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April Nunes Tucker
Dec 17, 20195 min read
Hands On - A little about the way I use touch in yoga
Hands on work plays a big part in my teaching of yoga – in the form of “assists” for the purpose of a student to more safely find a pose,...
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April Nunes Tucker
Oct 17, 20183 min read
Tenderising the heart
I don’t eat meat but I come from a long line of cowboys and ranchers. My uncle owned a meat packing plant and a visit to that horrific...
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April Nunes Tucker
Sep 13, 20183 min read
Living in a ghost town
Since moving to the tiny Caribbean island of Tortola I’ve been quite focused on what I see: a beautiful Caribbean Sea, badly...
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April Nunes Tucker
Aug 15, 20182 min read
Betwixt and Between
It wasn’t’ until I read this article that I had ever heard of grief being equated to a liminal state. I’m not grieving but I am going...
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April Nunes Tucker
Jul 17, 20183 min read
I want to break free
So, there’s something that’s been eating away at me lately and maybe it’s because I have no friends here (we've recently moved to a small...
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April Nunes Tucker
Jun 14, 20182 min read
Enough is enough.
Now that I have completely entered into the world of a home-based self-practice, with my teacher, students and friends all 5,000 miles...
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April Nunes Tucker
May 2, 20184 min read
Inner Landscape Appeal
Let me start with a rather unorthodox idea: That how we feel on the inside has to be more captivating than the picture we project of...
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April Nunes Tucker
Mar 5, 20184 min read
I never really got to grips with mindfulness
The term ‘mindfulness’ is now tossed around in nearly every household and workplace in the West. With ever-growing popularity over the...
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April Nunes Tucker
May 16, 20173 min read
Teacher, Student, Teacher: The circular relationship
When your student becomes your teacher and your teacher becomes your student
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April Nunes Tucker
Jan 12, 20172 min read
Not just semantics: Go for Joy!
When I was asked to write “on happiness” for Unity Studios blog my first thought was, “that will be easy. I’m quite a happy person.” Yet,...
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April Nunes Tucker
Jan 7, 20172 min read
Yoga always feels like home
Jitka and her daughter Joanna (age 4) Jitka qualified to teach Big Dog Little Dog – yoga with your child last September. I interviewed...
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April Nunes Tucker
Dec 13, 20161 min read
How to do yoga when you don't have time to do yoga
yoga open hips, ease your rage, anger management, squat on the loo, yoga everyday
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April Nunes Tucker
Oct 17, 20162 min read
New Harpenden Venue for Tuesday Ashtanga Yoga Self-Practice Class
What is "self-practice" Ashtanga Yoga? A "self-practice" or "mysore-style" class is the traditional form of Ashtanga yoga as taught by...
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April Nunes Tucker
Oct 13, 20164 min read
The Yoga Map Project
I have just written my "yoga story" for the Yoga Map Project. Here it is. I've called it: Landmarks on the Path I was working as a...
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April Nunes Tucker
Jun 2, 20161 min read
Some Summer Reading?
Here's the book list that Clare and I have compiled ... read away! Anatomy & Movement Crickmay & Tufnell: Body, Space, Image Hartley,...
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April Nunes Tucker
Feb 24, 20165 min read
Ways of Breathing in Yin Yoga
This is a recent piece of writing I have done for my Yin yoga teacher Norman Blair in preparation for studying on his advanced Yin yoga...
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April Nunes Tucker
Oct 16, 20153 min read
Where's the human connection gone?
Once in a while you happen across an experience that changes your perception of being. These types of experiences (for me) often start...
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April Nunes Tucker
Nov 14, 20146 min read
Thoughts on Happiness
It is an odd way to start a post for my yoga blog but… My musical hero Jimmy Buffett sings in his fantastic tune Growing Older but Not...
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April Nunes Tucker
Aug 6, 20142 min read
Finding a Regular Practice in Summer
School's out for summer - yea! Or rather - boo. Summer means no school which means I've got the kids 24/7. Don't get me wrong, like every...
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April Nunes Tucker
Mar 24, 20141 min read
Yoga with your child
Here's a recent post about the new parent/child yoga classes I will be launching after Easter! #childrensyoga #parentchildyoga
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