Monthly Archives: July 2017

The conscious & unconscious dialogue we have with ourselves

By |2018-05-16T13:11:10+01:00July 29th, 2017|Yoga|

We all hear voices, it's true, we do. Every time i run up a hill i hear a little voice telling me how tough it is, to slow down or stop and give up. I resist the voices and keep going. We constantly have a conscious and unconscious dialogue with ourselves.  According to Deepak Chopra [...]

All pain is multi factoral – Why is that?

By |2022-02-22T14:51:23+00:00July 24th, 2017|Anatomy|

Chronic pain can limit your everyday activities and make it hard to work. It can also affect how involved you are with friends and family members. Co-workers, family, and friends may have to do more than their usual share when you cannot do the things you normally do. Unwanted feelings, such as frustration, resentment, and [...]

What we hate in others is what we hate in ourselves!

By |2024-10-14T19:01:46+01:00July 10th, 2017|Yoga|

Are you picking up negative comments from your boss at work, spouse, children, friends or even people on social media? The traits we tend to dislike in others are usually the traits we do not like about ourselves. We then tend to judge and criticize these characteristics. This calls to mind the analogy of pointing [...]

“An Indian man leads with his belly”- Old housewife saying.

By |2018-05-16T13:11:12+01:00July 9th, 2017|Anatomy|

“An Indian man leads with his belly” is a saying that i have grown up with. Indians like many cultures like to take a morning and evening walk before and after the intense heat of the day. Pictured above is Mahatma Gandhi taking his morning walk. The belly can be most definitely seen as leading [...]

Movement position for clients with a flat back

By |2018-05-16T13:11:12+01:00July 3rd, 2017|Yoga|

I am always being asked about the correct positioning of the spine and pelvis, especially during pilates apparatus and yoga therapy classes. In a nutshell, we are all individual and will have different positioning of our body. The picture below shows a guide to where 'form has followed function'.  We all need what is called [...]

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