12th March 2025. .
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
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22nd June 2023. .
Hands up who suffers from summer allergies? Winter sniffles? Or other seasonal, environment or health-related sinus issues? - Breathe easy!
Breath is central to both teaching and participating in an effective Pilates or Yoga class. Everything begins with the breath – including the very first thing we do when we are born into the world – we take an inhalation.
Breath and the nervous system
Inhalation is associated with the sympathetic nervous
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20th April 2023. .
"Where awareness goes, energy flows."
During a practical class, one of the students on our 200hr yoga teacher training course shared that she saw an image of her chakras and the related colours on the wall opposite her! It was during bow pose (Dhanurasana), a deep heart opener*.
“Was that my chakras opening up?” she asked.
I gave this some consideration. We had practiced some supine hands-free alternate nostril breathing at the start
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21st March 2023. .
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
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