Cuppa Yoga

29/11/2018

This is sounds advice for anyone, not just those in the 50+ category.

Make your practice work for you.

18/11/2018

Put your phone down and go for a walk (after you read this article).

As they say, “Silence is golden.” 🤐

In a loud and distracting world, finding pockets of stillness can benefit your brain and body. Here are four science-backed reasons why.

12/11/2018

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05/11/2018

This made my day on Saturday!

Yoga teacher Samantha saying hello to ‘Sparrow’ during his recent visit to the Belco studio for some Down Dog time 🐶

03/11/2018

•MOBILITY•
As youths, often we take our mobility for granted. It’s typically only when something goes wrong we start to notice our restrictions, but what if we could begin to pay attention before that?

I’m working on using core and muscle strength to come to stand without the use of my hands. Sounds easy right? Not so much. Give it a try and see how you go.

(Rogue Yogi Challenge)

31/10/2018

Everything is fascia.
Interesting read.

Fascia is the biological fabric that holds us together. You are about 70 trillion cells all humming in relative harmony; fascia is the 3-D spider web of fibrous, gluey, and wet proteins that hold them all together in their proper placement. How fascia works as a whole – our biomechanical regulator...

23/10/2018

Interesting (but not surprising) findings in this annual report re: loneliness and “home”.

“Almost half of Americans (45%) go to their car to have a private moment to themselves,” the company reports in a new survey of 22,000 people in 22 countries.

20/10/2018

•PRACTICE•
This practice can be exhilarating and frustrating all at the same time. I’ve decided to challenge myself and work on headstands.

My first reaction was to critique my form, BUT instead I chose to celebrate the accomplishment of holding myself off the wall- however brief. 😏💃🏻🧘🏻‍♀️👏🏽

15/10/2018

I got up this morning and had a 15 min little movement yoga sesh. Then my body was calling to just SIT. Breathe. Listen.

Admittedly, this is not my morning every day. As much as I’m trying to create a morning ritual those 4:30am starts keep throwing me off. So, I enjoy it even more when I do start this way.

HAVE A GREAT TUESDAY!

15/10/2018

It’s not always about going to the deepest point, sometimes it’s about sitting in the moments of resistance and enjoying it.

Dancer 💃🏻 has long been a favourite. What other pose makes you feel strong, graceful, weightless, and open?

15/10/2018

Carl Jung was on to something. 🤔

I’ve always felt a calling to search for something “more”. But as I glide through 31, swiftly approaching 32 I can attest the calling gets greater with every passing day.