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"... seeing a healthy body as one that is vital, sensual, at ease, regardless of its size and shape."

I looked around the group of usually vibrant, fresh-faced women in my class, and on this day I saw bags under eyes, pale skin, a dullness in their step. A bit of chat established that yes, it had been a big week, everyone was tired and we would tone the class down a little. I left a good 20 minutes at the end for very quiet, passive poses. We lay over bolsters in a supported, open position. I talked through some practices to settle the mind. I watched as one student – Sarah -

For this newsletter we pick up where we left off on the last one. We were looking at tools and skills that yoga can offer. One of those is that we learn to deal with the "afflictions", which prevent us thinking clearly.These specific notes come from the discussion notes from a workshop where the theme was "Body Image and Relationships with Food". The concept of how our thinking can get clouded is applicable to us all in one way or another, although the actual examples given h

If you’ve ever imposed a lifestyle change on yourself, whether it be around food, drink, smoking, or exercise, you’ll know that it doesn’t always last. But yoga takes a different tack. Rather than impose, yoga can change us from the inside. Just last week one of our students was saying that he’d gone off the idea of having a red wine that evening, following a backbend class. Not that there’s anything wrong with red wine, but the student just had a feeling that the wine might