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patience | weekly yoga class focus
Patience (noun): the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.
living intentionally | weekly yoga class focus
Did you set a new year’s resolution? Did it come from a place of already being good enough just the way you are? From your heart’s deepest desire for you?
meditation | what to expect in yoga nidra
Did you know movement is only one aspect of yoga? In Yoga Nidra you sit or lay down still, and comfortable for the practice.
how to meditate | something for everyone
Is 2019 the year you meditate? Or be more mindful? It’s a new year, and time for setting goals and resolutions. Why not start today?
spaciousness | weekly yoga class focus
‘Each and every moment of existence, no matter how stressful or how fleeting, contains the potential for spaciousness.’ Anne Bogart.
loving kindness meditation
‘May you be happy, may you be well, may you live with ease’
kindness | weekly yoga class focus
Wishing you all a week ahead filled with kindness and compassion to yourselves and others.
gratitude cultivates contentment
What are you grateful for today? Get specific and take a moment to acknowledge why. Think of 3 new things each day and notice contentment build within you….
5 tips for creating healthy habits
You know what to eat and you know to drink less alcohol and coffee, and more H2O, but you just can’t seem to do it!
acceptance | weekly yoga class focus
Is there an aspect of myself or my life I need to accept, and be kind to myself, this week?
Balance & Alignment | Weekly Yoga Class Focus
How do you stay connected with your inner guidance and able to live more consciously? Do you live aligned with your inner self and your inner wisdom?
Relaxing & Releasing | Weekly Yoga Class Focus
When you become bothered, or notice your energy shifting, relax your shoulders and relax the area around your heart – to let go, to fall behind the sense of being bothered and allow it to flow through you.
Release stress in less than a minute
The most effective way I've found to ease stress and tension is to tune in to the senses.
Loving eyes, not judging | Weekly Yoga Class Focus
This week, not judging, rather opening to the possibility of beauty in everything; experiencing love.
Self-Care: Starting the Year with Healthful Intentions
Your invitation to take time to set the tone for the months ahead, with the power of self-care, to transform your wellbeing.
The Power of Self-Reflection, with a New Year here
I share some tips and ideas for effective self-reflection; drawn from my therapeutic philosophy, practices, and experience.
6 Qualities to Cultivate this Christmas Time
Your invitation to reflect, or consider, in the lead-up to the festive season is: How do I wish to be this Christmas? What qualities & attitudes am I aspiring for?
Mindful Approaches to Holidays: Nurturing Self-Care and Boundaries
Self-care and boundaries are game changers in moving through family celebrations, which can be fraught with complicated emotions.
Navigating Year-End Stress: Strategies for Corporate Workers
The pressure to meet year-end targets, finish projects, and manage personal and professional obligations can become overwhelming. Let’s chunk down 3 key tips for effectively managing end of year stress.
Navigating Grief During Holiday Times and Special Occasions
Grief can have a big impact on holiday times and special occasions, especially in the first year following your loss.
Disenfranchised Grief and Validating Unseen Loss
Disenfranchised grief is a term used to describe the unique pain that arises when society doesn’t acknowledge or validate a particular loss.
Nurturing Growth Amidst Grief: Understanding Lois Tonkin's Model
There is no one way to grieve. Tonkin’s model of grief helps us to understand how we can continue to grow around our grief.
Understanding the Evolving Stages of Grief and Healing
If you’re navigating grief, there are some evolving ideas around the stages of grief and how we heal, that you may find supportive.
Practical Steps from Two Models of Grief
Robert Neimeyer's meaning-making model of grief, and the Dual Process Model.
Navigating the Uncharted Waters of Grief
Exploring 4 Models: The Tasks of Morning, Growing around Grief, Making Meaning & The Stages of Grief
How to use Journalling as your Own Inner Coach
Journalling can be a supportive and therapeutic way to engage in personal development and self-therapy…
Different ways to journal (with examples)
Different examples of journalling styles, including stream of consciousness and letter to self journalling.
20 Journal Prompts for Self Awareness
Some prompts to support you as you establish your own journalling practice.
Journalling as a tool for emotion regulation
I will sometimes offer journalling to clients who resonate with writing, as a complementary activity alongside therapy. By writing down our thoughts and emotional experiences, we can ‘externalise’ them (get them out of our heads and out into the world).