YOGA BLOG

Dru Yoga teacher Isabel Carter started practising yoga regularly for more than 30 years, and has been teaching Dru Yoga and Meditation full time for nearly 25 years. She has been teaching others to be Dru Yoga teachers since 2006.

Through these blog posts, Isabel shares her insights regarding diet and nutrition, exercise, yoga and meditation to help you keep your sparkle.

Please enjoy, share and contribute her posts where you can.

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Focus on your base chakra and walk your talk

Let’s have a look then at each of the 7 main chakras in more detail, starting with the base or root chakra, mooladhara, to give it its...

Jul 2, 20153 min read

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What is a Chakra and what do they do for me?

For my next series of blogs I thought I might unravel some of the mystery around Chakras. They are currently a fashionable theme, popping...

Jun 16, 20153 min read

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A lesson in letting go

In my last blog, I talked about some of the lessons I have learned whilst injured and in particular about the quality of acceptance. In...

Jun 2, 20153 min read

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Acceptance, acceptance, acceptance

As you know, I have recently had my arm in pot. I’ve been “lucky” (worked hard though!) and healed quickly. I have to be honest I could...

May 20, 20153 min read

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Move yourself out of back pain.

When I’m teaching I love my students to engage with me. I like to know how you’re getting on with the postures, so I check in a lot with...

May 5, 20153 min read

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All that we are is a result of what we have thought

In my 4th and final installment of my blogs on how yoga can help you manage your weight, I want to focus on the power of the mind and how...

Apr 14, 20154 min read

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Yoga to nourish your tummy

Here’s the third blog in my series about using yoga to help you maintain a healthy weight. This time I’m going to look at how our yoga...

Mar 19, 20154 min read

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Peace in your hands

“If every 8 year old in the world is taught meditation, we will eliminate violence from the world within one generation”. H H Dalai Lama....

Mar 4, 20153 min read

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Relax and lose weight!

If you’ve been doing all those lovely Goddess poses I suggested for home practice in my last blog, you are probably going to be thrilled...

Feb 16, 20153 min read

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Yoga poses for managing weight

Strengthen core muscles with the boat pose One of the most common well-being goals you’ve been telling us about, this new year, is a...

Feb 4, 20153 min read

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The power of silence

As some of you know, I’ve been lucky enough to spend a few days of this new year away on a meditation retreat, at the Dru centre in...

Jan 20, 20152 min read

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Wrinkle free yoga

Happy New Year! I promised you last time that I would share some ancient yogic wisdom for staying wrinkle free and these ideas are Cow...

Jan 6, 20153 min read

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Filling the well….and wishing you all a merry Christmas

I know you were expecting a blog on yoga’s answer to anti-wrinkle cream, which, I Practising meditation – stillness and silence promise...

Dec 18, 20144 min read

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You’re as young as your spine.

Easing into sitting forward bend to help support the liver and pancreas There’s an old adage about aging, something on the lines of ...

Dec 4, 20143 min read

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Happy birthday to me ….

Happy Birthday to Me It’s my birthday today, hooray, I love birthdays! Yes, I know, a birthday marks another year passed, and I’m another...

Nov 20, 20143 min read

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Never regret your old age…

My Nan at 90 “Never regret your old age – it’s a privilege denied to many”, I’ve no idea who said these wise words but I do like them. ...

Nov 9, 20143 min read

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Freedom from sciatic pain part 2

I hope you enjoyed practicing the stretches I gave you in my last blog and have found them beneficial – they really get into tight...

Oct 14, 20143 min read

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Freedom from sciatic pain : part 1

Eastern holistic therapies have long time advised that autumn is a time to pay extra attention to our backs and joints with Get your...

Sep 30, 20144 min read

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Restorative bedtime yoga

I was recently asked a great question by an innovative mattress design company, Casper (check out https://caspersleep.com/mattresses for...

Sep 22, 20144 min read

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Bring your holiday feeling home

I hope that you have all had good summers and managed to get some relaxing time off work. A holiday, either staying at Seated spinal...

Aug 28, 20143 min read

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