I don’t mean teacher trainers, though I learnt many things from experienced yogis. I mean the thousands of people who showed up to classes with me. Each with individual bodies and voices and needs. For me, learning to teach has been – and still is – most profoundly informed by each one of those people […]
This week we have a special guest teacher covering the Thursday 10am Easy Level class on Zoom. Julie is based in Spalding in Lincolnshire where she runs her own studio ‘Safe Space yoga’. “I have always enjoyed exercise and going to the gym, where I did my first yoga class, and have been practicing yoga […]
I love teaching yoga, and I (mostly) love attending yoga training. But there were many moments when I was disappointed by the yoga teacher training programmes I took when I was learning to teach. Once any programme scales beyond a certain level, it becomes a “yoga teacher factory”, and if you don’t fit the mould, […]
Here’s three reasons to take time out and get your nervous system out of overdrive: It’s healing: everything in your body works better after some rest time Then you’ll be more efficient for all the busy life/work/family afterwards And you’ll also sleep better tonight Today’s the day my SUPER RELAX video is available. Check out […]
It can seem relaxing to take a mini-break and “have a scroll”. Spending time catching up with all the news from your social networks or news sources. But it isn’t truly relaxing. Staring at the shiny screens. Getting lured by the next bit of click-bait. Getting hooked by the notifications, pop ups and all that […]
We’ll start with an on-the-mat practice designed to highlight the teaching points of the day, so you can feel that in your body. Because yoga is an experiential practice, not a thinking or talking practice. Then we might have a mini-lecture and discussion to draw out the topics of the day, with time for your […]
After a two month sabbatical, learning all about herbal medicine at a smallholding on the island of Arran overlooking Ailsa Craig, Claire is back in Wales and teaching her regular classes from tomorrow (Wednesday 30th June): “I can’t remember why I first went to yoga…. Probably because I felt guilty that I wasn’t doing much […]
It’s easy to be too busy. To run around doing all the things. To end up depleted. It’s a radical act to take time out for practices that are the opposite of busy-ness. Practices like Restorative Yoga and Yoga Nidra which are all about supporting the parasympathetic nervous system to move out of stress and […]
As the staycation summer heats up, a lot of us are feeling busy like bees. Whatever it is that is keeping you bizzzzy, be that tourism, COVID, your family, or your garden. It can seem like there’s no time for self-care. Or to get to that yoga class you were meaning to attend. BUT this […]
My path to becoming a yoga teacher was full of obstacles. Some were real; some were illusions. There were so many occasions when I said, “I can NEVER do that”. Would I ever be able to do all those hard and scary poses? Would I ever be able to speak in front of a room […]
