yoga & the need for a midsummer pause

  Sometimes I have so much that I want to say that I seem to get t stuck where to start. So I will start with making time to pause. The summer solstice is a perfect opportunity for us to pause and evaluate where we are. How the year is progressing…how the seeds we have […]

How yoga teaches you about failure

  We can all relate to sayings like ‘feel the fear and do it anyway’ or ‘if at first you don’t succeed try, try again’. There are many things in life that we try a few times before we get it right, and that we are scared to try in case we fail. However not […]

Find out who you are, with yoga

What do we know about ourselves? If asked “who are you.” Would you answer with a name, a job, a position (mother, daughter, friend). Locality (a southerner,a scouser)! Yet none of these are us. If told “I don’t understand you” do we think…nor do I to be honest! Or do we assume that others should […]

6 ways I learnt to love myself with yoga

  As I began to love myself I found that anguish and emotional suffering are only warning signs that I was living against my own truth. Today, I know, this is “AUTHENTICITY”.   As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody As I try to force my desires on […]

4 ways to make time for you & your yoga

We all need to make more time for ourselves. It is a modern fashion to be busy, to always have a to do list and to feel that every day should be about achieving. Maybe this is true but maybe we should be achieving experiences rather than things to do. With all the labour saving […]

Goodbyes are never easy

This is probably the saddest blog I’ve ever written. I’ve had challenges, met obstacles, been let down, had my heart broken & even had my spine cut into over the years I’ve kept this blog but never have I felt such a loss. I had to say goodbye to my best friend 🙁 My little […]

16 new year resolutions you may want to share

16 new year resolutions you may want to share 1. Live in the moment…Don’t think a selfie or a Facebook post is experiencing. Put away the things & exist in that moment in your body & mind. This isn’t about social media but about you. I read an interesting interpretation of some of the young […]

4 ways to make 2016 a year to remember

4 ways to make 2016 a year to remember Let’s think for a start about memories! How often are they of experiences rather than objects….or if they are of objects are they a trigger for a memory of an experience? A special moment or a particular time in your life. As I get older (in […]

Contemplating the year

It’s that time of year when we often look back at the year ending & look forward to the year ahead. Often making new year resolutions to be better people, maybe to be healthier or more patient. To spend more time being active, to do more yoga or to eat better. I have my new year resolutions for 2007 on my wall in my little office….they make me smile for they are a lifetimes work yet I have also made progress in every one of them 🙂