Month: June 2022
Contributors – August 2022
Charlie Baker Charlie is a personal trainer and is now smashing the stigma around exercise during pregnancy with her online fitness studio, Bumps & Burpees. Set up…
Safety first
Exceptional practice for yoga professionals. By Abeni El-Amin The purpose of this article is to reflect on how and why the yoga teaching method must be safe…
Eat Drink Yoga – July 2022
Belvoir Farm Botanical Soda Infusions New flavour creations with low calorie botanical sodas from Belvoir Farm. From the depths of the garden, right into the glass, Floral…
Halloumi and Watermelon Salad with Mint Dressing
Halloumi and Watermelon Salad with Mint Dressing Make plant-based halloumi using tofu and a simple marinade! This salad is a perfect light summer lunch. SERVES 3 Ingredients…
Strawberry and Asparagus Summer Salad
Strawberry and Asparagus Summer Salad Don’t just save your strawberries for dessert, add them to your salads! They make a great, sweet addition SERVES 4-6 Ingredients For…
Warm Samphire, Broad Bean and Potato Salad
Warm Samphire, Broad Bean and Potato Salad Using raw samphire gives this salad a lovely fresh crunch and saltiness SERVES 4 AS A SIDE Ingredients • 1…
Yoga Retreats – Summer Special
Pack your bags and get ready to jet off to somewhere magical. This month, we’ve compiled some of the best yoga retreats to explore in 2022. There’s…
Huzur Vadisi Yoga Retreat
Almeria, Southern Spain July – October (various dates) Take time to promote your wellbeing in Spain’s sunniest region with Huzur Vadisi Yoga Retreats. Almeria is a well-kept…
Reverse Warrior (Viparita Virabhadrasana)
Reach for the skies in Reverse Warrior, a naturally energising and uplifting pose Benefits This pose always feels joyous to me. It comes after a Warrior II…
Yoga for beginners
Special Report – Yoga for Beginners Yoga is for everyone and every body. Fact! You’re never too old or too young to start yoga. No matter where…
Sun Seekers
Leaving on a jet plane: Victoria Jackson weighs up the pros and cons of those sunny summer holidays abroad I’m a bit excited. I’ve booked a plane…
OM Books – July 2022
Sitting Comfortably – Preparing The Mind And Body For Peaceful Meditation Swami Saradananda £15.99Watkins PublishingWhilst there are many books on meditation, Sitting Comfortably is the first book…
Write it down
Journalling as a part of a yoga practice. By Paula Hines Do you journal? It feels like, in recent years, journalling has gained a new popularity –…
Nurturing the seed
Introducing Seed Wellness: a new multi-disciplinary paradigm in holistic healthcare, centred around yoga, that is now beginning to bloom Seed Wellness is a wellbeing concept, centred around…
My Yoga Biz – Natalie Austin
Tips from the experts to help you grow the yoga business of your dreams This month’s mentor: Natalie Austin, 45, Love Yoga Tree, Devon (loveyogatree.com) Starting out…
Stress and family life
How mindfulness can help children and parents cope with stress. By Lauren Hoffmeier This is a unique point in our lives as people across the globe have…
Positive Vibes
Simple tips and ideas on how to counter our natural negativity bias with positivity. By Francesca Kastelanides Why is it that as humans we allow negative comments…
Beat the afternoon slump
6 expert tips to beat the mid-afternoon slump and power through the day. By Jenaed Brodell Struggling to sustain your energy throughout the day? You’re not alone….
The tantric dance of meditation and embodiment
How meditation and embodiment, through yoga and other practices, can bring us closer to the bliss of being alive. By Shakti Sundari So, tantra, whether you’re called…
The mother of all compassion
Finding compassion for all through our yoga practice. By Andrea Marcum It can be very easy to judge. We think we’ve got everybody all figured out, but…
Conscious comedy
When Rach Cox aka The Laughing Yogini embarked on her yoga journey, over 12 years ago, she was delighted to know that laughter yoga was a legit…
The art of journalling
How the simple act of journalling, writing down your thoughts and feelings, might just transform your life. By Grace McGeehan Just like yoga and meditation, journalling can…
Cultivating Compassion
Compassionate awareness can soften the harsh edges of judgement and allow us to move closer to ourselves. By Lauren Bloxham Living compassionately requires us to be gentle,…