Why Blending Buddhism With Yoga Is Like Saying A ‘Hand Manicure’ Philosophy on top of philosophy, when does more becomes too much?Should we be looking at subtraction not addition to remain faithful to yoga at its core? Is the quiet power of yoga no longer enough? It’s easy to get caught up in the desire…
Treatonomics For Teachers: What the psychological phenomenon of the ‘lipstick effect’ & the current rise of Labubu’s have to do with your yoga class attendance? Why are we obsessed with little treats? *Did someone say more recession indicators? Millennials and Gen Z are deep in their little treat era. A £4 coffee here, a limited…
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…
Is the current structure of yoga education just one more example of demanded obedience? The guru structure of no questions asked, being told and then expected to follow blindly? Updated quality education is executed WITH someone not TO someone – and should be a collaboration and application rather than a parroting of information that’s never…
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…
How does repetition help your students learn? How does teaching repetitiously allow things to land overtime? How’s does teaching repetitiously allow evolution in the student as we meet the same teachings at different ages, stages, views and life experiences? How could repeating ideas, classes, posts & concepts help you? Saying the same things in different…
I’m going to keep this short and sweet. You don’t own Facebook, you don’t own Instagram, you don’t control the algorithms and your accounts can be taken away or hacked in the blink of an eye. What you DO own and completely control is a website and your newsletters. Heres 3 tips for websites: Get…
Hear me out. This could be a good, maybe great, component to your next event, retreat or corporate offering – that you probably aren’t offering right now. I remember back in the day hosting my first day retreat and they were so uncommon people were a bit unsure as to what it all even involved.…
Consistency is a word I feel a bit icky using in regards to yoga as it has so many toxic connotations of working hard, gruelling schedules and well, it sounds like a drag. However, consistency can be the key to that elusive feel good quality you probably started yoga for in the first place –…
LOOKING AT YOGA: Drishti Translated as sight, view, vision, gaze and more, Drishti is basically a focused gaze. In every yoga pose, there’s a spot we can choose to look at (like a finger, wall or toe) and it can change to where our body is accessible or comfortable, but it’s not really about the…