I like asking questions and I like to know things.  I am by nature a curious person which stands me in good stead as a school teacher and...

This difference really struck me this week when my gorgeous class of new yogis were flowing through a sequence with so much grace and...

I want to turn our attention to a pose in yoga that I reckon is taken for granted and often done without noticing what it feels like or...

What exactly is our ego? It comes from the Latin for ‘I’ so that’s a good starting point!. Freud talked a lot about the ego as one of...

The onset of Spring always fills me with excitement, igniting inspiration and the anticipation of new beginnings.  It might be because I...

Apologies if I share too much here but over the last 25 years or so I’ve had what could be called a number of ‘adverse adult experiences’...

Yoga has changed my perspective on life so much and Ahimsa, Satya and Asteya have helped me to consider the way I live.  The final two...

Following on from Ahimsa and Satya where yoga thinking urges us to do less harm and less lying, the next Yama is Asteya which means...

Happy new year!  And what does the new year bring for many people? Resolutions!!!!   If yoga forms part of a new year’s resolution for...

Starting with a classic yoga text, The Yoga Sutras by Patanjali, I want to talk about Yamas and Niyamas.  The Sutras function as guidance...

We are fast approaching the shortest day of the year and dark mornings and dark afternoons are tough especially when we’re working full...

Uncurling and unravelling ourselves from our beds in the morning can be tricky at the best of times but as we draw nearer to the shortest...

One of the things I feel really passionate about is that yoga is for anyone and everyone. Many people have recently said to me that they...

Last time I was full of how strong we can feel when in a warrior pose. However, yoga is about balance. We all know that life can be...

A number of poses (known as ‘asanas’) that recur in classes are the group of standing poses called ‘warrior poses’ (or ‘virabhadrasana’)....

When did you last play and just experiment with movement for fun? Playing aids our mental wellbeing and yet, when we grow up, we seem to...

I’ve just booked my place at the wonderful Orange Yoga studio in Cheltenham, where I did my training, to do 108 sun salutations for the...

I’m going to actually do what I promised in the first blog and explain some of the more frequently advertised types of yoga. The...

I left you last time pondering where you might start your yoga adventure or for those already practising an offer to challenge yourself...

Knowing where to start anything often stops us from starting at all! I faffed around with my website for weeks wondering where and how to...