April Nunes Tucker
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 4 min
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, 2018
- 4 min
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, 2017
- 3 min
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, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2017
- 2 min
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, 2016
- 1 min
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, 2016
- 2 min
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, 2016
- 4 min
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, 2016
- 1 min
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, 2016
- 5 min
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, 2015
- 3 min
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, 2014
- 6 min
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, 2014
- 2 min
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, 2014
- 1 min
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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