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My Yoga Teacher Training Retreat: Part 4

Yoga - August 03, 2015 at 03:07 pm

4:45am – I consider not showering and drifting back into my deep sleep to the point where I actually jump back into bed, but then I quickly decide that this is a bad idea and make my way outdoors into the freezing cold to the shower blocks that are located Read More

My Yoga Teacher Training Retreat: Part 5

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Yoga - August 03, 2015 at 03:06 pm

So, I’m sitting back in my room getting ready for bed and my roomie is burning a violet and pear candle one of her friends had made, delicious. So you’re probably all wondering how my first official attempt at teaching went!? To be honest I wasn’t even nervous right until Read More

My Yoga Teacher Training Retreat: Last Day

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Yoga - August 03, 2015 at 03:05 pm

4:45am –For the first time here at the Santayana Ashram I had a full night’s sleep so I didn’t mind getting up before the birds today. I have begun to appreciate how magical this time of morning is. It’s so still, the air is crisp, when it hits your face Read More

How to make your health and your practice a priority

Once we get clear on our values, our priorities shift.
One of the biggest things I’ve come to understand when people tell me they want to be healthier, happier and start getting into good practices but don’t know how. . .
Is that it’s all about getting real on your values and priorities.

Why is it hard to meditate? Even when we know the benefits? By Rachel Long

You value your health and wellbeing right? You eat well, exercise regularly, go to a regular yoga class where you Read More

How mindfulness works with strong emotions. By Rachel Long

A big feeling caught me by surprise recently. Within moments of reading an email, my rational mind shut down, my Read More

4 ways mindfulness helps with stress. By Rachel Long

Fascinating research by neuroscientist Sara Lazar showed mindfulness meditation practitioners, even after just 8 weeks of practising, had a reduction in amygdala activity

Maybe you don’t have to always be “your best self”

There’s a common meme -and many books- these days suggesting we should aspire to “be our best self”. This taps Read More

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