Jaw exercises – The Scream
So, an area of the body that can hold a lot of tension is the jaw. It is the only bone that we consciously move that crosses the mid line of the body and has a joint at each end. There are so many descriptions that refer to keeping the mouth closed: "Grin and bear...
Breathing – Rib motion – sharira mudras
Like the three breathing exercises based up on the Brugger Exercises (First one is here) the aim of this exercise is to help identify the way that we breathe. One of the areas that often needs investigating is how much (or little) our ribcage actually moves during...
May and June 2019 – Changes to clinic times and classes
May has a number of bank holidays, and I'm (unsurprisingly) on a couple of courses. This means that there a couple of oddities with regards to clinics and classes. This might also mean that my diary gets a bit full. I am also away for 10 days in June, so I have...
Photo a Day collection – April 2019
So here is the photo collection for April 2019. I still love this group, and taking the photos makes me pay attention to everything around me. So here are this month's photos. April 1st - funFun doesn't have to be small children, fun can be sitting reading and...
Let’s talk about stress…
Stress /strɛs/ noun: stress pressure or tension exerted on a material object. "the distribution of stress is uniform across the bar" the degree of stress measured in units of force per unit area. a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse...
An ancient practice
I keep wondering whether I actually truly practice yoga or not. Why do I keep thinking this? Well, it's that wonderful thing call Social Media. So many of the yoga accounts that I follow, including some magazines and journals are full of scantily clad nubile young...
Photo a Day collection – March 2019
Welcome to the latest of my monthly Photo-a-Day collections. The year is just flying by, and I'm struggling to believe it's April already. I hope you enjoy these photos as much as I enjoy taking them. Let me know.March 1st - Something colourfulA colourful jug of...
Brain changing….
The latest book that I've read is "The Brain that changes itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science" by Norman Doidge (2007, Penguin). I was told about the book by Pete Blackaby during one of his lectures on the Yoga Teacher Training...
Photo a Day collection – February 2019
Welcome to this month's Photo-a-Day collection. It's a bit later than normal as I've managed to get away on holiday and took a break from the website. I hope you enjoy these photos, and there will be another one along very shortly. Feb 1st - Something blue A blue...