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Yoga mandalas and general bliss
The latest yoga retreat was led by Lotus Sanderson, and was a week of great serenity and focus. Lotus brings an extraordinary calm and seriousness of purpose to her practice – and we all came away with...
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Nia: The Moving Meditation of Dance
It’s 10.00 am and the girls are dancing. It’s 9.30 pm and the girls are dancing. It’s 7.00 am and the girls are dancing. Admittedly they’ve been to bed in between but still – the ENERGY!!!! Nia must...
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Yoga with Sons and Daughters
Almost a year ago I spent a week doing yoga with my son at Mark Whitwell’s course in December. I wasn’t the only mum – and so I had the idea of writing about it from the point of view of doing a...
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Noah Maze: a gift of confidence
An extraordinary week with Noah Maze: the experience of learning from him was a daily endorsement of his huge reputation. Noah leads a very strong practice, well beyond the normal comfort zone of at...
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Starting the New Year with yoga
A lovely start to 2012 – a dynamic yoga week with Michelle Jayne. We were up every morning to start the first workshop at 7.30 – and soon sweating hard. Her practice is influenced by the Power Yoga...
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Wonder in Yoga
Morning practice: the wonder of sunshine Mark’s week explored wonder in yoga – and wonder generally. Wonder is a multilayered concept and he looked at it from diverse angles: the awe inherent in...
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Stay with it….and feel the joy!
Sophie in full flow “Stay with it……” That’s the phrase that stays with me from Sophie Marsh’s Nia week. Others too: “Relax your jaw… and breathe!” or “[there are] no mistakes!” and “Feel the joy”....
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Nia: free-flow mellow to fast paced hard-ass
Sophie flying….. Sophie Marsh is a phenomenon. She has the energy of a meteorite. She has a smile that lights up dark corners. She has an infectious joy in dance that radiates out from her body as she...
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Heart opening yoga to open the new year
Wild thing asana The New Year opened with a yoga retreat: Jen Niles lead a superb week of heart opening postures, backbends and headstands. The weather was glorious – sun every day with the...
View ArticleLaughter: giggling, gasping and guffawing
Last week we had a truly hilarious laughter workshop with Jani Burdett. For almost 40 minutes (37, to be exact) she had a group of people bellowing, roaring and cackling with laughter. It’s an...
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