We were fighting over toilet rolls – while Nepalese people were struggling to find rice… Earlier this year Sally Deacon, a fellow yoga teacher, contacted me and asked if any of my students might be interested in supporting people in Nepal who were in desperate need of food. With all travel stopped, their usual […]
What does In Sound Health mean to you? not broken or damaged; healthy; in good condition: It’s an old building but it’s still structurally sound. Considering his age, his body is surprisingly sound. Was s/he of sound mind (= not mentally ill) at the time of the incident? S/he is sound – a good person, honest, trustworthy Do you currently feel In Sound Health? Structurally sound? Of sound mind? Are you in good health? Do you know..?! I […]
As with all countries during this pandemic, Nepal has been hit very hard with Covid -19, and now the Delta variant is sweeping the country. Whole families are dying. Young, fit healthy people are dying. There is a great shortage of oxygen and ventilators and of course they have no help with health care or […]
A Blog on not blogging… It is over a year now since I wrote a blog. In the past, never the most prolific, I tended to share information about areas of my work that could be helpful to people. Yoga inspired articles, an insight into the new science of positive psychology, the down side of […]
A little muse on REAL Yoga… Yoga was developed not for the “strong, flexible/bendy body” that is so often portrayed in the media, but to prepare you for seated meditation; easing out the kinks and knots, the tightness that develops through daily life, we are better able to sit still, in comfort. Equally, through movement […]
Some years ago, when I was extremely ill with ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome), my sleep was pretty non-existent. With a nervous system stuck on “hypervigilant”, and an immune system way below par, I would crawl into bed at night and pray for sleep…at most I probably got around 2 hours a night, for months on […]
