During the lockdown, we’re all allowed one walk, run, or cycle a day to get our daily exercise. This precious time of being outdoors is invaluable, especially for those that live in built-up urban areas. While on your walk, there are lots of ways that we can practice yoga, through the way that we interact […]
Self-care is a term that is bandied about these days. ‘Look after yourself’, we say on bidding farewell, and ‘take care’. But the truth is that we are mostly very bad at looking after ourselves. We ‘look after ourselves’ by binge-eating chocolates, lying in bed, chilling out and watching TV, or scrolling through our social
In a day and age where more and more of us are turning to holistic methods of healing our bodies and minds, the Āyurvedic way could be the answer to all our health conundrums. The key, it says, is to know thy Self! What, When and Where? Āyurveda is one of the World’s oldest health systems, the earliest origins of
Do you sit in front of a computer for hours every day? Do you ever feel chair-shaped and get neck pain, headaches or eye strain? I know I do if I’ve been a slave to my editor (only kidding! Sort of…). Whatever the case, the trick lies with the way you’re sitting. If you’ve read my article
Ask almost any woman who’s ever been carried a child before, pregnancy is not a comfortable process. Backache, heartburn, indigestion, leg cramps, piles, varicose veins, fatigue – the list goes on and on. Most of us have experienced at least one of the “common” forms of pregnancy pain. Some, unfortunately, get to know the list in detail.
By the time I reached 18 years old, I had a fair idea of what it was to lose the things that matter. My mum had died when I was aged two, but it was between the ages of fifteen and eighteen that I lost the most in the shortest space of time. My loving grandparents, who
Yoga is more than just stretching and breathing. Discover the ten yoga attitudes that you can cultivate towards yourself and others to lay the foundation for your whole yoga practice. Known as yamas and niyamas, these attitudes can help us further our yoga journey both on and off the mat. Say What? Yamas and niyamas.
I am a terrible yogi. I am wonderfully capable of pretending to be a yogi, but if you peaked into the cacophony of my exploding thoughts, you’d run for cover. On the outside the appearance of serenity itself; on the inside all hell breaks loose. These past few weeks my unyogic-ness reached new heights. Ass
I remember during my yoga teacher training being in tears. A lot. At the time I had no idea why, and I went through a range of emotions such as shame, anger, fear, embarrassment and annoyance. I woke up in the morning and often thought, “I don’t want to go to yoga.” I did go
So how is your yoga practice going after the holiday break? It can be such a struggle to ease back into regular practice after the fun and festivities, can’t it? Or maybe, like me, you have been laid low with this horrible flu virus and haven’t even contemplated rolling out your mat for a while
