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Amme, Claygate (2026)

26/04/2026

This is my kind of welcome. Arrived at with .artist .yoga to paella, and music. So nice to be back here without my crutches! (Thank you !)

Watching the sunset and the moon rise. Rocket 1 starts tomorrow. (And mega thanks to the MV200 crew- yall set the stage!)

17/04/2026

Today was my last hydrotherapy session before I take off tomorrow.

This work is such an important part of my recovery. I am learning how to drive my new car without dropping the transmission in the road or wearing out the tires with misalignment thanks to my task master , who has already transformed my walk and posture. (He’s hydro/ohysio/pilates master/and def some kind of massage)

Six weeks ago I had both hips replaced. (Thank you ). I celebrated with a handstand.

In between, there has been yoga, strength work, physio, and consistent effort.

Hips are ready just in time for the trainings, and I am also looking forward to returning home afterwards and resuming my regular classes.

Still super chuffed by prof wilson saying my muscles were amazing (he had an inside view). I hadn’t been able to do much at all except remnants of my yoga practice, especially at the end. Great to have someone who has seen the inside report on the effects of yoga! Like a pre-cadaver study!

Anyhoo. Big thanks to yoga for keeping my hips going this long, drs Wilson and Kley () for my new titanium hips, and for getting them moving again.

04/04/2026

Chance favors the prepared mind. And wow was I ever ready for my new hips! I am amazed how something I complained about for years (ok decades) like my legs feeling different lengths and constant hip and knee issues, led me to the life I love—yoga. Now it’s brought me to a brand new start, stronger than ever, thanks to my new titanium hip. Over the last couple of years, waiting for surgery, I missed so much—but I learned deeply about the spine, meditation, and pain. Now, with saucha (cleanliness) from the Yoga Sutras in mind, I’m relieved to be able to clean my house (I’m literally bleaching tile grout. So satisfying) —and I’ll be gardening soon, too. Remember, the wave goes down and the wave goes up. Trust the process.

I feel like I have a brand new lease on life. I am eternally grateful to yoga for holding me together long enough to find

And right in time for Majorca!

14/03/2026

Enjoy the experience of being alive.

That was the purpose statement that I came up with during my first teacher training with Larry 25 years ago. It actually Dorothy from the center of excellence I met through Larry, but that is a whole other story…

I never had dreams of toes touching my head or splits or anything. The smiling face photo was taken by the daughter of my first private client in San Francisco. My dentist! She noticed the change in me and asked me to teach her! One day I came in for my teeth cleaning, and she said. “Amme, I have to ask you. What have you been doing? I’ve been wanting to ask you because I have seen how you have changed over the last two years.” She changed my life just by noticing how I had changed with yoga. Also I discovered Abraham hicks from a taxi driver on the way to party at her house!

It’s been a while since I’ve done a deep post, and even longer since I’ve sent out one of my very unique deep emails, I know. But sometimes you have to think about stuff and sometimes you have to do stuff and sometimes you have no idea what’s going on and you feel like you’re just waiting around. This is life. The Pava chakra. And we keep coming back to the middle. But you have to ask yourself what is the middle?

Now that my hips are made of titanium, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do for the next 50 years.

I don’t want to get good at yoga. I want to party. At least until sunset. And do yoga of course, but just for the fun of it. Joseph Campbell said, “if you really want to help the world, you need to teach people how to live in it. You need to teach people how to participate joyfully in the sorrows of this world.”

Obvs I’m chilling the next couple of weeks while my new titanium hips settle, but 2026 is looking hot, and it has me thinking… what am I teaching? It’s not a yoga sequence it’s a state of mind. It’s meditation. It’s prana. Learn to focus your mind and your body. And have fun FFS!!!

Thanks for my new fave mantra:
What’s the best that could happen?

27/4-1/5 off grid rocket lifestyle immersion. Yes learn to teach better blah blah blah - but mostly by learning to be you

26/02/2026

834 days.

That’s how long since I had my x-ray confirming I needed a double hip replacement, and was put in the physio app “while I waited.” Obviously it started long before that, and I had a few complications along the way that slowed the process down. And it turns out I am so glad that it did. Finding the right Dr was worth the wait!

