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#stopdropandbreathe: Top-Up your Stillness

March 27, 2015 Health and wellbeing No comments yet

So far this year I have been frequently reminded of the need to take time to stop and breathe. To make time for gratitude and love in our busy schedules. To top-up the stillness within, that can carry us through the hardest of times.

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Addicted to stress?

November 17, 2014 Health and wellbeing, Workshops No comments yet

Are you addicted to stress? Do you jump from one challenge to the next, filling every inch of your calendar? Is your workplace fuelled by caffeine and deadlines?

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How to Use Yoga to Cope with a Bad Day

July 29, 2014 Health and wellbeing No comments yet
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Do you ever have one of those days where you are tired, a bit stressed but generally OK until someone pushes into you on the tube, or the traffic on your way to work is terrible, or someone sends you a really annoying email (or all of these things in one go)?

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Mentally Fit: How Yoga Looks After Your Mind

May 12, 2014 Health and wellbeing 1 comment

Many people come to yoga because of its excellent ability to improve all-over fitness, strength and flexibility, and recent research has shown that you don’t even need to get really sweaty to get fit with yoga - slow, restorative yoga can have a marked impact on weight loss and cardiovascular health.

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Why You Should be Bovvered About Being Flexible

April 23, 2014 Health and wellbeing No comments yet

One of the most common reasons I hear for not going to yoga is ‘I can’t do yoga, I’m not flexible’. So let’s debunk that right off - being flexible is not a requirement for doing yoga, it is a benefit of doing yoga!

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The Migraine Beating, Brain Balancing Breath

April 7, 2014 Classes, Health and wellbeing No comments yet
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Alternate Nostril Breath (Nadi Shodhan) is a simple and safe yogic breathing technique which helps to balance the two hemispheres of the brain.

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How Yoga Transforms Your Body

March 13, 2014 Health and wellbeing No comments yet


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Be Your Own Valentine

February 10, 2014 Classes, Health and wellbeing No comments yet

Valentines Day. I have always tended to ignore it, brushing it aside as a ploy to sell tacky cards, over-priced chocolates and to fill mediocre restaurants with swooning couples.

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And…breathe!

February 3, 2014 Classes, Health and wellbeing No comments yet

The word ‘yoga’ means to ‘yoke’ or ‘unite’. By uniting movement and breath, we really start to see how the benefits our yoga practice can spill into our daily lives. Breathing properly improves our health, increases energy, reduces stress and greatly improves sporting performance.

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Welcome to Lucyoga TV!

December 18, 2013 Health and wellbeing, Yoga postures No comments yet

Are you going to miss yoga over Christmas? Well, don’t worry because I have launched my YouTube channel just in time for you to tune in over the holiday. Subscribe to LucyogaTV now

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