananda Awake: The Story of Yogi Ananda is the biopic of
Love it or hate it, Utkatasana is a wonderful pose for strengthening and stabilising the legs and core in particular. Read on for a hints and tips to enhance your own practice and develop your students. I remember my first ever attempt at Chair Pose very clearly. It looked so easy on the DVD and I was
