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,...

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...

Since moving to the tiny Caribbean island of Tortola I’ve been quite focused on what I see: a beautiful Caribbean Sea, badly...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The term ‘mindfulness’ is now tossed around in nearly every household and workplace in the West. With ever-growing popularity over the...

When your student becomes your teacher and your teacher becomes your student

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,...

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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What is "self-practice" Ashtanga Yoga? A "self-practice" or "mysore-style" class is the traditional form of Ashtanga yoga as taught by...

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...

Here's the book list that Clare and I have compiled ... read away! Anatomy & Movement Crickmay & Tufnell: Body, Space, Image Hartley,...

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...

Once in a while you happen across an experience that changes your perception of being. These types of experiences (for me) often start...

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...

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...

Here's a recent post about the new parent/child yoga classes I will be launching after Easter! #childrensyoga #parentchildyoga