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Match your practice to your mood!
Some of you might flinch when reading this title and think “Yoga is not a fashion accessory, thank you very much!” and you are certainly right but what I am trying to hint at is the necessity for less rigidity in our practice in general...
Of Women and Laws
Today I had the privilege to attend a talk on violence against women as part of a two-day event organised by The Thomson Reuters foundation.
The Trust Women Conference saw the gathering of people at the forefront of the issue worldwide: lawyers, members of NGOs, human rights activists, documentary film makers, politicians and journalists...
Empower workshop
Ume
Switch off...
After a pretty busy patch which I am very grateful for, it was time for a little holiday!
Like a salmon (without the reproduction and dying part…), I returned to the source, namely the family holiday house which my grandfather had built an hour away from La Rochelle about four decades ago and is now seeing the fourth generation enjoy the sea air, sun and fresh food.
My grandfather left us 11 years ago but he would be overwhelmed with happiness to know that this house still plays an important part in the life of our extended family.
Fun Yogic Times Under The Spanish Sun
About a month ago, a group of 15 yogis, the freshly qualified yoga teacher Mary Betteridge and myself got to experience a blissful week at La Finca Paradiso, a magnificent renovated and revamped farmhouse located a 15-minute drive away from Mojacar in southeast Andalusia.
Chaturanga with Hemsley & Hemsley
Swap it!
Things have been nicely busy on the yoga and catching-up-with-friends-and-family front, but oh dear, I can’t believe it has been so long outside the blogosphere already!
So let’s get to it, shall we? I hope this little blog will have been worth the wait. Um, no pressure… Anyway, the theme is simple: swaps.
All about dogs...!
Happy Birthday!
I started teaching at Embody Wellness studio when it opened this time last year and I am so pleased we will get to welcome you and have an all-day celebration this Saturday!
West Stretch Pose with Hemsley & Hemsley
Feel the vibes!
Physics has proven that the whole universe is made of vibrations which themselves have frequencies, making it the biggest instrument a musician could dream of. Everything that exists vibrates because atoms, the smallest building blocks of matter, vibrate.
A vibration can be defined as “a rapid oscillation of a particle or elastic solid back and forth across a central position” while a frequency is a rate of vibration.
No, you have not made a mistake, you are indeed reading a yoga blog!
Bhujangasana with Hemsley & Hemsley
The Locust Pose
Rain, sweet rain...
Like so many of us, my year started with my non-friend Flu and let me tell you, I was not impressed. As it is taking a little more time than I thought to shake off the post-sickness-induced lethargy, I have been feeling admittedly a bit blue. Sickness aside, January is often a month synonym of anti-climax after spending time with friends and family over Christmas and New Year.
But after reading the latest blog of my friend Lorna Clansey, I finally woke up from a desire to hibernate and sulk. She is on Tumblr so check her out, it will be give you the incentive to get up and go: http://lornaclansey.tumblr.com/
Hey by the way, what IS yoga?
Now that is a question which many of you probably asked yourselves at some point or another. The answer is luckily complex, which makes for a lifetime of discoveries!
What I am going to write below is therefore, by no means, an exhaustive answer. It is more about sharing and passing on some pointers, which you will have the opportunity to explore at will in your own time and as your yoga practice unfolds.
Pose of the Month
Yoga Teacher: A dream job?
I will put my foot right in it and maybe shatter a dream or two in the process, but contrary to what some people might imagine, teaching yoga is not such an easy job.
On Being a Yoga Newbie
When I first took up yoga ten years ago, most people attending classes did so to become more supple and also to de-stress - which is still the case today of course - but what they (myself included) might not have expected so much at the time is a challenging practice that included holding standing poses for longer as well as inversions and arm balances.