Mindful Love Notes – Reminders for Myself & Others from the Yoga Mat & Meditation Cushion  (Thanks in advance for overlooking my amateur grammar and writing skills and focusing on the parts that have helped me along the way find a ‘Helping Hand’ from Yoga’s Treasure Box and remember ‘Obstacles’ can reveal the path) – which may come in handy for you too or someone you know. The Anxiety Gap & FEAR “The psychological condition of fear is divorced from any concrete and true immediate danger. It comes in many forms: unease, worry, anxiety, nervousness, tension, dread, phobia, and s ..read more

Each of us have our own unique experiences that can prepare us for greater things in life. There are three key areas within The Subtle Body that can help us endure the hard knocks, learn to process them, understand them and articulate them,  and most of all derive benefit and meaning from them in a way that we are able to be of service to others. One of the biggest values in taking time to reflect & learn processes and practices like this, is that it can help pave the way toward more acceptance , patience & inspiration to ‘keep going’ . If ever you’ve experienced th ..read more

Mindfulness for your Monday  Make the best decision you can right now, yet stay open. As new information comes to light you can update your decision. Information comes in many forms ~ inside & outside.  The yogis have many teachings that can help guide us to stay true to our moral compass.  We may have certain people we associate wise action with & can consider “what would they do?”  But one of the most useful that no one else can do for you, is for you to practice getting quiet and listening. Tuning into your own intuition. This can be difficult as often there’s co ..read more

Heather 72 years of age during her Yoga NRG Teacher Training (on bottom) A Sutra for your Sunday (but before I go further this dear yogi Heather on the bottom holding me up was 72years old with Parkinson’s ) There’s nothing better for your sense of self confidence and self trust than actually giving something a go! Not thinking about it, talking about it , but actually doing it . Despite thoughts of I’m too old, not good enough, I have too many things wrong with me. Truth is you have ALOT more right with you. You may just happen to help someone else just from giving something a go . Even ye ..read more

A great Mindfulness Teacher once said your True Home is ‘being right here right now’     For anyone who has ever felt a sense of dis-ease , or that ‘home-sick’ sort of feeling, or for anyone who has experienced loss or fears loss in different forms, Mindfulness can help us in many ways.    Mindfulness comes from a Pali word “Sati” meaning ‘to remember’  This is not referring to general use of our memory , it is referring to ‘remembering the present’ and as Jon Kabat Zin describes “Paying attention in the present moment in a particular way , with curiosity and kindne ..read more

How feeling confused can create tension in the body  Many find feelings confusing. That confusion can create a ripple effect of more stress, tension & fatigue building up in the body & mind. One of the obstacles we learn to work with in our Trauma Aware Mindfulness Meditation & Yoga Therapy Programs is strong or confusing emotions. Myths of Mindfulness & Meditation : Many may mistake Mindfulness to mean just being present or learning not to react. This is untrue. Due to the token statement of “respond not react” there’s more to it than just this one aspect. Our bodies are ..read more

Sutra for your Sunday ~ One of the Yamas in Yoga is Satya ~ truthfulness & honesty. Difference in values can cause a lot of suffering Difference in how we interpret things can cause division 3 Contemplations to help if you find yourself in a situation where there maybe a clash of values 1. What needs to be acknowledged ? 2. What needs to be accepted ? 3. What needs to be let go of ? Being honest with yourself is a good place to start & the first step to getting unstuck from a blame game or guilt cycle (when it comes to moving on from relationships) Truth maybe not everyone values w ..read more

“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” – Mark Twain. Even though on the outside Yoga may look to be about the fancy poses and the way “assisting” someone in a pose may appear to be helping them go further – this is not the case in the way we offer Mindfulness & Yoga Teacher Training . Here is just one example : Being supported in backbends in Yoga can lengthen the psoas muscle to provide release. A fascial sheath runs from the pelvic floor along the front of the lumbar spine up to the diaphragm muscle. If our psoas is tight from things like a lot of sit ..read more

A Sutra for your Sunday on Simplicity & how this new Three Part Short Series may help to create space & a sense of contentment It’s often said life is simple it’s the mind that makes it complex. If you’ve ever yearned for things to be simple , especially when going through challenging or sticky situations, then meditation & some of the key yogic teachings from the Sutras may help to uncomplicate things. Simplicity can be “hard won” due to the tangles we as human beings can get caught up in of thoughts and feelings about our life situations. What I love about some of the brief sto ..read more

It’s not often you read the comment on Facebook “From rifleman to healer” and some may find it quite the contrast going from being on the frontline in the Army to Teaching his Gran & Travelling buddies Yoga & Mindfulness. If it is one thing that helps you when it comes to Yoga Teaching & helping others it is life experience. Often people are worried they will not be flexible enough to Practice or to Teach Yoga – it is not what it is about I would say. Seans story is what it is all about and it has been a privilege to witness and support Sean through some of his journey so far. Se ..read more