Articles To Inspire Your Yoga
Explore my library of musings on all things Yoga from philosophy to poetry, tuning into nature and the seasons as well as suggestions and offerings to nurture your practice of movement, breathing and rest.
This boy and this dog and I have put together a family yoga class for you as we go into alert level 3 here in NZ. Alert level 3 will see some commercial changes and a few kids will go back to school but for many of us it’s the same routine of being at home with family...
Autumn Equinox: a time where light and dark come into balance. The traditional pagan celebrations are a wonderful opportunity to tune in and listen to what the season may be whispering into our inner ear. The global pandemic situation is so loud and prevalent in our...
I am passionate about self-practice; both keeping my own going, as well as supporting others to develop and own their personal yoga. The reality for many yogis, is that life gets in the way of self-care and valuing the commitment of a yoga practice. In workshops that...
Just being outdoors elicits a sense of presence. When I’m in the moment, a feeling of rest simply and easily arrives not to mention the restoration of diaphragmatic breathing and connection to Spirit. These benefits that we receive from being in nature and this...
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 practice particular poses and...
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 so that the...
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,...
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...
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...
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 do to release the...