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Are we human being or human doing?

Just being

It’s been a while since I last blogged. April was a busy month and this busy-ness has got me thinking! In and amongst all the busy-ness I was lucky enough to take 5 days away on a meditation retreat. I was at the beautifully nurturing Dru Yoga training centre in Snowdonia and, whilst I was there partly more…

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Spring is just around the corner…

Surya Namaskar

Last year I posted a popular blog with yoga tips for a healthy spring, well I think Spring is just around the corner (I hope!), so thought you might enjoy reading this again. After the stillness of winter, energy that has been quietly building, is ready to burst out – the trees demonstrate this beautifully. more…

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Men! Your yoga class needs you! (Actually you need your yoga class!!)

Real men do yoga

I’m always pleased when I see positive media coverage of yoga and especially when it involves men. Ryan Giggs has been getting a lot of attention recently, putting his long and successful football career down to “Hard work, strict diet and yoga”. Russell Brand and Colin Farrell are frequently snapped with yoga mats under their more…

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Do we give ourselves the time we need to heal?

Burning the candle at both ends

I’ve been full of cold this week – cue much sympathy! Now I like to take to my bed when I’m feeling poorly. I appreciate that I am lucky to be able to do this and appreciate that it is not always an option, which got me thinking about the nature of illness and rest and the pressure more…

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How can Dru Yoga benefit me?

Could this be you?

The beginning of the year is always a busy time for us at Inside Out. Following the excesses of Christmas many people look to yoga to help them embrace a healthier lifestyle, we get a lot of enquiries and new students coming to classes. One of the most frequent questions we get asked (after “Do more…

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Winter warmers

Winter warmers

My last blog was all about yoga practises to keep you healthy this winter and I promised you some non yoga winter warmers for this blog – which I would like to point out, do not involve alcohol (!!), as some of you suggested! And no, you can’t dress up a hot whisky toddy as medicinal! As we know, more…

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In the deep mid-winter…

Winter warmers

Winter is a time of rest and consolidation – recovering from the autumn harvest and preparing for the energetic burst into spring. I always think it is a bit of a contradiction that we are so busy in winter time - working and partying hard, preparing for the festive season, launching into new year resolutions – more…

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Happy New Year

Mindfulness techniques

Happy New Year! Hope you all stayed healthy and relaxed by following my last blog post! For my first post of 2013 I’m going to share with you one of my new year resolutions, to be more mindful and the reason I’ve chosen it. One day over the Christmas holiday, I spent some time (I’m not more…

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Wishing you all a merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year

Wishing you a peaceful Christmas

For my final blog of the year, I thought I would leave you with my festive season survival kit – yoga focussed on keeping you healthy this Christmas. If you’ve been at classes the last couple of weeks you will be familiar with the practises, so I hope this will just remind you of some more…

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Benefit from some space in your life

Snoopy enjoying some "me" time

Continuing my theme from last time, on making time for yourself, I thought I would look at some of the ways Dru Yoga can help us find space…and we probably need some space more than ever right now! I often have to remind myself of the benefits I experience if I put aside time just for more…

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