Author Archives: caroline

Sometimes people want to know whether Yoga in itself is enough to keep you physically fit or whether you need to do other activities as well. To answer the question I looked for a definition of physical fitness and found … Continue reading →

I have just come back from a couple of weeks in lovely, rural Pembrokeshire -staying in an old, converted dairy with our own resident bat -but that’s another story! While I was away I got to go to some yoga … Continue reading →

Sometimes in yoga magazines people  are asked  their favourite yoga pose and often the answer is a strong posture such as head stand or arm balance or something that looks pretty impressive. Surprisingly  enough, especially when you first start yoga, … Continue reading →

“It’s not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?” ~Henry David Thoreau People often come to yoga classes for a specific reason-perhaps a health related condition they want to improve such … Continue reading →

This week the weather has been so lovely I have been practising yoga outside. On Monday I went to teach a regular session  at a private house in a Suffolk village and was lucky enough to be invited to hold … Continue reading →

‘What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.’  (Ralph Waldo Emerson) There are so many benefits of meditation -both physical and mental: decreasing tension related pain and illness; improving sleep; … Continue reading →

This weekend I helped my daughter book a short hotel break in Amsterdam for her birthday. We looked at all the usual websites and each time we thought we had found the perfect place to stay, we discovered something wrong … Continue reading →

There are a lot of myths about yoga: that you have to be flexible to do it, that it’s only for women, that once you reach a certain age you can’t do it.. One myth about yoga is that only … Continue reading →

It has been quite a stressful week one way and another. At times we all feel stressed and anxious and need a little help to relax. Yoga is wonderful for helping reduce stress and tension and there are a host … Continue reading →