Four months into lockdown and my creativity is waning. I haven’t written anything in weeks (you’ll have noticed). I’ve barely been posting on Instagram. I haven’t drawn or practiced regular asana for ages. At the beginning of this pandemic I was enthusiastically doing all these things all the time. I was inspired. I had clarity.Continue reading “3 ways to… regain your creativity”
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Embracing change
A few years ago I moved to Mexico to become a yoga teacher for people who neither speak English, nor have any grounding in yoga. It was a steep learning curve for all of us. Today I’m thinking a lot about comfort zones and the way we challenge ourselves. I’ve been travelling and coming andContinue reading “Embracing change”
Maintaining a regular yoga practice and what to do when you’ve lost it.
Sometimes I fall out of the habit of my yoga. I like to practise everyday and in a perfect world, I would. This though, is not a perfect world and I am far from perfect in it. I’m sharing this blog today to give myself the reminder to get back on the mat. When IContinue reading “Maintaining a regular yoga practice and what to do when you’ve lost it.”
On kindness
Self care has become a buzzword in our society, but has it actually become another stick with which to beat ourselves for not doing it ‘right’? Lately a lot of us have got a whole lot more time but we might also have a whole lot more anxiety or a whole lot more relationship minutiaeContinue reading “On kindness”
How to… Begin a yoga practice
The yoga “world”… From the outside yoga and its world can seem daunting. There are so many different styles, so many people telling you they have the answer and so many thin, flexible, white women bending about in their beautiful yoga clothes. But yoga is available to everybody. At least it should be. All youContinue reading “How to… Begin a yoga practice”
How to survive a global pandemic (or just have an ok time)
*This article contains an affiliate link* So it’s the end of March 2020 and Covid-19 has swept the world. Most countries are on lock down, or if not, at least strongly recommending social distancing and staying home. Life as we know it has changed incomprehensibly in the past three months. Nobody knows how long weContinue reading “How to survive a global pandemic (or just have an ok time)”
Yoga is life
For my first blog I wanted to write about something that not only forms a huge part of my life but also informs the way I live. You guessed it… it’s yoga. Yoga permeates everything. The more you practice the more it insinuates itself into your life. Into your you, your Self. Your relationship withContinue reading “Yoga is life”
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