In a few weeks’ time I will be heading off to North Wales to teach on the Dru Yoga Summer Youth Retreat. It’s one of the highlights of my year because I not only get to share Dru Yoga and meditation with 12 amazing young people, aged 14-21, but I get to spend four fantastic days exploring the stunning Snowdonia National Park.
Read moreBeautiful Bergen
I had a wonderful week teaching Dru Yoga in Bergen, Norway at the start of July. Great to share in a series of workshops designed to help participants achieve their goals and gain mastery of their lives. And even better to be able to visit and explore a new city and a new country at the same time.
Read moreNew Day, New Breakfast!
How Dru Yoga’s unique Energy Block Release sequences - EBR3 – help me learn a very valuable lesson, best summed up by something my husband said to me one morning, “You don’t have to have the same thing for breakfast every day.” Find out why…
Read moreYoga on the Radio
It’s been a busy week of radio interviews with two appearances on BBC Radio Sheffield talking about the benefits of yoga in general and Dru Yoga in particular. Why not have a listen?
Read moreYoga on Prescription
I’m marking International Day of Yoga, on Friday 21 June, by spearheading an initiative to see yoga offered on prescription as part of the NHS social prescribing initiative. The campaign will see me join yoga teachers across the UK offering free yoga classes at GP surgeries, hospitals and community centres in South Yorkshire and across the UK.
Read moreLess Back Pain, More Confidence
I’ve recently qualified to teach the specialist Dru Back Care Programme. The approach of this course is perfectly in-line with current medical opinion and based on extensive research. This proves that yoga - especially gently, flowing therapeutic yoga like Dru - performed with awareness is an ideal treatment.
Read moreYoga for Clarity and Calm Urban Retreat
I’m really excited to be co-teaching this special half-day ‘Yoga for Clarity & Inner Calm’ workshop alongside other amazing Dru Yoga teachers and one of the senior tutors from Dru Midlands. Through the practice of postures, sequences, meditation and mudras you’ll re-discover the ‘still point’ within and gain a clearer perspective on your life.
Read moreThe Magic of Mudra
A mudra is a symbolic gesture or posture. Traditional yoga philosophy teaches that every part of the hand represents an associated part of the body and brain. Mudras are used to effect change physically, mentally and emotionally. Find out more…
Read moreFloating Down to Earth
When times are fraught and emotions are running high, we can find our emotions like dark clouds racing across a stormy sky. This is when Privthvi Namsaskara (the salutation to the earth) comes into its own. This unique Dru Yoga sequence is the perfect way bring yourself gently back down to earth.
Read moreOne snake you don't need to be afraid of!
We’ve been working with the special Dru Yoga version of Bhujangasana, the Four Stage Cobra. This a stretching and strengthening pose for the back. Done in four stage, it allows you to warm up gracefully into the full lift or to stop at the level that feels right for your back. This is one snake, that you don’t need to be afraid of.
Read moreIt's a Dog's Life
Taking a look at one of yoga’s best known postures, Adho Mukha Svanasana - the downward facing dog. Why it can help put a spring in your step and set your tail wagging.
Read moreFlying High in OM Yoga Magazine
I feature in this month’s OM Yoga Magazine as their, ‘Man on the Mat’. In the article I guide you through one of my favourite asanas, the Eagle Pose (Garudasana) - a strengthening and balancing standing pose. Read on to find out more…
Read moreTake it Lying Down – the power of Savasana
I know from experience that simply lying in stillness is both profoundly effective and deeply challenging. We’ve all been there. Those times when the relaxation is the high-light of the Yoga class and you don’t want it to end. And those other times, when it feels like interminable torture because you can’t get comfortable or stop your mind from racing.
Read moreSheffield's New City Centre Yoga Studio
TOBY YOGA joins the teaching team at Sheffield City Centre’s first Yoga Studio, Mudra. And book yourself onto a FREE Yoga class during Launch Week.
Read moreThe Wonderful Windmill Breath
The ancient Yogis talked about the importance of practicing extension or control of the breath, believing that life is measured not by the number of our years but by the number of our breaths. On a basic level we practice pranayama to increase both the capacity of our lungs and to help them work more efficiently. Here we look at the Dru Yoga Windmill Breath.
Read moreWhat is Core Stability?
Watch this video to find out where your core muscles are are and how to find them - and then use them!
The concept of core stability is very important in the practice of Dru Yoga. And in this article I’m going to look a little more closely at what exactly I mean when I talk about your core muscles.
Read moreThe Moon in the Man
In our non-stop, keep going, going busy, keep doing, doing, doing culture the fiery Sun Salutation is a firm favourite feature of many Yoga classes. However, we need balance. We need to be able to ‘get up and go’ but we also need to be able to ‘rest and digest’. We need the heat and dynamism of the sun salutation and we need the cool and calm of moon sequence.
Read moreLess stress, more success!
This week I gave my first workshop - a series of five on Positive Thinking - as a Certified Heal Your Life® Facilitator. And this week J.Lo released a video talking about reinventing yourself at any age in which she praises the work of Louise Hay. She recommends reading Louise's multi-million best-seller 'You Can Heal Your Life'.
Read moreRead All About It!
I’m featured in the latest, new-look St Luke’s Clifford House What’s On Magazine. On page five talking about the graceful power of Dru Yoga, alongside Martin Young who teaches Hatha Yoga at Clifford House on a Tuesday.
Read moreIs it a Choice or is Fear Choosing For You?
Working with EBR2 in several of my classes has made me reflect on my experiences of this signature Dru Yoga ‘energy block release’ sequence as both a student and as a trainee teacher. It’s been an interesting and enlightening journey. One that taught me a huge deal about resistance.
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