"The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of other things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax and cabbages and kings." Lewis Carrol   If you receive my email newsletters, you might have seen my recent communication about sunsets.  They’re a reminder that things end and then they wake up beautifully the next day into newness.   A sunset is what I’m experiencing right now.  The day has been beautiful and I have extreme gratitude yet now, it is time.   I must close my lovely yoga studio in Hucknall     Those who have been with me from Day 1 - thank you ..read more

    Resilience, for me, used to be an underrated concept and I have learned that “The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun.” — Napoleon Hill I doubt there has ever been a person living who hasn’t known struggle, emotionally, physically, mentally, or spiritually. Indeed, in yogic philosophy, the second of the Niyamas, Tapas, encourages us to stay within reasonable limits of discomfort for through these austerities or metaphorical fires, is where spiritual growth resides. During my years of teaching yoga, I have been bless ..read more

    We are all familiar with the concept of "being stressed". Unfortunately for some, it can be all too common an occurrence. But have you ever noticed how some people are more frequently in this physical state and how some people are able to let things slide like water off a duck's back and recover from stress more quickly?   Like water off a duck’s back. (Ok, I think it’s a Heron.) Highfields Park, Nottingham Jul20   Knowledge is power One of the things that I know to be true of myself is that if I can understand something, it is easier to deal with or t ..read more

  Photo by Jeremy Adams on Unsplash   So the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in the UK are lifted and many think this is a huge cause for celebration and getting back to normal. Organising to see friends and family, planning parties, saying yes to every single social invitation received. But what if it doesn’t feel that good, and what if, actually, it’s making you feel a bit rubbish with worry or even anxiety? I’ve spoken with people who say they’re just not ready for things to be ‘normal’, like nothing ever happened. They’re not so worried about catching the virus per se, they ..read more

    You may know of me that I am really passionate about women’s empowerment, pleasure, well-being, and health. One might imagine that I’m a feminist. I am. I am a feminist But does the words ‘feminism’ conjure up for you the idea of a vulva-owning man-hater? That, I am not. Life is a balance I’m a great believer that in life there must be balance; light and dark, yin and yang, sun and moon, masculine and feminine. No one gender is better or worse than the other. I’m also a great believer that everything is based around energy and in the school of thought that sits best with me ..read more

    Doesn’t the universe give you the most interesting gifts needed in that moment? Recently, I had been feeling a tad glum for a while. In fact, the first Monday of the month was a complete washout. I wasn’t able to work because I needed to stay in the space of honouring a bit of weariness. Of course, sometimes we need to crack on with work / parenting / everyday life but every now and then and if you are able, I absolutely recommend clearing your schedule and allowing yourself to feel the feels because there’s such a thing as toxic positivity, you know. If you’re feeling less ..read more

    Two little words that can strike fear or dread in one person’s heart just as easily as it could stoke the fires of love and warmth in another’s; Valentine’s Day. Where do you stand with it? As soon as the clock ticks around to one minute past midnight, there they are, the supermarket shelf stackers, the merchandisers, the greetings card retailers, the florists are there, changing at the bit to be first off the line and display to us a gazillion and one ways we can show the person we love that they mean the world to them.    A gazillion and one ways in which we can be ..read more

Following the lockdown of March 2020, the relaxing of lockdown, and who knows what of lockdown, I find that people really wanted to talk about their lives, how they have come to be where they are or things that are important to them. PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK AND TO BE HEARD It inspired me to open my Guest Blogging doors in a new series and I’ve been in awe of some of the bravery and honesty I’ve been offered for sharing. One of the elements of my business is that I host a regular Women’s Circle, and still in it’s infancy at the beginning of the lockdown, I wasn’t sure if it would translate to o ..read more

At the start of a brand new year, we can become overwhelmed with pressure for making resolutions. Promises to ourselves - or others - of positive changes that will make us a better person, make us fitter, slimmer or the sole protector of the planet. Over the past I don’t know how many years, this practice has increasingly narked me off because I for one, don’t need the extra pressure to feel as though I’m ‘less than’ or not good enough. I can do that all on my own, thank you very much. Perhaps you are rightly incensed and passionate about environmental issues. It’s a sad state of affairs tha ..read more

    Everyone else is asleep. I should be asleep. But I’m not. I’m. Wide. Awake. And soooooo tired!!! This week I found myself wide awake at 2:15am and unable to drop back off. The Sandman just did not want to visit me. These are the things I did instead of sleeping. I read four chapters of my book. I read a lot of philosophical and factual content and during Christmas and New Year, I wanted to read some fiction, with my only criteria being that it had to be a book I couldn’t put down. I found that book - it’s really good, but the problem is, I can’t put it down. Being a crime th ..read more