Aching hips and knees are what brought me to yoga in the first place. What began as a way to cope became a way to stay strong—physically and mentally—through NHS waiting lists, delays, and a lot of uncertainty. And thank goodness hip arthritis does not affect handstands!

Thursday, March 5, I’m having both hips replaced. If you have seen me hobbling around like a drunken cowboy you won’t be surprised by this news!

After all this time, the timing has worked out exactly as it should. I’ve landed (after thorough research!) with surgeons () I trust completely, and I feel very lucky to be in their hands.

If I can do 834 days, I can do 6 more.

New hips. New era. Bring it on!

15/02/2026

Wow is all I can say. And thank you! And I love you! And I will see you soon I hope! (And tag yourselves please!!!)

you have created a beautiful community. Thank you for inviting me to play!

12/01/2026

My yoga library is growing! I’m obsessed with vintage yoga books, and modern books on science and electricity etc. They overlap!!!

07/01/2026

DEFY GRAVITY
25 years ago this month, I took my first teacher training with Larry Schultz, the creator of Rocket Yoga, in San Francisco.
It changed my life. Larry told me a long time ago that, “Yoga will ruin your life.” Always said with a smile, like he knew the joke already.

I’m so excited to return to Dublin to share this practice again at the Rocket One Teacher Training at YogaHub Dublin, February 11–15 🇮🇪✨

Rocket One is inspired by the Primary Series of Ashtanga—a meditative sequence of movement linked with breath, designed to build and maintain strength, balance, and flexibility, whatever your fitness level or age (I can say with certainty, even at 52 years old with arthritis and old surgeries!).

Rocket is often described as “an advanced practice for beginners.”
The emphasis is on function over form—discovering what you can do, rather than what you think you should be able to do.

In this training, you’ll learn how to:
• Practice the Rocket One sequence
• Teach it with confidence
• Assist verbally and with your hands, and modify intelligently
• Work with balances, standing balances, and inversions
• Understand the history and philosophy of Rocket Yoga

The sequence follows a clear, accessible structure:
Warm up → Stand up → Sit down → Lie down
(Simple. Intelligent. Playful.)

At its heart, Rocket Yoga is a state of mind—
learning to quiet the inner critic, live in the question, and discover that we are stronger than we think.

You don’t need to be a yoga teacher but previous rocket or ashtanga experience STRONGLY recommended.

✨DM for information or with questions!!

02/01/2026

A wrap up of some of my fave bits from the holidays. Bring it on 2026!!

27/12/2025

I love this time of year. Bring it on 2026.

04/08/2025

I did not get very far, or go very fast, and it wasn’t pretty, but I did it! Longest walk my hips have managed in ages.

Ortho review is in 2 months, and I will decide then whether or not to replace the hips, as advised. They are apparently beyond hope.

I love a challenge. I don’t love being told what I can, and can not, do.

So, I am…
- sticking with yoga
- using infrared every chance I get
- clamshells, lunges, leg raises etc
- tuning forks, grounding mats, shiatsu machine
- Joe Dispenza books and meditations
- Salt baths
- myofascial release with foam roller
- balance board
- upper back strengthening /opening
- and getting me walking (maybe one day running!)

I can say for sure that my hips have taken me on an incredible journey! I have studied more about the spine, and how the upper spine influences the hips, delved into the science of pain and inflammation, and thoroughly examined the question:

What is yoga???
(I’m not answering that here!)

I have also had a good think about what I believe, especially what I believe is possible.

For at least the next two months until my appointment, I’m going to really REALLY believe i can keep my original body. You never know what might happen!

Worst case scenario is I will be bionic.

Anyhoo- this is a reminder to get your ass up and get moving. Even if you’re slow. Even if it hard. You can do it!!!!

#52

04/12/2024

Music …. Do your favourite songs change? Mine do! I have four new entries in my top five this year! You’ll never guess which! Do you have a life soundtrack? Do you hear music in your head?

Play these if you don’t.

Yoga on until Dec 15 when I go to America. Back on 2 Jan. Mallorca secret off grid on site accommodation is almost full. I’m not “really “ trying to be secret, but I don’t advertise a lot. If you are interested- send a message! ❤️

Amme