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…this is what I have been listening to lately, enjoy.. xx Michelle Colleen “I’m Kin”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW2OfU4zbwY Florence and The Machine “Long and Lost”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl9BqqXaMnE Grouper “Ruins” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxAHQLtN8wc Mark McGuire “The Past Presents the Future”     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxAHQLtN8wc Bonobo “Pieces”    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M-fxvmEn5k Richie Havens “Freedom”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rynxqdNMry4 Imogen Heap “Hide and Seek”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4OLQB7ON9w Laura Marling “When Were… Continue reading Musical Musings from Michelle – November 2015

….this is what I have been listening to this week, check these tracks out ….. a feast for the ears…. Nadia Reid “Listen to Formation Look for the Signs” A Winged Victory For The Sullen “Atomos” Max Richter “Sleep” Marika Hackman “We Slept At Last” Emily Ann Laliotis “Single Step” xxx Michelle (with thanks to… Continue reading Musical Musings from Michelle – October 2015

Do you know someone who could do with stretching, destressing , and strengthening? A gift voucher for a private yoga lesson would make a thoughtful present for a friend who you think may be interested in trying yoga. A private lesson makes a great introduction to yoga, or can be used to deepen your established… Continue reading Yoga Gift Vouchers Available

Hi yoga people, Here are a few points regarding booking and payment that may answer commonly asked questions BACS payment is easy and quick, (if you are au fait with internet banking!) and thank you to all students who are utilising this system. Could I ask that you put a reference on your payment so… Continue reading How to book your yoga classes

If you have to miss your yoga class for any reason, there is a ‘catch-up’ system in place to help you get to as many classes as possible that you have paid for. Once you have booked your block of classes, look ahead in your diary to see if you have any clashes coming up.… Continue reading How to catch up your missed yoga class

Being mindful as we practice yoga: aware that we are here, aware of our body and how it feels, aware of the breath and the movement, is not easy. It requires effort and discipline, for the simple reason that the forces that work against our being mindful, namely our habitual unawareness and automatic pilot mode,… Continue reading Enlightening and Liberating

Our ordinary waking state of consciousness is severely limited and limiting resembling an extended dream rather than wakefulness. We are choosing to wake from this state of  unconsciousness so that it is possible for us to live our lives with access to the full spectrum or our conscious and unconscious possibilities. Sages, yogis and Zen… Continue reading Get unstuck

. Humanity is on the whole unaware that it is asleep, the Buddhists call this ignorance or mindlessness. Through the process of yoga our intention is to wake from this dream state, by the systematic cultivation of present moment awareness, and by using our ability to see more deeply into cause and effect Through the… Continue reading What happens now affects what happens next

From the beginning of this year in class we have been ruminating on being awake and dwelling in the present moment. Whether we realised it or not when we started out on our yoga journey, we had made a decision to wake up from the dream that most people remain in throughout their life. Waking… Continue reading Being awake

…we have been focusing on the breath in class over the past few weeks, so here is an article by one of my favourite writers Julie Gudmestad… Take a Deep Breath With each breath you take, a symphony of muscular activity occurs. As you inhale, some muscles contract while others relax. The result is an… Continue reading Take a Deep Breath