Neighbourhoods & Banana Bread What struck a lot of people about the Barnes & Noble story wasn’t that a hedge fund bought it. It was what happened next. The new owners, Elliott Management, could easily have done what struggling chains often do: centralise everything, cut costs, standardise stores, squeeze margins and chase efficiency. Instead, they…
Oh the glory of inconvenience. After decades spent pursuing convenience, people are beginning to choose inconvenience again. Not everywhere, of course. Nobody is queuing up to abandon online banking or navigation apps. Most of us are quite happy to let technology handle the things we’d rather not think about but look a little closer and…
When Yoga Isn’t Always the Right Fit: Pregnancy and the Question of Responsibility A gentle challenge to the “yoga for everyone” mindset It’s easy to see why yoga appeals to people during pregnancy, it’s calm, mindful and often framed as “safe for everyone” but perhaps it’s worth pausing before assuming our usual classes are suitable…
Savasana. Yes its the whole point but we have more information now than when we trained so lets look at what we know. For every person who feels it is their highlight of the yoga class, there will be somebody that is deeply uncomfortable with it. Whether it’s mental health, ADHD, neurodiversity, trauma, stress or…
Cycles, Samskāras & Self‑Study: Yoga for the Looping Of Life One of the most quietly powerful gifts of yoga is its invitation to notice. The patterns, pulls and pushbacks. To step back. To observe without judgment. While the rest of the world encourages pushing forward, yoga asks us to pause and look at the loops,…
Why We Get Stuck, Yoga’s Take On Human Habits One of yoga’s strengths is that it gives us language for things we’ve always felt but couldn’t quite name. The kleshas are a perfect example—five core mental emotional human patterns said to cloud perception and drive suffering into cycles and behaviour habits. You don’t need to…
Core. The middle of an apple and not much more yet it’s the movement myth with main character energy. Struggling with lower back pain? Strengthen the core! Need better balance? Strengthen the core! Lower joint issues? Strengthen the core! The list goes on, the promises are endless. Yet when we weed it out what on…
“Glass Back Gripes & Bending Beliefs” Bending over and picking things up is one of the most basic human movements — something we should all be able to do without fear,overthinking or hesitation. Yet, how we bend has become a surprisingly controversial topic. Some lean toward the ultra-cautious advice to “keep your spine neutral at…
“When Sugar Slips Us Into The Self‑Talk Sewer: Joe Wicks, Pain, Yoga and the Power of Our Words” Joe Wicks recently shared on Instagram that he’s been in a sugar slump, “eating his emotions” and bingeing on ultra‑processed foods that left him feeling sluggish, bloated, and moody. He described the drive as “so highly addictive…
Why Your Email Might Be the Most Valuable Thing You Create I recently listened to an interview with Graydon Carter — former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair and the cultural force behind the now-iconic Vanity Fair Oscars party, which many argue has eclipsed the Oscars themselves. For those of us who came of age in the…