To Photograph or Not to Photograph? A Look at Filming in Yoga Classes, The Gym & Pilates Every so often, a familiar topic circles back around in the yoga community: should teachers take photos or film their classes? I don’t, ever but it’s not about right or wrong, but about pausing for a moment to…
Rethinking Yin Yoga Claims for ADHD: Yoga Claims & Sketchy Aims There’s a narrative that Yin Yoga—a slow, still, introspective practice—is especially good for people with ADHD. You’ll hear claims like: “It helps you build tolerance for stillness,” “It supports regulation,” “It teaches you to feel your feelings,” “It gives you permission to pause,” “It…
When Tech Fails: What M&S Can Teach Us About Grace Under (Cyber) Fire Marks & Spencer was hit by a cyber attack. Not ideal, obviously. In fact, pretty disastrous, especially for a company that runs on logistics, online orders, and the kind of reliability we expect when we buy pants and Percy Pigs in the…
🤕 Okay, so you have just winced in pain again around THAT recurring painful issue. You have tried everything and nothing works, you are totally despondent so what now? 👌Here’s how I often start to work with my one to one clients with recurring pain and be warned, exercise and poses don’t feature so exit…
Is Fascia Still Fascinating? If we could release, free or deform our fascia in the way that we once thought; our feet would collapse by walking, our face would look rearranged after vigorously washing it, our bum would be flat after sitting and falls would be frequent and could be fatal. What we know for…
How Does Yoga Teach Us the True Meaning of the Glass Half Full? Now I love being in a good stinking mood every now and again but have you ever caught yourself stuck in a cycle of negative thinking? Pratipaksha Bhavana—a concept from the Yoga Sutras (2.33)—is all about shifting perspective. It’s the ultimate “glass…
What? As the name suggest batch cooking is a really useful way of planning several classes at once. (On my Yin Yoga Teacher refresher course I use this as an expanded idea and show you how to create a years worth of classes in one sitting) Find my digital course here: Finding The Yoga in…
What Makes a Great Physio—And What Yoga Teachers Might Learn From It Knowledge, expertise, and experience: the classic trio we tend to look for when we seek out a physiotherapist. But are they enough? Or perhaps more importantly—are they the right things to prioritise? A recent study by Kleiner et al. (2023) explored what people…
What causes pain may not be what maintains it. When someone experiences pain—whether it’s acute, nagging, or persistent—the natural question is, “What’s causing this?” For both patients and clinicians, this often leads to a hunt for a specific tissue or structure to blame. A muscle, a joint, a disc. But pinpointing a source of pain…