Bless you Gentle Reader and thank you for visiting. I wish you a peaceful and marvellous day.

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Following our Valentine’s Day detour, we return to our mini-series-looking at the therapeutic and health benefits of a detox. Yoga is all about returning your body and mind to that quiet natural space inside and a detox is one of the best ways to bring your body back into alignment.

In today’s post, we look seven steps you need to take to ensure you have a positive and enjoyable detox. Read more…?

Welcome and thanks for visiting! I hope you are well and having a good day.

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This is a series of posts looking at how you can cleanse your body through a yoga detox programme.

If you are thinking about going on a yoga detox retreat or holiday today’s post is just for you. With so many detox programmes on offer how do you know which one really works and is the right one for you?

In today’s post, we look at five key questions you need to ask yourself before choosing your destination. Later posts in this series will look at different yoga poses to support your detox and tips to help you set up your own DIY home detox experience:)

Generally, most people make the initial search for a detox programme retreat online.

This can be a bewildering experience, especially if you are not sure what to look for or what to expect on your detox retreat. Wjith so many yoga holidays and detox retreats on offer, how do you decide what one works for you? If you do a quick Google search, hundreds of detox programmes, spa holidays and yoga detox retreats will come up. Unless you know what you are looking for it can be overwhelming to choose the “right” programme for you. Nothing is worse than spending your money and time stuck in some far-off place surrounded by people you don’t connect with and eating foods which you dislike. To avoid this make sure you follow these five steps. Read more…?

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Eat Well

If you started the year with the intention to put yourself and your well being on your to-do list, then you are in the right place, especially if you are still feeling sluggish, overweight and tired from the Christmas and New Year excess. To help you get in the groove for a healthier happier 2012, we are kicking off the season with a series of posts looking at cleaning your insides by detoxing. In the previous post we looked at the seven benefits of going on a detox. Today, we look at three common mistakes you must avoid which can make or break your intentions to stick with your detox.

What Is A Detox?

As a child I remember my mother boiling up her home made version of senna pods and giving me and my brother spoonfuls of the concoction to drink every Christmas and Easter school holidays. As you can image, I hated it. The taste was bitter and as the mixture was a laxative it meant I couldn’t go out and play with my friends, just in case I got the runs and had to rush to the toilet. Yet despite our protestations and promises that we would eat our greens, mum insisted in giving us our regular “cleanse and wash-out” as she called it.
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No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. ~Channing Pollock

How often do you have take-aways?

How happy are you with the way you eat and foods you eat?

Do you constantly eat-on the go, snack on junk food and indulge your cravings for sweet and highly salty foods? Have you tried to eat healthier yet feel over whelmed by all the advise thrown at you from all corners? Given that this is a New Year, if you are interested in changing the way you eat, today’s post looks at five ways yoga encourages you to eat healthier. Read more…?

Blessings and Welcome to another yoga post dedicated to encourage you to look after yourself and to find more moments of calm in your busy day.
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The other day I received a phone call from Mary, a potential yoga student.

Mary was stressed, overworked and exhausted. Life was getting her down. A work colleague advised Mary to try yoga as a way to find relief from her worries and to boost her energy.

As I listened to Mary recall her daily struggle -from waking up feeling tired , anxious and clock-watching about getting her children ready for school time; they were old enough to get themselves ready and dressed for school, but Mary liked to be around to make sure they left home on time to go to school; this left her feeling rushed and anxious on days when she had to go into work early. Mary tried to leave work by 5.00pm so she could pick her children up from their AfterSchool Club. Her work day felt rushed and Mary often felt demoralised at the amount of work she had to do, often without support and proper resources from her manager.

I remembered how anxious I used to feel working as a Probation Officer and juggling heavy workloads with a young family. I was always tired and fed-up of playing catch-up at home and at work. Read more…?

Thanks for passing by. Have a Great Day!
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Be honest. Much as you enjoy life have you ever woken up, feeling jaded, tired and desperate to spend a little longer in bed? Your body aches and you don’t have the energy to wake up and get up?

"I don't want to get up"

In the back of your mind you know you have to get up yet the thought of facing your day makes you sigh and snuggle deeper into your duvet.
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Bless You Gentle Reader, how are you today? I trust you are well and in fine spirits…thanks for stopping by…feel free to scan and browse through the various blogs, all designed to inspire and support you maintain balance and calm in your daily life.

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I would like to share with you an extract from my daily journal. I tend to keep a notebook and pen by my bedside and when I wake, just write whatever comes to mind.

I went to bed the other night wondering what “the next step” is to grow my business, what area to focus my energies on and how to sustain my energy so that I can step up and grow. Read more…?

Do you have trouble sleeping at night? Have you ever awakened feeling troubled and exhausted from lack of sleep? Or laid awake, lying on your back, your mind racing as you ponder the “How’s and whys of events going on in your life? Read more…?

This post is inspired by a contest currently running on Twitter @himalayanorg #yogais.

As a Yoga Teacher I am often asked by students and friends, “What is yoga?” If you have ever practiced yoga, you will know there is no one definition of yoga.

What Is Yoga?

If you Google “What is yoga…” you will find a wide range of entries. Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia, states “yoga refers to the traditional physical, mental and spiritual disciplines that originated in India.

A Sanskrit word, yoga is derived from the Sanskrit root “yuj” meaning to “yoke” or “unite” or “join” and, refers to the traditional physical, mental and spiritual disciplines that originated in India.

Yoga Is My Best Friend

As a practitioner and life- long student of yoga, yoga has been my constant companion for the last 20 years of so of my life. Through, my first pregnancy in 1991 to the present day I have drawn on my yogic practices to guide me through my day. Read more…?

For as long as I can remember my Dad has suffered from back pain. In fact, Dad is 78 and even as a child, when we used to go and watch him play cricket, he would hit a six, start to run then beam when he realised he didn’t have to complete the run. His back just couldn’t take the pounding but Dad being Dad would carry on and do his bit to lead his Team to victory.
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