Lots of us have ‘To Do’ lists – but do you have a ‘To Be’ list?
I came across this idea recently and thought it was brilliant. Ensuring that you have time to just ‘be’ is so important in our busy world. It’s more important for our health and wellbeing than all the stuff we have ‘to do’.
In this blog is a little inspiration to create your own ‘To be’ list, using the acronym N.O.U.R.I.S.H.
There’s also a PDF you can download to help you.
Read MoreMenopause is not something to ‘fix’. It is a natural transition for the female body, and a natural time of transformation.
Western lives and culture mean we may feel the challenge of the transition more than some other areas of the world where women report less symptoms. For some of us we may undergo an early or medical menopause, and for some of us our natural menopause can be hugely challenging emotionally, mentally and physically. If we are lucky our symptoms might be mild.
However we come to menopause, and however we journey through it, we can make it a positive experience as best we can. In this blog post I offer what I think are the9 key areas of our lives and tools we can use to help us to do this. Are there things on the list that might help you manage your journey?
Read MoreWhen we think of yoga poses that take our body upside down, headstand and shoulderstand probably spring to mind first.
But there are lots of yoga poses that take our head lower than our heart that are much more accessible, and provide the same benefits.
In this blog post I show you 5 simple and accessible inversions and explain the benefits of going upside down.
Read MoreIt is really useful to understand more about your pelvis and how it is amazingly built to open for labour and birth, to enable your baby to pass through. (
You may have been experiencing some discomfort during your pregnancy which has made you more aware of your pelvis. This may be around the pelvic joints, or it maybe a sense of much more pressure down into the pelvic floor as there is a lot more weight than usual for it to hold up with your growing baby. These experiences can come and go through pregnancy.
In this blog I share a video in which I give you a tour of your pelvis, and there are also some pictures and an overview of what I share in the video.
Read MoreThis blog is about using a Yoga Belt. You can buy specific yoga belts, but any soft, non stretchy, belt will work or even a long scarf.
A belt can be a useful support for any yoga student to help you to support a yoga pose; find your way into a yoga pose more fully; and in restorative yoga, belts can be really helpful to help hold parts of the body so that the body can rest and enjoy the benefits of the pose without the effort of holding the pose
In this blog I share a few ideas on how to use your belt to support you in ten common yoga poses.
Read MoreIn this blog post I explain the acronym B.R.A.I.N.
It is a really useful tool to use when making choices, and is especially well known in the world of Pregnancy, Labour and Birth, when having to make choices can come quickly and without much warning. I’ve included a free B.R.A.I.N. card to print out to use at antenatal appointments, through labour, birth and postnatally.
B.R.A.I.N. can also be used by anyone for day to day, and more complex decisions. I invite you to have a read and see if this tool could be helpful for you.
Read MoreJanuary, a new start. Welcome to the new year.
If you’ve read my blogs before, you know that I am not one for new years resolutions. Why add more pressure to your life?
Instead I like to think of intentions. Intentions feel more gentle, they offer less chance for failure if we don’t ‘stick’ to them like resolutions. Intentions are a way to offer some direction, but with space for curiosity and time to explore the journey we we make our way towards them.
This year I’ve created a ‘Mindful Month’ to start the year. A little prompt for each day to find a mindful moment to re-connect to yourself, to take a pause, to do something that brings you some joy and as a result will bring you into the present moment. More happiness, less stress.
Read the blog here and access your free download to stick on your fridge…
As the tenth anniversary year of Breathing Space Yoga draws to a close, this blog post is a celebration of all of the students that have joined me in class over the past 10 years, and a celebration of some fantastic charities that we have supported in that time.
Every year since 2013 I have organised annual fundraising classes. It has been really important to me to be able to give back to important causes through the yoga that I love to teach. I carefully choose the charity that we support each year.
Over the ten years my fantastic students have generously raised over £4,500. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking part and to these amazing charities who do such essential work supporting people.
Read on for a little summary of each of the charities we’ve supported, and of course if you have a few spare pennies maybe you can click ‘donate’ on one of their webpages…
Read MoreI’m a big fan of books. Any kind of book- fiction, non-fiction, hard back, paper back, kindle. I thought I’d share 10 books with you that I’ve loved over the past 12 months or so. There’s a variety, but they are all focused on yoga and mindfulness, and cover the breadth of my classes from pregnancy to meditation to menopause.
Whether you add them to your Christmas list, or are looking for a gift for a friend, you can find all of them (and lots more recommendations) on my https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Breathingspaceyoga pages – if you buy from there you support local bookshops and also a little tiny commission comes to me. Otherwise they are available from most of your usual booksellers.
Let me know if you read any of them…
Read MoreWhen you choose to train as a yoga teacher, there is a huge range of training that you can access. In the Western World you usually choose a 200 hour yoga course, or similar, to begin with, and then from there the world’s your oyster!
Read about some of my favourite teacher trainings over the past ten years and why my students are my biggest teachers…
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