Mindful Living

Mindful Living by Becky, Chanting Stork Yoga: Consistency is a Great Virtue “I pray to be like the ocean, with soft currents, maybe waves at times. More and more, I want the consistency rather than the highs and the lows.” Drew Barrymore As a working mum I totally understand how difficult it is to, well, […]

Mindful Living: What You Really Need “Celebrate by relaxing and aligning your body and mind with what YOU really need” June certainly feels like a month filled with wonderful reasons for celebrations with the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and Summer Solstice! As the world has been a pretty overwhelming place of late, make sure you dedicate

Mindful Living: Breathe, Breathe in the Air As a 70’s child, I was surrounded by Pink Floyd’s words and rhythms from an early age, their lyrics so far have journeyed with me throughout my life, always there like an ever-present hum in the background. They feel timeless, exciting, and philosophical. “Breathe, breathe in the air

Mindful Living: Put Out Your Flames Last month we were looking at our nervous system and how the parasympathetic (PNS) subdivision is a bit like our own internal fire department cooling the fires within, caused by stress of living in today’s whirlwind of busyness and life. One of the wonderful ways of doing this is

Mindful Living: Our Nervous Systems “When everything feels like an uphill struggle just think of the view from the top” Anon. This quote reminds me of our very ‘British’ weather, especially at this time of the year, feeling the final push to the top of the hill of winter, so we can then sit back

Mindful Living: Attract More of What you Actually Need In January, we looked at the opportunity that the New Year brings, to promote reflection and self-awareness. It can take a little time but once we have let go of the old, we have space to start new routines and habits that create new neurological pathways.

Mindful Living: A Healthy Festive Snack The Christmas holidays are on their way and we all know that the holidays are filled with lots of delicious food but, unfortunately, most of it’s also loaded with sugar and fat. I come from a family of snackers, we like to graze, using the fridge and kitchen cupboards

Chanting Stork Yoga: Boosting Immunity: Winter Warriors Following on from September’s article, it’s a great time of the year to get into some new habits not only to ‘boost’ our immunity but to sustain it so that we are in the best possible shape on the inside as well as the outside. Here are more