Yoga offers physical and mental health benefits for people of all ages. Regardless of your level of yoga expertise, if you’re attending yoga regularly, you’ll feel better from head to toe, inside and out. Here are 7 reasons why youContinue reading “7 health benefits of regular yoga”
Category Archives: Yoga for your health
Ujjayi Breath – a beginners guide
Ujjayi Breath is a great practice for relaxation – calming for the mind and soothing for the body. It is also great treatment for anxiety and insomnia. Please be patient with yourself when learning this practice as it’s not theContinue reading “Ujjayi Breath – a beginners guide”
The Benefits of a Pair of Yoga Toe Socks
Besides the obvious – THEY KEEP YOUR FEET WARM – yoga toe socks are very good for your feet. More specifically the ones with the awkward little individual toes and the sticky bumps on the bottom. This type of sockContinue reading “The Benefits of a Pair of Yoga Toe Socks”
Janu Sirsasana
Last term we worked on grounding postures including ones which had lots of earth contact and ones that worked especially in the pelvis area. Hopefully this work gave an experience of feeling supported, having strong ground beneath us and goodContinue reading “Janu Sirsasana”
Janu Sirsasana – learn the benefits
Last term we worked on grounding postures including ones which had lots of earth contact and ones that worked especially in the pelvis area. Hopefully this work gave an experience of feeling supported, having strong ground beneath us and goodContinue reading “Janu Sirsasana – learn the benefits”
Chill Out with the Cooling Breath
Yoga breathing practices aren’t just for relaxation and helping us to feel calm… You can literally alter the temperature of your body so that you feel a little more chilled – try it for yourself – it’s easy and may helpContinue reading “Chill Out with the Cooling Breath”
Holiday Reading
I know it’s usual to read a trashy novel while you are on your holibobs… But maybe this year try something new? Why not settle down to a bit of yoga reading? You never know you might find it motivatesContinue reading “Holiday Reading”
What are the Chakras?
Chakras are energy centers… ancient yogis developed a concept of energy pathways running all around the body – rather than our energy just radomly ‘fuzzing’ about inside us. This is similar to the system of meridians used in Chinese medicine,Continue reading “What are the Chakras?”
Spring Clean Home Practice
Spring is in the air… it’s time to spring into action! At this time of year yogis often ‘cleanse’ their systems with a variety of practices. They can be physical asana, breathing practices or literally cleaning out the sinuses orContinue reading “Spring Clean Home Practice”
Don’t Over Do It
Are you trying too hard? Don’t fall into this trap in any area of your life… and especially in your yoga practice. If you are applying too much effort (we call this rajasic in yoga) this will only exhaust you and detractContinue reading “Don’t Over Do It”
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