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April started off with a joyous Easter weekend and the start of the 3 Year Viniyoga Teacher Training Course taught by myself and Kim Burnham, part of which included the seminar of Subtle Energy taught by Dr Kausthubha Desikachar. It was a joyous and mindboggling explosion into the traditional teachings of yoga…

There is a shift in nature, everything feels like it is coming alive, the days are getting lighter, there is a rising energy in us that matches the outside world… If you are not feeling like this, don’t worry! In Ayurveda, this isn’t surprising. Ayurveda is the ancient science of…

Goodbye Winter, welcome Spring! The days are feeling longer and lighter, and all the joy and beauty of Spring is beginning: snowdrops, daffodils, and primroses will make way for bluebells, wild garlic, red campion, and the fresh, vibrant greens of new growth. Sun MeditationGo outside at dawn and greet the…

It’s possible to be fooled by the bare trees, cold nights, frosty mornings, and grey skies, but the days are lengthening, and the earth is showing signs of change and an approaching Spring. The spectacular hazel catkins, snowdrops carpeting woodlands and borders, lesser celandine, water aconite, primroses, and the dazzling…

A Happy New Year to you all We have had some beautiful weather this Xmas period, hopefully it has enabled you to have more time outdoors, to admire the beautiful skies at sunrise and sunset, time to observe the tiny signs of growth and activity, snowdrop shoots, hazel catkins peeping…

Stillness cloaks the land as we enter December; earth energy is under our feet. This time of stillness, this time of darkness, is a time to do nothing much!!! The earth energy draws down the life force of trees and plants, nourishing their roots and supporting them in a well-earned…

We are now in the dark part of the Wheel of the Year. Samhain has been celebrated, a truly old festival where the worlds of the living and the dead were deemed closest, a festival of how we view death and how we honour our ancestors. In the UK, our…

Fall, Leaves, Fall Emily Brontë Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away;
Lengthen night and shorten day;
Every leaf speaks bliss to me
Fluttering from the autumn tree.
I shall smile when wreaths of snow
Blossom where the rose should grow;
I shall sing when night’s decay
Ushers in a drearier day. Ten students completed their 500-hour Viniyoga…

This has been a Summer to be truly immersed in nature, with so much wonderful weather. I hope you have been able to enjoy the outside. I have enjoyed sitting in my garden and in Borough Gardens, swimming in the sea, camping, walking, and gardening; hopefully, it has been nourishing…

Viniyoga Teacher Trainer Graduation Kim Mackie and I have arrived back from Chiang Mai in Thailand, proudly bearing our teacher trainer certificates in Viniyoga. Over the last two years, Kim and I have been part of a group of 16 experienced Viniyoga Teachers and Viniyoga Therapists, undergoing intensive hybrid training (both…

The gardens are blooming, and the meadows are peaking; they are as colourful and teeming with life as they are going to be! The summer solstice on the 21st marks the height of the sun’s radiance in the northern hemisphere. The days are long, the nights short, and life is…

I took a holiday with my daughter to the South of France, and whilst wandering amongst a hilltop garden, we came across a few small gatherings of yoga students with their teachers. It reminded me of how yoga was traditionally taught in India, outside and sitting at the feet of…