Top five reasons why more yoga practice equals more fitness
Why incorporating regular yoga practice into your fitness routine is vital for increasing physical strength and mental wellbeing. MoreYoga’s expert instructor and Head of Yoga, Becky Crepsley-Fox, gives her top five reasons why more yoga practise equals more fitness. ...
Hitting Pause: The role of ritual in creating more personal bliss
5 steps to introducing a self-care ritual shared by Teacher, Wellbeing Coach & MoreMind leader Liz Joy Oakley London life is busy, I think we can all agree on that. Life in the city can sometimes feel like it’s a non-stop race with very little respite, it’s...
Making More Space ~ How can we better manage our Mental Health after MHAW?
Every May during Mental Health Awareness Week you may notice that for one week your social media is suddenly overflowing with posts, emails, videos & articles encouraging you to take better care of your Mind. We’re reminded, from all angles, how important it is...
Dr Adrienne Milner on the importance of diversity and yoga, and its connection with mental health and body image
Dr Adrienne Milner (@drmilneryoga) is Senior Lecturer at Brunel University London in Sport, Health, and Exercise Sciences and was previously Lecturer in Global Public Health at Queen Mary University of London. Adrienne was a former competitive college basketball...
Julie Montagu’s 6 Tips for Self Care
One thing that I am certain we can all stand to benefit from is making more time for our own personal self-care and wellbeing.The way that you feel can really impact your ability to conquer each day, and to achieve the dreams and goals that you have set for yourself....
3 Tips for Inclusion in Classes
I started practicing yoga around six years ago after suffering a mental break down at 24 years of age. I friend told me that yoga maybe a great way of relieving some stress, so I booked into a vinyasa class. If I’m honest at first I didn’t like it. I thought it was...
Q&A: Robin Watkins-Davis on TeenYoga & Yoga as an anchor for the young
As part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 we spoke with Robin Watkins-Davis, the UK'ss youngest yoga teacher trained aged 16 years old with TeenYoga Foundation @teenyogafoundation. She also does work with the All Parliamentary Group for Yoga. Tell us a little bit...
Celebrating Imperfections with Gratitude
My journey began with being drawn to yoga to counteract the responsibilities of being a carer for a mentally ill single parent from a young age - which at times extremely challenging but yoga has been my remedy for helping to rebuild my life.Whilst yoga did...
Finding your Flow ~ 7 simple ways to cultivate calm amid the chaos
When did we all become SO busy? With To Do lists growing too long to fathom, social engagements coming out of our ears and WhatsApp groups taking over our lives it’s hard to deny that life as we know it can sometimes feel nothing short of Chaotic. Keeping on top of...
MoreFlow: Finding Your Breath
The Yoga Sutras are a collection of 196 sutras or teachings on the theory and practice of yoga written at least 1,700 years ago and can be understood as guidelines for how to live a meaningful life of purpose. According to these teachings there are Eight Limbs (or...
MoreAttitude: Approaching Asana
The Yoga Sutras are a collection of 196 sutras or teachings on the theory and practice of yoga written at least 1,700 years ago and can be understood as guidelines for how to live a meaningful life of purpose. According to these teachings there are Eight Limbs (or...
MoreGratitude: Niyamas and Putting in the Positive
Last month we began to explore the 8 Limbs of Yoga and how these ancient teachings can be applied to modern life today. We delved into the 1st of the 8 Limbs, the Yamas: Ahimsa (non-harming or non-violence in thought, word and deed), Satya (truthfulness), Asteya (non-...