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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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Happy healthy holidays
Great way to recover from a long journey Hopefully part 1 of my healthy holiday blog series has seen you arrive at your destination cool,...
Aug 13, 20143 min read
Happy Holidays
The school summer holidays are under way, most of our classes have broken up for August (back again in September), and people are...
Jul 30, 20144 min read
Computer misery and beyond!
Hello! It’s been some time since my last post, largely because I’ve been having some rather troublesome computer problems. Still not...
Jul 24, 20143 min read
Keep your cool in the summer sun
Here’s the second blog I posted last year on the theme of staying healthy and cool in summer – hope it’s of use again. Practicing warrior...
Jun 25, 20142 min read
Tips for a healthy summer
Thought you might find this blog, posted last year, useful again this summer! I hope you’ve all been enjoying the sunshine, and maybe...
Jun 16, 20143 min read
Is it time to look for an alternative way to take care of our health?
There was an article in Sunday’s Observer (June 1st 2014) that piqued my interest, “How antibiotics are making the world ill” – it was an...
Jun 3, 20143 min read
Five ways to calm and clarity
One of the best things about my job, is the variety of work. I never get bored because every day is different. Even if it’s the same...
May 19, 20143 min read
Open up to creativity
Is there a more creative time of year than spring? Take a walk outside to see what I mean. There’s new life, vibrant colours, optomistic...
May 5, 20143 min read
A good spring clean
Really enjoyed Saturday’s Spring Clean workshop, it’s been a while since I’ve run a Saturday afternoon Getting ready for the next part of...
Apr 14, 20143 min read
Balanced hormones?
Sun seqence to benefit the nervous system and balance hormones. Ever feel that your body is working against you?! You try your best to...
Mar 31, 20142 min read
Balance is more than just physical balance!
Balancing in tree posture Here’s a leading question – do you have good work / life balance? People often tell me that they’re so busy...
Mar 19, 20143 min read
Are you in the right side of your brain?
Here’s a little something for you to try …. close off 1 of your nostrils with your thumb and see how easy it is to breathe through the...
Feb 24, 20143 min read
Bring strength and stability into your life
The mountain pose In the 3rd of my blogs about balance, I thought I would look at the importance of muscles to help us stay upright....
Feb 10, 20142 min read
Balance – use it or lose it!
“Use it or lose it” is a great saying and never more true than when we think about our ability to balance. Watch children playing, they...
Jan 30, 20143 min read
We want to help you sparkle!
Happy New Year! For my first post of the year I want to celebrate that wonderful feeling that comes with the new year…a fresh start, a...
Jan 2, 20143 min read
Wishing you a very merry and healthy Christmas
Seated spinal twist – good for the kidneys & digestive system For my final blog of the year, I thought I would leave you with my festive...
Dec 23, 20133 min read
Balancing acts
Balancing postures are one of my favourite groups of yoga postures to practice and I know many of you love them too. Balancing in tree...
Dec 3, 20133 min read
Ouch! Cramp!
It’s the dead of night… one minute you’re sound asleep…the next you’re hopping around the bedroom in agony…you’ve got cramp…ouch…and you...
Nov 11, 20133 min read
Stay tip top this autumn
Well, we are definitely into Autumn now. The clocks have gone back, the leaves are falling, there’s a cool nip in the air and I’m back in...
Oct 28, 20132 min read
Keep calm and breathe !
Makarasana (crocodile) Next week is the start of Teaching Assessments for our outgoing group of Dru Yoga Trainee Teachers in Leeds – an...
Oct 9, 20134 min read
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