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Bright Lights and Energy Centres

June 02, 2011
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A few years ago I’d become exhausted through working very intensively. I was due to make a presentation on the Endocrine System and its relationship with the chakras and I wondered how I would find the energy to prepare yet another piece of work. I began experimenting in my own yoga p
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Inspiration from Pina Bausch and revisiting ‘Saggy Cat’

May 16, 2011
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I was doing some work in my front garden a few days ago, when one of my students walked by and then stopped to tell me about the film she’d just seen. The film was Pina. My student said ‘Now I have some understanding of what you’ve been trying to teach us in class!’ Having read about
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Playfulness

April 30, 2011
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I learned long ago that muddle and uncertainty can be the melting pot for creativity. The tricky bit is tolerating the discomfort and staying with the process until things unfold. Curiosity and playfulness can help with this. My daughter recently went on a clowning workshop; the parti
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Soul of the Home

April 13, 2011
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  “Care for our houses….however humble, is also care of the soul. No matter how little money we have, we can be mindful of the importance of beauty in our homes.’’ These are the words of Thomas Moore in ‘Care of the Soul – how to add depth and meaning to your everyday life’
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‘Organic’ Yoga

April 02, 2011
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‘Can yoga make you more creative?’ one of my students asked a few years ago. I replied that it seemed to help my own creative process and also my tenacity to see projects through. I asked a few students whose work involved being creative, what they thought? One person said she believe
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About Amanda

“I began practising yoga in 1972 and I loved the effect it had on me – of gradually becoming stronger in mind and body, more resilient to life’s ups and downs, more connected to my feelings, more joyful and more creative. Both my yoga journey and my creativity gained momentum in the early nineties, it was at this time that I was privileged to begin learning Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga………….”

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