Archive for the ‘Health’ Category
Shelter in place – theme of the month blog
The theme of the month this month at the virtual studio is…YOU DO YOU In other words, whatever feels right as you navigate this new world we all find ourselves in. Today I was speaking to a good friend of mine in San Francisco and there they have just had the ‘shelter in place’ order […]
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Control your breath, control your life – March theme of the month
The theme of the month in March at the studio is Pranayama, we broadly all understand this as breath work or breathing practices but spare me a moment to dissect this word PranaYama. Prana is life force, energy of in Chinese medicine terms, chi. Prana exists in every living thing. Some creatures and things have […]
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Complainer Brain – theme of the month blog by Jo
You probably wouldn’t know it unless you spoke to me for more than about, say, 5 minutes, but I suffer from a particular affliction. As far as I know this wasn’t something I carried with me in my childhood years; it’s adult onset. It’s known as Complainer Brain. If you yourself suffer from Complainer Brain, […]
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Taking your life in your hands – April Blog by Jo
Where would we be without our hands? I still remember the night that, as a child, I awoke from a seemingly interminable and inescapable nightmare to find my mother at my bedside gently stroking my hair as I slept. Surfacing to that sensation instantly transformed my terror into a feeling of being completely protected, safe […]
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Theme of the month – the senses
I’ve been thinking a bit this past month about mindfulness and staying in the present moment. Whenever I am a student in a yoga class and the teacher asks us to set an intention, more often than not, I promise myself I will stay present. My mind is so busy, working, teaching, managing, parenting, planning, […]
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