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Five Reasons International Yoga Retreats Are Good For You
When searching for yoga retreats, it may be tempting to look for quick getaways close to home. Many of us may assume proximity to our residence with…
The Art of Ahimsa: A Path to Conscious Living
There’s something magical that happens when a philosophical concept leaps off the ancient texts and becomes a living, breathing part of your everyday existence. For my husband…
Meditation For Seniors
Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years and remains one of the most effective ways to cultivate inner peace, clarity, and overall well-being. In today’s fast-paced…
5 Ways a Menopause Yoga Group Can Transform Your Journey
Menopause is a time of change. While it brings physical and emotional challenges that can feel like unchartered territory, it can also be a period of growth…
Finding Your Flow: The Best Yoga Spots in London
Yoga can be traced back over 5,000 years with its origins in Northern India. It’s fair to say that its popularity has spread far and wide since…
Finding Your OM: The 5-4-3-2-1 Path to Inner Peace
Discover a revolutionary, yet surprisingly simple, framework – the 5-4-3-2-1 Mattain Method – for cultivating mindfulness, releasing resistance, and connecting with your inherent wholeness. Reading time: 3…
How to Easily Adjust to Daylight Saving Time Change in the Spring
Do you feel tired and groggy after changing your clock? You are not alone. Reading time: 2 minutes Daylight Saving Time (DST) is a yearly tradition in…
Yoga and Buddhism: What’s the Connection?
Have you ever wondered why Buddhist teachings such as impermanence, non-attachment, and compassion blend so well into yoga classes? It’s no coincidence. Reading time: 2 minutes Before Siddhartha Gautama…
Yoga and Imposter Phenomenon
Imposter phenomenon is something that holds so many people back, particularly at work. But it is not just limited to our professional lives; it can creep into…
Empower Your Inner Warrior
The Bhagavad Gita, the best known of all the Hindu scriptures, teaches that if we wish to find the peace of yoga, we must be prepared to…
Five Lessons From the Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita is arguably the most influential of all yoga philosophical texts. Despite its ancient roots, it contains profound lessons for us modern practitioners, particularly when…
Top Three Yoga Tips For Perimenopause
Each life transition gives us the opportunity to tailor our yoga practice to best support us. Here are my top 3 tips for how yoga can support…
Can exercise help improve your sleep?
There are various ways in which exercise can improve the quality of sleep. The natural rise and then fall in body temperature is thought to mimic what…
Celebrating the Divine Wisdom of the Female Body
As women, we are often conditioned to believe that our bodies must conform to a particular ideal in order to be deemed acceptable or worthy. Society places…
A Beginner’s Guide to Meditation
In 2021, I started meditating almost every day because I had read numerous studies about how it could transform lives, and I felt my life needed a…
Embracing the Slow
In a world that constantly pushes us to do more, be more, and achieve more, it’s easy to find ourselves trapped in a cycle of burnout, stress,…
From Burnout to Bloom
Wow that was a long Winter! Despite being lucky enough to have spent two weeks in the sunshine midway through the season that still felt like an…
A Yoga Journey Through Injury and Healing
At the tail end of 2023, I fell and fractured my humerus (in two places!). And so began over a year of having to rethink everything I…
The Art of Watching the Mind
The only thing that remains with you permanently is your mind. It is the lens through which you perceive the world, and yet, it often becomes the…
“You’re only as young as your spine is flexible”
“Yoga is the Fountain of Youth. You’re only as young as your spine is flexible! ” ~ Bob Harper Reading time: 3 minutes One of the images…
Elevating Women in Yoga
March 8th is International Women’s Day and the theme is accelerated action; faster and more effective progress towards gender equality. Reading time: 3.5 minutes I’m a lifelong…
Top 3 Lessons from Teaching Chair Yoga
Have you ever thought about how a simple chair could transform your yoga practice? Whether you’re a seasoned yogi or a newcomer, let us explore together –…
How to Calm Your Anxiety with Ayurveda
Anxiety can feel like a storm raging inside you, holding you captive and preventing you from living fully. I’ve been there. Through my own struggles with anxiety,…
Looking Forward Within Our Relationships
We all want to be seen for who we are right now, without being weighed down by our past mistakes or misunderstandings, but how often do we…