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…
We live in a time where wellness is everywhere—on our screens, in our social feeds, in endless suggestions for what to eat, drink, breathe, or buy. Yet with access to all this information, many of us don’t actually feel more well. In this $7 trillion industry, it’s worth asking: has the flood of wellness advice…
The Five Pillars of Health: More Than Pointers of Privilege? When we talk about health, it’s easy to slip into checklist mode—eat well, exercise, sleep eight hours, don’t stress, stay social. These are the “pillars” we’re told to build our lives around, and to be fair, they’re based on solid research. But health isn’t just…
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…
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…
If yoga was dramatically anti ageing, something undeniably measurable and with guaranteed results for all, well, I’d be typing this from my retirement compound full of dogs with an ageing portrait of myself in the attic. However, there IS evidence that yoga in both its physical and philosophical forms does have some pretty positive impact…
Comfy & Curious These two concepts can be great cornerstones to a yoga practice whether you are a student or a teacher. Could they even be an extreme simplification of all you need to remember in class? So, what do they mean and how can we use them? It’s easy to look at the words…