Mindful Yoga for Anxiety
As a survival mechanism, our brains are hard-wired to be alert to dangers. However, with our mind’s over-vigilance to threats (that may never occur) we can become trapped in unpleasant…
How to Ride the Storm of Social Distancing with Mindful Self-Compassion
Humans are hard-wired for connection and during social distancing we feel separated from a sense of safety or love. This rupture, akin to the feeling of abandonment, or ‘disenfranchised grief’…
Lock-down Well-being: How to feel Safe, Secure, and Calm
In this time of collective uncertainty, we need to look after our mental well-being more than ever, and if you’re feeling overwhelmed, here’s a four part resourcing tool you can…
Yoga for Loss and Grief
Whether from the death of a loved one, breaking up from a partner, or losing a job, grief doesn’t take root as a singular emotion but can reveal itself as…
Why breath is an important part of any Yoga practice
Breathing is important because we need oxygen for cellular respiration. This is a process where we convert oxygen into energy. Oxygen comes goes down into the lungs which is then…
Using Yoga as Therapy: What can Yoga do to help relieve pain, increase mental performance, reduce weight, and stimulate the mind?
Using Yoga as therapy, first of all, it is of great use to relieve pain. Yoga is a holistic method of treating the whole person and pain is also a…
Yoga and Mindfulness when you don’t have time!
A common excuse for many when it comes to well-being, is that we don’t have the time. However, here’s a few easy tips to improve your well-being which takes just a few moments out of any hectic daily schedule.
Yoga and Posture: Could Sitting be the New Smoking?
Technologies not to mention a more sedentary lifestyle, are all affecting our health. Here’s how to counteract over-sitting whether from driving, studying, or in a desk-job.
Book-end your Day with Journaling for a Happier, Healthier You
Yoga is about reaching the best version of ourselves and Journaling offers useful insights by making us a self-aware observer of our own habitual patterns that can obstruct the achievement of our well-being. Here’s how to begin.
Relieve Stress in Five Minutes!
Postural Yoga is only one-eighth of the practice that includes breathing and mindful meditation, so, if you can breath, you can reduce stress with Yoga! Here’s a quick exercise to practice for between 2 to 5 minutes:
