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Staying online…

May 31, 2020 Online Yoga Classes No comments yet
Lucy sat on a grassy hill with hands in the air

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… ðŸ˜†

So that is the big news today. I am staying online, but now with a regular timetable. 

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DIY Yoga Bolster (zero waste, with no sewing and 100% recycled materials!)

August 24, 2019 General No comments yet
A homemade zero waste yoga bolster next to a shop bought version

My yoga bolster is my favourite piece of yoga equipment. I adore it. It gets used every single day for simple restorative yoga postures and meditation. And in the winter it doubles up as a draft excluder – I have a small house, I have to be practical ðŸ˜‚!

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Can’t sleep, won’t sleep? Yoga can help!

April 23, 2019 Health and wellbeing No comments yet
Woman practising Legs Up the Wall in a yoga studio

Insomina is a brutal condition. Sleep is beautiful, restorative and, all too often in modern life, an indulgence. And those who are getting too little sleep will know only too well how hard life becomes without it. Sleep can be torn away from us f…

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Join my Facebook group and put your self-care first

September 28, 2017 Health and wellbeing No comments yet

“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare” – Audre Lorde

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How is Yoga Important When we Need to Change the World?

June 2, 2017 Health and wellbeing No comments yet

Have you wondered if you should be going to your yoga class, or instead doing something about changing the world? About saving us all from the stupid and hurtful things that are happening?

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Dru It Yourself: How To Simply Measure Your Hip-Width for Yoga

January 23, 2017 Yoga postures No comments yet
Measuring feet so they are hip-width apart for yoga and comfortable standing in daily life

Two easy ways to get your feet hip-width apart.

Hip-width apart feet is the basis of Mountain Posture, an incredibly comfortable standing position for yoga and daily life.

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Breathe to Reduce Stress… with Alternate Nostril Breath

September 29, 2015 Health and wellbeing, Yoga postures No comments yet
Autumnal leaves float calmly on water. Find calm with yoga breathing

Breathe. You breathe all the time, right? But now I’ve mentioned it, I bet it feels a bit weird. Are you noticing your breathing, now I’ve drawn attention to it? How is it? Is it calm and steady? Short and fast?

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Yoga, What is it Good For?

August 11, 2015 Health and wellbeing No comments yet
Lucyoga class doing Tree pose on a rooftop in Peckham, London

When yoga does more than just help you touch your toes…

There’s no denying that yoga has had a surge of popularity of late. Certainly, over the years I’ve been teaching I’m seeing more and more people are regularly practising yoga, which is amazing.

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Easy Yoga to Ease Back Pain at Home or in the Office

July 31, 2015 Yoga postures 2 comments

Do you have back pain?

If you do, you are not alone. Approximately 80% of us suffer from back pain at one point in our lives or another so I am going to take a punt that many of you will have had to, or will in the future, deal with this problem.

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Cool Down: Yoga Breathing to Cope with Hot Weather

July 1, 2015 Health and wellbeing, Yoga postures No comments yet
Condensation on a bottle of water

How to Use Yoga to Cool Down

Summer is lovely. 

But sometimes it just gets a bit too much, the heat, especially when commuting, is intense and it can fray even them calmest of tempers.

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