Working with the Autumn equinox

As the children fall back into their academic rhythm, as you pack away your shorts and vests for another 6 months or so, and as the last roses of Summer drop their petals in response to the dip in temperature and the lessening of light, we reach the Autumn equinox –...

Spectacular September – Yoga in the Autumn

  Yogis, doesn’t our country just do September spectacularly well. Drink in these wonderful September days. Be enthusiastic about September. In class this week we’ve been talking about the success of our yoga not lying in our ability to perform postures, but in...
Yoga Ninja

Yoga Ninja

Yogis – Yoga NINJA tomorrow will include WILD THING! A fabulous posture that will ignite the energy you want to radiate to the world. Yoga Ninja – a strong inspiring practice to warm the cockles. Yoga Ninja: – Saturday 6th December 9.45 – Noon....
Mindful Eating

Mindful Eating

This week in class we’re working on a mindful eating meditation. We eat for so many reasons, often these are emotional: – we’re tired, bored, sad, lonely. Sometimes we eat because we’re thirsty and we’re confusing our body’s signals. Often we eat to distract...
Winter, Wisdom & Water

Winter, Wisdom & Water

Where we live here in York, we’ve moved into the dark half of the year – a time of magic (which York is excels at) and also the beginning of a time of restoration. Each turn of season, according to Chinese classical philosophy brings about a change of element....