6 Ways We Deny Our Joy

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...

3 Quick Ways to Increase your Abundance

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...

4 Ways Yoga Can Help with Anxiety and Depression

I’m currently going through a significant period of change and uncertainty. And although I’m discovering that change can be necessary – wonderful even – I’m also finding out that uncertainty can be unsettling. I’m keeping a close eye on this feeling, as uncertainty...

Sink Into Sound

The importance of sound and it’s resonance cannot be understated, although it is little understood by most of us. We instinctively know that some music and sounds affect us, but how many of us have ever bathed ourselves in a dedicated sound massage? A few months...

Why A Neat Stack of Yoga Blankets Make Me Purr

Recently I’ve been reflecting on the first Niyama outlined in Patanjali’s yoga sutras. The Niyama’s are the second limb of yoga, and the five precepts of this limb provide guidance on areas where we can practice self-restraint to assist our yoga practice. Saucha – the...