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How to Create a Home Yoga Space

How to Create a Home Yoga Space

The beauty of yoga is that it can be practised anywhere. During the current climate, the fact we need nothing more than a mat space to maintain a...

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why do we say namaste in yoga

Namaste. What are you talking about?

Namaste. What are you talking about?

Ah, the first blog post! I thought it an appropriate place to start with the end, if you can see where I'm going here! By that, I mean with the...

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“Yoga takes you into the present moment, the only place where life exists” ~ Patanjali

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The amazing @emotionallyhealthy_kids from Emotiona

The amazing @emotionallyhealthy_kids from Emotionally Healthy Kids has a new book being released this coming week. It's brilliant and packed with super useful and effective activities to help your child to feel calm and in control

Thank you to Becky for asking me to contribute a yoga exercise. Yoga can help everybody, young and old and it's always so worthwhile having a few tools in your toolbox

Head over and order a copy of Create Your Own Calm available to order now from all good bookshops (recommended for children aged 6+), published by Harper Collins

// What happens in Vagus, DOES NOT stay in Vagus /

// What happens in Vagus, DOES NOT stay in Vagus //

The Latin translation for 'Vagus' is wandering, and that's just what the Vagus nerve does. It's the longest of the cranial nerves and has branches all over! It has connections to the ear, the throat, the heart, the lungs and the digestive system.

It's the primary nerve of our parasympathetic nervous system and has a major role in keeping us healthy and calm.

An inflamed Vagus nerve can be connected to feelings of depression and anxiety. As confusing as it sounds, what we want to do is ramp up the activity of the Vagus nerve because it calms our system down. It slows the heart rate and the respiratory system, it decreases blood pressure and it stimulates digestion.

When we practice yoga and tune into our abdominal breathing we are stimulating the Vagus nerve. Breathing practices are magic for this nerve. They massage the nerve and help to keep it in tip-top condition.

You don't have to be on the mat to exercise your Vagus nerve...

* Find a comfortable place to sit
* Close your eyes
* Relax your jaw
* Breathe in and out through the nose
* Begin to lengthen your inhale to a long, slow, medium-sized breath
* Then take a long, slow exhale
* Repeat

Try it for five minutes. How do you feel?

Today sees me back in the pod at @hotpodyogaloughb

Today sees me back in the pod at @hotpodyogaloughborough on Wednesdays and Fridays at 12.30pm for a lunchtime Express Flow. 45 minutes of getting your body hot and sweaty and your mind all calm and chilled. Ahhhhh 😍. Bliss. Come and join me!

Smaller classes now in place due to Covid rules and regulations so booking required. Check out @hotpodyogaloughborough for details

// BALANCE // swipe right The work to stay balanc

// BALANCE // swipe right

The work to stay balanced isn't physical, it's mental. It's not what the pose looks like, it's what it feels like. And how we react when we fall out of that pose

What is our internal dialogue like? Do we berate and criticise ourselves? Does our mood shift, are we unkind to ourselves? Asana practice, the physical practice of yoga, is not about being good at asana, it's about being in an often uncomfortable, challenging or ridiculous situation and still being able to find some ease in mind, body and spirit

The practice is not about nailing how that posture looks, but about moving from one pose to another with a mindful regard to the space at the top and the bottom of each and every breath

When you next step on the mat and enter a balance pose, bring your awareness to your breath. What is it doing? Is it shallow, and rushed? Are you so caught up in mastering the shape of the pose that you've forgotten to breathe? Where have you introduced tension....is the jaw clenched, the shoulders tight? There is no need to focus on the why, just notice and acknowledge. And at the end of your practice ask yourself how your world would have looked if at that moment you had opted to rest and taken your body down to a child's pose instead. And how your world would look next time if instead you took that option. Would your self talk be critical or supportive? Ask yourself how would you feel if relaxing that tension, that muscle strain and exhaling and lengthening your breath means you fall out of the pose? Would you smile and move on or be disappointed and hard on yourself

Yoga is about learning to be okay with what your entire self needs. The poses that challenge you are there to teach you that success is a balance of effort and ease. Staying calm is strength during the challenging times. Focus is staying in the moment for as long as possible. And courage is opening your heart and being kind

In those moments, your yoga is no longer just posing, it's a practice

Quiet reflection and breathing in the last days of

Quiet reflection and breathing in the last days of summer...🙏

It's International Day of the Dog today Nancy the

It's International Day of the Dog today

Nancy the cockapoo. Completely crazy but loyal to the end. Brings so much joy to our house. This girl's best friend

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The final day of Express Your Calm and I'm a littl

The final day of Express Your Calm and I'm a little late posting this

Which actually speaks volumes about my intention to meditate. Always there but I don't follow through anywhere nearly enough. Lately I've been trying to dedicate ten minutes a day to sitting quietly. It makes a difference. Building new habits is all about breaking them into achievable bits of time

What are you trying to introduce to your daily practice and how is it going for you?

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