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I am missing this tipi today as I wake up to another beautiful morning, this time at home in Shropshire and not at magical @fforest . I’d love to practice somewhere so gorgeous every morning - in fact, I’d love to practice every morning full stop. But quite often, life gets in the way and there are other things to do. But I always try and find a few quiet moments to myself each morning, even if they aren’t on my mat. Just drinking a few sips of tea, looking out the window, taking a few breaths, finding a little bit of stillness before diving back in to the usual morning chaos - porridge making, sorting plans, washing up, reading stories. Just taking a few long inhales and exhales is enough to change the course of the day, so it’s always worth it.

Farewell @fforest - you’ve been perfect. What a blissful week. I’ve felt my whole body uncurl and unwind. Beautiful place, lovely people and so much space and freedom for the kids. We’ve come home with woodsmoke in our hair, dirt (and plasticine !) under our fingernails and with our cups full of inspiration. Thank you x

Having the most lovely time teaching here at @fforest for the #fforestgather festival.... I will miss this yoga tipi when we go home tomorrow!

I have spent my afternoon brewing up potions and oils and hydrosol....such fun. It all looked so gorgeous and the room was heady with the aroma of sweet peas and meadowsweet. Such a joy - thank you @warriorbotanicals x

Happy days at @fforest....what a lovely start to our holiday. The most beautiful place I have ever taught....

I am so very excited to be teaching at the @fforestgather festival at the start of August. I have been looking forward to it for months and I can’t believe it is now only a couple of weeks away. I’ll be guiding the early morning sessions where we will be practicing gentle yoga flows to start the day well, moving our bodies and calming the mind. Hopefully we’ll be able to do some of the classes outdoors - always my favourite way to practice, connected to nature and drinking in the beautiful sights and sounds. counting down the days!!! Picture: @fforest #fforestgather #yogateacher #yogaeveryday #yogamama #yogaeverydamnday #yogainthewild #yogaoutdoors #yogateacher #myyogalife #myyogapractice

This practice is all about balance, yes?! So whilst I love teaching, I also love the summer holiday and the chance to chill out with my girls. So I’m teaching a little less over the summer, although you can find me teaching at @fforestgather festival in a couple of weeks - cannot wait! Until then, you’ll mostly find me slapping sunscreen on my very fair children and pottering about with a mug of tea. Happy holidays xoxo

Current situation. We need to rest. You need to rest. I need to rest. I went to the most lovely restorative yoga workshop at Triyoga last weekend. The workshop lasted 3 hours and we did less than 10 poses. It was utter bliss. Restorative yoga helps get us out of our “fight, flight and freeze” nervous system and into our parasympathetic nervous system, aka rest and digest. We need to find ways to access this be it through yoga, walking, breath work, being in nature etc. Spending too long in our fight, flight and freeze state is really damaging for our physical and mental health. Towards the end of Flow Club this Friday, we’ll be trying a few restorative poses so you can go into the weekend feeling rested and refreshed.

July Flow Club is here and there are just two more days left to get earlybird tickets. This month we will be doing a Strala flow. Strala is a style of yoga that is all about moving with ease and grace, being connected to how we feel, exploring a healthy range of mobility and working on feeling good from the inside out. I love Strala yoga and find that it really helps me find my flow state. I’m looking forward to sharing this really creative and explorative way of moving with you. Strala yoga was started by Tara Stiles. Her vision was ‘to take the healing power of yoga and meditation, and create an experience that is enjoyable, individual, focusing on moving with ease through simple and challenging moments alike’. In Tara’s words: “Turns out when you move with ease, you get a lot more done with a lot less effort, drop stress, and feel fantastic.” I did a training with Tara in Berlin in 2018 and I absolutely loved it. This is yoga for everyone and everybody. There is a real sense of rhythm and a rise and fall to the yoga, finding strength on the inhale and softness on the exhale. Because the movements are fluid and performed with ease, it is simple to tap into this lovely soothing rhythm and it is here that there is so much rest for the mind. I think it is testament to the yoga that when I flew back to Birmingham at the end of the training, it was the first time in over ten years that I had not felt anxious or afraid of flying. I felt so calm and connected to my breath and to myself. The state that I had found in the yoga practice stayed with me for several days afterwards. It was this lovely feeling that I was desperate to hang on to for as long as possible and I have been fascinated with Strala ever since. Book now via my website. Earlybird tickets (£12) available until Friday! #strala #stralayoga #shrewsbury #shrewsburyyoga #yogaeveryday #yogamama #yogagirl #yogaeverydamnday

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