Feeling balanced in Autumn
Autumn is the perfect time to explore balance in your yoga practice and yogic lifestyle. It’s the season to bring balance to body and...
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Rosie Lux
Sep 15, 20232 min read
The BBC should have asked me
How disappointing to see this BBC article perpetuate the perception that yoga, meditation, mindfulness or breath awareness is ‘a bit soft...
Rosie Lux
Dec 28, 20221 min read
Live your best life
Live, the root of living means to remain alive. Which sounds like a simple statement of intent. However, to be alive involves an...
Rosie Lux
Nov 30, 20221 min read
Mood enhancing
When we feel low in mood, there can be a lack of physical and emotional grounding, exhibited by shallow breathing, physical tension in...
Rosie Lux
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Breathe less, move more
When people have chronically low levels of CO2, as happens with hyperventilation, smooth muscle is consistently wound tight, making it...
Rosie Lux
Nov 8, 20222 min read
It's not a waste
In biology I learned that we need oxygen, and carbon dioxide (CO2) is a waste product of respiration (and if you’re feeling generous, to...
Rosie Lux
Oct 12, 20221 min read
A temple or a prison?
It can feel unfamiliar to be in your heart centre when the head is so dominant, and when that dominance is admired and encouraged. We’re...
Rosie Lux
Sep 14, 20221 min read
Be more tree
One of the most astonishing things about trees is how social they are. Trees in a forest care for each other, sometimes even going as far...
Rosie Lux
Oct 20, 20212 min read
Activating your Healing Potential
Right behind the breastbone sits a small gland called the thymus, which has an intimate connection with the heart centre. As one of the...
Rosie Lux
Sep 22, 20211 min read
Expansive Emotions?
What routines or techniques do you have, to access your expansive emotions like kindness and compassion? In yoga we might directly...
Rosie Lux
Sep 15, 20211 min read
Practice for Change, Challenge, Contrast and Novelty
When something is unfamiliar and contrasts with what we’re used to, then our conscious brain lights up and we start focusing our senses...
Rosie Lux
Sep 8, 20211 min read
Emptying Out
In western societies our bodies are educated to forget their sensibilities. We are indoctrinated to conquer our body. Think of the...
Rosie Lux
Sep 1, 20211 min read
Contrast Through Novelty
This month we're going to share the workload; I’m going to try and introduce even more novelty to your practice, and you're going to as...
Rosie Lux
Aug 25, 20212 min read
Habit Grooves vs Voyage of Discovery
The willingness to be surprised are necessary ingredients to leading a fulfilling life. But shaking off habitual tendencies are...
Rosie Lux
Aug 14, 20211 min read
What You Think, so You Become
The Buddha said; What you think, so you become. I might be paraphrasing a bit... But the gist is; your reality starts in the mind. So......
Rosie Lux
Aug 4, 20211 min read
Feeling Fragmented
Our vision of our bodies is usually very fragmented. Students chat before a class, might be volunteer information about injuries and I’ll...
Rosie Lux
Jul 21, 20212 min read
Sun Salutation
In classes recently, we’ve been practicing the Sun Salutation. A relatively modern addition to the 4,000 year old yoga tradition....
Rosie Lux
Jun 23, 20212 min read
Sweet Dreams?
How well do you sleep? If the answer is not great well you're in good company. The stats I have are 10-20% of general population...
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