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Yoga in the time of corona

If ever there was a time to see if yoga really works as a practice, we’ve had the past six months as a serious trial. We’ve had to face shock after shock and the need to adapt very quickly to a different way of life, with no certainty for the future in sight. Yoga has prov
September 13, 2020
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somatics, Yoga classes Harrogate

The ‘flexible ribbon’ – and the power of visualisation

The spine model in the Harrogate Yoga studio is currently adorned with pink tape – all along and around the front surfaces of the vertebral bodies. The pink tape represents the ALL (Anterior Longitudinal Ligament) – an important mid-line structure in the body. There are fo
February 04, 2018
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Anterior Longitudinal Ligament, Ardha Chandrasana, somatics

Slow…Slow…Quick Quick Slow..

‘This may look like a heap of bodies on the floor‘ – was how I began a post on Facebook about the first day of Yogacampus Teaching Training York. In fact we were acting out Autonomic Nervous System responses to gain some experiential understanding. The scenario for &
July 28, 2017
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autonomic nervous system, dance, martial arts, Quickstep, slow flow yoga, somatics

Yoga Blues – what to do when your practice becomes mechanical

“I feel I don’t need to do regular self-practice at the moment” a student was telling me recently. “I think I try to stay mindful and follow my breathing as much as I can. I try to be attuned to what’s going on. I do massively believe in Thich Nhat Hanh&#
May 09, 2017
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Authentic Movement, authenticity, Fluid Movement, mindfulness, somatics, spirals, yoga practice

The Inchworm Story – movement antics at Harrogate Yoga

The Inchworm Story – movement antics at Harrogate Yoga Is that an apple stalk on my kitchen floor I wondered? Or could it be ….ALIVE? I slid some kitchen paper under the ‘apple stalk’ and placed it on my kitchen table for a closer inspection. I gave it a little poke – this
March 22, 2017
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Body-Mind Centering®, caterpillars, developmental movement patterns, harrogate yoga classes, healthy spine, Inchworm, looper, Melanie Bastier, RHS Harlow Carr, somatics, spinal push pattern, Spine

How to give the best hugs

Did you know that there’s an art to hugging? Some people have the ‘hugging art’ naturally. Everyone can learn skills to hug better. My first tip is that aiming to give a hug is a much more successful approach than aiming to receive one. ‘Success’ will ari
January 01, 2016
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breath, breath movement, Breathing, Heart, hugging, hugs, Integrative Bodywork and Movement Therapy, Lungs, Moro reflex, Parsvakonasana, somatics, well-being, yoga classes in Harrogate

‘crawling back to baby’

“Here we are – a group of middle-class, middle-aged women, CRAWLING around the room!” said a student in class recently. It’s true that we often practise crawling and other developmental movement patterns in my classes. The reason we practise the patterns is bot
August 17, 2015
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asymmetric tonic neck reflex, contralateral movement, coordination, hand to mouth reflex, healthy spine, homolateral movement, infant crawling, Navel Radiation, somatics, spinal movement, yield, Yield and Push pattern

How to find support from the core for a healthy spine

  ‘Build core strength’, ‘tone your abs’, or as my son would say ‘get a God Bod’! These exhortations are usually aimed at strengthening the superficial abdominal muscles – the ‘six pack’. A common way to achieve these objectiv
August 18, 2014
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back bending, Bhujangasana, Body-Mind Centering®, breath, Breathing, Cobra, core strength, core support, developmental movement patterns, health, healthy back, healthy spine, somatics, well-being, wellbeing
beautiful feet

How to have beautiful, healthy feet – banish bunions and other abominations!

‘Amanda you’re obsessed with feet’, one of my students said to me the other day. It’s true I am fascinated by feet – every day I spend time feeling how weight travels into and through my own feet. I do this as I go about my daily activities – not ju
May 16, 2014
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alignment of feet in yoga, beautiful feet, bunions, feet, health of the foot, healthy feet, how to align the feet, somatics

Getting the Dragon to Fly!

Finding optimal ways of taking weight into our hands, was a theme on a morning workshop here at Harrogate Yoga a few days ago. Ultimately our aim was to have integrity of alignment in poses such as Ardha Vasisthasana, Vasisthasana and ‘Belly of the Dragon.’ The morning beg
August 31, 2013
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alignment of hands in yoga, Arm balances in yoga, Body-Mind Centering®, Flying Dragon Sequence, somatics, Vasisthasana, wellbeing
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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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