"If I practice Christianity can I practice yoga?" "If I practice Islam can I practice yoga?" "If I am animist can I practice yoga?" People first started asking me this question when I was working in Burma in the IDP Camps (camps for internally displaced people). There I was working with Muslim Rohingya women on the West coast and Christian (mostly Baptist) women from minority groups in Kachin in the North. I was also working in Shan state (East & North) with women practic

What if this isn’t you doing something…but the universe, at play, experiencing itself through you? Over many years of study my prime interest and where I devote my time (alongside Traditional Chinese Medicine) in non-dual Shaivism. I’ve found myself returning, again and again, to contemplate: the nature of the divine? This Easter period, with the name of “God” echoing loudly in places it often feels misused or misunderstood, that question has resurfaced with renewed intensi

If I had £10 for every time someone told me, ‘I can’t do yoga, I’m not flexible enough,’ I’d be retired by now! It’s one of the most common misconceptions about yoga and one of the most limiting. Yet I still hear it all the time. Somewhere along the way, yoga became synonymous with flexibility: deep backbends, splits, gravity-defying shapes. Scroll through social media and it’s easy to see why. But those of us who’ve practiced for years know something very different. Yoga was

We tend to talk about stress as if it’s something to eliminate. The goal, we’re told, is to reduce it, manage it, or escape it entirely. But the reality is that stress isn’t something we can remove from life - and in many ways, we wouldn’t want to. Stress is the reason we get out of bed, take on challenges, and grow. It drives motivation, focus, and performance. Without it, we’d feel disengaged and stagnant. So the real question isn’t “Are you stressed?” The better questio

Right now, Pilates is everywhere. Studios are full, reformers are booked out weeks in advance, and when you dive into the details you notice the language around all movement modalities is about results, tone, precision, and efficiency. Meanwhile, yoga, once the "cultural darling" of the wellness world feels strangely quieter. Almost out of fashion. I have been chatting about this with many yogi freinds and colleagues and I know I am not alone in noticing this. Practicing yo

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The Sun Salutation, or Surya Namaskar, is one of the most recognisable sequences in our contemporary vinyasa asana practice. It’s a simple yet powerful sequence of poses where we synchronise movements with the breath. You will normally see traditional salutations practiced in the first half of a yoga class not just to build warmth but also to establish rhythm and to give the mind a focus. Although there are many benefits to Sun Salutations and there are also some drawbacks

This article was recently published by OM Yoga & Lifestyle Magazine. To view on their website click here. I am someone who has suffered with digestive issues since I was a kid but it is something that, until relatively recently, I didn’t really understand. Gut-health has been a hot topic in recent years especially since Michael Gershon coined the term ‘the second brain’ and more recently Emeran Mayer helped us unpack more deeply how the microbes in the gut control just about

This article was recently published by OM Yoga & Lifestyle Magazine. To view on their website click here. It was also published on the...

I wish I could tell you how good spring time in England smells. I don't think I have ever, or at least not for a very long time, really...