When it comes to self-care, we're pretty good at eating our greens, drinking enough water and moving our body. But self-care extends beyond what we eat and drink. Self-care includes looking after our emotional and mental health too. If you’ve been to our Yoga Studio lately, you will see that we have tape on the [...]
Corona- anxiety is real, and many of us are experiencing it right now. Anxiety can show up in different ways for different people which means that sometimes we don't realise we're experiencing it. Here's a quick list: Physical Symptoms Emotional Symptoms Mental Symptoms Muscle tension Digestive problems Nausea/ butterflies/stomach in knots High blood pressure, [...]
The many faces of anxiety Anxiety has many faces. It doesn't always show up as intrusive thoughts. Some people experience the physical signs of anxiety without connecting the dots with their unresolved emotions. The physical symptoms of anxiety include: muscle tension increased heart rate/palpitations digestive problems insomnia difficulty breathing nervousness/butterflies in the stomach lump [...]
I'm often asked if yoga will help people with anxiety. And as tempted as I am to say, 'yes, yoga helps with anxiety', it's not so straightforward. The truth is, anxiety will often get worse before it gets better. If there was a quick fix for anxiety, we would have found it by now. Yoga [...]
With the internet proliferating images of circus performers in impossibly bendy yoga poses, it can be easy to mistake advanced yoga for getting upside down and inside out. Could it be that the person in the old t-shirt at the back of the room in child's pose is more of an 'advanced yogi' than the guy [...]