Picture this: It’s the beginning of April, a chilly 7-degree Celsius morning, the sun just peeking over the horizon, and a group of dedicated souls gathering on Woolacombe Beach, Devon, UK for an invigorating 8:30am yoga session. And if that's not enough, we follow it up with a bracing cold water swim in 9-degree waters! Sounds like a recipe for frozen toes and a good story, right?

Hakini Mudra is an ancient hand gesture that enhances concentration, memory, and mental clarity by harnessing the energy of the third eye chakra. Practiced anytime, it improves focus, balances brain hemispheres, strengthens intuition, reduces stress, and promotes respiratory health, offering a powerful tool for holistic well-being.

Discover how yoga can revolutionize your sleep and overall well-being in this eye-opening guide. Unveil the secrets of deep, restorative sleep through the transformative power of yoga, as we explore gentle poses, breathwork, and mindfulness techniques. Say goodbye to restless nights and hello to rejuvenated mornings with the ancient wisdom of yoga – start your journey to a better night's sleep today!

This Hatha Yoga practice includes Tadasana, Uttanasana, Downward Facing Dog, Cat-Cow, Cobra, Child's Pose, and Savasana. With reflective practices integrated into each pose, this session offers physical and mental benefits, cultivating mindfulness and release of tension. You'll leave feeling grounded and rejuvenated, with a sense of calm and balance for your day.

Reflective practice is an essential component of Yoga and Pilates, as these practices involve connecting with the body, breath, and mind in a mindful and intentional way. By setting an intention for your practice, focusing on your breath, and observing your body and mind, you can cultivate a greater awareness and understanding of yourself. With regular reflective practice, you can enhance your Yoga and Pilates practice and cultivate a greater sense of self-awareness and inner peace.

Why Beach Yoga is so good for your mental wellbeing, alkaline levels, emotional regulation and so much more..

Mindful Sundays for Gentle Yoga and a Soundbath can be beneficial for your mental health by reducing stress and anxiety, increasing mindfulness, improving sleep, and boosting mood.

The sound of the gong is said to be one of the most powerful healing sounds in the world. It has been used for centuries to help people relax, reduce stress, and improve their overall wellbeing.

Going to a sound bath can be beneficial as it can reduce stress and promote good physical, mental, and emotional health

The benefits of Yin

Chakras plus a free meditation for you to try

It is a continual journey not a one time fix or project, but a healthy pause where time can become spacious, our minds more spacious, so we enable ourselves to have more clarity and acuity. Our physical and emotional stress can be released, our awareness to what our soul, body needs for healing and boosting and rebalancing our immune system, resilience, chemical and hormonal balances and overall well-being.

Maybe try some of these, see what resonates, start small and build on it.

Remember repetition creates habits, be mindful of your choices.

Are you choosing to make any resolutions?

Are they realistic, supportive and gentle?

Here are some helpful practices for you to try

Christmas and holidays seems to escalate the emotions and be a reminder of what is missing, It is hard not to feel all the various comparisons that arise, when we are inundated with images and “ideal, perfect “fake” lives on every social media field.

2 breath practices to help restore calm and balance.

For calming and for releasing fiery energy!

Whilst some people thrive on the idea of the gatherings, the preparing of wrapping presents, shopping, parties, what you are going to wear to the parties, family lunches, office lunches and drinks etc others will feel totally overwhelmed and exhausted and wish the month away.

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Benefits of breath work plus a short practice for you to try.

Everyone is allowed to have their opinion, it is only that, THEIR opinion, not yours, not truth, just their opinion.

So, when we truly understand this, we can then choose to not allow others’ opinions to hurt us, affect us, or even make it our opinion.

An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy……..

Can you spot the wolf you feed most?

How can you use this to help you?

Being mindful to catch yourself and shifting the narrative and feeding patterns.

It is how we approach a class that is key to the outcome. We are responsible for this; in the way we can recognise where we are in our internal landscape. And then managing what we do with this information, feed it, suppress it, or disperse it.

I invite you to be present to what arises as it arises, notice what the physical body is doing.

How it feels, where it holds tension or laxity.