How are you doing? Some days (most days) when a friend pops this message over, I am not sure what the answer is! The truth is that I’ve never been here before, this feels like pretty much all new territory, so my brain is trying to navigate a LOT, and that’s tiring.
News on re-opening and introducing Yin Yoga
Your yoga stays the same
As most of the UK adopts a series of lockdown easing measures I cannot say how this will impact you or your loved ones. This is because one thing I do know is that we are all experiencing this new reality very differently.
But we have something that stays constant, that anchors us, and unites us as a community. Yoga.
In those moments when we meet online, whether it be a live class or a recording, we are sharing something that will help us through. That will strengthen us. That will soften us. That will remind us of the ‘…astonishing light of our own being” (Hafiz).
(more…)Happy Summer Solstice!
This weekend (20/21 June) marks the Summer Solstice; the longest day, and the shortest night, of the year. It’s a time when the sun’s energy is high, and it’s a great time to work on our own energy levels.
Marking the natural cycles of the Earth is also a really helpful way to reduce feelings of stress and anxiety about change in our lives. When we are facing as much uncertainty as we are right now, we can rely on the Earth to keep turning and the seasons to show us that the natural rhythms and cycles are still there.
Dru It Yourself Bite Size: Short Relaxation
One of the important parts of honouring natural rhythms and cycles is to take time to relax. I have created a new Dru It Yourself Bite Size video to help you do just that!
(more…)Staying online…
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin’ online, stayin’ online
Ah, ah, ah, ah, stayin’ on-li-i-i-ine….
Is it only me that hears the squeaky tones of the Bee Gees when I say I’m staying online? Maybe not now I’ve given you the earworm too… ?
So that is the big news today. I am staying online, but now with a regular timetable.
(more…)Mental Health Awareness Week: Kindness (to ourselves) Matters
Sitting and looking out to sea is high up on my list of self-care activities. For me, this is what kindness to myself looks like. What does it look like to you? What would soothe your soul right now?
Mental Health Awareness Week
This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (18 – 24 May 2020) comes right in the middle of one of the greatest challenges to everyone’s mental health that has occurred in my lifetime. The theme this year is Kindness and it struck me that right now, in this very strangest of times, that kindness really needs to be focused on ourselves.
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