With a week into the new year here is to a great year ahead! Did you make a new year’s resolution, maybe abandon the thought a few days later, or did you greet the new year and all it has to offer with open arms and an open mind ready to embrace new opportunities? EitherContinue reading “Happy New Year!”
Category Archives: Uncategorized
‘Tis the season to be grateful
No matter what x-mas means to you or whether you are celebrating the festive season in a traditional or more innovative way, ‘tis the season to be grateful. Most of us view the end of the current year and the beginning of the new one as an opportunity to start fresh with whatever it mayContinue reading “‘Tis the season to be grateful”
Meditation for relaxation
Trouble falling asleep, hours after hours lying awake at night, tossing, turning, feeling restless, worried or stressed? Meditation might help. From my own experience as a yoga teacher and evident in my classes it has happened numerous times that students have complained about difficulties going to sleep at night only to fall asleep during SavasanaContinue reading “Meditation for relaxation”
Be a corporate yogi
If you often leave your office at the end of a long day with lower back pain, tight shoulders, a sore neck or tired eyes, feeling fatigued from slouching hours after hours in front of the computer screen and possibly emotionally drained from arguing and getting angry with colleagues or about your job, you areContinue reading “Be a corporate yogi”
Shifting focus
They say “you can’t have everything you want”. Well, it depends on what you want and whether you are willing to let go of expectations and be happy with what is and where you are. If you have followed the Rio Olympics earlier this month you might have seen the men’s Pommel Horse final andContinue reading “Shifting focus”
Short and sweet yoga home practice
Easter holidays are just around the corner providing for a well-deserved break from daily routine and offering plenty of opportunity for family and down time. With all the festivities going on, if you do find yourself in need of a little “me” time, my go-to motto is: Take a break, take a breath, do yoga.Continue reading “Short and sweet yoga home practice”
Spring into action
Spring is here, and with that time to spring into action to create new habits. Have you ever looked at another person’s life and thought theirs is so much better than yours? Getting the impression life is greener on the other side? Admittedly, social media does not help these days to feel happy and satisfied,Continue reading “Spring into action”
Finding stillness
As we shape our body through physical practice, yoga encourages our mind to focus on what is happening within. Yoga encourages us to become more observant and thus more knowledgeable about ourselves and receptive of information. Stilling the mind also allows us to quieten and listen internally and externally and become more in tune withContinue reading “Finding stillness”
Yoga gives time
Ganga White (a recognized pioneer of American yoga) said “Yoga doesn’t take time, it gives time.” What you learn on the mat translates into every aspect of your life. Imagine your life as a huge vessel or vase that can hold so much. It is up to you to fill it with as many goodContinue reading “Yoga gives time”
Happy New (Now) Year!
Have you set your new year’s resolution? No? Don’t worry you are not the only one. I don’t know about you but in my experience year after year a new year’s resolution has always been a set up for failure. So instead why not focus on intuition. Following your own inner guide. Doing what feelsContinue reading “Happy New (Now) Year!”