During my travels this year I was forced to come up with some ways of doing Restorative Yoga without my usual stack of blankets, bolsters, blocks and sandbags. I have developed a little sequence that has the constraint of using just 3 blankets. Even when […]
The Yoga Journey as a Mountain Hike
Whenever I feel lost or stuck in my practice and there isn’t a peer or a teacher around to talk with I return back to the ancient handbook on yoga practice; Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. It is a non-dogmatic text and doesn’t say that we must […]
Falling Awake
There’s a moment when we wake up as well as when we fall asleep, before we are unconscious or fully alert that is a gateway into the state of pure conscious ‘Being’. The trick is to be awake enough to notice it but asleep enough […]
The River of Wellbeing
What does it feel and look like to be in a state of Wellbeing? The recent retreat that I facilitated with my colleague Karla Brodie was based around this inquiry. One of my favourite ‘Wellbeing’ models is the one offered by the psychologist Daniel Siegel, […]
Channeling Wonder Woman
I will admit that I thoroughly enjoyed the Wonder Woman movie featuring Gal Gadot. I loved watching a super-goddess with powers of courage, strength and age defying perfection on the big screen. It makes a change from the usual hollywood male dominated super heroes anyway. […]
Somatic Yoga
My new classes starting in February 2018 include a ‘Nourishing Moves’ session. I sometimes find it hard to describe the approach that I’m offering as it is outside of a particular yoga lineage or style. I draw from all kinds of influences when teaching but […]
Spinal Flossing
Flossing is a term you might usually associate with oral hygiene as a way of getting to the bits that get stuck in-between your teeth. In this video I’m using the term spinal flossing to describe a helpful daily sequence of movements that we can […]
A Poem for when you’re On Edge
Do you know that feeling when you’re overwhelmed, juggling too many things and feeling on edge? When you’ve forgotten about all the tools that help you feel connected and at ease? Even after nearly 20 years of practicing Yoga I still have moments where I […]
The Art of Listening
Listening is definitely an art, one in reflecting and mirroring, and hopefully one that I am improving through practicing and teaching yoga. Recently I have had a number of experiences where I just don’t feel heard. Do you ever get that feeling when you’re talking […]
Creating an Island of Calm
What would it take for you to feel calm, secure and at ease in this very moment? In other words the feeling of just being yourself, just as you are. Perhaps these qualities are already present right now? If that is the case notice the sensations […]
