One opportunity that this Covid era offers us is to put in place a solid and regular home yoga practice. More than ever, being able to practice yoga by yourself has become a necessity. During the past few months I’ve been facilitating self-practice sessions with […]
Family Yoga

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 […]
Evolving your Self-Practice from Within

This lockdown period is the perfect opportunity to bring your self-practice into focus. There have been a huge number of online classes available as many teachers from around the world offer free resources. I have particularly enjoyed Lisa Petersen’s classes broadcast from her home in […]
Autumn Meditation

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 […]
Free Meditations And Resources For your Lockdown Practice

As we navigate our way through these extraordinary and anxiety provoking times that will impact us all we must find ways to stay calm and take care of ourselves and our Whanau (family and community). This is easier said than done in times of social […]
Restorative Body Shapes with minimal props and time

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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mermaid on the Rocks

Use this divine restorative pose to recover from your Summer holidays! That might sound like strange thing to say. I love all the adventuring, camping, hiking, sailing and frisbee on the beach we do with the kids throughout this season and feel deeply grateful for […]