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Meditation and Pranayama: My journey and 5 benefits you can implement in your teaching

12th March 2025. No comments.

Meditation and Pranayama are powerful practices that enhance balance, mental clarity, and overall wellbeing. They help regulate the nervous system, reduce stress, boost energy, and promote physical health. These techniques have had such a profound impact on my life that I now offer a comprehensive CPD course to help others integrate them into their teaching (and practice). In this blog, I’ll share how incorporating mindfulness and breathwork has impacted my [read on]

Mindful (R)Evolution: The Rise of Restorative Practices

15th January 2025. No comments.

When I first took over Revitalise in 2003, the studio had just one Pilates class on the timetable. Over the first few years, this grew to around 30 classes. The yoga timetable was dominated by Vinyasa flow and Ashtanga, with Yin Yoga added some years later, though at the time these classes struggled to attract students. Fast forward some 20 years, and the timetable has transformed dramatically. Trends and Shifts [read on]

Reconnecting with Self and Nature: A transformative retreat experience

10th October 2023. No comments.

When I embarked on planning my recent retreat to the enchanting sacred venue at St Nectan’s Glen, I knew it was going to be extraordinary. Set against the backdrop of a healing waterfall and surrounded by an abundance of nutritious negative ion-charged air, the retreat coincided with a powerful super full moon. It was the start of a new 12 month cycle, a time for release, forgiveness, embracing new beginnings, [read on]

Cultivating the Relaxation Response: Self-awareness and mindful practices to enhance well-being

9th September 2023. No comments.

I have noticed a distinctive shift in my energy over the past few days, aligning with the super blue full moon and changing seasons; a time for letting go, turning within and coming home to self. Initially, I planned to work on my book at a friend's place this weekend, however when the time approached, it didn’t feel in my alignment. Instead of frustration, I sat with the realisation that [read on]

Are you your own best friend? Yoga practices to help you find your inner light.

4th May 2023. No comments.

Every time I deliver a yoga teacher training course, students are surprised at how much MORE there is to the practice of yoga. They experience how much yoga can enhance our quality of lives on a day-to-day basis – physically, mentally, energetically, emotionally and spiritually. Hence the increasingly popular phrase ‘transformational yoga’. It can help us to make decisions; it influences the way we communicate; the words we choose; how we [read on]

Discovering the Potential of Simple Postures: Delving into Meditation and Breathwork

21st March 2023. No comments.

Meditation and pranayama are powerful tools for reducing stress, improving mental clarity, and increasing overall well-being. But you don't need to be able to access advanced postures to reap the benefits! During the recent history of yoga workshop I delivered, I shared that there are 84 yoga Asana (postures) identifed in the Hatha Yoga Pradapika. In a series of workshops, Yoga Master Marcel Andres Hopegen stated that, of these, 4 were [read on]

What’s the difference between a yoga holiday and a yoga retreat?

14th March 2023. No comments.

An authentic yoga retreat calls for some kind of withdrawal; from our hectic, busy, day to day life; from thoughts which tend to come from our subconscious conditioning and habits; and from fulfilling the expectations of our ‘human self’ and others. A retreat is a place where we can slow down, turn within, reflect on how we are living our lives, and whether we wish to make changes to improve our balance, emotions, [read on]

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