Have you seen the film “Quartet”? Set in an English stately home and featuring some of Britain’s finest actors (Billy Connolly, Dame Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Pauline Collins), it’s a wonderful story about a group of retired classical musicians who create a retirement home for themselves. Much like conventional retirement villages, they each have their […]
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You can now get your yoga fix with me wherever you are! Here’s a lovely gentle practice to get you started – suitable for all levels of yoga experience, it will stretch and revitalise your body and calm and refresh your mind, and you don’t even need a mat. I hope you enjoy it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds_4SVDq2zE
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Sometimes most crew get a bit of jaded roadie syndrome, and we get grumpy and we get homesick and dammit if we hear that song once more….. Here are some of the great things I remind myself of from time to time. You get to travel the world and get paid for it. And you
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These are my current favourite breakfasts – super healthy, delicious and filling, and they’re all portable too – I like to take them with me to rehearsals. All these quantities serve 1. Hot blueberry smoothie Get in there with the Omega 3s! Ingredients 300 ml unsweetened almond milk Generous handful of blueberries (frozen is fine)
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* Because it makes me feel like a Warrior Goddess riding the Unicorn of Love….. and seriously, who doesn’t need more of that in their life?! Why Do Yoga? Yoga is an ancient Indian practice which is becoming increasingly popular in the West. If you haven’t had much experience of it, you might think of
I’m a big fan of eating healthily. We’re incredibly fortunate in the west to be able to give our bodies all the nutrients they need in the most delicious way possible, but sadly in our time-pressured lives we often turn to processed foodstuffs which are a long way from their natural state. But with a
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This week I’m lucky enough to be enjoying a skiing holiday in the beautiful Italian Dolomites. It’s a place my husband Chris and I have returned to five times since spending our honeymoon here in 2008, and it feels like our “happy place”: peaceful and remote and immersed in the magnificence of nature, and the
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Yamas Ahimsa or Non-violence Get enough people to lift heavy cases: there are no prizes for slipped discs. Do not destroy yourself in the hotel bar (well, not on a regular basis). Maintain your gear and label the hell out of everything; it makes fault-finding a damn sight easier and you will love yourself for
8 ways to take your practice with you, wherever you are. My lifestyle is not one which lends itself to regular anything. I’ve spent the last 18 years – my entire working life – touring with bands as a sound engineer. It’s a way of life I love, and I’m so grateful to have
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Any time where a person’s mind is either totally quiet or completely focused (without thoughts outside of one particular chosen stream) they’re meditating. So, being totally absorbed in an activity can be regarded as a form of meditation: you are completely present and your mind is not wandering from what you are doing. There are many
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