Wow! We are on the brink of a new year and exciting new beginnings …. shedding all that came with 2018 and preparing ourselves to embrace the 365 days of 2019.  As always at this time of year we find ourselves contemplating what has passed – the good, the bad and the ugly –  and Continue reading »

This comes wishing you a Very Happy and Peaceful Christmas and New Year The next classes are listed below with three sessions a week starting from January, including the new Wednesday class.  Please email me if you would like to sign up for a block of sessions. Monday Morning Block of Five Sessions at 10 Continue reading »

I hope you are all having a good week so far and not letting the Christmas frenzy get to you now that we are in December!  Taking a little  bit of time out for ourselves is even more important when we are really busy.  The more busy we are, the more we should keep our Continue reading »

As Timonthy McCall, the author of “Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing”, reminds us in his Foreward to the recently-published “Yoga for Mental Health”, the ancient formula for success in yoga, is regular practice without interruption over a long period of time. And the best way to encourage improvements in health Continue reading »

Surely, none of us can be left unaffected by the sadness of the First World War, or in fact any war. The remembrance today of the Armistice 100 years ago must have taken us all at some point to a place of reflection – a place of deep gratitude to all those people who gave Continue reading »

I went for a long walk today in the beautiful autumn weather, kicking my feet in the colourful leaves and gazing through the trees to the bright skies and I found myself pondering on how much we can learn from Nature. Nature never complains – it just gets on with life – allowing the seasons Continue reading »

  I have just returned from a long journey – both physically and mentally, travelling overseas to the most beautiful spiritual country of Sri Lanka. It is a place of vibrant colours and contrasts, attacking and awakening all the senses, and, above all, a place of tremendous depth and calm. The Buddhist religion shines through Continue reading »

I have spent a glorious autumnal day today in the garden basking in the sunshine… mostly barefoot, walking on the soft grass, touching the earth, flowers, weeds, pruning the roses, listening to the birds singing and smelling the sweet air.   I was so so grateful to be alive … We find it all too easy Continue reading »

Where did that glorious summer go – in the blink of an eye the summer we were looking forward to has passed and we are breaking into the golden days of autumn.  But like the autumn leaves we do not want ourselves to become crisp, dry and rigid, feeling trampled underfoot but we do want Continue reading »

Whilst the dizzy height of this glorious summer still feels so present, as we move towards mid August there is that sense that something new is just around the corner: New school terms, new courses, new season’s wardrobe to be unpacked and commitments for a new “academic” year. I am sure we can all remember Continue reading »