AW Yoga Blog

After more than five years with nearly daily physical yoga practice it feels amazing to realise that there is room for so much positive change in the body. Who knew it was possible to move with more ease as the years pass? Sitting in traffic the other day I started…

It’s December, winter season and end of lockdown! A perfect time to put some extra layers on, enjoy moving outdoors and meet up in groups again. I thought a great time to launch Arctic Yoga in Wimbledon! Here is the plan: Let’s start this coming Sunday 6th December at 10am…

Summer 2016 I was in the middle of a two-year yoga teacher training course. Part of our homework at the time was to implement a ten-minute daily routine of breath awareness. Below I share the breath awareness I enjoy every day. To me, it is about becoming aware of the…

We all meet obstacles in life, it’s inevitable. I view life as good and something to be enjoyed and I feel gratitude for so much every single day. However, that does not make me immune to obstacles. I am in a challenging situation at the moment and wanted to share…

This summer I did an eight-week Conscious Manifestion course with Eckhart Tolle. It was so inspirational! Eckhart Tolle is the spiritual teacher who wrote The Power of Now and A New Earth. Whenever I read one of his books or listen to him I feel calm, centred and filled with…

I once went to a talk by a buddhist monk in Wimbledon. He made a parallel between people on the planet and cells in the human body. I like parallels that have to do with how we live and often think about what he said. Here it is: Imagine the…

I got really inspired to write an article about practice after listening to learning expert and brain coach Jim Kwik the other day. He was changing up the expression “practice makes perfect” to “practice makes progress”. How I loved hearing this. Perfect is an illusion, isn’t it? I believe there…

Tricky situations will always be around, but oh the number of tricky situations at the moment. You might feel challenged by covid-19, your work situation, exam results, Brexit, restrictions in your travel plans, or other things you experience in your personal life or read in the news. First things first:…

Life is all about balance, isn’t it? I believe that everything we practise on the yoga mat transfers to the way we live our life. We don’t need to make it happen, it just happens. It is a natural extension of our practice. Here are a few thoughts about balancing…

I remember reading somewhere that when people sign up for a course they are looking for transformation. When it comes to yoga, many might have been told yoga practice would be good for them but often it is not what makes them get started. The best pulling factor for starting…