Like a Victorian Novel. A lot of people think yoga only “works” if you do a lot of it. Long classes. Daily practice. Retreats. Challenges. The kind of commitment that requires a colour coded diary and a level of discipline most of us don’t have. But maybe yoga is more like reading a long novel……
The Flat Cap: The Costume of Spirituality in Modern Wellness In the north of England, the flat cap wasn’t originally fashion. It was practical. It kept rain off men working long days outdoors. Men grafting in factories, fields and shipyards. Men hunting because they needed food on the table, not because it was a leisurely…
Walking is brilliant – BUT Your bones don’t get stronger from just walking. Bone is living tissue, it adapts to load just like muscle. Use it and it gets stronger. Don’t use it and it gets weaker. So what actually fills bone? •Mechanical loads •Muscle force •Impact •Progressive overload Your bones and joints need stress…
What Are We Really Selling? A coffee shop sells coffee. Or does it? Of course, there is coffee involved but people also buy a pause between meetings. A familiar face behind the counter. A place to sit alone without feeling lonely, a reason to leave the house. The beauty industry sells products and treatments. Yet…
In Supercommunicators, Charles Duhigg argues that many conversations happen on different levels. Sometimes we’re having a practical conversation, trying to exchange information or solve a problem. Sometimes it’s emotional, where the real need is to feel heard, understood or supported. Other times it’s social, exploring identity, values or belonging. Communication often falters when people are…
The Frying Pan Of Pain People can struggle with the idea that many things contribute to pain, especially when most of us grow up with — and have that belief reinforced — the idea that pain means something is broken and needs to be fixed. While the biopsychosocial and emotional model of pain is accurate,…
The Return of Old Things “In times of economic, geopolitical and general uncertainty, consumers are drawn to nostalgia because it’s easy to romanticize the past as ‘safer’ or ‘happier’ when the future is uncertain.” Alice Crossley, The Future Laboratory If that quote is true, it might explain quite a lot about what’s happening in the…
There comes a point in many yoga journeys when we find the studio. The teacher whose classes just make sense. The room that feels like home. The familiar faces. The mat in the same corner. The Tuesday evening ritual that quietly becomes non-negotiable. It becomes the place to be. There’s nothing wrong with that. Community…
When pain lingers or keeps coming back, it’s easy to think something must be wrong with the body, with your approach, or even with you. If you’re a movement professional, you might start to wonder if you’ve missed something, if you have failed or not met your brief. If you’re the one in pain, it…
Sometimes we think we’re buying yoga but really we’re buying the story. The story that says; I’m someone who takes care of myself.The story that says; Today I chose to pause. The story that says; I listened when my body whispered instead of waiting for it to shout. Corporate wellbeing works the same way. Management…