When you practice yoga, especially amid the hustle and bustle of modern life, I think one of its most profound effects is on your nervous system. It really is amazing at telling your body everything is okay. If there was an emergency you would probably be running or hiding, rolling out your yoga mat is […]
Progress is not always linear, or is it?
Are you trying to rebuild fitness or some other aspect of your life. Do you feel frustrated as you try to re-build? I hear you because I am right there with you. But we are not going backwards, we can only go forward in time with the lessons we learn along the way. In 2020 […]
Revisiting Your Goals
I like to talk about goals after January because, if you set goals in the new year, you probably have some idea how they are going by now. Maybe you are exceeding your goals or maybe you have given up on them entirely. However they are going, I think there is some real gold in […]
Lessons from cycling up a Volcano
I was blessed this year with some winter sun and an extended Christmas break. We went to Tenerife for the first time in December 2019 to celebrate my 40th birthday. Little did we know how much the world would change in 2020 and that it would be 3 years until we were to have another […]
28 Days of Yoga Habit Tracker
I am running a 28 day yoga challenge, to practice consistently for 10 minutes or more, over on my instagram. Consistently taking time for yourself will have a good impact on your wellbeing, allowing that to just be for 10 minutes will help you craft the time even if you are busy. I will be […]
My Top 5 non-fiction books for 2019
Reading is one of my passions, here are the non-fiction books that I have found helpful this year. The books I have chosen are not about yoga but mostly about developing a great mindset to do all the things you want in life and to understand yourself and others more. Atomic Habits- an Easy Way […]
How does your decision making impact your willpower?
Research suggests that our willpower could be reduced by more than 50 per cent by having to make decisions. In an experiment by Jean Twenge, college students were asked to make a series decisions about what type of free gift they would like. A second control group was just asked their opinion of the products […]
Growth and Fixed Mindsets and what they can teach you
I recently read a great book called Mindset – Changing The Way You think To Fulfil Your Potential by Carol Dweck. The book is all about growth and fixed mindsets. A growth mindset is one where you believe you can become good at anything if you put effort in. A fixed mindset has a fixed […]
Four key principles of stretching and what it can teach you
We all know how to stretch, right? Well after 10 years of teaching I am not so sure. I mean yes I am sure you can stretch but are you getting the most out of it mentally and physically? Here are some tips and insights from what I have learned through working with my own […]
What the Upanishads can teach us about achieving our goals
As we start the year, many of us will reflect on how the year has gone as well as dream about what we want to do and achieve in 2019. Last year was a year of big change for me personally and I feel I have gotten much better at working towards and achieving my […]
