Yoga from the Heart with Jilli

02/01/2025

Watch this space … less than 1 week to go …. Get ready … it’s been a while … but I have some exciting news to share with you all 🔜 … ☯️✨🧘🏻‍♀️🕉️

22/01/2022

From my teacher …. Love this 💜

TRUE and FUNNY (my favourite combo!)
I shared this NY blessing from Pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber in my workshop yesterday.
Everyone loved it and asked me to share it online, so here it is!
Let the words drop in slowly ❤ ❤ ❤

"May you remember that there is no resolution that, if kept, will make you more worthy of love.

There is no resolution that, if kept, will make life less uncertain and allow you to control a pandemic and your children and the way other people act.

So this year, may you just skip the part where you resolve to be better do better and look better this time.

May you give yourself the gift of really, really low expectations.

May you expect so little of yourself that you can be super proud of the smallest of accomplishments.

May you expect so little of the people in your life that you actually notice and cherish every small lovely thing about them.

May you expect so little of the supply chain and the service industry that you notice more of what you do get and less of what you don't and then just tip really well anyhow.

May you expect to get so little out of 2022 that you can celebrate every single thing it offers you, however small.

Because you deserve joy and not disappointment"

20/12/2021

Are you winding down or winding up as we head into Christmas?

Often, we search for the perfect present, we worry about wearing the perfect outfit and preparing the perfect dinner … let me tell you a secret …. No one cares! What we care about and what we crave for is connection, connection with other human beings. So, I invite you as we go into this festive season to be present with whoever you are with, rather than worry about whether it’s perfect. Let that be your gift to them and to yourself.

Whilst reflecting on the above, I recently came across a lovely definition of peace. Peace is the present moment without judgement …. I felt that this was giving the same message .. be present, not perfect. I noticed that when we embrace this, we may sense a settling, an inner calm that is peace within, regardless of what is going on outside. Rather than thinking in our heads, we can connect with our bodies and come back to our centre and listen to wisdom within.

So whether your Christmas is going to be loud or quiet, why not invite brief pauses into your daily routine to connect with yourself, with peace, and ultimate the present moment, which is always our point of power.

The natural tug at this time of year is to go inwards as nearly all creatures are doing. The weather is bitter, and we can be left with the feeling that Winter is hard. Yet, Winter is kind, she points us in her own soft way towards our inner self, towards this annual time of peace and reflection, embracing the darkness and forgiving, accepting and lovingly embracing the past year. Once Christmas is over, Winter takes away the distractions, the buzz, and presents us with the perfect time to rest and withdraw into the womb like love, bringing fire & light to our hearth. And then, just around the corner the year begins again, and like a seed planted deep in the earth, we will rise with renewed energy once again to dance in the sunlight.

09/12/2021

Just want to put this out there … who would be interested in attending a workshop on Handling Stress & Building Resilience?

I’m thinking about 4 hours virtual or 6 hours in person (which would include some yoga) or a combination of the two.

Thoughts? 🤔

23/11/2021

The difference between ‘try’ & ‘triumph’ …. Is a little ‘Umph!’

04/11/2021

Happy Diwali everyone. Diwali is a time to celebrate the triumph of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil.

18/10/2021

😊☕️🫖💜

A wish for the week ahead ❤️

13/10/2021

Lean into what is nourishing, and let the rest move on through 😊

09/10/2021

Yes!!! 🙌🏻 This 👇🏻