Spring – Time to readress the balance
This week saw the Spring equinox, when day and night, light and dark are perfectly balanced. It is a time to think about balance, and about awakening as we notice the earth bursting into life around us. I’ve been thinking a lot about balance recently. It started when I began wobbling all over the place […]
Back to School Yoga
With yoga baby number 2 starting school this week I’ve been thinking about how to help her (and me!) with the transition. It can be super stressful dealing with such big changes, especially after a long lazy summer. These simple yoga practices can help everyone cope with the changes, and may help your transition go […]
Breathe baby, breathe
In my classes we start working with our breath at a very young age. With older babies and young toddlers this is very simple, we blow scarves and smell flowers. These activities are just about becoming aware of the breath. Props like scarves work well as they allow children to actually see their breath. As […]
The more we do our yoga
“The more we do our yoga, our yoga, our yoga, the more we do our yoga the healthier we’ll be. We’re bendy and stretchy and peaceful and happy. The more we do our yoga, the healthier we’ll be.” I sing this song regularly in my Yoga Babies classes, but the more I teach and the […]
Have the Courage to Stop
This weekend was one of my training weekends for my 200hr teaching qualification. So yesterday I spent the majority of the day talking (or listening to be more precise) yoga philosophy with James Boag. It was a wonderful experience as James is inspirational yet practical, informative and interesting, plus very knowledgeable. He said something (actually […]