The Blog
Articles about wellbeing, self-development, yoga and meditation, and other thoughts about living a more fulfilling life.
8 Easy ways to improve your wellbeing this summer
Best practices to take advantage of the Summer fire element. Summer is one of my favourite seasons of the year. Brings me memories of lazy Sunday siestas, warm evening walks, the smell and taste of fresh figs and juicy watermelons, and school holidays! Today I'd like...
What are the real benefits of yoga?
What if I tell you that a strong and flexible body might only be a secondary effect? There are different ways to practice yoga, different styles, different schools. It means different things to different people. But let’s face it, especially in the west, most people...
Is multitasking making you less productive? Try this immediately!
If you are a multitasker, your ability to get things done is seriously compromised by it. Don't worry, I have come up with some ideas. (Or, how yoga taught me to be more productive.) Multitasking is the ability to perform more than one task, or activity, at the same...
No more dreaming of a happily-ever-after
Love is more than something happening in a distant future when we'll be 'happy-ever-after'. The only love that counts is the one you feel right now. The magic thing is that we can learn to feel and create more love in the present... like everything, like yoga, it's a...
Are yoga backbends safe or should I never do them?
Backbends are an essential part of any physical yoga practice but it can feel very scary or un-safe when we suffer from back pain. So, are they safe or should we never do them? When we think of ‘backbending’ in yoga, images of gymnasts, or circus performers touching...
What is Ujjayi Breath and why use it?
Recently I posted a video talking a lot about Ujjayi Breath. If you've practised a vinyasa class in the past few years, or almost any yoga class for that matter, is quite possible that the teacher might have mentioned it. Maybe they called it ocean breath, or...
What is Good Mental Health? 10 proven strategies
Every year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) recognises the 10th of October as the World Mental Health Day, but do we pay enough attention to our mental health for the rest of the year? Being mentally healthy doesn’t just mean that you don’t have a mental health...
10 Wonderful reasons to Meditate
Many people make a distinction between meditation and ‘yoga’, they think of yoga as just a form of exercise, separate from meditation, which is seating in stillness. But meditation is part of the whole yoga system and a very important one! See below some of the...
How to use Yoga and Meditation for self-care
Self-care seems to be the thing to talk about lately, but it can be easy to dismiss as just an excuse to indulge in a frivolous bubble bath or to get a manicure done. Of course, it is much more than and it's benefits can have short and long term positive effects in...
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