by Alison | Jul 18, 2021 | anxiety, beginners yoga, body image, Calm Mums Club, Dru yoga, flexibility, health, relaxation, wellbeing, yoga
When it comes to reasons for not trying yoga, I’ve probably heard them all…. I can’t do yoga because I’m not very flexible I can’t do yoga because I find it difficult to relax I can’t do yoga because I can’t touch my toes /stand on my head/wrap my legs round my...
by Alison | Jul 12, 2021 | self care, wellbeing, yoga
Answer truthfully…how do you feel about self care for mums? How often do you take time out? Not at all? Nowhere near enough? Or do you manage it sometimes, but still know you need to find more time for you? Here’s why self care for busy mums matters so...
by Alison | Sep 9, 2020 | emotions, healing, meditation, mental health, self care, wellbeing, yoga
In my yoga and therapy practice, particularly in my work with new mothers, people often say to me that they have no time to themselves, and certainly no time to sit in meditation. I know from my own experience of early motherhood that there really was no time to call...
by Alison | Sep 9, 2020 | emotions, healing, meditation, mental health, self care, wellbeing, yoga
In Buddhism, as well as in yoga philosophy, there is a term maitri, which means loving-kindness or friendliness. Imagine someone you hold most dear: a partner, a parent, a child. Feel that very simple and uncomplicated love – an unconditional love which...
by Alison | Sep 9, 2020 | emotions, healing, meditation, mental health, self care, wellbeing, yoga
How many times during the day are you truly in the present moment? How many times are you mindful of your actions, your breath, your body, your thought processes? For many of us, it is very few. We may move through our day on auto-pilot, dwelling on something from...
by Alison | Sep 9, 2020 | childbirth, healing, meditation, reflexology, self care, wellbeing, yoga
The other day a client commented after her treatment that she felt so different after just half an hour, and it seemed as though she had been there so much longer. At work, she said, 30 minutes could pass so quickly, sometimes with so little to show for it, yet in...
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