‘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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Mula bandha is good for you, right?
‘Mula bandha should be ON for life!’ Said Derek Ireland my first teacher of Astanga Vinyasa yoga. I think most yoga practitioners would agree that to constantly engage mula bandha is extreme, yet many believe it’s a practice that’s ‘good for you.’ WHAT IS
February 12, 2015
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Behind the scenes at Harrogate Yoga
‘Have you had a nice break?’ is a common question from my students when classes begin again in September. Luckily no one asked me, because I would’ve said: ‘I’ve had one of the most challenging times in my life and I’m on my knees – so the ans
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
‘Yoga and Injury’ by guest blogger – Kay Manby
A G MOHAN wrote…”All of us have experienced times when it felt as though everything was coming apart, disintegrating around us into so many pieces, and we were without a way of holding them together. Yet often what is fragmented and chaotic about the situation is not the event
July 09, 2014
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
Living in the moment
Fear and how it can negate our ability to live in the present moment, was the theme of my quote for classes last week. The reading came from a book on Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh: ‘When we are not fully present, we are not really living. We’re not really there, either for our loved
March 24, 2014
Is sugar the food of love?
In amongst real news at the start of 2014, there’ve been headlines such as ‘The Sugar Trap!’ ‘No more sugar’, ‘Are you addicted to sugar?’ I’m bemused, surely there’s nothing new about the news that too much sugar is bad for us? Bu
Eating Mindfully
It’s the ‘New Year’s Resolution’ time of year when many people resolve to make changes in their lives. Personally, I think it’s a good idea to have an ongoing overview of changes that need to be made throughout the year. But I have one right now that is n
Beginning Yoga – why newbies need specialist classes
Many years ago, when I began teaching yoga, my classes included a mixture of people new to yoga, along with more experienced yogis. I found it a difficult balancing act to simultaneously ensure that beginners were safe, and experienced yogis were challenged enough to remain interested
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