In a fast-paced and demanding world, maintaining good mental health is crucial. While there are various approaches to achieving this, one practice that has gained significant recognition for its positive impact on mental well-being is yoga. Beyond its physical benefits, yoga offers a multitude of advantages for mental health. Let’s explore some of the ways…
As we head into spring and summer the inevitable slew of wellness and yoga festivals start to jostle for our support and attention. Personally I started to turn down working at these and attending as my awareness grew to how they didn’t use their position for positive change and instead of employing a wealth and…
It is a common misconception that more of anything is ‘better’. However, when it comes to exercise and indeed yoga, there is a strong case for less is more. Pushing into shapes and poses on the yoga mat can be a counter productive stress signal to the body, whereas backing off, building your stretch tolerance…
Think of this post as your hall pass, your permission slip to pause, stop being a good girl and rest – because sometimes trying to do very little is actually hard work. We self sabotage rest. We feel we need to be productive and making progress, to tick things off a never ending to do…
5 Reasons For A Private Yoga Session How a one to one yoga class can benefit you. 1. You have specific needs such as persistent pain, an injury, limited mobility, fear of movement or return to sport goals 2. You feel uncomfortable with the public group class model; it is too fast or too exclusive,…
5 Effective Ways Of Mitigating Pain & Moving Forward. Instead of focusing on what the reason, cause or pathology is, treat the pain itself. Modern pain science show us that the best approach is to not aim to rid yourself of all discomfort and make a goal of being pain free, but to instead aim…
I CAN’T BALANCE! Really? Or do we just get taught that a balance is standing on one leg and completing other tasks at the same time? Walking is a multitasking single leg balance which most of us do everyday, but sometimes yoga can be overly elaborate and end goal focused, leading us to struggle unnecessarily.…