Does Yin yoga cause stress?

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...

Body Sensing

Back in 2018 I wrote about interoception and why every yogi should be practicing it. Since then I have been on an exploration, further deepening my own interoceptive practice, marrying up mindfulness techniques to help in the body sensing and then introducing all of...

5 Reasons ‘life experienced’ Bodies like Yin Yoga

No one likes to be called mature – you’re not a cheese. But if you have a little more ‘life experience’, please read on, for the sake of the incredible body that’s got you this far. What happens to your body as it ages As you get older, the collagen fibres in your...

The Yin and Yang of Yoga

Yoga invites us to look within ourselves to harmonise mind, body and spirit.  And more frequently in the West we are seeking these opportunities. We are mostly familiar with ‘yang’ style yoga practices such as Ashtanga, Dynamic Hatha, Vinyasa flow, Bikram...