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Finally made it to the pixie realm 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️

I met this special creature on the 7 day Sadhana this week. I am very honoured to have a blog post dedicated to me but ultimately inspired by Amy and her generous words on how to manage anxiety. Thank you Amy. You are beautiful 🙏💗😘 #Repost @aisforanxietyblog with @repostapp ・・・ NEW BLOG POST! I think this has been my favourite blog entry to write to date. 10 Ways To Look After Yourself When Living With Anxiety. I have felt so inspired to write this all weekend and it comes straight from the heart. This week has been a real eye opener, life changing and inspirational and I have @thematmovement To thank for that, so I’m going to do something I don’t usually do and dedicate this blog to this person. Without their amazing sadhana this week, this wouldn’t have happened. I really hope you all enjoy reading this as much as I did writing it! Image credit to the most wonderful @sophiepoph she’s so blooming clever and one half of @moonchild_uk

Good morning! 😘🙏✨ thanks to my beautiful friend and @samavesayoga co-facilitator @margheritadalprayoga for this succinct articulation of what yoga means. Thank you @markwhitwell 🙏 so beautifully put 💗#Repost @margheritadalprayoga with @repostapp ・・・ “How do we measure a person’s yoga practice? What does ‘being good at yoga’ even mean? What if it’s not how long they hold a handstand... Or how deep their forward bend is... Or if they can balance on one arm... Or if they can power through 108 sun salutations without breaking a sweat... Or how tight their ‘yoga body’ is... Or if they can sit on their bum doing nothing for hours at a time... Or if they can see pretty blue flashing lights above their crown.... Not even if they can manufacture bliss-states from time to time. What if a person’s yoga practice was measured in how good a listener they become... In a lessening of reactivity to other people’s bullshit... In their ability to see the best in others and love it... even the most annoying people... In their kindness... In their capacity for sincerity... In their naturally reduced need for stimulating pleasures that were adopted to compensate for the eclipsed pleasures of breath and being... In their ability to say things clearly without fear of what people will think... In their perspective on the world. If this stuff isn’t developing naturally — not as a fake performance — then it could be that our yoga isn’t actually yoga. Awkward. Real yoga is about clarity of mind and perception, by linking the dissociative and solipsistic brain back up with the whole body, which is already nature, the power of life. And it does matter, not just as pedantry, because we urgently need more love and less reactivity, and more clarity and less consumerism” — @markwhitwell

Today I had my coil removed. It’s the first time since I was 12 that I’ve not had hormone based contraception in my system. Pete are I are stocking up on connies and I’ve been getting educated on Fertility Awareness. It’s simple, brilliant and absurdly straightforward. My level of ignorance around my own cycle is astounding, but then I’ve not had one for 10 years and only had a natural cycle in the first few months of puberty before I was promptly put on the pill. I actually had to look up menstruation and ovulation in a glossary. No shit. At 38 years old. The mind boggles. But now I know all about my cervical fluid and Bartholins Glands. I’ve got all the things. Mooncup. Book. Apps. Thermometer. Herbs. Minerals. Teas. I am so damn excited to be just myself. Free from additives or preservatives. Thank you to all my sisters and wise women who have shared their invaluable knowledge and advice. I’ll be tucked away amongst the Thai rice paddies for the next two months so I can tune in and find my rhythm again ❤️🙏🦋 #periods #womanhood #woman #intune #empowerment #naturalcycles #thinx #mooncup

✨THE ART OF THEMING & SEQUENCING✨ This pile of promises gathered over our time away. I sent them home with friends and strangers. My life in notebooks. Morning pourings, streams of consciousness, insights received from silent sitting and brave outbursts when pen was asked to lead. Journaling and contemplation have become wise guides that deepen my practice, clarify my lens and uncover hidden treasure that often translates into class plans, themes and teachings. This Sunday @beayogahero I’m offering a 1.5 hour class for students and teachers followed by a 3 hour workshop on the Art of Theming and Sequencing. It’s one of my favourite ways to play and will be crammed with inspiring tools for teachers and trainees who are looking to revivify their classes and find new ways in. We’ll look at sequencing techniques, the potency of language, how to unpack a theme and weave it through your class to add depth, integrity, meaning and magic 💥✨💖 Link in bio #yogainspiration #leedsyoga #yoga #yogahero #leeds #beginnersmind #yogateacher #student #yogastudent #yogajourney #artofyoga #art #poetry #voice #expression #magic

#Repost @beayogahero with @repostapp ・・・ ** THE ART OF THEMING AND SEQUENCING **⠀ Sunday 11.11, 10am⠀ ⠀ Join me @beayogahero for a 90 minute flow for both experienced students and teachers, followed by a 3 hour workshop for teachers.⠀ ⚡️ For experienced students, come along for a sweet and juicy 90 minute dynamic flow.⠀ ⚡️ For teachers, stay for a 3 hour workshop full of fresh inspiration to add depth and dimension to your classes. ⚡️ Learn how to weave and integrate philosophy into your sequences, translating ancient teachings into everyday language that lands with your students. ⚡️ Understand how to unpack a theme and tie it together with your sequence, key action and peak pose. ⚡️ Explore the role of language and learn new gateways of sequencing and how to sequence safely.⠀ ⚡️ Price:⠀ * £15 for the 90 minute flow workshop, for experienced students⠀ * £50 for 90 minute flow and 3 hour workshop, for yoga teachers and trainee teachers⠀ ⠀ Book in the studio, via DM here on Insta, email hello@yogahero.co.uk or get the Yoga Hero app! ⠀ ⠀ #teachingyoga #teachingyogarocks #grateful #beherenow #yogatheme #yogasequence #yogasequencing #howto #howtoyoga #yogateacher #yogateachers #yogateacherlife #yogateachertraining #yogateachertraininguk #ytt #vinyasaflowteachertraining #leedsyoga #yoga #yogainspiration #beginnersmind

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