YOGA BLOG

You’ve been asking me for more yoga philosophy in my blog posts, following my series on the Moving into Dancer, focussed on the now...

The joy of stillness Did you notice the beautiful full moon last night? If I’ve got my astronomy correct that was the biggest full moon...

The perfection of nature As I’m sure you all know, I’ve had a tricky time of it of late! I’d be lying if I told you that I had sailed...

Have you ever experienced moments in your life, however brief, when everything was just perfect, everything exactly where it should be,...

Take time to connect with your heart, to think about what you really want Apologies for the delay since my last blog, I’ve had a lot of...

Over the last couple of blogs we have been exploring the yogic philosophy of koshas, or layers o Yoga for calm f being. We started our...

Last time I introduced the yogic concept of the layers of our being. We started with the physical layer. I’m hoping that since my last...

In my last blog I talked about the practice of physical yoga. I mentioned that according to yoga philosophy we have different layers of...

Flowing Tree Pose Recently I read this fantastic explanation of yoga postures or asana, in Deepak Chopra’s book “The seven spiritual laws...

Dru Yoga Dance “Becoming the Flame” We had a wonderful afternoon recently at our Inside Out Yoga studio, of Dru Yoga Dance, with Annie...

Happy New Year! This is a wonderful time of year. A fresh start, a clean slate; like starting a new school exercise book, full of promise...

Strengthen hips, bottom and core muscle in Bridge For my final blog of the year, I thought I would leave you with my festive season...

Here we are then, we’ve reached the top! Our 7th chakra. The crown, Sahasrara, which very poetically translates to “Thousand petaled...

We are rising now to the Brow centre, Ajna, the 6th chakra in our exploration. All about having a clear purpose in life, ajna rests in...

I have to be honest, when it comes to technology I’m a Luddite, I can barely text 😉  I do though, Om-line training with Lucy recognise...

Balancing Vishuddi Chakra After working on our heart chakras we are ready to move up now to look at the 5th chakra, the throat centre. In...

Continuing then on our journey through the major chakras, we’re moving up now to the heart chakra, anahata, situated in the centre of the...

Yoga at the Acanthus Yoga Studio To mark the opening of our new Yoga Studio at the Acanthus Golf Centre in Tingley near Leeds, we’re...

We’ve moved up now, in our exploration of the chakras, to our 3rd chakra, the fire centre, Manipura. This chakra is linked to our solar...

“Still waters run deep” is a phrase which for me sums up the second, or sacral chakra. Svadisthana, is all about emotions and...