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On Friday I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to run some mindfulness taster sessions at our staff INSET day. We discussed the amount of time we all spend on autopilot and the downsides of this in our emotional lives. Automatic mode often means we miss signals that tell us how we are […]
November 12, 2011
I attended a workshop with Christine Howitt on Saturday. Christine teaches yoga in Manchester at the Buddhist Centre and runs monthly workshops. If you get the opportunity try and attend a class or workshop as I found her style quietly engaging and supportive. The focus of the workshop was relating the nervous system to the […]
November 8, 2011
We will be focussing on the Yoga Sutras written 2,000 years ago and exploring some of the threads here to see if we can find any relevance in them for our own lives. Starting at the very beginning of the first book we learn that ‘Without practice; nothing can be achieved’ This is true; we cannot expect to […]
October 30, 2011
This half term we will continue to build on the good foundations built in our standing asanas. We will look at opening the hips and shoulders together with starting some back bends to stretch out the spine. This should lead us to increased flexibility in the shoulders, back and abdomen. We will work to try […]
October 30, 2011
I was lucky enough to attend a workshop on how to look after your back in yoga last weekend with Dr. Ruth Gilmore. Ruth is a doctor who specialised in anatomy and is also an experienced yoga teacher. The day started with a description of the structure of the spine and the impact of a herniated […]
October 17, 2011
Begin by sitting well, moving your spine away from the back of your chair and elongating upwards feeling a slight stretch down the sides of your body. Placing your hands on your thighs, on your next in breath, round the shoulders forward and curl your neck and head down gently towards your chest. As you […]
October 14, 2011
I have spent much time commuting up and down to London this week. The new pendolino trains roll about a lot and can make me feel a little queasy which means I can only work on my pc for some of the time. For the remainder of the journey, I enjoyed practising being mindful, using […]
October 11, 2011
Download the Warrior Pose sheet (.pdf format) Download the Triangle Pose sheet (.pdf format)
October 7, 2011
Inhale. Extend your right arm out away from your side, turn your palm to face behind you. Bending your right arm at the elbow to take the arm round your torso as far up your back as is comfortable for you. You can use your left hand at your right elbow to gently coax the […]
October 4, 2011
Well, what a great week. I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to attend a mindfulness conference focussing on the teaching of mindfulness to young people. I was enthralled by some brilliant, academic speakers; notably Professors Mark Williams and Felicia Huppert. Mark Williams spoke about the judge in our head which always finds us […]
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November 26, 2011
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