Paula

“You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.” – Barbara Sher Is one of your goals for 2014 to start a yoga practice or do you know someone who…

Over the past year on my U Can Yoga website I have been featuring yoga related books that I’ve really enjoyed and want to share with you guys reading out there. For anyone who has missed the titles featured so far, I am including some my previous ‘Books of the Month’ here. As we begin…

Originally published on the Urban Blog at Urban Lucy. There’s something about the run up to Christmas that can send even the most easy going person’s stress levels soaring. If I suggested that you put your lengthy to-do list to one side and lie down for twenty minutes right now, what would your response be?…

January Yoga & Wellbeing Retreats 17th-19th Jan & 24th-26th – EARLY BIRD DEAL: Book and pay by 30th Nov for £225. £250pp thereafter. I’m delighted to be teaching alongside the fantastic Sally from Stretching the City on two yoga and wellbeing weekend retreats in the beautiful Sussex countryside. Join us at Brantridge Park manor house…

Get grounded for the party season at the beautiful Tilton House nestled underneath the South Downs on Saturday 7th December. After teaching on a wonderful Autumn Detox Yoga Retreat for Sally Parkes Yoga, I’m very excited to be returning to Tilton House to bring you a blend of energising and gentle hatha yoga classes as…

I’m excited to announce that on Friday evenings 7.00-8.15pm from 25th October I’ll be teaching Relax & Restore at Embody Wellness in Vauxhall (just a 2 minute walk from Vauxhall Station). This gentle, relaxing class based on the principles of restorative yoga is a fantastic way to transition from the stresses of your work week.…

From Thursday 12th September I will be teaching an additional Yoga Energise class at My Fitness Boutique in West Hampstead from 18.15-19.15 every Thursday. You can still join me for Yoga Energise on Saturday mornings from 9.15-10.15am too, so come along to one or both classes 🙂 Set to music, in this upbeat class you…

Feeling frazzled this summer? Renew yourself with some Restorative Yoga see it here. Restorative Yoga with Paula Through the month of August I’ll be covering Gentle Flow and Restorative Yoga at L!FE Shoreditch on Brick Lane. In class we’ll bring out the bolsters, blankets, blocks and eye pillows to promote complete rest, ease fatigue and…

Thanks to those who came along to the lunchtime sessions in June and July. This class has now moved to 8pm on Wednesdays. The idea is the same: It’s donation yoga, so it’s FREE to attend or anything you can donate whether it’s pennies of £’s goes straight to the fantastic Music4Children charity (learn more…

This article was originally published in the May 2013 issue of OM Yoga Magazine where each month write the ‘Carry on Teacher’ column. You can find more of my previous columns here on my website where you can also download a free 21 pg preview of the July/Aug 2013 issue. A Friendly Universe Hooray! The…

Join me for a new class on Tuesdays 19.30-20.30 at Club Fifty One. Based just a stone’s throw from Marylebone village and headed by renowned Exercise Scientist and Coach, Jon Denoris, Club Fifty One offers a calm, relaxed space for training and bespoke one-to-one coaching in a very accessible central London location. As class sizes…

ALL proceeds go to the Music4Children charity Join me in Streatham SW16 for a new yoga class. This is donation yoga, so it’s free to attend or anything you can donate whether it’s pennies of £’s goes straight to the fantastic Music4Children charity (learn more about their wonderful work here: http://music4children.org/). The only condition is…

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“There’s beautiful things in life, so when you’re suffering, it’s part of the package. You know, you look at it – we’re born and we also have to die. We know that, so it makes sense that we’re gonna be really happy and things are gonna be really f***ed up too. Just ride with it,…

Yoga, Pilates, Food & Music in the heart of Shoreditch. On Monday 4th March an exciting brand new space, L!FE Shoreditch opens on London’s Brick Lane. Spread over three floors there will be a whole food cafe and over 100 classes a week including Hot Yoga, Pilates, Jivamukti, Forrest Yoga, Acro Yoga, Yin Yoga, Vinyasa…

“Time is precious. We’re given a certain number of heartbeats. You don’t know how many you’re gonna get – I don’t know how many I’m gonna get, so I think you’ve really gotta live every one of those to its fullest.” – Dr Kathy Magliato It probably hasn’t escaped your notice that today is Valentine’s…

Over the past several months on my website I have been featuring yoga related books that I’ve really enjoyed and want to share with you guys reading out there. For anyone who has missed the titles featured so far, I am going to include my previous ‘Books of the Month’ here on the blog starting…

Originally published on Urban Lucy‘s Urban Blog. Despite practising yoga for a decade I didn’t go on my first yoga retreat until 2011. One of my very first thoughts once I was there was “What took me so long?!” The retreat I’d chosen was a weekend break in the UK, yet it was just enough…

Happy New Year :). I hope 2013 has been treating you well so far. For me it’s been a mix of endings and new beginnings. One of those beginnings is my new Yoga 101 blog for Urban Lucy where each month I will be writing about different styles of yoga. This month it’s Hot Yoga.…

How was your Christmas? I hope it was good for you. Maybe you’re still enjoying some time off in the run-up to the new year, or maybe you’ve already headed straight back to work after having just Christmas Day off. Either way, it’s easy to feel a bit of a slump at this time –…

Visoka va jyotismati – Sutra 1.36 Today is the Winter Solstice – the shortest day and longest night of the year. This year the Solstice also coincides the end of the Mayan calendar (cue a slew of gags about the end of the world – like this one…) I like to think that what this…