What if today was different?
What if today played by my rules?
What if I knew what I was doing?
What if I trusted myself?
Read moreSantosha, contentment and appreciation of the natural perfection of what is
There are 5 principles of personal practice in yoga: Saucha, Tapas, Svadhyaya, Ishvarapranidhana and Santosha. But one rings truer to me than ever at the moment: Santosha = contentment. The practice of appreciation of the natural perfection everything as it is right now.
Read moreLittle Pieces of Love
I spoke to a client this week and she asked “When I feel so far away from loving myself, from accepting myself, even truly wanting to get to know myself…where do I even start?”
Start with little pieces of love. That’s where you begin.
Read moreIt starts with the breath...
Working therapeutically, breath is where we begin. It can show where energy is stuck, where pain and protection is held. It also brings one of our most powerful and empowering tools to soothe, to feel safe, to access a space of clarity and insight…
Read moreGetting the right slice of the pie...
How would you describe a life in balance?
Eating effortlessly and intuitively well? sleeping well and feeling rested? you find your energy levels ebb and flow but you don’t crash? have time to read a little each day? There is time allocated and honoured to move, meditate, breathe, reflect, rest daily?
Is it to feel we have good amount of time with our family, friends and for our work, without feeling conflicted?
Are we able to have fun? Have headspace and energy for laughter. It’s a big red flag for me when I find myself wondering when was my last belly laugh.
Read moreA life in balance...
How to not only find it, but maintain it? Because a balanced life is subjective…so get clear on YOUR version of what a balance day/week/life looks like? From the time you wake up till the time you go to sleep? How do you eat, move, rest, commute, keep in touch with people, plan your week?
Read moreWhat's your why today?
When I sit down to meditate, move on my mat, or when guiding a class, …I ask the questions, delving beyond the surface, beyond the tight shoulder or niggly knee (these are important to acknowledge of course) but to find that flavour of what is truly needed…
Read morex Happy New Year Friends x
2019 was an incredible year, rich with new insight, study and growth.
So I wanted to share with you my three top nuggets of learning that I am proudly carrying into my 2020...
Something interesting is happening... Vastness vs. Everyday-ness... a daily practice under review
My ‘practise’ has become a path of asking why and receiving the answer with acceptance and love. It is a process of experiencing something, fully, with every layer of myself, being curious of what arises and seeing - whatever my understanding, my interpretation or my emotional response of it - as being valid and helpful and interesting… gold dust in assisting to move forward with a little more clarity and lightness in my step.
Read moreIntentions & Christmas Nourishment...
This transitional time of year can feel liberating. We can take stock of where we are and return to our intentions of how we wanted to live this year.
A friend of mine recently and wisely shared that the goals are of course important, but its how we want to live every day in the process of moving towards something - that is the key. The key to being kind to ourselves. The key to acceptance and trust that we are doing our best and are on the right track. That we don't just exist in a place where we aren't where we want to be yet.
Yes, it is ok...fresh reflections of losing Nonna
Is it ok to not be ok and my feelings to be big and messy, to rise up and disperse in an unpredictable confusing wave never quite knowing whether Im at the crest or tumbling into the foam?
Read moreGone is the time for perfection...
Now is the time for humanness… a connection of heart to heart, patience met with patience, compassion met with compassion, clarity mutually met with itself having been cultivated by the holder.
Read moreLosing, staying, crumbling, growing...
This post speaks candidly about my experience of miscarriage as well as how I have dealt with loss. As women, do we honour ourselves enough to feel sad, to grieve and simply not be ok? I’d love to hear your thoughts and reflections.
Read moreGetting our ducks in a row...
We look out to the sea ahead and that space for resting, family, dancing, sandy toes, play, bbq's, weddings and drinking something delicious out of a pineapple perhaps?
It's right their on the horizon - it is soooooo close!
But to make that space, these can become the preparation weeks ... clearing the decks, getting your ducks in a row, "Insert saying about getting your shizzle together here"...
To do what I do...
My next Stress and Anxiety course starts on the 18th May @unionyogamargate. A little bit different this time, it will be made up of 2 afternoon session as apposed to the 5 weekly sessions.
Read moreThe Sunrise Self Care Investment...
Like most things we need to change in life for the better, we most likely know exacty what to do underneath it all. I had known for a while, that getting up before my family was the right and perfect way to carve some quiet, clear, important time for my myself. I had been saying for years how I missed my "pre-a baby who didn't sleep for 3 years" sunrise practice.
Read moreMental Health Awareness in Yoga ...
For a while now Ive known that offering training and support to other teachers was a leap I wanted and needed to take - and when I finally plucked up the courage to ask David Michel if I could come and talk to his teachers training group about Mental Heath awareness, I was met with a simply beautiful "Come and do your thing lady"
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