What is Yoga Nidra? Is it Savasana? No….Yoga Nidra is yogic sleep and is about being in a relaxed state of awareness, mostly a guided meditation of sorts…. and yes it can lead to sleep for some. It is an ordered method of inducing complete mental, emotional and physical relaxation. Savasana on the other hand, is […]
One of my favourite teachers Elena Brower, has recorded a quick 11minute Yoga Nidra to bring your attention to you, for balance, peace and harmony for the mind and body. Find a little space and time now and go do it! After a chaotic, fun and loud party for my 7 year old daughter this […]
I find meditation hard. Certainly the sitting still bit, so I tend to prefer a movement with my arms, or my fingers floating over beads to keep me focused. What ever way you find works, and whenever you settle into your meditation, this article is a great reminder just how healing it is for the mind to be quiet, focused and to lower our stress levels.
Sara Lazar, a neuroscientist at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, was one of the first scientists to take the anecdotal claims about the benefits of meditation and mindfulness and test them in brain scans.
This is an interesting article on spinal and arterial flexibility, in that it may share similar components of muscles and collagen connective tissue. They also suggested that stretching reduces the sympathetic (or fight-or-flight) limb of our nervous system and less sympathetic activity relaxes arteries. Read the full article here.
When you begin a yoga practice, you notice that holding the breath is an automatic response when holding a pose – whether it’s easy or tough. The more you practice and remember the breath is PART of the practice then things start to get a lot easier. This article explains why it’s so good to […]
A tongue-in-cheek infographic to help find which style of yoga might suit you. Click to see full size. Enjoy _/\_
My clients sometimes ask what yoga poses they can do at home on their own before they see me again. I don’t usually give them anymore than 3 poses (usually something they need to work on), otherwise it all seems too hard for them to fit it in – and a little is better than nothing at […]
I read Goop! Teehe, yes, but really for those bits about health and wellbeing….there are sometimes great articles on Goop, like this one below on Fascia (the connective tissue in our body). As most of my clients know, you will always get a lesson that isn’t a yoga class but a full fascia work-over with […]
Click on the link and have a quick read on this good info about your daily coffee.