A guide to yoga for grief
Not only is every loss different, but each individual will experience grief in their own way. I have some yoga practices that have helped me, that I would like to share in case they help you sometime, too.
A complete view of well-being: the Pancha Maya Kosha model
Pancha Maya Kosha is a Yogic model for understanding our complete well-being on all levels. This meditation gives you an effortlessly direct experience with the Kosha system. You can use this meditation to feel more connected with your inner wisdom and more aware of all aspects of your well-being.
Gentle yoga & meditation for winter.
Gentle yoga and meditation practices for winter and the winter solstice to evoke warmth and light while honouring the introspective nature of the season. Practices you don’t need to get down onto the cold floor to do!
Gentle yoga & meditation practices for spring
Transition easefully through spring with these yoga & meditation practices for the season, including moving meditations, guided relaxations, breathing practices and simple tips.
A resting practice for relaxed shoulders and effortless breath
This resting position is one of my favourite ways to encourage effortless diaphragmatic breathing. It also deeply releases tightness at the front of the shoulders, often a source of rounded posture and upper back, shoulder & neck pain.
What is Zoom yoga like?
If you’d told me 2 years ago that my classes were going to be mainly on Zoom, I would not have believed you, and I wouldn’t have believed it was a good idea, either. I actually resisted putting my classes on Zoom throughout the pandemic, even though I’d been happily offering individual private sessions via Zoom for years. I thought that teaching classes would be too awkward, isolating and low-quality.
I’ve now completely changed my mind, and last Monday night clinched it.
The power of short, simple practices for cultivating calm & courage
When I first started practising yoga I was working and studying, with a young family. I knew I’d found something I loved and that kept my stressed out system calmer, but I didn’t have much time. All I could do was get up a few minutes early and treat myself to just two simple poses.
Those few minutes a day taught me the life-changing potential for a 5 minute practice to change my life. I learned not to underestimate the benefits of something short & simple, done consistently.
If you want to weave some nourishing self-care into your life but it’s hard to find the time or to know where to start, I hope these practices might help. Click on each picture to listen or watch & download …
Finding time for calm in real life: challenges, frustrations & how to overcome them.
Whether you’re wanting to add 15 minutes of mindful movement into your life, or 20 minutes of yoga nidra deep relaxation, 10 minutes of a restorative resting pose , or even just 5 minutes of meditation, you might experience some very common challenges.
Here are the 4 most common challenges I hear, and tips on how to overcome them.
Find your calm: 3 breathing practices
Simple & effective breathing practices to soothe and support your nervous system and help you find your calm.
How to get over the guilt, and rest
Isn’t there something a bit dysfunctional about a world in which we don’t feel we can stop and rest for just 20 minutes? Does anything in nature run full speed endlessly without rest? Thinking ourselves to be above nature hasn’t worked out well for us so far.
More compassionate and useful than goal setting or a New Year's Resolution: how to set a Sankalpa.
A Sankalpa is a deep intention, articulated with carefully chosen words, that we set in our hearts and form with our mind. We can use it as a kind of compass, helping us to honour our truth and constantly guiding our thoughts and actions.