What Are the Core Muscles and Why Do you Need to Know Them?
Understanding that the ‘Core’ is more than just your Abs A common goal in yoga is to build a [...]
How to connect to your pelvis for better movement, strength and ease
Why focus on the pelvis? There are many common physical issues which are affected by how well the pelvis is [...]
THE SPINE PART 3 – Five ways your spine moves in yoga poses
A well balanced yoga practice provides fantastic opportunity to move the spine in all the ways it is designed to [...]
THE SPINE PART 2 – Three key ways to develop healthy movement in your spine
“If you would seek health, look first to the spine.” -Socrates A strong supple spine helps to keep the neck, [...]
THE SPINE PART 1 – Learn about your Spine – Some fundamentals for healthy movement
Two of the most common complaints I hear from new people coming along to class are, 1) Upper back and [...]
About My Teaching Approach
Exploring Movement & Wellbeing After 15 years of committed yoga practice and some years of teaching, I felt that my [...]
Some Pitfalls of Flow Yoga
Flow Yoga Part 2 In the last post, I talked about some of the benefits of yoga practised as a [...]
What are the Benefits of ‘Flow’ in Yoga? Part 1
What is Flow in yoga and is it a good thing? This month in class our theme is Breath [...]
Tips for Starting Yoga
Tips for Starting Yoga “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. In the expert’s mind there are few.” Shunryu [...]
Benefits of doing both ‘Formal’ and ‘Informal’ Mindful Movement
In meditation, there is a distinction made between formal and informal practice. So, when someone says, “running/art/music is my meditation", [...]