So long 2020: year of cancellations, disappointment and contraction. Before I was always doing something, always going somewhere; now shopping at Tescos is the highlight of my week. Well… apart from the yoga: seeing lots of lovely folk on my Zoom screen several times a week. Finding a way to connect, and achieve something positive: […]
Saturday 23rd Jan at 11am – STAND YOUR GROUND two hours of strengthening your legs and buttocks, suitable for beginners and more advanced people Friday 5th Feb at 8pm – RESTORATIVE YOGA get super restful with all the props Sunday 14th Feb at 11am – SELF-LOVE AN INSIDE JOB lovely long backbends practice to cultivate […]
Last year I created a Yoga Teacher training programme, and took 9 people who’d never taught yoga before to confidently delivering yoga classes – and enjoying it! Now, not all teacher trainings are created equal. You know that super-cheap YTT course that you see “Sponsored” Facebook adverts for? You would just get a bunch of […]
As I look back over the last 12 years of my life, I recognise there were “windows of opportunity”. Moments when I could see a possible action. Move house. Take a course. Try something new. BUT there was always a perceived risk associated with that decision. Like… what if it doesn’t work out? What if […]
For a long time, we knew what yoga was. Classes. Studios. Retreats. Leggings. Mats. OMs at the end of class. But everything has shifted. Many yoga studios have shut their doors and some will never reopen. So is the future of yoga bleak? I do not believe so. Lots of people are now doing yoga […]
I just finished leading another yoga teacher training weekend. At the start of the year who knew the corona-coaster would turn the the learning experience upside down and inside out??! None of us knew we’d also be learning to teach yoga virtually. None of us knew respecting distancing and Covid safety would be so important. […]
Once upon a time, exercise terrified me. I mean, I might fall over and wound myself. Or get out of breath. It might hurt. So I didn’t move much. For fun, I mostly read novels on the sofa. Which left me weak and more at risk of injury and back pain. One day, one of […]
It’s only the 8th. Locked-down January feels like a looong month. Nothing to go out for… No gigs. No parties. No meetings over coffee. Nothing fun to look forward to on the “To Do” list (apart from Play with Eira). But it is in the slow and stuck times that small things can make a […]
Before I began training as a yoga teacher, I would go to a mixture of classes. Iyengar Yoga with the lovely South London legend Dorothy… Astanga Yoga with various strict people… Kundalini Yoga with starry-eyed ungrounded space-cadets… And various other yogas, mostly at the Triyoga Soho studio, which smelled of Nag Champa incense. Some classes […]
When I worked full time in an office, at this time of year I would obsessively plan my holidays. Making the most of my 25 days (+ bank holidays) of freedom. Now I’m self-employed I do that less: I have more freedom to take time off whenever I want, without negotiating it with a boss […]
