Forgiveness is such an eggy subject, one that I’ve chewed on a lot over the years. How do you forgive yourself? How do you forgive others? How do you forgive the unforgivable? The thing about forgiveness that always stuck in my throat was that it seemed like saying that what happened was ok. And sometimes […]
If I have a central message; a single thing that I want to shout from the rooftops and for every human alive to understand; it is this one. The message that you are stardust and life, and that there is nothing more required of you than to answer your soul’s calling to express itself in
‘Why are you acting so small? You are the Universe in ecstatic motion.’ Read More »
Plant-based eating is gaining a lot of traction. Recent research shows that animal agriculture and mass fishing is simply not sustainable for a family of 7.7 billion people – rearing the beef for a single burger requires 2500 litres of water – and when you stack that up alongside the outstanding health effects of a
One of my less appealing qualities is my desire to control situations and fix things. And people. Ok mostly people. Probably the most valuable lesson I learnt whilst training as a yoga therapist was the value of holding space – of simply accompanying somebody as they share their story and not leaping in to fix
The power of ‘yes, and’. Read More »
Fear restricts, handicaps and even ruins so many lives. Fear is a bully and a terrorist. And fear has to be handled the way we handle bullies and terrorists: we don’t give in to them. It’s as simple as a decision. If you don’t want to be held to ransom by your fears, you have
Some friends of mine who are in yoga teacher training recently taught their first classes. Hearing about their experiences took me back to the maelstrom of emotion that I felt when I first started teaching (terror, confusion, anxiety, terror, worry, inadequacy, did I mention terror?), and it got me thinking about some of things that
Advice for the Young At Heart – 12 things I wish I’d known when I started teaching yoga Read More »
It’s an unfortunate fact that yoga has recently suffered the fall from grace of some of those who popularised it in the Western world. From Bikram Choudary (Bikram) to John Friend (Anusara) to the late Pattabhi Jois (Astanga) and Swami Vivekananda of Agama Yoga school; all had their unsavoury and in some cases abusive actions
Yoga Scandal: when gurus fall from grace Read More »
Anxiety and insomnia are two of the most common stress-related complaints of our modern age. The two disorders are also interrelated: when we feel anxious we tend to lose sleep, and when we’re not sleeping well we often become more anxious – it can turn into a vicious circle. Happily the treasure box of yoga
Sleep Guide for Anxiety Read More »
There have been several times in my life when I had no idea what I was getting into. Times when, had I known, I would have backed away – said no, never, not for me – and yet not possessing this foresight, I entered blindly… … and then, seeing what lay before me, thrashed and
Seeing Round Corners Read More »
Several people have asked me recently what style of yoga I study / practise / teach, so I thought I’d explain a bit about my own yoga journey and what it’s led me to share. I fell in love with yoga in Australia around 11 years ago. My very first class was a vinyasa flow
My Yoga Journey – and what you can expect from practising with me Read More »
