Are you aware of the hidden costs of stress? I’ve recently read a fascinating book by Gabor Mate called “When The Body Says No” about this very topic. In it he looks at the effect of the mind-body link on
The hidden costs of stress
Stress and the Body: the importance of attachment
{Guest post by Patricia Worby, PhD, Trauma Therapist who is teaching The Stress Connection in Health and Disease event with me on 17 March 2018.} Humans are creatures of attachment. It overrides even the desire for life. This is biologically
How yoga helps back pain
As a yoga teacher, there’s a phrase I’ll often hear: “I can’t come to yoga – my back’s hurting”. And it breaks my heart a little every time I hear it, because yoga can help! Now, I’m not suggesting that
Be kind to tension
Where do you hold tension? We all have a place where we feel it most. It might be in your back; your jaw; your shoulders. It might be in clenched fists or tightness in the chest or throat or perennially
Get out of your head and into your body
Where are you living? No, I don’t mean which town, or whether you’re in a house or apartment. I mean, what space do you occupy? Do you live in your mind or do you inhabit your body? It’s a good
Take yoga off the mat … and onto your chair
Do you sit for hours a day? Working at your desk, typing, focusing intently at the screen. Hours go by and you realize you’ve barely moved. And by the end of the day your shoulders are up around your ears
Need to boost your energy levels? Try these yoga techniques
Do you sometimes feel totally exhausted? Drained of energy? Like your get-up-and-go has got-up-and-gone?! Believe me, I know what it feels like after a day of trying to cross as many things off your to-do list as possible, being pulled
Why you need to stand up for serenity and leave struggle behind
Life can seem like such an uphill struggle sometimes. Too much to do, not enough time. Arguments with the family, friction at work. Worries about your or your family’s health. The media telling you should eat this and not that,
Can’t relax because of your back? Try these simple yoga relaxation poses
So, your back is aching … again. How do you get comfortable? No matter which way you sit the ache is there, the tingling, the throbbing, the snatching… Whether it’s an annoying niggle or an ever-present ache or a pain
Why you want to stress your body {in a yogic way of course!}
So, I started yoga in 2000 – for the same reason many people come to my classes now – because I felt stiff and inflexible. But what causes this common phenomenon of feeling stiff, achy and ill-at-ease in our bodies?