Yoga Nidra is an amazing practice that has beneficial effects on multiple levels
There’s nothing like taking it easy on a Sunday morning. Modern life is stressful and busy and a moment of calm in all the madness can be a welcome tonic to the soul. Staying a bit longer in bed with the papers and a fry-up is most people’s idea of a Sunday treat. But the …
It was a character in Armistead Maupin’s classic story of San Francisco flower power Tales of the City who once said: “You can have a hot apartment, a hot lover, and a hot job, but you can’t have all three at the same time”. That’s a truism I think we could all do with examining …
Have you ever thought about doing yoga outdoors? It’s strangely uncommon in the UK but really popular elsewhere in the world. In India and Nepal there are always little pockets of people at sunrise up in the hills Surya Namaskar-ing away. In the US and Japan people do yoga in urban parks, much as they …
Update – this class is no longer running, for current schedule see classes I’ve started a new class in the lovely upstairs room at Rico’s restaurant just round the corner in Oakwood, Leeds near Roundhay park. It’s a really great place for people to practice yoga. It’s got nice, bright light from the bay windows …
A week of classes at Atmashree Yoga centre in Pokhara Nepal has been a real eye opener. I’ve had such a variety of experiences that have really given me a broader perspective on yoga. I started out a little doubtful as the class teaching is quite different to Europe. I’ve ended up totally won over …
This is only my second blog post from my trip to Nepal as technical difficulties have meant I’m only able to write with my thumbs on my phone! I’m taking daily yoga classes here in Lakeside just outside the city of Pokhara on the side of the Fewa lake. I’m staying further round the lake …
It’s amazing how standing in front of 20 wheelchair users to teach yoga focuses the brain. There’s no time for endless lesson planning, tweaking or panicking even. It’s just roll up your sleeves and get stuck in. Quite liberating really. Some things work, others don’t, but it’s all good learnings. And you just have to …