A few tips to keep you well during testing times: #1. These foods are great: 1) Vegetables: Asparagus, bok choy, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, onion, radishes, parsnips, pumpkin, watercress. 2) Fruits: Mulberries, blueberries, goji, pears and citrus fruits e.g. grapefruit & lemon 3) Grains: Rice and oats 3) If you’re […]
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The health and safety of our community is important to us and cleanliness has always been up there, so we thought we’d share with you how we are bring extra vigilant (please join us!) just to be on the safe side. We also acknowledge there’s a lot of scaremongering going […]
Are you struggling with the ole’ January blues? Apparently Monday 21st is said to be “Misery Monday”! This phrase, which is created by the media to sell stories, quite frankly, really doesn’t help matters. It then becomes a self fulfilling phropecy i.e. if we decide it is then it will […]
According to Ayurveda, the world is made up of three primary doshas (Vata, Kapha & Pitta), or energies and so are we! Each person’s make up has a dosha that predominates in them as does each season (in Ayurveda the key is to find out what you are). Vata – […]
Felt like writing today – thoughts bubbling up – I’m more aware of them since I’ve done yoga. I’m writing this to my daughter, and all the daughters out there who may think they need to change something. I was driving home from visiting my dad with my 10-year-old daughter […]
On Radio 2’s Breakfast Show last week Chris Evans invited Neuroscientist Dr Jack Lewis in to discuss why it’s critical we have a break from technology and what happens to the brain when using it – as you know I am a big believer in this – have a quick […]
As a yoga teacher in Essex I’ve long known the benefits of yoga and meditation on our mental health. So, you can imagine my excitement when invited to the Yoga & The Brain Conference at UCL, London. Scientists, Drs, psychiatrists, medical as well as yoga practitioners, from around the world […]
Yoga has taught me to work on my judgemental mind. And I don’t say that lightly. I practice this daily and it’s not simple. A good friend/mentor of mine says “the human mind is a cesspit” – that makes me laugh but I get it. Watch your thoughts for just […]
I walked past the newsagents this week. I don’t usually look but the front page jumped out at me: “TOWIE’s Gemma Collins: “I’m saving my designer vagina for Mr Right”! Underneath that was a photo of Chantelle – whoever she is – in a bikini – apparently she’s “overweight and […]