by admin | Feb 1, 2024 | Yoga Wisdom
We’re good at denying ourselves joy. Our ability to allow joy and happiness into our lives has been lost in a myriad of to do lists and associated fatigue. Here’s my take on where we can improve. 1. Know your values Get congruency between mind, body and spirit by...
by admin | Jan 23, 2024 | Yoga Wisdom
Last week I spoke extensively about abundance in my studio classes, because I realised that I’d been slowly moving away from an abundant attitude to one of fear. It was time to pull myself up before this new attitude took hold and strangled any last vestiges of...
by admin | May 4, 2022 | Yin yoga, Yoga Wisdom
Find the ‘comfort in discomfort’ is a phrase you’ll often hear in a Yin yoga practice. Sometimes with little follow up or explanation as to what it actually means. This quote, commonly attributed to the Buddha, helps explain it. “In life, we can’t always control the...
by admin | Apr 27, 2022 | Yin yoga, Yoga Wisdom
Breaking news! Yin yoga DOES cause ‘stress’. But it’s not what you think. ‘Stress’ is an anatomical term for what we do to our connective tissues structures whilst we are in yoga poses and other forms of movement. Stress on the tissues occurs through...
by admin | Apr 20, 2022 | Yoga Wisdom
How a yoga poses looks is the least important part of the pose. But you could be mistaken for thinking the opposite. After all, the look of yoga is perpetuated in the media ad nauseum. Endless tutorials on how poses must look, from toes and fingers elegantly pointed,...
by admin | Mar 30, 2022 | Yin yoga, Yoga Wisdom
The question of how much to talk when teaching Yin yoga comes up without fail during my Yin yoga teacher trainings. Students are understandably curious about the value of words in the Yin classroom space. After all Yin is known as a ‘quiet practice’, so where does...
