Restorative Yoga

New Year, New Classes: Hatha Yoga – Fridays 10.15-11.30am at Create Pilates I’m excited to be teaching another class at Create in Wimbledon. As well as *Flow & Restore with Yoga Nidra on Wednesdays – *now at the new time of 11.45am-1pm, I am also teaching Hatha Yoga on Friday mornings from 6th January. Meaning ‘sun’…

Download my NEW complimentary eBook here Do you want to address your stress? Are you sleep deprived? Anxious? Then my new eBook is for You. As an experienced Restorative Yoga teacher (I am an Advanced Relax and Renew Trainer having studied with Judith Hanson Lasater) and dedicated student I am excited to share my new…

“Yoga Nidra can be understood as a total practice of yoga itself… a state of ‘awakened sleep’ … in this state (we encounter) auto-suggestive experience of the power of the unconscious mind and its linkage with the soul.” – Sri Ram Sharam Acharya. What is Yoga Nidra? The word ‘nidra’ translates as ‘sleep’, hence the…

If you’ve had a look around the U Can Yoga website recently you might have noticed a few changes. One of those is that you can now receive a free 15 minute Yoga Nidra (‘yogic’ sleep) Meditation. To receive your recording all you need to do is sign up to my mailing list here or via…

“We really need to challenge the assumption that if you take more rest, you are more lazy. The fact that people who are more rested seem to have better well-being is an endorsement for the need for the rest.” – Prof Felicity Callard of Durham University, director of Hubbub Yes, rest is good for you.…

Heard the one about the yoga teacher who’s tired and wired? Whilst chatting with a friend after our morning run, I burst into tears, out of the blue. I joked that I was just tired and emotional. Surprised? I shouldn’t have been. Yoga teachers get stressed too. Those tears were a sign that I’d not…

From Sunday 2nd October my weekly Flow & Restore class at Embody Wellness will start fifteen minutes earlier at 6pm. Flow & Restore – Sundays 6-7.15pm In the first half of this beautifully balanced class I guide you through a series of flowing postures to help develop strength and flexibility. The pace then slows for the…

Calm mental agitation with Seated Angle Pose This Restorative Yoga pose, like many forward bends can help mental agitation, relive insomnia and a bit of gentle pressure on the forehead here can help to relieve headaches too. I also find this relieves tightness in the lower back. Supporting the torso (even if you are naturally…

Flow & Restore with Yoga Nidra at Create, Raynes Park – Wednesdays 12.30-13.45 from 3rd August I’m excited to announce I will be teaching a new yoga class at Create starting this summer every Wednesday from 3rd August. The first part of this beautifully balanced class guides you through a series of flowing yoga postures…

Saturday 27th February 1.45-3.45pm at Embody Wellness Join me at Embody Wellness for this special heart-themed February workshop. We will practice a mix of restorative yoga poses to open the heart space in the physical body and yin yoga poses to stimulate the heart and small intestine meridians which govern our capacity to love and…

Relax and Restore Retreats at Florence House (Re)Treat Yourself in 2016! I’m looking forward to teaching on three more weekend retreats with Sally Parkes Yoga this year at the stunning Florence House. Our first Relax and Restore weekend retreat of 2016 is 18th-20th March. This retreat at Florence House in Seaford in East Sussex is…

Stimulate your gallbladder, liver and kidney meridians with Butterfly Pose. Thank You to Everyone who came along to my New Year Detox Yin Yoga Workshop where we practised yin poses to stimulate the liver and gallbladder meridians. If you weren’t able to be there, here is a pose you can try at home. According to…

Relax & Restore Restorative Yoga Workshop – 22nd November 2-4pm at Embody Wellness Give Yourself Permission to Relax Join me for this calming and nourishing workshop which will introduce you to the principles and many benefits of Restorative Yoga. As we shift into Winter, the yin season, the emphasis of our practice will be to…

Help to Banish the Blues with Supported Bridge Pose Here in the UK the nights are drawing-in and the temperature is dropping. With this shift into Autumn/Winter low moods and low energy can be more prevalent for some of us. Back-bending poses are known for their energising qualities. What I like about Supported Bridge Pose…

If you usually go for a dynamic yoga practice or tough training regime do you ever find that during the summer months you can come away feeling not as energised as you might at other times of year? If so, restorative yoga may be just the thing to add to your routine. Summer, (though our…

Relax and Restore Spain Retreat with Sally Parkes Yoga 5-11th September Join Sally Parkes and I in Andalusia for a week of yoga, Pilates, relaxation and delicious food. Set in the beautiful Andalusian countryside with panoramic views of the Sierra Nevada and in an area of outstanding beauty and ecological diversity, this retreat offers a…

Wind-down with a mix of Flow, Yin & Restorative Yoga at Embody Wellness, Vauxhall – Sundays 6.15-7.30pm. Join me on Sunday evenings at Embody. In the first half of this class I guide you through a series of flowing postures to help develop strength and flexibility. The pace then slows for the second half of…

Simple Self-Care with Supported Reclining Cobblers Pose This is one of the most relaxing of all Restorative Yoga poses. Supported Reclining Cobblers Pose is ideal for relieving fatigue, headaches, breathing problems, aiding digestion and much more. For women this is also a wonderful pose to practise during your time of the month and during menopause.…

Reclined Pigeon pose – also known as Eye of the Needle – is a fantastic post-run and cycling stretch and also a great Pigeon variation that is kinder on the knees than the more traditional version of Pigeon pose (Eka Pada Rajakapotasana). As well as particularly targeting the hips, glutes and lower back this is…

Time flies when you’re taking Savasana. The more you practice, the truer this becomes! At least, this is what my experience has been so far. Back in September 2014 I embarked on a 365 day Savasana practice. The aim – to practice for Savasana for 20 minutes each day. I did not know what to…

If you want to teach yoga or would like to deepen your practice then you still have time to sign up for the next Laxmi Yoga 200hr Teacher Training with Sally Parkes. Taking place over weekends in London plus a residential week in Spain this recognised Yoga Alliance UK and Independent Yoga Network course allows…