There are some stunning specimens aren't there? What has struck me watching my magnolia tree blossom and fall within a couple of weeks is that flowers don't last. My back garden has a carpet of pink petals which sure enough will shrivel up into brown curls, be swept up and put in the green bin. It's made me think about how nothing last for ever and that change is an important part of life. Aparigraha, is one of the yamas in the yoga tradition which means non attachment . Or l

This is the essence of yoga, as it's all about the continuous effort we put in. It's one of the Niyamas called tapas, which translates as 'keeping the heat on'. As yoga teachers it's really hard to make this work too, as teaching yoga isn't our practice nor should it be. I've been doing a bit more 'cover work' recently and not as much practice but I am really glad to be doing more yoga these last couple of of weeks as well as my other 'fitness' regime. This coincides with a p

I've been thinking about warriors and their reference to yoga, having seen some lovely sculptures and carvings at the V&A last weekend. There are several variations of this posture, warrior 1, 2 and 3, reverse warrior and humble warrior. In the Bhagavad Gita which is known as a book of wisdom about how to live a good, righteous and happy life. The main characters are Arjuna (who is a master archer/warrior) and his charioteer, Krishna who is God. Krishna guides Arjuna in how t

I've just completed another training course as part of my CPD, this time on hypermobility. I've come across this quite a bit in teaching yoga over the years, as sometimes hypermobile people gravitate towards yoga and gymnastics because they are good at it. Here's the thing though - it doesn't mean that it's necessarily good for them. There are several different types of hypermobility and not surprisingly not everyone is the same either. Apparently until only the last few year